Review: Original Sin by Beth McMullen

Original Sin: A Sally Sin Adventure (Sally Sin Adventures)

Overview – Original Sin

Product Details

  • Pub. Date: July 2011
  • Publisher: Hyperion
  • Format: Hardcover , 304pp


Synopsis:

On the surface, Lucy Hamilton looks just like all the other stay-at-home San Francisco moms. She takes her three-year-old son, Theo, to the beach, to the playground and to the zoo. She feeds him organic applesauce and free-range chicken. She folds laundry and plays on the floor with Matchbox cars until her knees ache. What no one knows about Lucy, not even her adoring husband, is that for nine years Lucy was Sally Sin, a spy for the United States Agency for Weapons of Mass Destruction. And that’s just the way she wants to keep it – a secret. But when Lucy’s nemesis Ian Blackford, a notorious illegal arms dealer, hits the USAWMD’s radar, the Agency calls Sally Sin back to action to lure Blackford out into the open. Racing against time, Lucy must fight to save herself, her loving family – and, oh right – the world. Hilarious and resonant, ORIGINAL SIN is the story of one woman’s quest to find that most elusive work-life balance in the face of danger, intrigue, and proper recycling habits.



My Thoughts:


Well, I enjoyed the story and the interesting facts about the history of Sally Sin, now known as Lucy.  I did have a really hard time with the writing style of the book, however.  The trouble was that each chapter included flashbacks to Sally’s (Lucy’s) time as an agent with the  UDS.  Each of these flashbacks were written in present tense which was difficult to figure out what was happening at what point in her life.  There were a few times that I had to go back and reread sections of the book to ensure that I had a clear understanding.  I also wish that there was more opportunity to really get to know Lucy in her present life as opposed to Sally in her previous life.  I felt like most of the book focused on the past rather than the future.  I just had a pretty hard time with the style of the book other than that it was pretty good.


My Rating:

Good story just the style was not for me.
*I was given this book as a gift from a non-blogger friend.  This in no way affected my review.

 

Once Upon a Read-a-Thon Day 3

So today did not end up how I thought it would.  I was running to the grocery store when I got a call from my mom that the paramedics were at my grandma’s house (she is 100) and we needed to go to the ER.  So, I just got home from the ER after spending all day there.  I did have one book with me so that was good.

Pages Read: 733
Books Finished: 4
Titles: Pandora’s Box, Unleashed, Where She Went and Sliding on the Edge
Reviews written: 2
Final Stats:
I did get a bit more reading in before midnight yeah!
Pages Read: 951
Books Finished: 5
Titles: Pandora’s Box, Unleashed, Where She Went, A Life That Fits and Sliding on the Edge
Reviews written: 2

Waiting in Wednesday

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.
Love Story by Jennifer Echols
July 19, 2011
SHE’S WRITING ABOUT HIM. HE’S WRITING ABOUT HER. AND EVERYBODY IS READING BETWEEN THE LINES.For Erin Blackwell, majoring in creative writing at the New York City college of her dreams is more than a chance to fulfill her ambitions—it’s her ticket away from the tragic memories that shadow her family’s racehorse farm in Kentucky. But when she refuses to major in business and take over the farm herself someday, her grandmother gives Erin’s college tuition and promised inheritance to their maddeningly handsome stable boy, Hunter Allen. Now Erin has to win an internship and work late nights at a local coffee shop to make her own dreams a reality. She should despise Hunter . . . so why does he sneak into her thoughts as the hero of her latest writing assignment?Then, on the day she’s sharing that assignment with her class, Hunter walks in. He’s joining her class. And after he reads about himself in her story, her private fantasies about him must be painfully clear. She only hopes to persuade him not to reveal her secret to everyone else. But Hunter devises his own creative revenge, writing sexy stories that drive the whole class wild with curiosity and fill Erin’s heart with longing. Now she’s not just imagining what might have been. She’s writing a whole new ending for her romance with Hunter . . . except this story could come true.

What are you waiting?