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An Unholy Affair by Evie Alexander
4.0
Another fun and clever book from Evie Alexander!
I admit I was a bit hesitant going into this book given the heavy inclusion of religion (the FMC is a vicar in a small community) but having read the previous book in the series, as well as the Kinloch series, I also had confidence that it would be handled well.
And it was.
While the FMC, Eveline, is a vicar and definitely talks about her faith, the importance of religion in her life, etc., it is not done in an overbearing way. She never forces her religion on others and meets them where they are with respect to their religious beliefs or lack thereof.
Putting religion aside... this book is another hilarious adventure from Evie. I really would love to know how she comes up with her book ideas because the stories constantly surprise me.
In An Unholy Affair, the vicar meets and then starts a romantic relationship with a sex worker, Jack (the MMC), who has returned to his home village following the death of his father. A bit surprising, but it is handled in such a beautiful way with Eveline holding no ill judgment towards Jack and seeing sex work for what it is: a job. And in Jack's case, a job that he entered willingly. It is Jack who actually has some things to work through as he hid his job from his family and friends, but over the book, he starts to share this information. This representation of sex work in a fiction book is one of the best I have read.
Jack also sees Eveline for who she is, as a human, and shows her that she deserves to be appreciated, respected, nurtured, and taken care of. All things that many of her parishioners don't seem willing/able to do while easily accepting Eveline's help around the community.
I love how we get to check in with characters we met in the first Foxbrooke book, and that Unholy sets up future books for characters. I'm excited to see what antics they get up to!
Readers should be aware of references to abuse (off-page, in the past) as well as alcoholism and attempted assault.
Thanks to the author for an eARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I admit I was a bit hesitant going into this book given the heavy inclusion of religion (the FMC is a vicar in a small community) but having read the previous book in the series, as well as the Kinloch series, I also had confidence that it would be handled well.
And it was.
While the FMC, Eveline, is a vicar and definitely talks about her faith, the importance of religion in her life, etc., it is not done in an overbearing way. She never forces her religion on others and meets them where they are with respect to their religious beliefs or lack thereof.
Putting religion aside... this book is another hilarious adventure from Evie. I really would love to know how she comes up with her book ideas because the stories constantly surprise me.
In An Unholy Affair, the vicar meets and then starts a romantic relationship with a sex worker, Jack (the MMC), who has returned to his home village following the death of his father. A bit surprising, but it is handled in such a beautiful way with Eveline holding no ill judgment towards Jack and seeing sex work for what it is: a job. And in Jack's case, a job that he entered willingly. It is Jack who actually has some things to work through as he hid his job from his family and friends, but over the book, he starts to share this information. This representation of sex work in a fiction book is one of the best I have read.
Jack also sees Eveline for who she is, as a human, and shows her that she deserves to be appreciated, respected, nurtured, and taken care of. All things that many of her parishioners don't seem willing/able to do while easily accepting Eveline's help around the community.
I love how we get to check in with characters we met in the first Foxbrooke book, and that Unholy sets up future books for characters. I'm excited to see what antics they get up to!
Readers should be aware of references to abuse (off-page, in the past) as well as alcoholism and attempted assault.
Thanks to the author for an eARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.