A review by p0laris
Say Your Prayers by Crystal Ash, Kathryn Moon

2.0

Awesome concept, poor execution. 

Note that there are 5 people in this polycule, not just the three on the cover.

This is definitely very sacrilegious, but that didn't bother me at all. I mean, you can't read a book with priests and a succubus without expecting that.

What did bother me was the immediate insta-love to slow relationship building that again changed over night into love with each relationship. And the relationships didn't feel even at all. We spend like the first half of the entire book with only one relationship developed between the FMC and who I'll call MMC1. Then as soon as the next relationship develops between MMC1 and MMC2 and the FMC, we get a ton of scenes or mentions in passing of MMC 1 and MMC2, and the FMC is never involved again on page except to watch. Then the relationship between the FMC and MMC3 develops over night when he was previously pushing her away. Then lots of MMC1 and MMC2 with the FMC just being the token supportive character. Then the FMC and MMC4 get together to power up for battle but they realize they love each other too lol. They have a few moments, then there's a huge group scene after the battle where MMC1 and MMC2 are pretty much doing their thing but also including the others. And then an epilogue 100 years later where MMC3, the FMC, and MMC4 are together while the other two are again off together doing their own thing. There was a huge build up to MMC2 and MMC4 becoming a couple in the book, and they hardly seemed to care by the time it briefly happened (in the big group scene only). And the FMC was just there for whoever needed her for sex or for moral support. 

Also annoyed that none of them groveled at all for the way they treated her in the first half of the book, for the way they dismissed her when they started believing her but the angel showed up to make them doubt her again, or even for the way they acted when pushing her away. She's just eternally understanding, and takes them all as lovers soon as they finally decide they want her. Eh. Grow a backbone.

This had the bones of such a good world where demons have caused an apo alypse on earth, and a succubus and and a fallen angel show up to one of the last refuges for humans, both becoming temptations for the priests in charge. But none of it was utilized for anything other than finding more reasons for more smut. I went into this knowing it was basically just smut, but couldn't help myself wanting a more fleshed out story.