⭐️ 3/5
🌶️ 2/5
I’m in two minds about A Sinner’s Saint. On the one hand it was heart wrenching, soul crushing. But it was also frustrating beyond belief.
While the book was well written, it didn’t fit with the rest of the series. I didn’t like that, unlike his brothers, Vin is still in school. It gave the book an entirely different vibe and I honestly felt like it was written for a younger crowd than the other books. Yet, Vin’s trauma makes it inappropriate for younger people.
And the thing is, Vin’s demons are described in detail. If you’ve read the previous three books, you’d suspect that it was bad. But seeing it from his point of view is an entirely different story. It will break your heart.
Plot Summary
The only way in which Vin has ever been able to tame his demons was by smoking it away.
That was until he met Cammi. She makes his demons disappear and brings rest for his broken heart.
Cammi sees the darkness leave his eyes when he touches her. But when that darkness returns, it is with full force and few things are scarier than that. And she knows that Vin’s demons might very well be the thing that breaks her heart into a million pieces.
And the thing is Vin knows this… Cammi is good. Too good for the likes of him and he knows that if he keeps her, it’s only a matter of time until his darkness consumes her too.
My Thoughts
Since the previous books it has always been obvious that Vin’s past was hard beyond understanding. But feeling it from his perspective is a whole different situation.
When FMC is the one with a traumatic past, my heart breaks. But for some reason when it is the MMC that is broken, I’m inconsolable.
I’ve read many books recently that made me shed a few tears, but few have been able to break me quite as thoroughly.
A Sinner’s Saint is so much more than a love story between a boy and a girl in their final year of school. The plot runs so much deeper. It goes beyond what you can imagine into a world of the most intense emotions. A world with family bonds that can’t ever be broken. A world in which the characters have to fight for their happily ever after.
But the thing is, regardless of how I loved the emotional turmoil that A Sinner’s Saint caused within me, the conflict between the characters is absolutely infuriating.
It felt so childish and ridiculous. I guess if it is a young adult story, fine. But it is the fourth book in a series that isn’t young adult. And as I mentioned before, the emotional things in this book is quite a lot making it more adult.
These things just didn’t mix well for me.
Where to Read?
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Series or Standalone?
Okay, so technically this could be read as a standalone, but I don’t recommend it. Each book in this series is about a different couple, but they all build up to a certain point.
In each book we learn a little bit more about the events surrounding Santo’s wedding at the start of the series.
Although Kylie Kent does give some information for context during cross-over scenes, I don’t believe it is enough for someone to really understand if they haven’t read the previous books.
Tropes
A Sinner’s Saint is a second chance love with a broken hero. A hero who is obsessed with his woman and will do anything for her. Including ☠️ anyone who touches her.
Quotes
“Why do you watch me all the time?” I counter.
“You’re like a bright light. I can’t help but notice you,” he says.
– Cammi and Vin
“Cammi?”
“Yeah?”
“Ask me to hold your hand,” Vin says.
“Vin, hold my hand like you don’t ever want to let go.” I reach across the console, and he entwines our fingers together.
“That’s easy, because I’m never going to let go.”
– Vin and Cammi
“When he holds me, though, it feels like completion. I feel complete when I’m with him. It’s stupid, but that’s the only word I can think of to explain it. Complete. Vin De Bellis completes me.”
– Cammi
“I’m sorry I’m so fucked up,” he whispers.
I snake my arms over his shoulders and hold on to him as tight as I can. “You’re not fucked up to me, Vin. You’re perfect just the way you are,” I tell him.
– Vin and Cammi
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