Pages:
385
Publisher:
Scholastic
Release
Date: 3rd
July 2014
Edition:
UK hardback,
purchased
Other
Titles by this Author: Lament,
Ballad, Shiver,
Linger,
Forever,
The
Scorpio Races, The
Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves
The
stunning companion novel to the Shiver,
Linger and Forever trilogy.
Everybody
thinks they know Cole’s story. Stardom. Addiction. Downfall. Disappearance.
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 loved each other. But
that feels like a lifetime ago.
And
now their paths cross again. They have the power to save each other and the
power to tear each other apart.
The
only thing they know for certain is that they cannot let go.
Dear Sinner,
I love the frantic, desperate
energy that Cole ran on. It bled through the pages and I felt like I was
buzzing along with him, desperate for something to pump me up further, but also
waiting for the crash. He’s vibrant and jittery and poised to self-destruct. And
my heart ached for him.
I love the way that Isabel wasn’t
a different person around Cole; she was just a different, more real, version of
herself. Her harshness softened and her hackles went up. Cole is one of the few
people that can get under Isabel’s skin and she was so determined not to let
him, but she didn’t have a chance.
I love the way that they both
demonstrated how you can be one person for yourself and another person for
other people and another for other people. The face you put on for the world
isn’t necessarily the one you’d choose. You put up barriers and slap on masks
to stop the world from getting in and the darkness from getting out. Never was
this more evident than when Victor’s death came crashing down on Cole and when
Isabel could no longer hide from her parents’ fracturing relationship.
I loved how you felt like a
contemp through and through. Cole’s ability to turn into a wolf was more of an
escape for him, a drug, than a paranormal element. I also forgot that the whole
Shiver trilogy revolved around
werewolves; it felt completely separate to Grace and Sam’s story. Isabel and
Cole are a whole hot mess on their own.
I love the way that music felt
alive. The raw, pulsing, high-inducing feeling of making and loving and being
around music seeps through the entire novel, making me itch for a even a shred
of musical talent. And when that failed to appear I checked my calendar and
worked out just how long it is until my next gig so I can feel the music make
my knees vibrate again.
Sinner,
you have
effortlessly glided into my 2014 favourites and I was completely and utterly
immersed within your pages, unwilling to get out and eager to get back in when I
did. You’re awesome.
Lots of love,
Sophie
excellent review! I must read <3
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I was under the misguided thought that this book was a whole new spin off story. on characters we hadn't met. and that's partly true. Isebella from the the Shiver series in this, in her move to LA after her brothers death in the last books. but we also have Cole. which was talked about the last book as well. so this is there story in LA. it really didn't have much to do with werewolves like in Shiver, they only talk about a few times, it's Cole new " drug" but that's pretty much it. it's not the focus so much in this. Still really good through!
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