The Sinner: A Dark College Romance

No rating because my mind is juggling many things, and i finished this book, although in a little bit of a hurry, but I’m trouble rating this book. The sinner is the second book in the lords series. I read this book after reading the ritual and the sacrifice, which just makes everything more interesting, because I already know tyson’s story. (He’s my favorite among all men in the series). “If she wants to watch this house burn, I’ll hand her the fucking matches.” Plot : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Story : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice : 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Rating : — for now. I’ll rate the book later when i’m in a good headspace. Tropes : best friend’s brother, or sister’s bestfriend, whichever way you see it, dark romance, dark college romance, contemporary, kinky, touch her and die, obsessive and possessive hero, over the top hero, jealous hero, manipulative hero. Trigger warnings : https://shanteltessier.com/trigger-wa... Pacing : medium. Characters : easton Bradley sinnet — sin— he goes by sin, because the name better fits his personality. Sin is different than other men in this series. I found myself fluctuating between liking and disliking this man. He’s unhinged, possessive, protective, kinky, loving, but the most thing i liked about him is the willingness and the limits he’d go to protect his Ellie from all those fuckers. ii) ellington Asher — Ellie is so strong, and i was confused, and staring at nothing as i kept reading her story, and it can’t be put into words what she went through. My girl is so strong, she endures so much and yet does not back down, still stubborn, hard headed, just as she should be. iii) laura asher — this woman ☠️ I despite the shit out of her. She is the definition of toxic mothers, who would do anything to get themselves out of a shitty situation. She sold her own daughter to a fucking rapist just to keep her secret safe. Her redemption was serving the carnage men until she dies. But doesn’t mean that whatever she put Ellie through vanishes or makes it better. Ellie started to do drugs to stay sane, anyone would in her place, how else would she escape all the pain and trauma she didn’t ask for. I always wondered how Ellie got raped by those men, only to read that her mother put her up to it. There couldn’t be any better than carnage for her. iv) nicholas Asher — nicholas being dead for nine years, being in carnage, stripped of his lords title, leaving his daughter must have been torturous. He wasn’t there to protect Ellie, but when he did, he did it fiercely. He also didn’t deserve laura as his wife. She didn’t do anything but make him suffer, she even helped cover up her husband’s suicide, and slept with sin’s father. Sister ew. I’m happy that at the end of the book he found a woman who loves him, and is not a shitty partner like laura was. The other side characters : Lincoln, James, holland — all of you can go to burn in hell. Everyone say thankyou to the spade brothers, sin, tyson for helping these men to get where they belong. Story : Ellie was just sisteen when she was raped, and if that is not devastating than learning that she was shared by her rapist with other men. Sin didn’t know anything about it. He was initiated by the time this shit was happening. If you’ve not read this series, please do not start with this book, start with the first book— the ritual, and then you can skip any book, as long as you know how their world works. → their world : (Barrington university is a home to lords, a secret society of powerful man, who know power, control and are trained to be in control. They have to go through three trials before becoming a lord, and after passing the trials, they are a lord, who knows endless wealth and power. A lord can be removed from the society for any reason during the trials though. A chosen is a woman gifted to a lord as a reward for their service. And if a chosen’s husband dies, then she is regifted to a new lord, however they have to stay celibate during the three years, after their initiation to the lords, they can have any woman they want). What I loved : I loved the plot, the story, it was heavier than other books i’ve read in the series. And if that is not heavy, then i don’t know what wild ride awaits me for the spade brothers. Anyway, i loved the side characters more, Tyson, Gavin, the spade brothers, nicholas. They were the best parts of this book for me. I didn’t expect the story to be so heavy as i kept reading, but nonetheless it was worth the time. What I struggled with : nothing. But i did have to take breaks in between to continue reading. Loveable characters or not : loveable. Strong character development : it’s complicated. Sin is still the same, but at least the boy is in love and is willing to go any lengths to keep Ellie safe. Ellie is stronger, she loves her family, accepts her brother, sin — the only man who saved her from all the havoc in her life. Plot driven / character driven : plot driven. Favorite quotes/ highlights : “just remember, little demon, that I love you. Because what i’m about to do to you has nothing to do with love.” Similar book recommendations : just read the other books in the series, and if you haven’t started, then start from the first book — the ritual. (These books are dark, and may not be for everyone, if you are not into dark romance, please stay away from this chaotic book, and series. Read something else, please, others who are just as fucked up as this book, welcome and join the squad). Any other details : my expectations exceeded for this book, I knew shantel would absolutely make me question my sanity after the book ended, but i didn’t expect this. She definitely thought, “let’s drive my readers crazy with this book! ” with a mischievous smile and wrote this. She’s good at writing books with smut, and plot that makes me feel many emotions. Her writing is the best, and smooth. I could read as many books about the lords series, and more. Shantel if you’re reading this, please give me books for the next generation, gonna have to devour it all. I am so excited for my next read — Carnage, and am wondering who the snake tattoo guy is, saint? Kashton? Haidyn? The gagging nun tattoo guy, yeah, my curiosity is at its peak, and am gonna run to read carnage after I have time to absorb all this. Tyson stood up for me in the whole book, even though he had minimum appearance, my man, i’ll never forget him. (Tyson “my wife” Crawford) 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

In love

Page turner for sure!

The content of this book was tough to listen to. It took me 2 months to finish the first 50% and then just a few days for the last 50% (when the plot is finally uncovered). First and foremost, the narrator for Sin was absolutely awful. I almost DNF in the first 5 mins just because of that. Second, within minutes of listening the MMC talks about and then r@pe$ the FMC while she is drugged and drunk and unconscious. Third, this entire story is just poor Elli getting drugged, getting SA’d and then finding out she was SA’d by more people than she could have imagined. Fourth, the MMC is very much touch her and die but his redeeming qualities end right there. This story was super spicy when the FMC gave consent, but super r@p€y and explicit when it wasn’t.

This one was not quite as good as the first book in the series, but I still really enjoyed it overall for a good DR. Not going to say much more here cause I don't want to give anything away and these are all standalones technically though they are interwoven through the same world with many overlapping characters. Must like smut to read these I would say, but there was a plot too. I can't read something without plot at all.