I loved catching up with my old friends. The Virgin is laced with history and packed with thought provoking scenarios. I loved every beautiful moment....The Virgin and indeed the entire Original Sinners series is about deep everlasting love, understanding, realization, truth and honesty. This story will forever hold my book heart in the palm of its pages. The story is incredible, wondrous, at times hard to fully comprehend but as always it’s stunningly intense, beautiful, extremely KINKY and totally captivating. The protagonists eloquently tell the story of THAT year. The year when Kingsley and Nora are apart from Soren. My journey through The Virgin was a little turbulent, in terms of my reaction and feelings to some aspects, but by the end I felt I’d gone full circle and all was right with my Original Sinners world.Nora, I’ve had many a deep conversation about this fictional character. Her decisions have not always been easy for me to like but the Original Sinners world revolves around her.... I see her as the facilitator to many events, life changing events for Kingsley and Soren and for that reason alone she’ll always be a very special character to me. She makes wise decisions and hard choices; she keeps her word and makes no apologies for who she is. Her qualities are admirable.The three main characters are developed to perfection. They each have flaws and imperfections that can at times, make them difficult to understand but equally this is what makes them fascinating, more human and totally endearing. They’re all totally comfortable in their own skin, with their needs and desires. They personify trust and honesty which makes them awe inspiring. The way they're able to articulate this to one another and return the faith is remarkable. They always have the most deep rooted reasoning for their choices, love often being at the heart of it; unconditional love. A love so deep it creates the strongest of reactions, in both the characters and the readers. That’s part of the beauty of this dynasty, the characters have their inner motivation, they don't apologize for it, they bask in it and in turn they enamoured me. The level of trust and honesty is difficult to translate in its full glory but if you're familiar with the Original Sinners, you'll understand because it's something that’s richly developed over the course of the series. A series that's overflowing with a rich history laced with deep and beautiful emotion. The provenance weaved throughout is mind blowing creating the most exquisite effect in The Virgin.I loved the exploration of THAT year. Initially, if I’m completely honest, the transitions from memory to memory felt disjointed but the format grew on me and it once again became compulsive reading and once I was captured, I was mesmerized. The style ebbs and flows and made the writing touch my heart.I wanted more each time the memory paused. The story of how Kinglsey and Juliette meet is enchanting. I haven’t always been a fan of their relationship, I saw her as someone in the way of the main protagonists but The Virgin completely changed my opinion. They took my breath away with their connection, their coupling, their story. They're meant to be together, no doubt about it. The telling of Nora’s memory runs in and out of Kinglsey’s and it made for addictive reading. Her experience with someone during this year is so very beautiful and tender and lovely.The Original Sinners continues to push the boundaries, it's forbidden and highly kinky but underscoring all of this and perhaps the heaviest theme of all is LOVE and my heart wept with the emotion of it all. The way their lives entwine and mesh together in the present and past. There are no huge revelations with The Virgin, but what I got was more of them, more information about their lives and an even greater understanding of their love for each other. I felt a balance, a sense of symmetry, fairness and equality. Kingsley continues to be the brightest star in this series; my love for him has grown stronger with each book. I can't wait to devour more of The White Years in The Queen, the next installment from Tiffany Reisz.