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Priest by Sierra Simone

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purplegurgles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.25

There’s smut, there’s erotica and there is porn. This is porn. I don’t mean that in a good way. The plot held promise, but the story was rushed and the only written form of intimacy or affection they had for each other came from sex and all of those read like porn scripts. I liked the way the spirituality was written. As an atheist, it was written well enough that even I understood the feeling. I also liked the ending in a way.

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sushilliard's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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ambercunningham's review against another edition

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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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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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hanreads__'s review against another edition

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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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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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