Tiffany Reisz launched herself on the world recently, with her sensational novel The Siren. It was mind blowing, eye opening and above all, incredibly well written; an erotic novel that challenges preconceived ideas about both the genre and romantic ideas about BDSM. Although it is not really a book for those that think Fifty Shades of Grey is the best thing since sliced bread.

If you haven’t read The Siren yet, please stop reading now, go buy it, read it, and then come back. There will be spoilers...

Then came the release of the second book in the series, The Angel. I have to admit, I was a little nervous in reading this one. I’m one of readers who actually loved the ending of The Siren, and thought it was complete (there is some debate about the level of “Happy Ever After” in the ending). I simply couldn’t see how Ms Reisz was going to live up to the incredibly high expectations she had set.

Tiffany Reisz did it. The Angel is a fantastic story, although very different in many ways from The Siren, the standard of writing is just wonderful, the characters are completely believable, the plot is original and the sex steamy.

For me it didn’t have quite the same intensity as The Siren, as we’d already met the characters and I was now used to both the writing style and the characters’ style, so there wasn’t that mind-blowing factor; more a feeling of being excited to be back on the rollercoaster than discovering the heart in the mouth effect for the first time.

The Angel really focuses on Michael, as he finally gets to fulfil his destiny (and desires) to become a submissive, under the training of Nora. Of course, as this is all happening at Griffin’s estate in the country, we get to see a whole lot of the delicious Griffin as well, which I’m sure no one will be upset by.

Of course, the two we really want to know more about are Soren and Wes; you won’t be disappointed. Boy, will you not be disappointed.

Soren is being investigated by a reporter, which gives us plenty of opportunity to learn more about him, as well as his relationship with Nora. Most interestingly, it also opens up the door to learning about Kingsley, who has got to be one of the most intriguing characters ever written about; just a teaser, but certainly enough to whet the appetite for more.

Soren is probably my favourite character (although it would be a hard call between Soren and Kingsley), he has that good heart, no bullshit, almost a bad boy thing that just makes me want to submit, but Wes, who I positively disliked in the first book, really started to come into his own.

Again we get to see how truly evil Tiffany Reisz is as an author. She provides twists and developments that are so cleverly worked into the story you can barely see them coming, and Wes is definitely her prize subject for this. I have to admit, after finishing The Angel, I’m actually coming around to Team Wes, just a little mind you, but he’s starting to become a real person in my mind.

Or maybe I just now have fantasies about a threesome with Wes, Soren and Nora... that could get awfully interesting.

The next book in the series is “The Prince”, which apparently will give us more of Kingsley, but if you haven’t started this series I cannot encourage you enough to race out and buy The Siren and The Angel now. The romance, the sex, the writing; The Original Sinners is fangtastic.