Old Sins

I first read "No Angel" which led me to "Something Dangerous" and "Into Temptation." By that time I was hooked on Penny Vincenzi, and now I have all her books. I have just finished reading "Old Sins", the 4th. of her books I've read. I read it in paperback, which was 1000 pages of reading. The story is very good-- lots of interesting characters, a mystery, all the good things that make a book worthwhile. However, and this is the biggie--- this is a book that wouldn't have been hurt a bit by cutting out at least 500 pages. There was so much character discription that went on page after page on each of the characters, even the minor ones, that I did speed reading thru some of it towards the end. I thought the book was very good, but totally too long. The story could have been told, leaving out nothing important, with a bit of editing. I finished it last night, and frankly I am taking a breather from reading anything for at least a day or two to rest up. This was actually too much of a good thing.

What a wondeful day it was when I discovered this wonderful author. Old Sins was my first reading by her and I throughly enjoyed the characters and the mystery attached. Since then I've read all of her books and I'm now in the middle of her current one No Angel. Old Sins is one of her best. Thnaks Ms. Vincenzi

I read this books many years ago when it was released and was completely hooked. It has the perfect combination, glamour, sex, betrayal, love, intelligent writing. Julian is the rat with a double life and all suffer as s consequence. The women in the book are very strong, though somehow manage to get manipulated by Julian because they love him. However they mature and take control of their lives and the results are fantastic conflicts between his daughter and his second wife. The end is bitter sweet as only one of the leading ladies gets her man. It is all the things Dynasty wanted to be but was not. I loved it and I am a BIG fan of modern romance and fiction.