Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Priest by Sierra Simone

55 reviews

liebs_reads's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Death, and Suicide

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

jasmins_reads's review against another edition

Tyler was just so dull and I didn’t find myself caring about his issues at all. Although it was spicy it just wasn’t that enjoyable for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, and Grief

avialaeleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I never thought that I would read an erotica romance about a priest fucking on his own alter. It was HOT though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Grief

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pedophilia

spicycronereads's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Wow this was 🔥🔥🔥. A former Dom who is now a priest and a former stripper who enters his confessional. I am sure you can imagine where this is going…

Obviously the taboo romance elements and spice are 👩🏻‍🍳💋. I give it 4 1/2 🌶️. Though I almost DNF’d because the self recrimination at the beginning was…a lot.

But that is not the most interesting thing about this book. 

I was baptized Catholic though never practiced, and later baptized again in a non-denominational Christian church. I do not currently identify as Christian and though I recognize certain spiritual elements to my life, they are more tied to nature and community. 

And we all know there are plenty of bad things about the Catholic Church, many of which figure into the plot of this novel. But I have to say that the way that the author writes about Catholicism, reconciliation, ritual, and the presence of capital G God, is really quite beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship and Stalking

meg53's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

meganpbennett's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Better than I was expecting, but I didn't love it. I thought the backstory of why Tyler became a priest were better than his current issues with his vows. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

gelslitreviews's review

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

hanreadssbooks's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

had to push myself to finish this book because i hate dnf’ing. this book was 98% single pov and, in my opinion, lacked a storyline. i understood the concept, but struggled to feel the connection between the characters. i’m a spice lover and even though there was plenty of spice in this book, i wasn’t feeling it at all. i was excited for this prior to reading it and i’m disappointed that i didn’t enjoy it as much as other people did. i’ve heard the next two in the series are somewhat better, so i might give those a try. given the concept and the whole priest thing, i think this could’ve been written better / gone a different way to be more enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Stalking