Thank you to Becker Gray, Serena and the team at Dangerous Press for the advance reader copy of Ruined Sinner, the fourth story in the Hellfire Club series.

I am a huge fan of The Hellfire Club series! So I was super excited to finally get my hands on Aurora’s story.

I am a member of the Dangerous Press review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and true.

Check out the Goodreads synopsis…

“It’s no secret that Aurora Lincoln-Ward hates Phineas Yates, but what most people don’t know is the reason. Last summer, Phineas broke Aurora’s heart in the worst way, and she promised herself then and there that she would never fall prey to the sinner of Pembroke Prep again.

But now sin is in the air, and the Hellfire Club’s number one sinner has his sights set on her…”

Check out my more detailed thoughts below…

• Characters: Aurora Lincoln-Ward is one of my fave protagonists in this series so far! If you have been reading the other stories you would recognize Aurora as Lennox’s twin sister. She is a Liechtensteiner princess. What I loved about Aurora is that her journey in this book was more than a romance. Ruined Sinner is about finding your own agency in your life. Aurora is navigating an overbearing mother, family expectations, imposed proposal, fake relationship, and recovering from trauma. Phineas Yates has had a crush on Aurora from the moment she walked down the halls of Pembroke. I love the contradictions Phin’s character presented. He had such a fuck boy reputation, but as the story progressed his true nature came across. I loved how he was loyal, caring, and incredibly smart.
• Setting: The majority of the story is set at the Pembroke, the boarding school the Hellfire club dominates. I love having the book set at the school. The school setting brings with it sneaking into each other’s dorms and fooling around during class. I absolutely adore this setting. Being set at the Pembroke we do get a lot of scenes with their friends. Lennox really comes across as this overly protective brother and it was wonderful to get to read more about his sibling dynamic with Aurora. Sera and Rhys do pop up as well and they do seem to be the only two left so I am very excited to see what a future book holds for them.
• Pacing: I engulfed this story. The pacing was spot on. There was a perfect mix of plot and sexy scenes. Not too much or too little either. Honestly, these books are such fun, total escapist, easy reads.
• Romance: This story is Becker Gray’s take on the fake relationship trope. I loved how they executed it. Phin taking charge and whisking in to “save” Aurora. When really he has just been pining over her for so long and lost his best shot. Now that he has been granted another one, he will not let it go to waste. The best part of the fake relationship trope is when it bleeds into a real one. It was definitely the hot hookups and steaming sexual tension that led Aurora and Phin down that path. Another A+ instalment in this sexy, steamy high school series.

Ruined Sinner receives five out of five stars.

You can pick up the story below…

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3x9liPf
Amazon INTL: mybook.to/RuinedSinner
Barnes & Noble: https://bit.ly/3ratc9T
Apple Books: https://apple.co/2UeXNH9
Kobo: https://bit.ly/36Kw43z
Google: https://bit.ly/3id2r0m

Thank you again to Becker Gray and the team at Dangerous Press for the review opportunity. Thank you for reading and supporting my blog!