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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
Blegh thank god it’s over. No plot until like 3/4 of the way through the book? And weird misspells (hear vs. here?) putting the LORDS series down after this one.
DNF AT CHAPTER 30 10% plot 90% smut first book was much better
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved the Ritual, but The Sinner was a much tougher read, it took me ages, a lot of picking up & putting back down before I finally dug in and kept going.
The last third of the book made up for the first part of the book.
The Ritual had a nice balance of spicy smut and plot, yes it was a lot of spice, but still balanced in a way.
The Sinner was not. The beginning was mostly sex. And childhood trauma/abuse. And sexual assault. Rinse and repeat multiple times.
It was a lot. Excessive. Definitely too much. Almost seemed like the author went this dark purposely for shock factor. The first, The Ritual, was dark yes, but not so dramatically traumatizing. It was definitely a large shift of tone.
From what others mentioned in reviews, I expected more sex toys, a sex dungeon, etc. A lot more play than what we got in the Ritual. I was not expecting an overdose of rape, SA, and child abuse. Oh an an actual overdose because the fmc can never not be fucked up. Whether it's from drugs or a sex high. Or both.
It certainly didn't help that I found neither of the main characters to have any redeeming qualities. Ellie was a sex obsessed druggie who knows she has huge issues and doesnt absolutely nothing to help herself.I could understand her teenage self getting taken advantage of because she was young, naive, vulnerable, and didnt know any better. But she gets in multiple situations as a grown adult, and allows herself to be drugged up and SA'd and she thinks its okay though because she like rough sex. Girl. You know better now. Your explanation is bullshit, flimsy, and you know it. She showed so little character growth over it too. Especially with the drugs.
I think this book would have been more interesting if it was written as a Reverse Harem. Like she wanted it, there was one kinda group scene, mostly voyarism. Too bad Sin is too selfish to ever share, it could have been so good.
I hope Tyson's book is better because this one was such a huge let down.
The last third of the book made up for the first part of the book.
The Ritual had a nice balance of spicy smut and plot, yes it was a lot of spice, but still balanced in a way.
The Sinner was not. The beginning was mostly sex. And childhood trauma/abuse. And sexual assault. Rinse and repeat multiple times.
It was a lot. Excessive. Definitely too much. Almost seemed like the author went this dark purposely for shock factor. The first, The Ritual, was dark yes, but not so dramatically traumatizing. It was definitely a large shift of tone.
From what others mentioned in reviews, I expected more sex toys, a sex dungeon, etc. A lot more play than what we got in the Ritual. I was not expecting an overdose of rape, SA, and child abuse. Oh an an actual overdose because the fmc can never not be fucked up. Whether it's from drugs or a sex high. Or both.
It certainly didn't help that I found neither of the main characters to have any redeeming qualities. Ellie was a sex obsessed druggie who knows she has huge issues and doesnt absolutely nothing to help herself.
I think this book would have been more interesting if it was written as a Reverse Harem. Like she wanted it, there was one kinda group scene, mostly voyarism. Too bad Sin is too selfish to ever share, it could have been so good.
I hope Tyson's book is better because this one was such a huge let down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit, Gaslighting
Minor: Pregnancy
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wanted to love this one as much as I loved The Ritual, but I feel like this was so over the top that it became underwhelming. The story itself could have packed a lot of punch considering it shows what can happen to a person who had been groomed and assaulted at a young age but instead all the bad stuff turned into a kink for out FMC. Books that deal with grape and constant assault need to be more than smut and unfortunately that wasn’t the case here. In some ways it came over as totally unbelievable and in other ways I feel like the assaults were thrown in there to be kinky. It just didn’t work for me. I also didn’t care much about Elli and honestly think she could have been an excellent FMC if her story was told a little differently. But the constant smut (every single chapter) took away from her powerful story. Sin was okay too. I liked his possessiveness, but he wasn’t as thought out as Ryot was in The Ritual. And the fact that this book is over 600 pages with very little plot tells you something. Another thing I wanted to address what how similar the sex scenes where between this book and The Ritual. It looks to me like the author copy and pasted a lot of the scenes.
In any event this was an okay read for me. Nothing spectacular and could have been shorted a lot! I will continue the series though in hopes that we won’t get the same story with different characters in the next one.
In any event this was an okay read for me. Nothing spectacular and could have been shorted a lot! I will continue the series though in hopes that we won’t get the same story with different characters in the next one.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
dark
tense
medium-paced