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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
After reading this book, I had to take a few hours to process the content. I was so impressed and enthralled by this story that includes pagan and religious themes, individuals with such high sexuality, that they didn’t discriminate the gender of the subject of their lust. You need to read this book with an open mind savor the delicacies of the author’s prose, her elaborate descriptions of the scenes, the imagery she evokes in the reader.
There are six characters in this story that are intricately involved, starting with an experience in a hidden chapel. Six kids go exploring through a maze in Thornchapel while their parents party in the mansion. They find a tunnel that leads to a chapel and have a spiritual experience that marks their souls forever. Twelve years later, Proserpina comes back to Thornchapel to catalog and inventory the library books. She has a hidden second purpose, which is to investigate her mother’s disappearance years ago and which she thinks is linked to Thornchapel. There she finds Auden, who is now the owner of the estate, Delphine who is now his fiancée and Rebecca, who is working with Auden in the remodel of the estate and grounds. Beckett is a frequent weekend visitor and is now a priest assigned to a nearby church. St. Sebastián lives in the village nearby but is an outcast, now an enemy of Auden.
Each character has secrets in their past, a hidden lust for one of characters in the group, and as a whole, have unresolved issues. Auden, Beckett, St. Sebastián and Proserpina have struggles with dreams and feelings about what happened twelve years ago. This book develops into a fantastic elaborate recreation of past happenings, gradual unveiling of secrets, new arrangements of sexual encounters. Meanwhile, they are searching for the meaning of their dreams, their urges, they want to connect to the one they lust for, examine their sexual urges, play with some Dom/sub interaction. Their sexual exploration, united with the pagan and religious explorations make for a very riveting and addictive read.
The book ends in a cliffhanger, and I really have no idea how this will end, after so many twists that I went though with this book. Loved it and am waiting impatiently for the sequel!
There are six characters in this story that are intricately involved, starting with an experience in a hidden chapel. Six kids go exploring through a maze in Thornchapel while their parents party in the mansion. They find a tunnel that leads to a chapel and have a spiritual experience that marks their souls forever. Twelve years later, Proserpina comes back to Thornchapel to catalog and inventory the library books. She has a hidden second purpose, which is to investigate her mother’s disappearance years ago and which she thinks is linked to Thornchapel. There she finds Auden, who is now the owner of the estate, Delphine who is now his fiancée and Rebecca, who is working with Auden in the remodel of the estate and grounds. Beckett is a frequent weekend visitor and is now a priest assigned to a nearby church. St. Sebastián lives in the village nearby but is an outcast, now an enemy of Auden.
Each character has secrets in their past, a hidden lust for one of characters in the group, and as a whole, have unresolved issues. Auden, Beckett, St. Sebastián and Proserpina have struggles with dreams and feelings about what happened twelve years ago. This book develops into a fantastic elaborate recreation of past happenings, gradual unveiling of secrets, new arrangements of sexual encounters. Meanwhile, they are searching for the meaning of their dreams, their urges, they want to connect to the one they lust for, examine their sexual urges, play with some Dom/sub interaction. Their sexual exploration, united with the pagan and religious explorations make for a very riveting and addictive read.
The book ends in a cliffhanger, and I really have no idea how this will end, after so many twists that I went though with this book. Loved it and am waiting impatiently for the sequel!
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I purchased this as a Blind Date with a Book, so I made sure I didn’t look further into what it was about before diving in. I have never read anything like this before. The book is very sexy and sensual and ties in pagan lore with their lives and Catholic Mass. It is a book about our innate need for love as well as temptation when we want it from someone we shouldn’t.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Rape
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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
dark
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
See I can read books when I have time to do so...
Overall, I enjoyed reading it. I particularly liked that the majority was from Poe's perspective but then had those moments where we got to see everyone's else's POV. I obviously was most intrigued by the main 3, but Becket's story seemed very interesting (and honestly everyone's character growth was entertaining). There were definitely moments where it just felt they were all very horny (a lot of times definitely did not understand all that). But there were definitely moments that added a level of mystery and anguish almost caused by Thornchapel itself - almost gave me Midsommar vibes in a weird kind of way?
Overall, I enjoyed reading it. I particularly liked that the majority was from Poe's perspective but then had those moments where we got to see everyone's else's POV. I obviously was most intrigued by the main 3, but Becket's story seemed very interesting (and honestly everyone's character growth was entertaining). There were definitely moments where it just felt they were all very horny (a lot of times definitely did not understand all that). But there were definitely moments that added a level of mystery and anguish almost caused by Thornchapel itself - almost gave me Midsommar vibes in a weird kind of way?
3.5 Holy-fucking-smut stars.
A full on erotica-BDSM wanna-be mystery book, which I thought wouldn’t enjoy, but ohhhh boy is it intense !!
I least enjoy the pacing, the real smut starts past 70%.
A full on erotica-BDSM wanna-be mystery book, which I thought wouldn’t enjoy, but ohhhh boy is it intense !!
I least enjoy the pacing, the real smut starts past 70%.