Review: An Unexpected Sin is a book that breaks new ground by reinventing the old into something new.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2014
Written by Tash MOriginally posted on confessionsfromromaholics dot comCopy provided kindly by publisher for reviewAn Unexpected Sin is a book that breaks new ground by reinventing the old into something new.  A tale of forbidden love between a woman and her brother’s best friend, two tropes that have been used before but the difference is setting the  book in a tumultuous period of American history. The Salem Witch Trails, a period that is rich with history which is not a common setting for historical romance novels.  Something that I’m disappointed about a there so much to explore with the genre and something that this author does beautiful with this novel.The people of Salam are scared especially the heroine Anne Scudder who friends are some of the very ones who are being persecuted and is fearful that her actions are ones to be questioned. Attracting the attentions of a stranger in Salem maybe something she should of thought about but she drawn to him.  There is connection that is drawing herself to him, a invisible one that should stay hidden.  As it something that could be potentially dangerous especially in a time that where every movement, action , figure is questioned and nothing is safe.Josiah the hero is not who he think he is. He a local who went away after the incident that shaped this book. His story entwined with the main plot of this book which I had regrets over as it over shines the Salem trial aspect from his story as there is a heartbreaking story there that shapes the trope of forbidden love and shapes the novel .I’m hesitant to give this book a higher rating. It a cause where too much is going on as a result of all the guilt haunting them from the past . The combination of the two tropes in this setting is clever bit of writing and I’m admit I could easily get lost in her worlds if some of the themes and details were toned down a bit .I admire this author for taking a leap with this series and setting a historical outside of England and this book is well written with a story about rebuilding life after a tragedy that has torn the hero and heroine apart .3.5 couples