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A review by ihavetosay
Sinner's Isle by Angela Montoya
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Full review at ihavetosay.blog
The book is slow paced to me and the romance between the two is a slower burn. They had good banter, but they only have a few moments alone together.
There’s a lot of moving parts and a few important characters to remember. Santi is my favorite with his humor and gender bending.
Majestics are sold for their special powers, different in strength and ability for each girl, in the name of the church.
The story lends itself to social and political commentary, showing how woman are groomed, used, and abused. How a scorned person can become pessimistic. How some lean into systems for survival or bc it’s all they know. How some suffer silently, and others scheme a way out. It shows how you can be manipulated into muting your own power. How dictators can manipulate your peers to spy on you for “the greater good.”
The messages are told overtly.
OVERALL
Overall, I give this a 3.5 out of 5 stars. The world building was immersive to me and I enjoyed the themes being shown. It read a little slow, but I like how everything was tied up in the end. I came into this book thinking it was romance heavy and that wasn’t my experience, so I think that’s part of my reaction.
The book is slow paced to me and the romance between the two is a slower burn. They had good banter, but they only have a few moments alone together.
There’s a lot of moving parts and a few important characters to remember. Santi is my favorite with his humor and gender bending.
Majestics are sold for their special powers, different in strength and ability for each girl, in the name of the church.
The story lends itself to social and political commentary, showing how woman are groomed, used, and abused. How a scorned person can become pessimistic. How some lean into systems for survival or bc it’s all they know. How some suffer silently, and others scheme a way out. It shows how you can be manipulated into muting your own power. How dictators can manipulate your peers to spy on you for “the greater good.”
The messages are told overtly.
OVERALL
Overall, I give this a 3.5 out of 5 stars. The world building was immersive to me and I enjoyed the themes being shown. It read a little slow, but I like how everything was tied up in the end. I came into this book thinking it was romance heavy and that wasn’t my experience, so I think that’s part of my reaction.