Mundie Moms

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Book Review: Original Sin


Published by Tor
To Be Released on July 5th
Source: ARC from author to review
4 stars- A Darker, Spicier Sequel

Luc Cain was born and raised in Hell, but he isn’t feeling as demonic as usual lately—thanks to Frannie Cavanaugh and the unique power she never realized she had. But you can’t desert Hell without consequences, and suddenly Frannie and Luc find themselves targeted by the same demons who used to be Luc’s allies.

Left with few options, Frannie and Luc accept the protection of Heaven and one of its most powerful angels, Gabe. Unfortunately, Luc isn’t the only one affected by Frannie, and it isn’t long before Gabe realizes that being around her is too…tempting. Rather than risk losing his wings, he leaves Frannie and Luc under the protection of her recently-acquired guardian angel.

Which would be fine, but Gabe is barely out the door before an assortment of demons appears—and they’re not leaving without dragging Luc back to Hell with them. Hell won’t give up and Heaven won’t give in. Frannie’s guardian exercises all the power he has to keep them away, but the demons are willing to hurt anyone close to Frannie in order to get what they want. It will take everything she has and then some to stay out of Hell’s grasp.

And not everyone will get out of it alive.

Dear Lisa Desrochers,

Thank you for *grabs a fan* I'm sorry, I've recently finished your sequel to Personal Demons, Original Sin and it's a little hot in here. Um, where was I? Oh yes, Thank you for writing a darker, spicier sequel that picks up not long after your debut left off and for spicing things up a bit. I'm sure this isn't just a book older teens will enjoy, but one their moms will as well. Wait, that came out wrong. You know what I mean. Your story has two interesting main love interests, a butt kicking female lead, and some fantastic twists with your characters and the plot. Not to mention you've definitely spiced things up a bit (a lot) to Luc's liking.

I thought you did an amazing job with integrating three different points of view for this story, and I liked getting inside the minds of your characters. Your introduction and twist to Matt definitely added to the story's plot line and something I was not excepting. I'm sure much to Luc's delight, but much to my dismay, I missed having Gabe around. Not that he's totally absent, but I missed having him around as much as he was in Personal Demons. I liked that Frannie is still the same kick butt, sarcastic character she was in Personal Demons. Hmm how do I express my thanks to Luc. No matter how hard I try to not like him as much as I like Gabe, he's a little hard not to like. I'm sure he'd say that's because he's irresistible, to which I might have to agree. Wow does he step it up a bit in Original Sin. I mean, well you wrote him so you know what I'm talking about and I won't mention specifics so I don't spoil anything, but things sure heat up...literally.

I liked how your story line kept me on my toes, and kept me guessing what was going to happen next. There were times things happened in your story that I was not excepting at all, kind of like your ending. Okay, I am still left in shock over your ending and now I'm wondering what in the world is going to happen next. With it's much hotter scenes, sensual context and mild language, this is definitely a book I'd recommend to older teens and fans who enjoyed Personal Demons.

Sincerely,
Mundie Moms

PS- If you are ever want us to read over some of Luc's scenes for book 3, we'd love to help.

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You can read Sophie's review/letter to Luc here.

Hourglass Blog Tour: Live Author Chat with Myra McEntire

We are so excited to be winding down our official Hourglass Blog Tour with a live author chat with Myra. Yes we will have GIVEAWAYS! If you haven't already, be sure to go pick up a copy of Hourglass. You can read my 5 star review here. You can go here to follow the rest of the tour. Tomorrow our blog tour will be coming to end on Prue Imagination's book review site. You don't want to miss her tour stop.


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Thoughtful Thursday- Star Ratings or No Ratings

Sophie and I have talked about this for awhile now about whether or not we should continue with star ratings. We see the pros and cons of star ratings and no star ratings. Lately we've done a mixture of reviews were we've kept up with our star ratings and on some we've left off star ratings. I am personally little torn on ratings. To keep this post short, here's two pros I see with both a rating system and a no rating system.

The Pros of Star Ratings:
*I like that star ratings system isn't just used by bloggers but any big review site like Amazon, Goodreads, and even Barnes & Noble for example. I'll admit I've been really bad about adding my reviews to B&N's site. With that aspect of rating I like that the ratings are all the same no matter which site you visit. Most people know 5 stars means you love and 1 means don't even bother picking up the book.
*I loved using a 5 point rating to express the fact that I either loved the book, really liked, thought it was good, okay or didn't like it at all, when I first starting blogging. Since then, it's just become a norm for me, though 5 stars has sense meant not only do I love the book, but it's one I'll read again.
The Pros of No Star Ratings:

* I like that I can just write my review without having to feel I need to label it with a "I loved this book" or "I really liked it". I think my feelings for the book are evident in my review.

* After using ratings for so long, I kind of what to break away from the norm and not rate books. Why can't it just be I either liked the book or I didn't.


I'm curious, do you like star ratings or do you like writing a review with out having to worry about what rating you'd give it? Do you like reading a review with star ratings? Do yourself use a rating system? Do star ratings effect your decision on whether or not you'll pick up the book?

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