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Priest by Sierra Simone

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jess_justmaybeperfect's review against another edition

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2.0

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4.0

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kat_reads26's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

I devoured this book! The spice? Chef's kiss. Simone definitely delivers on the sexy priest kink. Priest is heavily spicy with a leading male that is super believable, relatable, and is definitely entering my top 10 list of favorite book boyfriends.

I was surprised by how respectful Simone actually was to the Catholic religion (despite what most would call "blasphemous" sex scenes, but hey, no complaints here). If anything, this book is pro Christianity without being too preachy (but it does have its moments). If you were looking for a spicy romance about a Priest that's also anti-religious, this book isn't that.

Priest is the perfect spicy, dark romance book for you if you love DDLG, light BDSM elements, romance, and have a kink for men of the cloth defying their sacred vows.

While this book does move hot and fast with the sexuality, Simone makes the lead character's chemistry and romance (mostly) believable, all while keeping you on edge wondering if a happy ending is possible for this taboo pairing. The book focuses mainly on the lead characters of Father Bell and Poppy Danforth (but why do we care about anyone else anyways???), giving the story lots of space to breathe life into these characters and make you root for them til the end.

I will say that the ending did feel very rushed and like that of a rom-com. I think Simone could have left Tyler and Poppy's fate more open-ended (and maybe not have written Midnight Mass, sorry not sorry).

Also, SURPRISE: Sinner and Saint, the following books in the Priest series - are NOT about Father Bell and Poppy. I wish I knew that before preemptively purchasing Sinner. I wish that the Priest storyline had been stretched out more for a slow burn love story (with lots of spice of course) and had a more high risk plot that could have gone on into a second full length book (not Midnight Mass).

But overall, this was worth the read, and I may even come back to it someday when I find myself missing Father Bell.

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samara_surface's review against another edition

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2.75

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emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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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gvareads's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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avidreader24's review against another edition

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emotional 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? No

3.0

Decent. Lots of religious references which is what I was hoping for. Might be a little too much for non-religious/those with little knowledge of the Catholic faith

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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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jes_reads00's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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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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