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Priest by Sierra Simone

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

Forbidden Love✔️
Catholic Representation✔️
Boy Obsessed✔️

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"𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘇𝘇𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲... 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵."

For starters, for anyone to think this story will not be about a horny priest but a priest simply falling in love, WHAT?! The synopsis is very clear and you should not expect ANYTHING other than a whole load of smut and a forbidden romance that you want to work.

Now, I want to say thank you to whatever God decided to put Priest up for free via Kindle for a set amount of days… because of you, I was able to read this book a lot sooner that I thought I’d be able to.

I read Priest as a buddy read with my best friend and we were both blown away. I’ve never read a book that delves into religion, but I really love how the religion was focused on in this story. It was not only interesting to read the prayers and lines from the Bible, but it was also interesting to see how things work if you are someone who is a Priest. I feel that the religion playing a big part in the story allowed for more development and strayed away from stories that focus on someone instantly giving up on something they believe in as soon as they meet someone they’re attracted to. I was pleased to see how much Tyler’s faith meant to him, and that it was a hard hard hard choice for him to decide on what to do.

The backstory to why Tyler became a Priest was mentioned a few times, and I really like how it was spoken about. The back story is something that happens in the real world and isn’t often heard about, I feel as though Sierra raised awareness in some sort of way, and for that, I think she’s an incredible woman.

Poppy is one of the strongest females I have come across in a story, her strength is admirable, and I love that she loves Tyler for how much he loves and cares about his faith. Not only does she want to be a better person, but she wants to be someone who finds her own path. She’s not perfect, but at least she doesn’t act as though she is. While I had so much anger at Poppy at one point during the story, I understand why she did what she did, and I just want her to be happy.

Finally, this is the SPICIEST book I have read. I love the BDSM/degrading representation, I love how it’s made clear that while it’s okay in relationships, it’s only okay if both parties are consenting and talk about things properly. The fact that Sierra makes it clear through her characters and before the story starts is something that I love and I think other authors should take note of it and follow that line.

All in all, I absolutely LOVED this story, I SQUEALED at certain points, and I’d let Tyler take me on an alter any day. If you’re still reading this review, please stop what you’re doing and go and purchase this book SOMEHOW.
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