Sinner

Sinner

by Sierra Simone

I’m not a good man, and I’ve never pretended to be. I don’t believe in goodness or God or any happy ending that isn’t paid for in advance.

What do I believe in? Money. Sex. Macallan 18.

They have words for men like me—playboy. Womanizer. Skirt chaser.

My brother used to be a priest, and he only has one word for me.

Sinner.

​Spice Level: 5.25/6

Story Score: 7/10

Rating: 4.75/5

I loved Priest so continuing was an obvious choice.

This book wasn’t what I was expecting. Ok, so Sean says he doesn’t believe in God. He meets a girl at an event his firm is holding and instantly is drawn to her. They have some cute words and some filthy ones. Then he has to leave. Turns out said girl is an up-and-coming Nun snd she’s a part of an order that is housed in a building that his company just bought. Bad PR to kick nuns to the street. He goes to talk to them and boom, there she is. Oh, twist, it’s his best friend’s little sister that he hasn’t seen in 14 years. Shortly after, Zenni comes to Sean with the request that he show her, in the next month, everything she’ll be giving up for the rest of her life in ways of relationships. He’s hooked on her so he does. Insert sexy stuff and him falling in love with her. Over the month, she makes Sean re-evaluate his stance on God, the church, and himself. He becomes a better person, of course. When he tells Zenni that he’s in love with her, she breaks it off. But obviously she picks him over nun-hood because otherwise there wouldn’t be a HEA.

Honestly, Sean’s story was so much more of an ‘oldest brother’ story than Tyler’s was. Sean thought everything rested on his shoulders all the time. On top of that, he was the most Daddy Dom hero I’ve ever read and the word ‘daddy’ isn’t uttered in this book, lol. Turns out that it bothers me a lot less when they skip that word. But him wanting to make sure that Zenni ate, slept, thought things through and such, it was endearing. Especially how he did it. He was bossy, sure, but that was kind of one of Sean’s draws. Lol. He gave her an out if it became too much for her.

I’m not gonna lie, I keep ending up in these virgin stories and I want them to stop, lol. The fact that a man will only take the sexy stuff slow for a woman if she’s a virgin is starting to grate on me. Some new relationships could do with a bit of a build up, a slow lean in to the sex world. Thoughtful and careful should not be reserved for virgins alone. Anyway, whatever. Zenni wasn’t as naïve as some of the virgins that I’ve read but Sean’s teaching made it less sexy for me sometimes. I get that she liked it, but I guess I’m not as into that.

Overall, I liked this book. However, the type of person that Sean was isn’t my preferred type of hero. Reformed playboys aren’t my thing generally. Zenni wasn’t my favorite type of heroine. Clueless virgins that can’t recognize their own feelings: not fun for me. So considering that the two MCs were not my type of characters and I still liked the book, I think says something about the enjoy-ability of this book, lol. That being said, I love books where the MMC falls first and admits it to himself and that’s probably what redeemed the book for me. Sean made the deal with a loophole in the words because he knew immediately that he cared too much and I like that. The sex scenes were good, like I’m just coming to expect from Sierra Simone, lol. They were interesting enough that I had to google a few because I had my doubts.

This book didn’t open my eyes or heart up the way that Priest did. Priest felt spiritual to me on a level that was entirely separate from the love(porn) story and I loved that. I loved the little moments where Tyler felt something bigger than himself. This book nearly gutted me because Sean was closed off to the concept and him having to deal with his mom’s health alone was awful.

-SPOILERS-

I think one of my favorite scenes in this book is the phone call between Tyler and Sean. I needed that bit of brotherly understanding, and I think Sean did too. Leave it to Tyler to bring the only reflective moment I had in this book, lol. The concept of only tarnishing the already tarnished was…enlightening.

I really didn’t enjoy the combination of being responsible for everyone and being a playboy for Sean. Normally the overly serious brother is my favorite. And listening to Sean talk about his mom and taking care of her was something that I loved. I loved the final heart-to-heart with Aiden too. Sean showed he was capable of so much more than he was willing to be and that bothers me. I get it, that was his journey, but still. It was like trying to combine two people in one.

I don’t quite get why Elijah thought he had the right to be mad about Zenni when he was boning Aidan.

Uh, I hate cancer books and this one tried to rip my heart out. I didn’t appreciate that. Lol.

Um, also…turns out that vegetable oil can be used as anal lube. That’s a thing. Just keep it out of your vagina. Not something I ever would’ve thought about, lol.

Standalone (Book #2 in the Priest series)

​295 Pages

Trope Challenge: Playboy

I want to build a tower around you, and then build a castle around that tower, and then dig a moat around that castle, and then I want to guard you like a dragon. Burn anyone who tries to hurt you into ash and then scorch those ashes a second time.

- Sean, Sinner by Sierra Simone

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