{"product_id":"love-and-other-sins-9781736814000","title":"Love and Other Sins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A sincere, voice-driven portrayal of teenage life…always balancing a sharp cynicism with tender emotions.” —\u003cem\u003eBookLife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ares displays a gift for capturing the complex inner lives of teenagers through Mina’s and Oliver’s alternating first-person chapters…A well-written and emotionally involving teen tale with fine characterization.\" —\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The teenagers in the beautiful, candid romance novel \u003cem\u003eLove and Other Sins\u003c\/em\u003e face personal burdens, but also have hope that helps them to heal.” —\u003cem\u003eForeword\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMina's life is going according to plan; she's acing AP Calc and is perfectly content with her nonexistent social life. Though only a high school junior, Mina knows time is an investment, and she's putting all her capital into academics. Oliver, a child abuse survivor who grew up in the foster care system, is ready to burn down his old life and start from scratch-complete with a new name and emancipation papers-in L.A. When the two are thrown together through circumstance and develop an unexpected connection, they discover how hard it is to keep the past in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLove and Other Sins is an emotional coming-of-age YA drama about family, love, violence, and the residue of abuse set against the backdrop of contemporary Los Angeles. When Mina meets Oliver, you'll remember your own first love and just how fast it swept you under.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat were the bonds that bound us?\u003cbr\u003eWas it purely physical attraction?\u003cbr\u003eCircumstance?\u003cbr\u003eOr perhaps it was a mutual gravitation toward inevitable pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There was something about her-her eyes. Well, not so much her eyes, physically, but more like what they said about her: she had this look-a kind of restless intensity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It was intimate . . . a strange and beautiful feeling. We were breathing life into each other.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove and Other Sins \u003c\/em\u003eis a moving story about what it means to be young and vulnerable in today's society. This young adult romance will make you laugh and cry and give you hope for tomorrow because there are people like Mina and Oliver who refuse to let themselves be defined by their pasts or circumstances. 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Emilia graduated from UCLA with her Bachelor’s in Economics and a Minor in Russian. A California native, Emilia lives in Los Angeles with her husband, children, and 13 thriving plants. She is passionate about storytelling, community, and supporting organizations like NCMEC and RAINN. 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