A review by booksta_adventure
Sinner by Sierra Simone

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

I was NOT prepared for how emotional this book was going to make me. 😭 

Remember Father Bell from 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵? Well, he has several brothers, and this book takes place from his eldest brother Sean’s perspective. Sean hasn’t seen his best friend’s sister (Zenny) in years, and now that he’s seen her, he can’t get her out of his mind. The only problem? She’s on her way to becoming a nun…

This book was 🔥; maybe more than 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵? Zenny is completely inexperienced, and very interested in learning everything she can before taking her vows. 

𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯.

Sean is such a caring, cinnamon rolly, hot-ass man, more than willing to teach Zenny everything he knows.

Other than the 🌶️, this book is so emotional. Sean is the eldest child of his family, as am I, and I so related to his intense feelings of responsibility toward his family. The entire Bell family goes through so much in this book. I was bawling my eyes out toward the end…

These books are also very interesting in how they blend k!nky s3x with faith. This family has gone through the ringer when it comes to the church, and although I’m an agnostic, I’ve still enjoyed exploring this family’s up and down journey with their faith.

 

What this book is giving:

✅ Best Friend’s Sister

✅ Age Gap (He’s 36, She’s 21)

✅ She’s becoming a nun

✅ “Little Nun”

✅ “Zenny-bug”

✅ Dirty Talk

✅ Black female love interest

✅ Romance reading MMC (who buddy reads with his mom! ❤️)

✅ MMC POV (almost completely)

Look out for:

⚠️ Parental terminal illness

Rating: 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ / 5

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ / 5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent