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Priest by Sierra Simone

249 reviews

stjimmyjohns's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

5.0 🌶

Sacred and profane were blending and blurring together, fusing and welding themselves into something new and whole and singular, and if this was what love was, then I didn’t know how anyone could bear the weight of it.

I'll be completely honest... I expected all smut, no plot for this but boy was I wrong. I was completely captivated by Tyler's journey of finding himself and his connection with Poppy. It was fascinating to read from his POV and the writing was really good! I felt connected and invested the whole time. Some dark themes and intense spice so def read content warnings, but I really really enjoyed this book!

Faaaavs
✝️ forbidden love
✝️ immaculate spice
✝️ priest/parishioner (that's a new one!)
✝️ introspective journey of finding yourself and God

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annabananadel's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

"If I'd never met you, I would never have really lived."

You know what. Five fucking stars. (Okay, close to it) There, I said it. You know what, it really is for me. Not only because it answered some of my religious questions regarding my own beliefs, but it also led me to accept myself and my connection with God. I went in thinking it would be all just be about the priest f-cking and falling in love with a woman (which, believe me, it was definitely it) and I finished the book thinking more about my religious belief rather than the ending between the two main characters. That's the main reason why it's an instant five fucking stars for me. Even I was shocked with my rating. I honestly thought this is far from five star but damn.

This has been a really eye-opener kind of book since it's about a priest falling in love with a woman. Most part of the book was simply a push and pull between Tyler leaving the church or leaving Poppy. To be honest, it was 50% smut - and I'm not even ashamed to say it even though I rated this so high. These two main characters is legit one of the horniest characters I've ever read so far. The thing is, I thought I'd be seeing the FMC's POV but I was so wrong, it was Tyler's POV the whole book with a little parts of Poppy's POV (probably 1%). I wasn't even mad about it because I can see it on the priest's point of view. It was magical - to see his thoughts regarding his sins and how God would be regarding it. What I honestly learned is that, God really has a path for you. He made you stumble just so you'd end up on the right path - the path for you and it's not even priesthood for Tyler! You don't have to be religious to that point for God to know you love him and it just resonated with me especially recently that I've been neglecting going to church or even just simply thinking about Him.

Anyways, I thought it would be another misunderstanding trope - which I hate expect for the few who actually needed this in the book. It was....not in a way? Because they were talking but it was just him not being able to listen to her and her worries because he really just want to be in their perfect bubble. I love how both of them are both mature which was weird because these two are just horny teens who loves doing it anywhere. Smut aside, it was reflective to a point that I was not expecting. Love it though!

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luna_98's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-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

4.5

this book is blasphemous and filled with smut, of course i loved it

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kaylareads247's review against another edition

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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

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littlered22's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Spicy 🥵 couldn't put it down. The scenes didn't disappoint

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coryogirl's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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dchestnut's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lust. Red Lipstick. Cold showers.

I enjoyed this relatively short read but I can’t help but acknowledge the lack of plot. I love dark romances and enjoy the smut but I feel like a good plot to smut ratio would have done this book justice.

I fell in love with the characters almost instantly. I pitied them, I connected with them and even understood most of their feelings and emotions. Growing up in a church setting, I found myself particularly understanding Tyler’s point of view and his mental struggle between honoring God and human instinct.

Now a disclaimer: This is not your sign to read this book if you’re looking for some spiritual guidance nor if you’re looking for a sweet religious romance.

I mean.. wouldn’t want a man willing to give their life’s work up for even the chance to taste you?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️.5

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readwithria's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

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

3.0

Look, was the spice spicy? Absolutely. But this book is technically called Priest: A Love Story and I wasn’t feeling the love part. Tyler and Poppy definitely had physical chemistry, but I don’t understand their emotional connection at all. Was there one?

If you want a smutty book this is definitely that, and the writing is good, but the characters are a bit flat for me. 3 stars.

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katyiswriting's review against another edition

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emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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tierraskye's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad 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? No

4.0

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