Kimber's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 5 STARS 
 Review copy provided for an honest review 
 reviewedby-Kimber 
 When the announcement came that The White Years book, The Saint, was going to be the next book in The Original Sinners series, I was not terribly excited. I knew I would eventually read it and I knew it would be good because let's face it, Tiffany Reisz is uber talented. However, I didn't want to go back, I hate going backwards in a series......or so I thought. A couple of chapters in and I knew this story was going to be something special because not only did I not want to power off the Kindle, I didn't want to work, sleep, or eat until I finished. I was so drawn and pulled into Nora's world (once again) that facing reality was a chore. I wasn't ready to leave. At 50% in, it clicked exactly why Ms. Reisz chose to write the series in this order and everything made total sense. Once I came to this realization, I enjoyed the story that much more. I didn't read this book, I devoured it. So, if you were like me and were not thrilled over the idea of a prequel of sorts, just throw what you were feeling and thinking out the window, if not, you are really going miss out on one of best books of this year. If you take the plunge, here's what you're in store for, a book about growth, heart break, new beginnings that is so bloody brilliant - after days of finishing I still can't stop thinking about it. 
 A young Eleanor takes me back to what it was like to be a teenage girl. I would've loved a fun and mischievous friend like her. I laughed out loud so many times at Eleanor, I feel like I really get her. She's just one of those amazing characters you never grow tired of because she's interesting and complex and layered. She was a handful (which was no surprise), and I didn't envy her mother, teachers, or her priest but I did enjoy seeing her grow and mature to not only be the young woman Soren needed her to be in order to be with him but also how she grew as a person. We are shown how Soren helped shape the caring and kind person that she is and it endeared him to me (something new since I was not his biggest fan in the other books). From the moment he met her, at her young age, he always believed in and supported her, even encouraged her writing. Though he loved her he also wanted her to experience things so she could be sure his life was in fact the one she chose so he let her be her in order to learn life's lessons, sometimes the hard way. 
 Speaking of Soren, my feelings for him have done a complete turnaround. COMPLETE! Maybe the fact that he came across as harsh, standoffish, arrogant, evil, bossy, elusive, not to mention him being a sadist priest that made me not like him? Not that I don't like priests, I do, but I didn't want her to end up with him. I wanted things for her that he couldn't give her, but back to what I said about it clicking. It clicked why they are so perfect for each other and how it can be no other way. After....how many books/stories in the series, and I never wanted them to end up together. Every time someone wonderful and fun and great for her came into her life, I'd want him to be THE one for her. TR made me love each and every one of her men and IMO any of them would have been better than Soren. And then THIS story comes into my life and now I get it. I totally get it. SIGH! I never thought I'd be so excited to have a prequel in a series but just like Tiffany Reisz changed my mind about Soren she also changed my mind regarding prequels. Which proves when done right, it works. I'm 100% on board and I CAN NOT wait for the next one. 
 The series is definitely not for everyone but if you like to read books that push the limits, with emotion, sexual education, biblical education, guts, heart, humor, and eroticism from one of the best writers I've ever read, this series/book is definitely for you. 
 Thank you Ms. Reisz for telling this story. Not that I doubted you, but I hesitated and for that I apologize. It'll never happen again. 
 Enjoy everyone!