Īres finished as 1st Runner-up in Miss Global 2013 beauty pageant, representing Armenia. Ares also completed several courses on the history of film. She graduated from UCLA with a BA in economics and minored in Russian language. Ares graduated from Palisades Charter High School with honors. She was born in Armenia and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child, where she toured locally and internationally with a dance company since she was 5 years old. Her debut coming of age, contemporary fiction novel, Love and Other Sins, encompasses complex family dynamics, immigration, child abuse, the aftermath of trauma and first love. is disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.Emilia Ares is an Armenian-American film and television actress, producer, and award-winning author. Foreword Reviews only recommends books that we love. No fee was paid by the publisher for this review. The publisher of this book provided free copies of the book to have their book reviewed by a professional reviewer. The teenagers in the beautiful, candid romance novel Love and Other Sins face personal burdens, but also have hope that helps them to heal.ĭisclosure: This article is not an endorsement, but a review. Eventually, they learn to be honest in their communications with each other and, despite the violent circumstances they face, they prove to be a sensitive pair. But Oliver is also often compelled to retreat from his pain. At times, they allow themselves to be vulnerable. Oliver’s past traumas are revealed as the two go on adventuresome dates, including on a motorcycle ride and to a rave. Mina and Oliver have initial hesitations and misunderstandings. Meanwhile, Mina’s father’s connections threaten her, which makes her loved ones set boundaries that she dislikes. When he and Mina meet as senior transfer students, they’re struck by each other. He remakes his life using money from a court settlement and from his electronics resale business. Oliver has just been emancipated he was in the foster care system, where he was abused. She finds release at a dance studio-and with Oliver. Still, for Mina, trust and fear become complicated prospects. They discuss everyday concerns, as well as the challenges of being immigrants they face intolerance, and they work to balance their cultural values with Mina’s competing desires. There are heartbreaks in their relationship, but it’s still marked by unshakable love.
Her father is absent, and her mother, despite raising Mina to voice her opinions, nonetheless worries about Mina’s perceived rebellions.
The daughter of Russian immigrants, Mina isolates herself, assuming a capable demeanor. Troubled Los Angeles high schoolers unite in Emilia Ares’s romance novel Love and Other Sins.
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