Sin and Tonic

Wow. I can't believe it's over, but I'm so very glad I got to have my time with Miki, Kane and the gang. I love all of these characters and I think Rhys Ford from the bottom of my heart for sharing them with us. This book.....it made me laugh out loud and it made me cry. To see the way Miki grew and healed through the series and to meet and enjoy the cast of characters around him was a true joy. I adore every time Rhys adds little moments with characters from her other series and every one made me smile. I want to buy copies of this series and send them to all my friends, but I'm pretty sure most have already read them.

Miki St. John has been to hell and back, several times in fact. Just when he thinks all the skeletons have turned to ash, a trap door pops open and brings forth more murder, mayhem and madness. A mother he never knew, doesn't remember, turns up dead and rips a hole in the feeling of safety he's only recently grasped hold off. What's worse, the man he loves could be lost protecting him and the Morgan clan circle the wagons, digging their heels in, hell bent on keeping Miki safe.

As much as I will miss Miki, Damie and the loud ass, brash Morgan clan, this was definitely a fitting end to their story. Full of rich dialogue, disturbing situations and lot of love that's held together with barbed wire, nails and blood; Sin and Tonic finally answers the question readers have been asking since book 1... where Miki came from.

Tristan James is the all powerful God of narration. With a voice that oozes passion and sensuality like a lovely aged bottle of scotch, the rich liquid slowly seeping through the ice cubes in crystal glass, he brings every emotion every character is feeling to life with a plethora of voices and broad spectrum of tones, inflections and nuances.

Definitely a must read/listen story but you must start at the beginning. The journey that Rhys Ford takes this large, eclectic group of perfectly imperfect characters on is nothing less than spectacular.

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Sarah – ☆☆☆☆
After exhausting brothers, cousins, and bandmates, I’m so glad to see this series return to Kane and Miki. The original pair is back as a committed couple with a whole lot of history behind them. These two have accepted each other’s quirks and adapted to the idiosyncrasies of their shared lives.

Old fears and memories surface when Miki is abruptly confronted with his past. I love that Kane and Miki face the threats to Miki’s safety together without the angst and doubt that would have had Miki fighting Kane at every turn a couple of years ago. I also love the way Miki now accepts his place in Kane’s family.

Kane’s investigation into Chinatown’s murky underworld is complicated and scary at times. With Kane and Miki already a settled couple, there is more focus on the police and their investigation than the romance in this book and I really enjoyed the murder mystery element of the story.

This feels like the end of what has become a favourite series and though I’m sad to see these characters go, this is a satisfying end and it does justice to the series.

Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Sin and Tonic (Sinners #6) by Rhys Ford to read and review.

This is book #6, in the Sinners series. This book can be read as a standalone novel. To fully enjoy and understand, I recommend reading this incredibly sexy series in order.

Miki and Kane's story continues with Miki working on things that bother him. This is a hard move for him, as facing demons of the past always bring pain and suffering. Wanting to be in a future with Kane without further issues, he is really trying.

Kane has stumbled into a case that is going to bring pain to his very sweet love. When he delves further, he starts to worry that being involved is worth it. The past always seems to knock on another door that no one wants to open.

I absolutely loved this book. Even with how hard it was to read, I loved and devoured every word. I often had tears streaming down my face, but this was an epic and very worth it ending to a truly phenomenal series. My heart loved every cross over pieced in, and hope that we visit their world int he future.

“He was found in the middle of the street—on St. John—covered in bruises, wearing a dirty diaper, and some asshole had put a tattoo on his arm. He wasn’t even three years old and someone tossed him out like he was trash.”

It was with a very heavy heart that I began this sixth and final book in the ‘Sinners’ series. I knew the author was going to tie up all of the questions pertaining to Miki, his mother, and his father, but I also knew that once I read this there would be no more new stories. So I’ll admit to dragging my feet over starting this read and really taking my time to finish it. Miki, Kane, and the entire Morgan crew have been, and always will be, my family.

‘Sin and Tonic’ is as much a story of discovery as it is of redemption and healing. There is so much of Miki’s past that he has shut the door on and facing it, dealing with it, is an emotional journey I wasn’t always sure Miki would complete. Miki has come a long way from the young man Damian found singing in that alleyway so many years ago. To some degree he has dealt with the abuse he suffered at the hands of Shing and Vega so many years before and he’s boarded up any feelings he might have in regards to his mother, but at the end of the day Miki St. John is still one giant pressure cooker getting ready to blow.

“Damie’s worried about you. We all are. Today was an anomaly—”
“No, it’s not,” Miki sliced in. “I’m going to go find someone to talk to about… today… every day.” Kane went still, suddenly aware of what Miki meant. He said words weighed something, and some words were definitely chunks of steel while others were feathers. The burden of Miki’s words, of what he carried inside of him, was very real and open between them, more than it had ever been before.”

I’m not going to go into any detail regarding the discovery of Miki’s mom and dad, how Miki’s mom died, and how the man out to kill Miki is really after Miki’s real father – the man who was working undercover and put Wong away. Needless to say, there are revelations galore with Miki in a cyclone of emotional upheaval from one moment to the next.

At the beginning of this journey, long ago when I read ‘Sinner’s Gin’ the first book in the series, I couldn’t begin to imagine all the places the author would take me. I couldn’t foresee the family I would fall in love with and I really couldn’t envision the answers to Miki’s childhood. It has been a roller coaster journey and one I’m so glad I bought a ticket for. The Morgan family will stay with me for life and Miki, Damien, Forest, and Rafe each have a special place in my heart. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again - Rhys Ford, you are my hero.

NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review at Rainbow Book Reviews.