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Review

 “AMOR VINCIT OMNICA
Love conquers all.”

5 stars

Damn, I love these books! I was a big fan of The Original Sinners Red Years books, but Tiffany Reisz has given us something truly special with the continuation of her series into the White Years. She has taken what was already a fantastic story and is now giving us glimpses of the characters beyond the original books, while at the same time giving us the background and detail which ties everything together and makes the whole thing even more amazing. I actually prefer these books to the originals, and this book continues the journey.

The book starts with the gang all gathered in Scotland to celebrate a wedding (yes, Scotland – complete with Kingsley and Søren in kilts…. *wipes drool*). The night before the nuptials, Nora, Søren and Kingsley all settle down to do some reminiscing, with Nora and Kingsley finally opening about the time they both left Søren for a year – something they never talked about before.

The story follows Nora and Kingsley as, broken hearted, they both run from the man they love, and from each other, and experience a year which left them both changed in ways they could never have imagined.

“It was a dark and stormy night…And I was leaving you. Forever.”

Broken and lost, Elle escapes to the only place that she knows the men in her life can’t find her – her mother’s convent. It’s about as far away as she can get from the lifestyle that has come to define her, but the quiet monotony is exactly what she needs to heal and plan for her future. And it is there, sequestered away, that she forms an incredibly special relationship with a young nun who is spirited and inquisitive, and who will make a very important contribution to Elle’s life.

“Yes, there was a nun in my bed,” Nora said with a sigh.
“This is my favourite story already,” Kingsley said. “Go on.”

Aaaahhhh, Kingsley. How I love him! His devastation over Nora leaving and his anger at Søren sets him off on a journey of his own. He randomly travels around the world before eventually ending up in Haiti where he meets a very smart and sassy Juliette. We don’t really know a lot about Juliette, and I was very pleasantly surprised at the confident, sassy and outspoken woman. She and Kingsley share an immediate attraction, and the dynamic between them is absolutely electric!

“I hate to tell you this,” she said with an apologetic smile, “but I don’t think you’re as special as you think you are.”
“That only hurts because it’s true. You really like me? A little?”
“Un peu. Enough that I want to talk to you instead of letting me fuck you,” she said.
“Oh,” he said, and weighed his words. “But we are still going to fuck, right?”
Juliette smiled again. And in her flawless elegant Frenchy she purred two beautiful words.
“Bien sur.”
Of course.

I love, love, love this part of the story! Juliette is not in a good place, but she is unable to resist the sexy Frenchman who relentlessly pursues her, and their connection very quickly deepens into life-changing love. It’s so much more significant than I ever could have imagined for them, and their romance is really beautiful.

“My Jewel, I can’t give you my whole heart. But the part of it I can give you is the part that isn’t scarred and isn’t broken. I’ll give you the best of me and protect you from the worst for the rest of my life.”

And as the stories of their past unfold, once again it makes everything that we have already read in the series SO much more meaningful! These are characters that we know and love. We know their stories, we know their relationships, and we know where they end up – watching all of that develop is fantastic!

And every little moment is important. Even those you think aren’t important, actually are, as these characters play off with and against each other. And each little interaction further defines their identity and their relationships – physical, emotional and mental. It’s so cleverly done.

I’ve always been intrigued by the Nora/Kingsley relationship, and I loved getting the chance to explore that in more detail. They have been through so much and their love for each other goes deeper than I ever realised. I loved seeing that.

No two people in history had Kingsley and Nora’s history. With everything they’d put each other through, they’d had two choices – hate each other or love each other. They were so much alike, hating each other would have been like hating themselves. And both of them were rather too self-important for that sort of nonsense.
So they picked love.

Of course there’s lots of sex and kink, as you would expect, but it’s such a representation of who these people are, and how they relate to each other. It’s such an important part of the story, and even though this is erotica, it’s not gratuitous in any way – that’s not to say that it’s not smoking hot or highly enjoyable, because that scene with Nora in the back seat of a limo with Griffin, Kingsley and Søren…. DAMN! But again, it represents an important progression of relationships – particularly in this book as we start to see the emergence of Nora (as opposed to Eleanor or Elle) as she starts to discover who she really is. And OMG, those scenes are intense!

Brilliantly written as always, this is another fantastic addition to The Original Sinners series as the incredible story of these characters gets better and better the more we learn. I can’t wait for the next instalment which will hopefully fill in the remaining years and finally give us the complete picture of this amazing story.

I loved it – 5 stars.

 

An Advanced Review copy was generously provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

 

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