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Honestly, I can't with this book. The prologue made me groan from embarrassment. I'm seriously regretting the 4 hours it took me to get through this book.

I don't know what I was anticipating, but I am DEFINITELY not the target audience for this book. I read a lot of smut, and a good dose of it is questionable and taboo. But this? This felt like the testimony from a visiting pastor at a different parish trying to convince members to go to his church in the next county over, mixed in with some solidly-mid sex. I was expecting dirtier, more intense sex scenes, and while they aren't necessarily vanilla, I'm at a complete loss as to how SO MANY GROUPS talked this book up like it's the filthiest, raunchiest thing out there.

I grew up Pentecostal, I'm in no way religious now, but hot damn I've heard old women who have been going to church since the 50s who speak of God with less reverence than this author. It just DOESNT END.

But the last part of the prologue is seriously what made me drop this thing from a 2 star to a 1 star:

"I think about this as the rest of the day unfolds, as my lipstick is freshened and then my father walks me down the aisle, and as I see you blinking back tears when Dad places my hand in yours. As we take communion, both of us remembering a very different kind of communion shared between us. And then as you kiss me, deep and long and searchingly, a kiss that make my cunt wet and nipples hard, even in the house of God. You were a priest once. I still mourn that sometimes, but I realize now that what we have together is just as holy, just as profound. Someday, we will start a family. We will be creating life together, which is perhaps the most Godlike thing any human can do, and I wonder, as we dance together under the gentle May sky, if we will have a son. Maybe he’ll become a priest too."

WHAT 😂😂😂

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

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emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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alianeselvis's reviews 7 reviews

alianeselvis's reviews
7 reviews