This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review. Also my tags may have spoilers in them so be forewarned before checking out full review.

Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖📖
Narration:🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨✨


First Impressions
Saint is the most recent addition to the "Priest" series and this is a series that I first want to point out is NOT going to be for everyone, especially if you happen to be part of the faith that is being represented here which is Catholicism. I am not sure how well researched or authentic this is to the faith, since I just know the basics, but its definitely fascinating. I was curious about this one and I have had it on my TBR since I first read "Priest" some years ago. I found this one really tackled some taboos, some hard emotional truths and reshape certain expectations.

First Line
The air is crushed sage and lavender, and a naked monk is singing in front of me.

Summary
Elijah and Aiden once had a angsty love affair that broke them when Aiden had a "come to Jesus" moment that changed him on a elemental level and he didn't feel like he could give Elijah anything when he needed to devote everything he had to what saved him which for him was God. So for the last five years he has been devoting everything he is to that mission. But now the time is swiftly coming to a close for him to say his vows, and he is reunited with the only mortal man that held his heart.....Elijah. Only Elijah is engaged to be married, and now Aiden is having to face up to his decisions and make a determination on what will be best for him for the long haul.....is the choice he has to make between God and Elijah....or will there be an in between where he can have both in his life?

What I Loved
Whew!!! This book was fire and it blew me away. But honestly I can't say that Sierra Simone ever does anything normal does she? She always liked to push those buttons and boundaries and I think I would struggle more with these books if I was a Catholic. But since I am not, I can enjoy them for what they are. I do love the spiritual aspects that she covers here and I really respect how she handles these delicate issues and you can tell how much research goes into the heart of what makes these books so resonating. Although there are some parts of this that made me a tad uncomfortable (I will never be comfortable with intimate scenes in spiritual sacred place so that will always be a boundary pusher for me personally).

I really enjoyed the struggle especially internally that we Aiden really go through with this one. We see him really have to face up to mistakes of the past and really figure out what he truly wants in life. We see him in a situation where he has to face up to decisions, as a changed man, as a different man than who he was when he was with Elijah. And the lessons that he has learned that has allowed him to have a different perspective in life. I appreciate the growth that we see from Aiden, his journey into becoming the man that he needs to be and that God wants him to be. We see such great relationships being formed and loved the adventures that they have together in Ireland. These two melted me heart in their moments, and the way that they fight for one another was truly inspiring. Sierra Simone definitely wrote such a keeper for this one.

What I Struggled With
The only thing I would have changed is seeing more perspective from Elijah. We didn't see his POV very much and I think it would have only added more to the story.

Narration
BRILLIANT!!! One of the best narrations I have listened to for this author. So if you love this author and these narrators, you just can't go wrong with them. They have done in the past some of my favorite MM stories in narrative view.

Overall View
Saint is a brilliantly penned story that takes the delicate spiritual heart and blends in the emotion and turmoil of what love can bring to you and how to learn to balance it with other priorities that are a driving force in life. HEART MELTING OF A STORY IN EVERY WAY.

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotic Romance
Character Types: Religious Figure, Gay Inclined,
Themes: Gay For You, Dirty Talk, Spicy, Page Turner, LGBTQ
Tropes: Forbidden Love, Second Chance, Redemption

Book Perspective
Duo POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
Relationship Conflict

If you like these authors, I recommend This Book
Sara Cate
Beth Kery
Naima Simone

Recommendation For Reading Order
Yes I would recommend reading this series in order if possible

Steam/Spice Explanations

Simmering cup of tea---soft warm touches and light intimacy
Warmin' by the fire- a medium level of sexual tension, a balance of sexual and emotional intimacy, lighter on the details in the sexual moments.
Steamin' up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.
Blazing fire to the building-The prime focus is the sex scenes, scorching hot, and could burn one. Less focus on the emotional intimacy to the relationship.

Narrators:
Sean Crisden
Jacob Morgan