Priest

Priest by Sierra Simone




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Most readers would consider this book taboo because of the forbidden aspect Simone bursts wide open; however, the taboos get lost early on, so if this is what attracted you to this book, here is a fair warning: this book might not be for you. However, if you’re a reader looking for pure smut and spicy sex scenes, then Simone has got those in spades.

Tyler Bell, a Priest who became one for reasons other than true vocation, is instantly enthralled by an unknown female who’s walked into his confessional booth. Her raspy voice bewitches him, and he can’t wait for the following confession hours so he can see her again. His obsession with her grows, and every time, he finds ways to justify his actions, telling himself God wants him to be with her, even to the point of saying he can feel the benevolence of God while being balls deep inside of her. He’s delusional, acts out in anger and jealousy, and he’s like a petulant teenager half the time, and yet he claims to do it all in God’s name. It’s ridiculous.

Poppy Danforth is a non-catholic seeking redemption for trivial sins; she’s manipulative and uses sex as a weapon. She encourages Tyler to break his vows, asks for more, and says she won’t be the reason for him losing his job; she’s a hypocrite. After a thirty-second encounter, the insta lust between the two characters is barely believable; the insta love is more challenging to digest.

Simone wrote this book mainly in the male POV, and it’s well executed. However, Tyler’s inner monologues are primarily excuses for the sins he’s committed and reasons to keep on living in sin with Poppy because God has a plan for him, and perhaps that was her intent to show no remorse, and for him to have no repercussion from the clergy for his actions, it just didn’t ring true. The few chapters in the female perspective were about sex, giving readers no real substance into her psyche except for the fact that she’s a spoiled little rich girl who gets what she wants.

Where Simone’s writing truly shone was in the sex scenes: the BDSM aspects, the submission, the dirty talk; she brought readers into each smutty experience with ease, if only that would have been the case for the entirety of the book, making this a 3-star read.



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