Reviews

Sinner by Lana Pecherczyk

buffyloverlori's review

adventurous funny informative mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

scubafaery's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

daniela_endless_tbr's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/6.
🌶️.5/5.

I loved the set up for this whole series!
I’m looking forward to read Envy and to see what Mary and Flint taugh the 7 children.

sharyn_swanepoel's review

adventurous fast-paced

5.0

doombunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

readingismykindofthing's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

traci_booksagram's review

5.0

With the world’s sin creating a society of depravity, scientists have created a family of brothers and sisters who are able to sense the sinners & fight them with deadly intent. This is the origin story for the Deadly Seven & tells us how Flint & Mary met & what happened when the members of the Deadly Seven were still in the laboratory they were born in.

This novella gives us great insight to Mary & Flint’s backstory. I love both of them and enjoyed that we were able to get more insight into the two that raised the members of the Deadly Seven. This book isn’t necessary to read the main series, but it provides some good background for the books. You also might see a few breadcrumbs that pop up later on.

This is definitely a must read book & you also need to check out the first book in the series, Envy.

othersian's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

moj8668's review

5.0

Every book series about the battle between good and evil needs a good origin story. This one isn't just good. It's great! Lana Pecherczyk has given us a concept that is so relevant it's almost frightening. The world is being overrun by evil. A scientist has managed to isolate the genome that causes greed. After that, finding the genome responsible for all of the seven deadly sins was easy. Investors began showing up - the Vatican, private citizens, a group called The Syndicate - and it seemed the goal was good. They planned to use a surrogate - in this case, the same scientist who had discovered the genomes for evil - to give birth to children who would be genetically altered to be able to detect one of the seven deadly sins. The idea was that they could sense the presence of their particular sin and stop a crime before it happened. With the right kind of influence, these children could restore a world that is over-run with crime and pain. Under the wrong kind of influence . . . let's just say the outcome would be grim.

Enter Sister Mary and Flint Fydler. Both of them work for Biolum Industries but only Mary is aware of exactly what is going on. Is Mary who she claims to be? Is Flint up to the task of helping these children before evil men can use them for awful purposes?

This is merely the origins novella and all of the children are fairly young. One is even born during the course of the book! The rest of the series is focused on each of the children individually as they grow into their powers and try to find their perfect mate - a person who embodies the exact opposite of the sin that they have been engineered to fight.

Pecherczyk did a beautiful job using this novella to establish the origin of the seven as well as setting up their future stories. I loved the multi-dimensional characters and am VERY intrigued by the premise - a genetic connection to the seven deadly sins? It's an intriguing premise. I have already gotten my hands on "Envy" and can't wait to read it!!

grasc3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75