cinta's review
5.0
Very interesting story about the early years of Thomas as a Sin Collector. Obviously, you need to read The Sin Collector first to fully understand this story. Otherwise, you would be quite at lost. This short story helps to understand better some events that happen in the original book, and it also sets the ground for future events, since there are open questions. I have read this story in just one hour (because I was interrupted several times), and I have loved it. Jessica Fortunato does a great job at creating atmosphere, and her vivid descriptions, which have the right length for the format chosen, make you get a very clear picture in your head of what is going on. Wonderfully crafted in a very clever way, the use of the flashback technique makes you be more engaged in the story. I cannot wait to read the second book in the series, and I definitely recommend both the book and this short story to everybody. I think they are unique because of the mixture of genres, but it is a mix that absolutely works, making the reader crave for more.
miztrebor's review
5.0
Earlier in the year I read Jessica Fortunato’s debut novel The Sin Collector, book one in her Sin Collector Trilogy. The book was a refreshing take on the paranormal in the sense that Fortunato dug up a little known (at least to me) mythical being sometimes known as a Sin-Eater or Collector. That alone had me had me wanting to read the book, and I wasn’t disappointed.
Not too long after the author allowed the fans to choose which character from the book they’d like to read as the star of a short story. Thomas won with flying colors. There was a good amount of intrigue into his past that I wanted his story to be told as well. This short story is the product of that voting process.
Fortunato’s writing style comes through in Thomas just as much as it did in her longer debut novel. This was great to see because sometimes an author can’t translate their normal style to the shorter form of a short story. The mechanics are just different, but that doesn’t seem to have gotten in Fortunato’s way.
The pace was fast, which is one of the things I loved about The Sin Collector. Also, while it’s easy to speed through, the it doesn’t let you breeze over the words. Some fast paced stories can easily be read and forgotten. With Thomas there is nothing lost along the way. The pace just helps the reader gain the information that they long for; Thomas’s history.
Did I like Thomas’s character even more after knowing where he came from and what he was doing long before what we know from Book 1? Affirmative! He was already one of my favorite characters, but this story was essential to locking him in as one of my favorite characters. Was his story all that I had been waiting for? Affirmative; it was satisfying and more. I had no idea what I was going to be reading since I didn’t have much to work with. He was very mysterious. What takes place in this story reveals all that was needed to be known…but then it leaves some more questions after it’s done.
I can’t get into the questions that arise. I’m pretty sure I have the answers, but you’ll need to read this story for yourself. I refuse to spoil anything about Thomas. I will say one things though, please read The Sin Collector before you read The Sin Collector Thomas.
Not too long after the author allowed the fans to choose which character from the book they’d like to read as the star of a short story. Thomas won with flying colors. There was a good amount of intrigue into his past that I wanted his story to be told as well. This short story is the product of that voting process.
Fortunato’s writing style comes through in Thomas just as much as it did in her longer debut novel. This was great to see because sometimes an author can’t translate their normal style to the shorter form of a short story. The mechanics are just different, but that doesn’t seem to have gotten in Fortunato’s way.
The pace was fast, which is one of the things I loved about The Sin Collector. Also, while it’s easy to speed through, the it doesn’t let you breeze over the words. Some fast paced stories can easily be read and forgotten. With Thomas there is nothing lost along the way. The pace just helps the reader gain the information that they long for; Thomas’s history.
Did I like Thomas’s character even more after knowing where he came from and what he was doing long before what we know from Book 1? Affirmative! He was already one of my favorite characters, but this story was essential to locking him in as one of my favorite characters. Was his story all that I had been waiting for? Affirmative; it was satisfying and more. I had no idea what I was going to be reading since I didn’t have much to work with. He was very mysterious. What takes place in this story reveals all that was needed to be known…but then it leaves some more questions after it’s done.
I can’t get into the questions that arise. I’m pretty sure I have the answers, but you’ll need to read this story for yourself. I refuse to spoil anything about Thomas. I will say one things though, please read The Sin Collector before you read The Sin Collector Thomas.
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