Friday, September 25, 2015

My ARC review of Sins Of Sevin by Penelope Ward






***Lowest Price of 2015.*** 
From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new forbidden STANDALONE romance. 

What happens when the one you want is the only one you can’t have? 

My name is Sevin. 

Homeschooled and sheltered by my ultra-religious family, I was always taught that lust was a sin. 

Elle was the girl who’d been carefully chosen for me. 

After a long-distance courtship, I’d be moving into her family’s guesthouse so that we could get to know each other in the months before the wedding. 

Boundaries were set: no inappropriate touching, no kissing, no sex before marriage. 

I’d accepted those rules and my fate. 

Until I met the one I wanted to sin with. 

That was when restraint became a problem…especially since THE ONE wasn’t Elle. 

It was her sister, Evangeline. 

You know what they say about best laid plans. 

My name is Sevin, and I have sinned. 

**Told in alternating points of view, Sins of Sevin is a full-length standalone novel. Contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. Only appropriate for adult readers age 18+. 









ARC was received for an honest review.

Okay... so this was one of those books that I finished and couldn't really rate it or write a review right away because I was still trying to decide if I loved it or hated it.  And I've come to the conclusion that it is neither.  It is simply just not my favorite by the author.  


Our Hero - Sevin - let me start with him.  I was excited to read about him. Especially after the first part of the book when he appears to be this Sinful Naughty Bad Boy.  But that took a turn for the worse when this arranged relationship happens out of nowhere!  I couldn't understand how he would agree to such an "arrangement".   I understand he felt it was the only choice he had to get away from his life at home.  This "relationship" with Elle or Ellebelle (which I hated that nickname btw) was forced.  There was no real relationship and/or character development when it came to the two  of them.  It was quite boring.  Boy meets girl....they have this long distance thing via phone until he moves across the country to "court" her while working for her father (to take over his business- which was strange) and living in the guest house.  No physical touch....chaperoned dates....blah blah blah.... A complete 180 of the Sevin we met in the beginning which had me thrilled to read about.    Then along comes Evangeline aka Sienna.  This whole "instalove" thing between the two of them.  Weird!  (I will talk about Evangeline in a second).   The more I read the story the more upset I got at Sevin.  I understand you can't help who you fall in love with.... but make  a choice!  Be a man!  Do what's right!  Normally, the whole love triangle thing is a favorite of mine and I honestly don't even know if I would call this a love triangle. More like a few robots being programmed as to what to do, how and when.  The more I read it... .the more I got aggravated by it. 

Elle - God what can I say about her.  Because for her to be the fiance' she was pretty much non existent in this story line.   And so Clueless as to what was happening around her.  The way this family was raised - has her and Evangeline so naive.  I don't know how she didn't see all the signs that were right in front of her face!  When I think of the way they were "chosen" for each other - I just want to shoot myself.    

Evangeline - UGH!  Our Heroine  - she frustrated the crap out of me!  I wanted to feel sorry for her, but I can't...especially after the life choices she makes in the story.  I blame most of her lack of social skills and life lessons on the way she was raised.  And yet, for her to be so sheltered etc she sure knew a lot of stuff.  Maybe that was because of her sneaking off to her friends house. Sevin is just as much to blame as she is.  Neither of them were apparently adult enough to just say ---listen...this situation is completely F*cked up.  Neither of them wanting to hurt ElleBelle (puke- hated that nickname) so sneaking around and giving me whiplash was the right choice... NOT!  

Once a chain of events happen - the story picked up A LITTLE for me.  You got a tiny bit of angst and heart ache.  When certain "twists" are revealed , some felt rushed to me.  It kind of gave me a case of whiplash.  

And the ending..... I guess it could possible be a cliffy..... which I hope if there is a part two that the story is more developed.  This one sadly  just didn't give me the oompth and feels that her other books did.   It was slow.....no real character / relationship development for me.  Lot's of misses in this one.  Lot's of things felt too rushed or out of place.   IT was very draining for me.  The back and forth and not getting to any kind of real climax was starting to make me sad.    





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