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slavic_bookworm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, Death, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Cursing, and Cancer
lindslikesbooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Sierra Simone did it again. Wow. I am so impressed at this book. Everyone talks about how spicy this series is but doesn’t really mention the deeply emotional and serious themes throughout the books. I was in tears at some points. I really enjoy when an enjoy can bring together so many emotions in one story and this did that for me.
•plot•
He’s a sinner and she’s about to swear herself to god and join the nunnery. Sean runs into his best friend’s little sister, Zenobia, and she’s all grown up. She’s about to become a nun but asks him for a favor before she does. She wants him to show her all the things she’ll be missing so she can understand what she’d be giving up. And I mean ALL THE THINGS 😳😏
•characters•
The age-gap, protective, caring millionaire meets virginal, naïve nursing student. She doesn’t have a clue and sometimes she wise beyond her years but simultaneously very, very immature. He’s got tons of emotional baggage and it comes out as controlling. But honestly in like a really awesome way 😂
•writing•
This book is spicy as all hell. You will literally get heat exhaustion 🥵 but then Sierra hits you all this introspective inner dialogue and deep thoughts. It’s all told from Sean’s POV which I liked. Although at some points I was dying to know Zenny’s thoughts.
Tropes: age gap, vir gin, playboy/player, childhood crush, forbidden, taboo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
•plot•
He’s a sinner and she’s about to swear herself to god and join the nunnery. Sean runs into his best friend’s little sister, Zenobia, and she’s all grown up. She’s about to become a nun but asks him for a favor before she does. She wants him to show her all the things she’ll be missing so she can understand what she’d be giving up. And I mean ALL THE THINGS 😳😏
•characters•
The age-gap, protective, caring millionaire meets virginal, naïve nursing student. She doesn’t have a clue and sometimes she wise beyond her years but simultaneously very, very immature. He’s got tons of emotional baggage and it comes out as controlling. But honestly in like a really awesome way 😂
•writing•
This book is spicy as all hell. You will literally get heat exhaustion 🥵 but then Sierra hits you all this introspective inner dialogue and deep thoughts. It’s all told from Sean’s POV which I liked. Although at some points I was dying to know Zenny’s thoughts.
Tropes: age gap, vir gin, playboy/player, childhood crush, forbidden, taboo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Sexual assault
hazelgirl21's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Cancer
Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide
Minor: Sexual assault and Rape
emiliaphrodite's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I prefer Tyler, no lie; but Sean is pretty awesome, too. Zenny’s adorable. Would die for her happiness.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
rosefine's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
blschuldt's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Awww this was so well written and researched, I love the care that Simone obviously puts into her writing. Also sexy woo fun yas!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Racism, and Medical content
Ageplayagnesbebon's review against another edition
3.0
This was not what I expected.
Things I liked:
- really interesting discussions of religion (I was honestly shocked and impressed by how good and complex the discussions were!)
- religious imagery
- the premise in general
Things I disliked:
- the word impaled
- the way it played into the age thing was uncomfy for me personally
- I didn’t think the nun thing was hot tbh (but I really liked the discussions around religion and sex!!!)
I almost DNFed at 70%. I now want to read more about religion, particularly something from the nun’s POV
Things I liked:
- really interesting discussions of religion (I was honestly shocked and impressed by how good and complex the discussions were!)
- religious imagery
- the premise in general
Things I disliked:
- the word impaled
- the way it played into the age thing was uncomfy for me personally
- I didn’t think the nun thing was hot tbh (but I really liked the discussions around religion and sex!!!)
I almost DNFed at 70%. I now want to read more about religion, particularly something from the nun’s POV
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Sexual assault
lea_talisa's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Cancer
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Suicide, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, and Medical content
shaylee_reads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Ratings:
Plot:⭐⭐⭐/5
Writing:⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters:⭐⭐⭐/5
Romance:⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5
Diversity: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Overall: ⭐⭐⭐/5
Sadness:💧💧💧💧/5
Spice:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Tropes & Kinks: best friends little sister, secret relationship, and first time (sorta)
Sinner by Sierra Simone is the second book in the Priest series and it follows Sean Bell who only cares about money and sex. One day while at a Gala he meets a newly 21 year old girl and even though she is way to young for him, Sean can not resist the pull he feels towards her. Sean later figures out that not only is she on her way to becoming a nun but she's also none other than Zenobia Iverson, Sean's best friend's little sister. With this new information Sean comes to the decision that nothing can happen with her until one day she comes to Sean with a preposition, she asks him to show her everything she will be missing when she becomes a nun and when she says everything she means EVERYTHING including sex. Even though Sean is fully aware of what a bad idea that is, the pull to Zenny is just a little too strong for him to say no.
I definitely enjoyed this book more than I did the Priest. The character and romance development was so much better in this book, I actually felt like I knew the characters and wanted to see where their story went. I found their romance to be more developed and less insta lovie and I actually cared about their relationship and them ending up together.
Just like the Priest the strongest aspect of this book is the writing, the writing is really well done and very beautiful. I really enjoy the way Sierra Simone writes smuts scenes, they are written really well. Speaking of smut, the smut in this book is just as hot as it was in the first one, all though it definitely isn't as taboo as it was in the first one (not to say there isn't taboo moments because there definitely is) and I feel as though there wasn't as many as the first book.
I really appreciated the diversity in this book, Zenny is a black woman and there is even gay and bisexual rep in this books. I loved how there was a conversation about racism in this book and I loved how it talked about how a cis white person may not intentionally be racist but due to the fact that they are white and grew up that way they more likely then not have contributed to racism towards person of color in some way and that doesn't make them a bad person as long as they are aware of the privileges they get just for being white and try their best to be an ally towards people of color. I just think that the whole situation was done beautifully and I'm really happy that it was included in the story.
I also loved how there was a conversation about how inherently hard it is coming out as part of the LGBTQIA+ community and no matter how supportive you are, it doesn't change the fact that coming out is very daunting and difficult. Someone not coming out to right away doesn't mean they don't trust you or that they think you are homophobic it just that coming out is hard and takes time and they will tell you when they are comfortable enough with it.
That all being said, I didn't absolutely love this book. At moments it could be slow and it never really hooked me, there wasn't a time where I felt like I had to keep reading. Again I feel like I would have enjoyed this book alot more if we had gotten Zenny's point of view and I wish we had focused a little bit more on their relationship and had got more scenes of them doing other things outside of sex because I can only think of one scene where their relationship grew without the help of sex.
Overall, I did enjoy this book but I just can't justify giving it more than 3 stars. I do plan on reading the next book and I'm excited to see Aiden and Elijah's relationship grow.
Plot:⭐⭐⭐/5
Writing:⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters:⭐⭐⭐/5
Romance:⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5
Diversity: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Overall: ⭐⭐⭐/5
Sadness:💧💧💧💧/5
Spice:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Tropes & Kinks: best friends little sister, secret relationship, and first time (sorta)
Sinner by Sierra Simone is the second book in the Priest series and it follows Sean Bell who only cares about money and sex. One day while at a Gala he meets a newly 21 year old girl and even though she is way to young for him, Sean can not resist the pull he feels towards her. Sean later figures out that not only is she on her way to becoming a nun but she's also none other than Zenobia Iverson, Sean's best friend's little sister. With this new information Sean comes to the decision that nothing can happen with her until one day she comes to Sean with a preposition, she asks him to show her everything she will be missing when she becomes a nun and when she says everything she means EVERYTHING including sex. Even though Sean is fully aware of what a bad idea that is, the pull to Zenny is just a little too strong for him to say no.
I definitely enjoyed this book more than I did the Priest. The character and romance development was so much better in this book, I actually felt like I knew the characters and wanted to see where their story went. I found their romance to be more developed and less insta lovie and I actually cared about their relationship and them ending up together.
Just like the Priest the strongest aspect of this book is the writing, the writing is really well done and very beautiful. I really enjoy the way Sierra Simone writes smuts scenes, they are written really well. Speaking of smut, the smut in this book is just as hot as it was in the first one, all though it definitely isn't as taboo as it was in the first one (not to say there isn't taboo moments because there definitely is) and I feel as though there wasn't as many as the first book.
I really appreciated the diversity in this book, Zenny is a black woman and there is even gay and bisexual rep in this books. I loved how there was a conversation about racism in this book and I loved how it talked about how a cis white person may not intentionally be racist but due to the fact that they are white and grew up that way they more likely then not have contributed to racism towards person of color in some way and that doesn't make them a bad person as long as they are aware of the privileges they get just for being white and try their best to be an ally towards people of color. I just think that the whole situation was done beautifully and I'm really happy that it was included in the story.
I also loved how there was a conversation about how inherently hard it is coming out as part of the LGBTQIA+ community and no matter how supportive you are, it doesn't change the fact that coming out is very daunting and difficult. Someone not coming out to right away doesn't mean they don't trust you or that they think you are homophobic it just that coming out is hard and takes time and they will tell you when they are comfortable enough with it.
That all being said, I didn't absolutely love this book. At moments it could be slow and it never really hooked me, there wasn't a time where I felt like I had to keep reading. Again I feel like I would have enjoyed this book alot more if we had gotten Zenny's point of view and I wish we had focused a little bit more on their relationship and had got more scenes of them doing other things outside of sex because I can only think of one scene where their relationship grew without the help of sex.
Overall, I did enjoy this book but I just can't justify giving it more than 3 stars. I do plan on reading the next book and I'm excited to see Aiden and Elijah's relationship grow.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Sexual assault
jen_sometimes's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Racism