The First Sin is the debut book by author E.D. Yates. I found this author through my “Supporting Indie Authors” post, and when I saw the graphics, I knew it would be one I wanted to add to my TBR. Fortunately for me, I won E.D Yates’ giveaway for a paperback copy of her book and a bookmark. I will elaborate on the giveaway further down. So, what is The First Sin?
The First Sin is a dark romance book which follows Eden, who is the daughter of Eve and Lucien, who is the devil. Eve made a bargain with Lucien to be able to have children, and the price of that bargain was Eve’s first child; Eden was to be promised to Lucien. Eden is unaware of this but comes across Lucien in the forest and feels an instant connection. They have sex, and Lucien turns her into a vampire of sorts. Eden is then to walk the earth, taking souls for Lucien. She can hear their thoughts, and she can see their history when she feeds on them. As you can imagine Eden is pissed at Lucien, but she holds onto a small part of her humanity by only taking evil souls, she will only take the darkest, depraved, most disgusting souls such as sex traffickers and rapists. She saves the innocents from their clutches. Eden is a predator; she hunts her prey, and no one save Lucien can outmatch her, until Eden becomes the prey to a power she knows nothing about.
Now that she’s out in the open, they’ll come, and she’s more vulnerable than she knows
I loved this book; it starts off in the beginning where Eden is living with her family, and then after about 13 chapters or so, Eden, who sleeps for a couple of decades on and off, is then in the modern world. I liked Eden a lot; she feels for Lucien even if he is a bit of a bastard at the beginning, and because of that, she refuses to give herself over to him fully, and I respect that. She is badass, I mean, she is a vampire, so she obviously has some fast reflexes and some pretty epic powers, but even so, I think she would still be badass. I love that just because she is a vampire and she has to hunt and take souls for Lucien, she does so on her terms. She only takes those who deserve to be punished for all eternity.
I am the reckoning that comes without warning.
I am not mercy.
I am not leniency.
I am not just a woman.
I am your final heartbeat. Your last breath. The darkness that takes and never gives back.
I am Death itself.
For a debut book, this was really good! There were a few editing errors and spelling mistakes, but they didn’t impact the reading experience. I would love to learn more about Eve and the whole story of the bargain with Lucien, maybe if we got a flashback scene in book two 😉 I would also love to see more of a back story to Lucien too. When God makes his appearance, it is clear there is no love lost between them, and obviously, I know the bible stories, but would love to see E.D. Yates’ story for them.
As mentioned in the beginning, I was lucky enough to be one of the winners in E.D. Yates’ release giveaway, and I won a paperback copy and a bookmark. What was even more incredible, in my opinion, is that E.D. Yates is in America, and I am in the UK; to ship me a copy of the book would have cost her a lot of money. So instead of saying “I’m going to send you an ebook instead” she went out of her way to find a place to print and ship her book in the UK, so that I could get the copy I had won and it wouldn’t cost her a huge amount, and that to me is just like wow. Above and beyond! I was just absolutely amazed by that, to be honest. Thank you once again, E.D. Yates, for my copy of your book.
I gave this book 4 stars and 3 for spice.
