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A review by theqissilent
The Virgin by Tiffany Reisz
5.0
Originally posted on 80booksblog.wordpress.com
After seven books, I'm running out of words to describe Tiffany Reisz's brilliance and how amazing each new edition in The Original Sinners series is. The deeper we dig and the more layers we pull back, the more I fall for these characters. I will be sad to see this series end (for now) with the release of The Queen.
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Clever packaging. Well played, Harlequin.[/caption]
In The Virgin, present-day Nora, Søren, Kingsley, and Juliette are in Scotland for a wedding; yes, King and Søren are in kilts. KILTS! Enjoy that visual. Anyway...It's not the wedding you think, though Tiffany subtly leads you to believe that it is. Sadist. You don't find out who's getting married until the very end of the book, which BTDubs, ends on anasty, mean cliffhanger.
While waiting for the nuptials to happen, we see our "Unholy Trinity" as happy as we've ever seen them, so of course, we must relive one of the most difficult periods in their lives. Previous books have mentioned "that year," and in The Virgin we learn what drove Eleanor away from Søren and onto the path to becoming Nora Sutherlin -- writer, Domme, and Switch. While Eleanor is hiding out at her mother's abbey, she indulges in a forbidden relationship with a young nun, who helps her discover her gift for writing.
As much as I love Nora and Søren, it is Kingsley and Juliette's love story that steals the show for me. As I was reading, I was always anxious to get back to those scenes. With Nora hiding out, Kingsley wonders and fears she won't come back. He's pretty pissed at the priest about that, so he runs away also, ending up in Haiti.
And cue the tears. Everything about this courtship caused all the emotions. All of them. Kingsley's heart being vulnerable. Juliette defending a nest of birds and feeling so trapped that she believed there was only one way out. And Kingsley willing to let her go simply because she asked. *sigh* My heart and my tear ducts couldn't handle it all.
I say this every time I read a new Sinners book, but this one might be my favorite. And Kingsley may just have dethroned Søren for first place in my heart.
This beautiful thing is on the way, thanks to Book Depository, and I will have to give it another read.
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Mills & Boon, you slay me with these covers.[/caption]
ARC provided by NetGalley
After seven books, I'm running out of words to describe Tiffany Reisz's brilliance and how amazing each new edition in The Original Sinners series is. The deeper we dig and the more layers we pull back, the more I fall for these characters. I will be sad to see this series end (for now) with the release of The Queen.
[caption id="attachment_652" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Clever packaging. Well played, Harlequin.[/caption]In The Virgin, present-day Nora, Søren, Kingsley, and Juliette are in Scotland for a wedding; yes, King and Søren are in kilts. KILTS! Enjoy that visual. Anyway...It's not the wedding you think, though Tiffany subtly leads you to believe that it is. Sadist. You don't find out who's getting married until the very end of the book, which BTDubs, ends on a
While waiting for the nuptials to happen, we see our "Unholy Trinity" as happy as we've ever seen them, so of course, we must relive one of the most difficult periods in their lives. Previous books have mentioned "that year," and in The Virgin we learn what drove Eleanor away from Søren and onto the path to becoming Nora Sutherlin -- writer, Domme, and Switch. While Eleanor is hiding out at her mother's abbey, she indulges in a forbidden relationship with a young nun, who helps her discover her gift for writing.
As much as I love Nora and Søren, it is Kingsley and Juliette's love story that steals the show for me. As I was reading, I was always anxious to get back to those scenes. With Nora hiding out, Kingsley wonders and fears she won't come back. He's pretty pissed at the priest about that, so he runs away also, ending up in Haiti.
And cue the tears. Everything about this courtship caused all the emotions. All of them. Kingsley's heart being vulnerable. Juliette defending a nest of birds and feeling so trapped that she believed there was only one way out. And Kingsley willing to let her go simply because she asked. *sigh* My heart and my tear ducts couldn't handle it all.
I say this every time I read a new Sinners book, but this one might be my favorite. And Kingsley may just have dethroned Søren for first place in my heart.
This beautiful thing is on the way, thanks to Book Depository, and I will have to give it another read.
[caption id="attachment_757" align="aligncenter" width="190"]
Mills & Boon, you slay me with these covers.[/caption]ARC provided by NetGalley