Sins of the Heart (Otherkin, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Aug 06, 2010 GinBee rated it really liked it

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Roxy Tam is strong, yet venerable at the same time, a member of the Artesian Guard. She was abandoned by her mother when she was only five then experienced the care system and suffered a tragic event which lead to her becoming strong, self reliant and afraid of being alone forever. She has no real family and is scarred by her early life.

Roxy is tied up when we first meet her, when Dagan appears she thinks he’s come to kill her rather than her original capture. But he tells her “this is not your Roxy Tam is strong, yet venerable at the same time, a member of the Artesian Guard. She was abandoned by her mother when she was only five then experienced the care system and suffered a tragic event which lead to her becoming strong, self reliant and afraid of being alone forever. She has no real family and is scarred by her early life.

Roxy is tied up when we first meet her, when Dagan appears she thinks he’s come to kill her rather than her original capture. But he tells her “this is not your night to die” before she witnesses him killing her two captures then removing their hearts and dark souls. He was entranced by the female who was shaking with fear yet did not scream and was defiant towards him.

Although he is a soul reaper, an immortal, he allows Roxy not only to go free but to see his face, and live, unheard of. But Dagan has some sort of connection to Roxy and when he sees her pendant tries to warn her ageist the Daughters of Aset. Only nineteen “and a half” - he has no choice but to leave her. Warned her noting more he can do. He tries to forget about her.

Dagan Kryale is a soul reaper, he harvest dark souls for the consumption of his father Sutekh. Dagan is one of four brother Sutekh bred with human women and raised all of them apart, Dagan the only one raised in the Underworlds. The brothers bonded and become very close.

Eleven years later Roxy and Dagan are reunited when chasing information which turns out to be about the same case, but Roxy has not been told the full story about what is going on, as usual. Lokan, one of Dagan’s brothers, has been killed, something which should be almost impossible. Both Sutekh and the Asetian Guard want to find the body first but for very different reasons. Dagan wants vengeance and a chance to resurrect his brother, all the evidence seems to point towards the Daughters of Aset being responsible.

Dagan can not understand his overwhelming reaction to Roxy, Soul Reapers do not have much emotion, certainly not towards their enemies, the Daughters of Aset. Throughout the eleven years Roxy had dreams about Dagan in a strange overly real way, which would waken her sweating. Dagan had what can best be described as waking dreams of Roxy, but he tells him self soul reapers do not dream. The attraction between Roxy and Dagan burns under the surface for a long time before they finally give in to desire. Theirs is an attraction between two venerable and distant people who are just right together.

The perpetrators of the crime are not what the reader anticipates, the twists and turns kept me interested and I did not feel that the murderer was made to obvious too soon. The other characters were all well written and developed, even the minor ones. A lot of the information given about each will probably become even more relevant as the trilogy develops.

Sins of the Heart is dominated by lots of detailed world building with a lot information about the many characters, Topside and the various realms of the Underworld. Egyptian mythology is heavily used in building the world and the detail was fascinating, even if it does make you concentrate on which bit is about who! The complex information is a lot to take in but made the story really powerful and much more intriguing.

Sins of the Heart is a great first book in the Oherkin Trilogy. It ends on a real cliff hanger and I am really looking forward to Sins of the Soul and Sins of the Flesh.
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Aug 09, 2010 Sherri rated it really liked it

Dagan is a soul reaper, duty bound by honor to gather souls on the behalf of his father Sutekh, who is an Egyptian god…... Roxy is an innocent when Dagan stumbles upon her while tracking a dark soul. Their chance encounter binds their two souls for eternity.

What I found interesting about this book is the different twist on mythology that is presented. There is just not one god pantheon, but every one you have ever heard of. They are all part of the Underworld and big surprise - they don’t get a ...more

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Aug 10, 2010 KeithnSasha Mitchell rated it it was amazing

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I hated the way it ended and how abruptly but other than that I adored the book!

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Dec 31, 2011 Rachel-RN rated it really liked it

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This was pretty good. I really liked both Dagan and Roxy. I really liked the (very different) take on mythology. I felt the ending was a bit abrupt/rushed. Also not found out- what exactly happened with Lokan, but several pieces are put in place. This is a 4 book series, so I bet everything doesn't fit until book 4 (I looked and this is Lokan's story). ...more

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Jun 18, 2011 Zaanodes rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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A lot of unanswered questions about Roxie, her family. I hope they get answered in Sins of the Soul...Hint, hint, Heather! I liked Roxie's moxie. I liked that Dae didn't try to change Roxie, wrap her in cotton, over-protect, etc. ...more

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