Reviews for Born in Sin

The average rating for Born in Sin based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-07-24 00:00:00 Michael Dittenhoefer REREAD: AHHHHHHHHHHHH This book is the BEES KNEES! me reading this book--> One of my most favorite books, and the heroine is like everything a herione should be. RIDE OR DIE oh yeah!!!!! Born in Sin: 5 star read with complex characters and fulfilling progression of plot towards a above satisfactory HEA Again, I have chosen to read a book that has been thoroughly reviewed multiple times. It seems I'm perpetually behind the great romance reads curve , however, it does afford me to ability to simply write on how i feel! 5 Reasons I Value This book As A 5 Star Read... 1. MacGregor was not lazy with the plot Often, Writers in my honest opinion are lazy with romance. They do not spend enough time building the tension, working out the problems, or other important matters. I don't know how many times I have read a 350 or so page book and by page 150 the writer has solved all the main problems or dissolved the sexual tension and we are left with 200 pages of TSTL moments and silly, urbane misunderstandings. MacGregor did no such thing. This is fine writing with an in depth acuity toward the story line. 2. The Plot Progression is perfect in a mathematical sense This goes slightly with No. 1 but Its done so well I couldn't not mention it! The timing in this novel was impeccable. The tension building is long enough to invoke your feelings but not too long as to tire you out. I must say I love the placement of the rising action, climax, and falling action. The perfect timing of certain aspects of the novel take away the predictability, which as an avid romance reader I know other people grapple with. 3.There is a lack of character duplicity I HATE, ABHOR, LOATHE, and every other similar word when characters are way different than what they are written to be. For instance, please do not call the hero a rake or a demon when all he does is copulate a lot with willing partners, gamble at GENTLEMENS CLUBS, tell bawdy jokes, and tup more girls. He is not a rake, he is not evil, if anything he is just HORNY! The point is, in this novel when she said Sin was evil he did things worth being deemed evil. When the heroine Callie was deemed beautiful she was actually beautiful INWARDLY and OUTWARDLY. I appreciate the honesty to her characters 4.SIN.SIN.SIN...SIN ;) That's the hero of the story if you don't know and boy he is sex personified. I just want to literally and you make take this however you want...eat him up! His resiliency is something born of god. I don't love abused or tortured heroes because I have a fetish for charity cases. I love them for all the odds they beat. I love them for the war they willing chose to engage in in order to truly LIVE, LOVE, AND BE LOVED. Sin is inwardly gorgeous. What he has done is horrible, scary, and down right wrong. Yet, like a phoenix he rises from the ashes of his destruction and shines. There is a quote that he said that completely stopped me. Closing his eyes, he did what he hadn't done since he was a small boy. He prayed. He prayed for the politics of Henry and her brother not to come between them. Prayed for some miracle that would see them with a future together. And as he lay there, behind the lids of his eyes he did another thing he'd not done since early childhood. He hoped. He saw in his mind the children he would love to have. Little boys and girls with their mother's warmth and spirit. He wanted this dream. With every piece and part of him, he ached for it. He had to have it. The beginning may be a little confusing of that quote, but hopefully you understand. This is a man who would give it all to just for once be more than his past. He is a survivor and I adore him!!! 5. Callie She was a beautiful beautiful heroine. She fought fiercely for everyone even if it meant she was in last place. I respect her tenacity and ability to face adversity. sin needed a strong woman not some missish noble flower above getting her hands dirty. What i loved about her is that she was something without her husband. A lot of historical romance heroines are nothing without their men, in fact, I have seen in writing many a heroine say that. She had so much strength. she even told him if he left she would miss him but she would raise their child the right way. I know that despite her pain she will always be strong for her people. THAT is the definition of a heroine! In conclusion, I cannot express enough the necessity of reading this book. It is a great addition to the genre of romance and a testament to the ability of writers to create a fine specimen of a character Similar Books 1. Kiss of the Highlander! 2.If You Dare 3. If You Deceive

Review # 2 was written on 2009-09-27 00:00:00 Randy Wilcox 5+ stars - Historical/Medieval/Highlander Romance Oh, how I loved, loved this book! I'm a sucker for emotional romances with tortured heroes, and Born in Sin is a touching read featuring one of the most abused and anguished romantic heroes of any that I've read. Sin's unbearably tragic past and continual suffering and mistreatment from others have made him justifiably brooding, jaded, distrustful, reclusive, and full of self-loathing, yet he treats the heroine with gentleness and reverence. He's one of the most unforgettable, heartbreaking, and sigh-worthy heroes in Romancelandia. And Callie, the plucky lass who's determined to convince Sin he's worthy of love and devotion, is one of the most spirited, steadfast, compassionate, loyal, and endearing heroines ever. Sin and Callie forge a love that is pure, poignant, passionate, inspiring, and truly wondrous. Although it's a medieval highland historical romance, Sin reminded me in some ways of another of my all-time favorite tortured heroes, Zsadist from Lover Awakened. And like Zsadist and Bella in Lover Awakened, Sin and Callie in Born in Sin are a treasured Romancelandia couple for the keeper shelf! Big 5 stars! It's hard to cast someone as dark, dangerous, and broodingly sexy as Lord Sin, but Eric Bana has his penetrating, midnight eyes. Dress him in all black knight garb, put him on a black war stallion, and give him a sword, and he'd make a compelling, forbidding Lord Sin. And this sexy knight could portray Sin rather convincingly as well.