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Sinner by Sierra Simone

149 reviews

ettamari's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ulia_do's review against another edition

4.25

emotional tense fast-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

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raerae87's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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

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jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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

I hate to say it, but I think this series was a bit overhyped 🫣 Don’t get me wrong, it was still a great read, but I definitely went in assuming I was going to LOVE it as much as the similar genre readers of BookTok have.

These interconnected standalones featured a set of brothers, each with varying and complicated relationships with God, the church, and subsequently their love interests. Overall, the books were fun, sexy, and full of temptation & sin. I really enjoyed that they were mostly written as a single POV, with the small exception of confessionals in the first book and journal & article entries in the last, as romance novels usually don't put as much weight on the MMC’s perspective. The cost to this, however, was not feeling as connected to the other half of the couple and questioning their character's choices.

There were a few other small things that hindered the storylines for my own personal preferences. The plots felt fairly predictable which noticeably made me lose traction and not as eager to fly through the reads as I typically would. I am not also not a big fan of third act breakups, miscommunication tropes, or long gaps in time before the resolution or HEA.

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brooke_80's review against another edition

5.0

reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4/5 spice level. Age Gap. soul searching.

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kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

I like that while this book is inundated with filthy smutty scene there are also very real, very serious topics undertaken through the eyes of the MMC. There are certainly several trigger warnings to heed, particularly related to cancer, death of a parent, and questioning connections to god. I thought the character development was deep and meaningful and I felt like the circumstances of Sean’s life really pushed him in ways that were difficult but strengthened him in a myriad of ways. I can just imagine Zenny and how devastatingly beautiful she is from the description of her physical and personality traits. The story arc is well-developed and there are no plot holes. The spice is spicin, even though some of it was outside the bounds of what I find intriguing.

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lakeisha__'s review against another edition

4.75

emotional 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

this was so close to be a 5 star for me however:

the racism scene. it felt a bit clunky and didn't really go with the story. it just felt unnecessary and didn't really add anything by being there.

the constant reminder of age. he says "you're too young" or "my best friend's little sister" way too much like we get it. i think he says that he feels wrong for doing it but he mentions her age so much it's like he wants us to feel like he's wrong for doing it too?

i do still highly recommend this book though as it was such a good read!!

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