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Sinful
After the death of her mother, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Carrington is starting over. In a new city, at a new school, and with a dad she hardly knows, it isn't going to be easy. Trying desperately to find her way and cope with her unceasing grief, she finds herself surrounded by a force so compelling, so comforting, so captivating that she can't deny its presence and soon fears that if it were to leave her, she might lose her very self. But is it all really happening or has her wavering sanity finally found its breaking point? Michael's role in this world has been the same for centuries, but now something is different. He is inexplicably drawn to an intriguing stranger so alluring that he can't force himself to resist her. Is he willing to risk everything to be with her, even falling? A dark force, hell bent on destroying any chance of happiness for his arch nemesis Michael, is lurking in League City, TX, and there is no limit to his need for vengeance. How far will he go to seek revenge for his sworn enemy's betrayal? Caught in a clash of good versus evil, Elizabeth soon finds herself in the crosshairs of a battle that has been brewing since long before she was even born.
265 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 16, 2010
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Sara Dailey
8 books123 followersSara Dailey co-authored the YA Paranormal Romance novels, Sinful and Pack of Lies, with her good friend and co-worker Staci Weber. She has a degree in literature from U of H Clear Lake and is a graduate of The Institute of Children’s Literature. Sara is a native Texan and lives with her wonderful husband and son in League City, TX where she is a middle school English teacher.
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July 13, 2015
First thank you so much to both Sara Dailey and Staci Weber for letting me review this book, I'm really glad that they let me!
This book left me thinking, "Wow! Not what I expected but still good!". First off, I love the concept of this book, angels. I am on a angel high right now, if there's a book that has angels in, it is more than likely that I will be reading it as soon as possible. So, of course I loved that aspect of it! This book is a very fast paced and right to the point read with characters that I really liked and are very realistic. The characters were actual people that you will see in high school. Finally! No 30 year old high school characters, I am so tired of those characters. They are not very realistic, these characters are, I could actually name names about who these characters represent. I really liked that Elizabeth could stick up for herself and wasn't someone who needed others to lean on. I liked that Michael is different from all the bad-boy characters that have graced the pages of so many YA books, don't get me wrong, I love the bad-boy characters but it was a nice change. Michael is very sweet and sensitive, not in a bad whiney/easily offended way but in a way that he was aware of Elizabeth and wanted what was best for her. It was very refreshing. I liked them both but I wasn't too keen on was how quickly they fell in love; it was almost instantly which didn't feel real to me. Although if there was some hot angel following me around I'd fall into his arms too! Overall they were very real and refreshing characters.
This is a very fast paced quick read, no little scenes that just took up pages and ink. Sometimes I wanted a little more description, but most of the time it was a perfect balance for me. The plot was cliché at times but it was still very good and kept me with my light on reading late at night, when I really should have turned it off for my own healthy energy benefit. Overall it was a fast paced book with great characters. I would definitely recommend picking this book up. I can't wait for the next book!
This book left me thinking, "Wow! Not what I expected but still good!". First off, I love the concept of this book, angels. I am on a angel high right now, if there's a book that has angels in, it is more than likely that I will be reading it as soon as possible. So, of course I loved that aspect of it! This book is a very fast paced and right to the point read with characters that I really liked and are very realistic. The characters were actual people that you will see in high school. Finally! No 30 year old high school characters, I am so tired of those characters. They are not very realistic, these characters are, I could actually name names about who these characters represent. I really liked that Elizabeth could stick up for herself and wasn't someone who needed others to lean on. I liked that Michael is different from all the bad-boy characters that have graced the pages of so many YA books, don't get me wrong, I love the bad-boy characters but it was a nice change. Michael is very sweet and sensitive, not in a bad whiney/easily offended way but in a way that he was aware of Elizabeth and wanted what was best for her. It was very refreshing. I liked them both but I wasn't too keen on was how quickly they fell in love; it was almost instantly which didn't feel real to me. Although if there was some hot angel following me around I'd fall into his arms too! Overall they were very real and refreshing characters.
This is a very fast paced quick read, no little scenes that just took up pages and ink. Sometimes I wanted a little more description, but most of the time it was a perfect balance for me. The plot was cliché at times but it was still very good and kept me with my light on reading late at night, when I really should have turned it off for my own healthy energy benefit. Overall it was a fast paced book with great characters. I would definitely recommend picking this book up. I can't wait for the next book!
April 6, 2011
What happens when an angel of death falls in love with a mortal?
I thought the concept of Sinful was interesting. In all the reading I’ve done, I’ve seen humans fall in love with vampires, ghosts, faeries, werewolves, but a human falling in love with an angel was a new one for me. The story opens with a heartbreaking scene in which Elizabeth’s mother dies. This is also the first time that Elizabeth senses Michael, an angel of death.
When Elizabeth relocates to Texas, Michael does what he can to comfort her without becoming too involved. However, it isn’t long before he reveals himself to Elizabeth. The bond between the two was immediate. While I can appreciate a love at first sight connection, the relationship between Michael and Elizabeth moved extremely fast. One minute they were meeting each other for the first time and the next minute they were madly in love. I would have liked them to get to know each other a bit more before their relationship became so serious.
Elizabeth is definitely an entertaining heroine. She is the typical teenage girl just trying to survive high school. As I thought back to my own experiences as a teenager, I could relate to Elizabeth’s struggles to manage her appearance, navigate a new school, and make friends, and I’m sure many teenagers today can empathize with Elizabeth’s plight. At her heart, Elizabeth is a good person. She cares about her friends and family, however, like most teenagers, she makes plenty of mistakes. From taking old friends for granted to underestimating her Dad’s feelings, Elizabeth definitely has a lot to learn. Also, I was a little disturbed at the frequency alcohol played a part in the parties that she attended with her friends. Teenage drinking is a serious issue and can have dangerous consequences. I felt that it was treated a bit too lightly in this story.
Despite this issue, these flaws served to make Elizabeth a well rounded and interesting heroine. Michael was the perfect guy. He was kind, loyal, attractive, and unbelievably patient and understanding. While this made him a very likable character, I also felt he could have been a bit more rounded. Since most of the story is told from Elizabeth’s point of view, I didn’t get to know Michael as much as I would have liked.
The plot of Sinful definitely made it a page turner. Two major issues needed to be resolved. First, an enemy from Michael’s past needed to be dealt with. Second, how would Michael and Elizabeth find a way to be together? Ms. Dailey and Ms. Weber did an excellent job of balancing Elizabeth’s more common teenage issues with the more epic conflicts that she and Michael faced together. I eagerly turned pages wondering how it would all work out. However, I did think that in the end, both serious issues were wrapped up a little too quickly and easily.
Despite that feeling, I still found the ending to be satisfying. Overall, I thought Sinful was a good read. Elizabeth was a realistic heroine and the conflicts in the story were interesting. Fans of paranormal romance will certainly enjoy it.
Originally posted at http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.c...
I thought the concept of Sinful was interesting. In all the reading I’ve done, I’ve seen humans fall in love with vampires, ghosts, faeries, werewolves, but a human falling in love with an angel was a new one for me. The story opens with a heartbreaking scene in which Elizabeth’s mother dies. This is also the first time that Elizabeth senses Michael, an angel of death.
When Elizabeth relocates to Texas, Michael does what he can to comfort her without becoming too involved. However, it isn’t long before he reveals himself to Elizabeth. The bond between the two was immediate. While I can appreciate a love at first sight connection, the relationship between Michael and Elizabeth moved extremely fast. One minute they were meeting each other for the first time and the next minute they were madly in love. I would have liked them to get to know each other a bit more before their relationship became so serious.
Elizabeth is definitely an entertaining heroine. She is the typical teenage girl just trying to survive high school. As I thought back to my own experiences as a teenager, I could relate to Elizabeth’s struggles to manage her appearance, navigate a new school, and make friends, and I’m sure many teenagers today can empathize with Elizabeth’s plight. At her heart, Elizabeth is a good person. She cares about her friends and family, however, like most teenagers, she makes plenty of mistakes. From taking old friends for granted to underestimating her Dad’s feelings, Elizabeth definitely has a lot to learn. Also, I was a little disturbed at the frequency alcohol played a part in the parties that she attended with her friends. Teenage drinking is a serious issue and can have dangerous consequences. I felt that it was treated a bit too lightly in this story.
Despite this issue, these flaws served to make Elizabeth a well rounded and interesting heroine. Michael was the perfect guy. He was kind, loyal, attractive, and unbelievably patient and understanding. While this made him a very likable character, I also felt he could have been a bit more rounded. Since most of the story is told from Elizabeth’s point of view, I didn’t get to know Michael as much as I would have liked.
The plot of Sinful definitely made it a page turner. Two major issues needed to be resolved. First, an enemy from Michael’s past needed to be dealt with. Second, how would Michael and Elizabeth find a way to be together? Ms. Dailey and Ms. Weber did an excellent job of balancing Elizabeth’s more common teenage issues with the more epic conflicts that she and Michael faced together. I eagerly turned pages wondering how it would all work out. However, I did think that in the end, both serious issues were wrapped up a little too quickly and easily.
Despite that feeling, I still found the ending to be satisfying. Overall, I thought Sinful was a good read. Elizabeth was a realistic heroine and the conflicts in the story were interesting. Fans of paranormal romance will certainly enjoy it.
Originally posted at http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.c...
January 12, 2011
Sinful is a great book for paranormal lovers looking for a fast and entertaining page turner. This book was definitely a "guilty pleasure" for me. While it was fun and exciting the plot is a little bit predictable.
We meet Elizabeth whose mother just past away and is forced to start a new life in Texas with her father(who hasn’t really been world’s #1 dad, but he’s trying) In the beginning, Elizabeth was a little rough around the edges, but i could understand she was grieving her mother’s death. Then Elizabeth starts feeling a comforting and calming presence around her...
Soon she finds out an angel named Micheal is that presence. I liked Micheal he’s gorgeous, sweet and charming. He doesn't want Elizabeth to feel alone. In a way he made her whole, and soon she began to be herself again, that's worth breaking the rules for, right?. But the relationship between them felt a little rushed, i needed a little bit more then an instant love... That doesn’t take away from the fact that i enjoyed reading about them, I loved every moment when the focus was on Daniel. Talk about a bad boy lol
Sara Dailey and Staci Weber created a fun book with great characters and engaging plot. With It’s building suspense, even though i kind of suspected what was going on I was still shocked! It was such an addicting read, i couldn’t get enough!
We meet Elizabeth whose mother just past away and is forced to start a new life in Texas with her father(who hasn’t really been world’s #1 dad, but he’s trying) In the beginning, Elizabeth was a little rough around the edges, but i could understand she was grieving her mother’s death. Then Elizabeth starts feeling a comforting and calming presence around her...
Soon she finds out an angel named Micheal is that presence. I liked Micheal he’s gorgeous, sweet and charming. He doesn't want Elizabeth to feel alone. In a way he made her whole, and soon she began to be herself again, that's worth breaking the rules for, right?. But the relationship between them felt a little rushed, i needed a little bit more then an instant love... That doesn’t take away from the fact that i enjoyed reading about them, I loved every moment when the focus was on Daniel. Talk about a bad boy lol
Sara Dailey and Staci Weber created a fun book with great characters and engaging plot. With It’s building suspense, even though i kind of suspected what was going on I was still shocked! It was such an addicting read, i couldn’t get enough!
December 25, 2010
Lovely story and very well paced...not too slow or too fast. The story line was great, it was well written and had a lot of tender moments in it. I would recommend this book for any teenager.
Awesome job to the writers!
Awesome job to the writers!
November 7, 2010
I loved this book!
June 13, 2012
The first downside is that SINFUL suffers from the same problem as a lot of small press books. Typos, typos, typos. It grates on my nerves a little every time I notice something wrong which doesn't put mean in a mind to be generous.
And boy, does SINFUL need me to be generous.
The back cover blurb introduces Elizabeth Carrington, who moves to League City, Texas after her mother's death. It also introduces the angel Michael who falls instantly for Elizabeth since she's "so alluring that he can't force himself to resist her." (Elizabeth's reasoning is just as simple but more understandable: he's hot.) The problem with this is that Elizabeth, quite frankly, is an asshole.
She thinks rude things about people who try to be nice to her. She calls other girls bitches and hobags with little provocation. She congratulates herself on quips so clever they leave her opponent speechless, when her opponent is likely just speechless that she said something so mean and crass when they weren't even arguing. No, I don't get why Michael would become human to be with her.
Lyndsee, the head mean girl, almost becomes a sympathetic character. Elizabeth accidentally hits her with a car door and a plate of food once. But then she does those things on purpose. (Assault! How heroic!) Lyndsee also gets dumped. Then her boyfriend sides against her in public (twice) because he thinks the humiliation will do good things for her personality.
Oh, and one of those faux-clever clips is delivered to Lyndsee. Yeah, bulimia jokes are real funny.
Lyndsee's significant other is the hottest boy in school (who still isn't as hot as Michael). In fact, he's so hot that everyone refers to him by his full name. Which makes me wish someone had said something to Dailey and Weber, because I couldn't help but laugh everytime his name was said.
That's right. The hottest guy in school is Jason Alexander.
The best character in the story is Daniel, a slightly unhinged former angel. Unfortunately he doesn't show up all that much. Oh well, I'd've probably found something to dislike if he showed up enough.
And boy, does SINFUL need me to be generous.
The back cover blurb introduces Elizabeth Carrington, who moves to League City, Texas after her mother's death. It also introduces the angel Michael who falls instantly for Elizabeth since she's "so alluring that he can't force himself to resist her." (Elizabeth's reasoning is just as simple but more understandable: he's hot.) The problem with this is that Elizabeth, quite frankly, is an asshole.
She thinks rude things about people who try to be nice to her. She calls other girls bitches and hobags with little provocation. She congratulates herself on quips so clever they leave her opponent speechless, when her opponent is likely just speechless that she said something so mean and crass when they weren't even arguing. No, I don't get why Michael would become human to be with her.
Lyndsee, the head mean girl, almost becomes a sympathetic character. Elizabeth accidentally hits her with a car door and a plate of food once. But then she does those things on purpose. (Assault! How heroic!) Lyndsee also gets dumped. Then her boyfriend sides against her in public (twice) because he thinks the humiliation will do good things for her personality.
Oh, and one of those faux-clever clips is delivered to Lyndsee. Yeah, bulimia jokes are real funny.
Lyndsee's significant other is the hottest boy in school (who still isn't as hot as Michael). In fact, he's so hot that everyone refers to him by his full name. Which makes me wish someone had said something to Dailey and Weber, because I couldn't help but laugh everytime his name was said.
That's right. The hottest guy in school is Jason Alexander.
The best character in the story is Daniel, a slightly unhinged former angel. Unfortunately he doesn't show up all that much. Oh well, I'd've probably found something to dislike if he showed up enough.
December 23, 2010
When Elizabeth's Mother passes away after a battle with cancer, Elizabeth feels a calm and reassuring presence around her. At first she thinks it may be her Mother's spirit trying to comfort her after the loss. When Elizabeth moves to Texas to live with her Father, she starts to think it might be an angel who is keeping her company instead.
I found the writing to be refreshing in this book. For once, the characters that are teens, actually talk and act like teenagers! They actually had the attitude of a teen with all of the school drama that actually is real! While I enjoyed the characters and the story plot, there were a few problems that I had with the book.
First of all the romance between Michael and Elizabeth was so rushed that it almost was instantaneous. After Michael reveals himself to her, they are madly in love and know that they are going to be together forever. Some parts of the book were also choppy in story with the time line jumping ahead too quickly.
What I did love about this book though was the constant suspense and high points of the plot. Just when one climax of the story hit, and you thought that would be the end, it would build to another one before you even knew it. I was constantly surprised at the different roads the author(s) would take us down.
The side characters were also a delight. While we don't get to meet Zander, the head angel, until near the end of the book, he was still memorable and made the chapters great. Lauren and Amy were fun friends to Elizabeth that you would see at any high school.
While there was good and bad of this book, I still felt this an enjoyable and entertaining read. I liked the good versus' evil Angels and the romance that was intertwined in it. Daniel himself, played an evil angel that you love to hate, but find yourself hoping for the best in him. I can't wait to see what the authors will bring to us next!
I found the writing to be refreshing in this book. For once, the characters that are teens, actually talk and act like teenagers! They actually had the attitude of a teen with all of the school drama that actually is real! While I enjoyed the characters and the story plot, there were a few problems that I had with the book.
First of all the romance between Michael and Elizabeth was so rushed that it almost was instantaneous. After Michael reveals himself to her, they are madly in love and know that they are going to be together forever. Some parts of the book were also choppy in story with the time line jumping ahead too quickly.
What I did love about this book though was the constant suspense and high points of the plot. Just when one climax of the story hit, and you thought that would be the end, it would build to another one before you even knew it. I was constantly surprised at the different roads the author(s) would take us down.
The side characters were also a delight. While we don't get to meet Zander, the head angel, until near the end of the book, he was still memorable and made the chapters great. Lauren and Amy were fun friends to Elizabeth that you would see at any high school.
While there was good and bad of this book, I still felt this an enjoyable and entertaining read. I liked the good versus' evil Angels and the romance that was intertwined in it. Daniel himself, played an evil angel that you love to hate, but find yourself hoping for the best in him. I can't wait to see what the authors will bring to us next!
August 15, 2011
I was very intrigued by the cover and description of this book and was excited to read it. It didn't quite live up to my expectations, but it was still a fun read. It used a bit of a cliche plot sequence: mortal meets immortal, the two fall in love, someone/something tries to tear them apart, and they manage to fix the problem. There was some dialogue that was questionable; I'm not very sure many teenagers go around actually saying, "OMG." It also seemed as if the main character was a little too ready to accept the supernatural. Aside from these, I found the book was enjoyable and good for a quick read, not too heavy. The characters were interesting and distinctive. Elizabeth, the main character, was a sassy, take-control girl, and I admired her attitude. Elizabeth's friends were charming and I always looked forward to reading what they would do next. Michael, unlike in many of the books today, was actually a sweet, caring guy. The plot had just enough twists and turns to keep me involved and interested. I will look forward to reading more from these authors.
January 15, 2011
I found Elizabeth very annoying and Michael corny. I was lucky to win this book as an ARC from Good Reads. It was a quick read. "Lizzie's" mother passes away from cancer and she is forced to move from Vermont to Texas, from day one she is the outsider, never wearing the right thing. Then she meets Michael and his enemy Daniel. All of a sudden the cutest boy at school notices her, dumps his girlfriend, and is all over Elizabeth. Even though she has Michael she can't say no. Michael then has to go to the Netherlands and is stuck. The only person that can save him is Elizabeth.
February 8, 2011
Angel of death...Love affair with a mortal. I liked it.I Won this book.
June 16, 2012
This book was awesome. It's totally in my top 10 favorite books! :)
July 28, 2011
Started out so well and just went down hill from about 60%.
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