Assessment:

Plot/Idea: Sinner is an engaging, humor-speckled novel centered around the unfolding events at a school for angels. As the novel progresses the novel broadens to include all of heaven, Earth, and the underworld as the protagonists battle an evil demigod.

Prose: Brown's prose is upbeat, nicely detailed, and highly readable.

Originality: Stories of schools for otherworldly beings are familiar. Brown adds depth and complexity through Demo's conflicts as a half demon tasked with heading up a demon reform project, and forced to confront his origins.

Character/Execution: Brown blends characters from Greek mythology with a larger cast of angels and demons to often delightful effect. Solid worldbuilding rounds out a fun and gently romantic story that integrates themes of belonging, good and evil, and chosen family.

Date Submitted: July 19, 2023