It’s a personal story. It’s felt and experienced clearly. A thank you is not nearly enough so hopefully my words here will make do. I liked Lucy, but what made the book for me was Casziel. There is just something about the way Emma writes the Heroes that make me soft 🥺 they could all be tough looking guys with the biggest resting bitch face and I just know that deep down they are the teddy bears with the biggest hearts. But not only has Casziel that, he also has quite a .... wingspan. 😌 💅 As I sit here and wipe the tears out of my eyes at 2am I can readily admit that Emma Scott destroyed me. The Sinner was absolutely breathtaking. A love story that transcends everything and spans lifetimes. This story was truly brilliant, raw, poignant and just so touching. Casziel and Lucy were beyond incredible and I know their story will stay with me forever.

Sinner by Sierra Simone | Waterstones

Lucy Dennings is a lonely, introverted girl living life in her small New York City apartment, finding solace in her romance books. Casziel is a self loathing demon who approaches Lucy under the guise of needing her help, telling her “in your kindness lies my salvation”. But this is not the truth and Lucy knows he is hiding something for she can feel a deep connection to Cas. She also knows her dreams and visions are spinning a different story that Cas is adamant to deny.The basis for the highly anticipated limited series on USA starring Jessica Biel premiering August 2nd, The Sinner is an internationally bestselling psychological thriller by Germany's Patricia Highsmith Cora is given the crappy childhood trope with a mom who is basically the German version of Margaret White and the dad is constantly fixated on having sex with his wife. This book just simultaneously made me feel so single, yet so hopeful at the same time. Like I honestly saw myself in Lucy, it was kind of scary- she had no right being that relatable (but what can I say, I just love myself another romance lover).

The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr | Goodreads

Cora's hatred towards doctors because they can say something is wrong with you and no one can say otherwise and Frankie is a doctor. Sheesh, I get it. You’re cultured, you’re hip, and you’re cool. No need to shower me with all these borrowed allegories and allusions. To name a few: Lucy and Casziel together in the present were beautiful, I wished that we would have seen a little more about their past and how they fell in love with each other. I love the concept of being soulmates in every life and would have love to see more of why Casziel fell in love with Lucy at the beginning. I also know that Emma has a post-it on her computer that reads “compare you to YOU.” Even within the confines of keeping the standards of your work within the parameters of your work, there’s always the yearning, the yen, the pull to outwrite yourself and go beyond. What I love most is when there is unrequired love from the Hero's side and The Sinner had that. Casziel told Lucy that he is on this side, because he is in need of her help to redeem himself, but with each chapter more of their story is unfolding. Lucy and Cas' story is tragically beautiful. A love that shouldn't be, but is inevitable.

Casziel intrigued me from the very beginning. I knew what he was, but there was always something lurking underneath the surface. While his point of view is not shared as frequently as Lucy’s there was enough to continue pulling me further into the mystery that surrounds him as well as this story. And holy alpha demon! I loved his protectiveness as well as his jealousy even when he knew better. The whole time I was reading this I thought I'd probably give it 3 stars, maybe less if the ending was bad but now that it's over I have to give it 4 and recommend it. This is unlike me. I'm hard on the most pleasant of books. But in all it's imperfection, confusing German names and ridiculous police procedures that would never happen in real life(at least where I'm from), I forgave it and the story took a hold of me. Finally, I know who I am. Why I’ve been feeling like I’ve been missing something.” I swallowed hard. “It was you. I’ve been missing you.”