Monday, August 11, 2014

Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater Review

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18406862-sinner


Everybody thinks they know Cole's story. Stardom. Addiction. Downfall. Disappearance. But only a few people know Cole's darkest secret -- his ability to shift into a wolf. One of these people is Isabel. At one point, they may have even loved each other. But that feels like a lifetime ago. Now Cole is back. Back in the spotlight. Back in the danger zone. Back in Isabel's life. Can this sinner be saved?
I tried to stay away from this book. You might be wondering why. Well, I wasn't a fan of the third book in the Mercy Fall series. I did love the first two books, though. I have this love/hate relationship with Maggie's books. I love some of them with a fiery passion (The Raven Cycle, Mercy Fall books 1&2) and loath the rest with the same passion (The Scorpio Races, book 3 in the Mercy Fall series). With me, there's no in between with her books. I feel like she can be very prose-y, sometimes so much that I get lost and end up scratching my head because I feel so lost. But other times her writing makes me want to weep like a little baby because it can be beautiful and so mind blowing that it gives me chills.

I’m happy to tell you that I loved Sinner with all my heart! It was easy and perfect. Her writing style blew me away once again and went hand in hand with the characters. And this book is all about the characters. I loved how Isabel and Cole’s story took center stage. There’s not much going on that doesn’t have to do with them and I loved that. They were always my favorite characters in the other books in the series and I always thought that there wasn’t enough of them in the books. Well, we get a LOT of Cole and Isabel in Sinner.

I’m happy I gave Sinner a try. There’s a lot of angst, swoony moments, a little bit of wolf and awesome new characters that will make your heart melt, I’m looking at you adorable Leon! If you love Maggie, then you’ll love this book.


 

4 comments:

  1. I haven't read Forever yet but I did pick up this book because Cole has always been of interest to me. I'm so happy you loved it!

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  2. For some reason I could never get into this series but I am so glad that you really loved this one especially after not loving book three.

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  3. I DO love Maggie, and I can't wait to read this book. Yeah, I've heard that it's a bit angsty, but I loved Cole and Isabel, so I'm not worried. I'm glad you loved it--great review, Bethzaida!

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  4. Oh I'm glad you had such a great time with this book! I heard great things about it but I confess that I haven't tried the series yet. But I definitely shoumld! Great review!

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