Saints & Sinners

by Mer Brebner

In the wake of a devastating accident, Sophie, Anna, the Saints, and much of small-town Petit Schiedam are left reeling. Life, however, does not stop for the brokenhearted and everyone must find the strength to carry on, especially when once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are on the line. As they struggle, discord flares between siblings, friends, and lovers, and everything begins to fall apart. Sophie and her loved ones must rise above their differences if any of them are to salvage what they can of their futures. Growing up is never easy, but it's never so hard as when the stakes are so very real, and these young people are about to learn that growing up is about so much more than falling in love and landing that dream job.

481 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 6, 2019

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t love this as much as Welcome to the Big League, I think due to a combination of me struggling with contemporary lately and this one not hitting my nostalgia feels as hard (all the happy fall stuff is in book one). I also found myself disliking the narration changes a lot more - from third person omniscient in most of it to first person limited when following Anna - but that’s a personal preference thing that annoys me in all books. I wish it didn’t because Anna is my favorite and I like getting inside her head. Alas.

HOWEVER. I read an early draft of this book so already knew what would happen, and have also read a draft of the beginning of the next book (which follows Anna!!), so I think Saints and Sinners was destined to feel a little blah for me. Someone new to the series may end up liking it more than book one since it ties up a lot of the loose threads.