Very intriguing and very riveting! I loved how the author developed Delilah’s character, a young woman who lived in a polygamist compound where she was kept ignorant of everything outside their walls. She was like an newborn baby, absorbing knowledge like a sponge, processing, many times overwhelmed by the new experiences and the people around her. In the compound, her only training was to be an obedient wife and mother, completely submissive to men. Girls in the compound start to be trained as soon as they develop, and the sexual training was lurid. It felt like a sex trafficking ring, using religion as an excuse.
I understood so well Delilah’s fascination with Pope Blackwell! A guy who looks dangerous, heavily tatted, and spouts scriptures at the drop of a hat. Their conversations include phrases from the Bible, and each knows where it came from. What they differ is on the interpretation they give to the scripture. Delilah’s interpretation is based on what she was taught to think and Pope starts to question her beliefs, her teachings, her faith and her religion. No wonder they were fascinated with each other! Pope had never met a woman so innocent but at the same time intelligent and so actively processing new information, comparing to her beliefs, and coming out with new postures. Delilah’s mind processes was a delight to read and I could understand Pope’s fascination with her.
Noah intervenes, worried that Delilah is beginning to learn about the world and worries that Pope may unconsciously manipulate her process. Pope understands and stands away.
Five years later, Delilah graduated in Finance from Tulane and started working at Lupus et Agnes, a sex club where Pope is a frequent customer. The place is apt because more than other women, Delilah had been trained from childhood in sex and submissiveness, so pair that with her curious mind, and it was an explosive combination that Pope could not be able to resist. And this is where the book took off like a rocket and blew my mind!
Their relation is unique, Delilah is a rare gem of new experiences and well thought out opinions. She’s open to new experiences, she’s intelligent, a fast learner, sweet and sassy and tells horrible dad jokes. She’s a complete delight! Pope with his worldliness is no match for this young woman. He’s older and now he feels his age like an anvil that weighs him down, and yet, she feels no compunction in teasing him, inciting him, making him fall for her. She’s at times reticent and others she’s a brat.
I loved the presence of Lorelai and Noah in the background. They are wise and loving and supportive. Her best friend Cookie is also a wise and balancing friend. Fig is the friends with benefits she needed to start learning sex experiences. I loved her changing faith beliefs as her knowledge increases and her analysis of the world changes.
As well as riveting, I liked how the book explores religious beliefs, Christianity, and the interpretations people have upon the Bible, the scriptures, customs and the way some manipulate the teachings to suit their purpose. Very intriguing and profound indeed! As well as super sexy and kinky!
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About the author
Alison lives somewhere in the shadow of a Pacific Northwest Mountain, bordered by the Puget Sound, and not too far from the country roads she grew up on.
When she’s not writing, she can be found avidly reading, traveling with youthful wanderlust, or slowly turning the inside of her home into her own personal houseplant jungle.
Find more books by Alison Rhymes here: https://alisonrhymes.com
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