No worries I’m not going to get all preachy on you, though if I’m speaking honestly, there was a woman that told me I would be a preacher someday and once upon a time I worked in a Christian bookstore whose owner later became a reverend. I tried reading the “good book” probably one of three books I couldn’t get through all the way but I’m here to talk about a much better book, and that’s “Church.” by Stylo Fantome.
This novel made me believe in five stars again; it brought back my faith that being quiet is not a bad thing especially if you don’t care what anybody thinks and I have always heard that women like the strong silent type and so it was Emma Hartley finds seduction. What a fool believes am I right but I don’t mean only Emma, everyone is in this title from Margo to Jerry, to other girls that want to fall to their pretty knees and worship. All men think their God this one happens to be right and in that, I do mean Paul “Church” Logan, I wouldn’t mind learning his ways, but I can never stick to my silence honestly.
I’ve heard of a man having a dream. Indeed every man should have a plan, but let success make the noise, and there is plenty of that between Church and Emma; sadly, she was not the dream and as far as the plan well? Now I think I’ve asked this question before but what is it that makes the real evil so smart, I wish I were only talking about Church in that but Margo too which is only one more spoiler, I’m warning you just in case. This tale plays its cards close to the chest and then becomes entirely predictable but still extraordinary overall, as the next question is, what happens next which is high praise for any writer, I need to know.
Like life after death; I wouldn’t go that far but this is the first book I’ve read from Stylo Fantome, and now I’m a follower without a doubt, again not as far as Emma, no, if anything I want to be Church. I could fall in love with Emma too, as the song goes, “not a trace of doubt in my mind” as this story will stick with you, it will make you a believer, but the question is what that will be when it’s over; is it love perhaps?
I believe that Emma has known pain, and yeah you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out. As I’ve already stated this is the first title I’ve read where silence indeed is reflected in a more positive light; if that means getting a girl out of her panties. The other characters have “admirable” backstories, enough to keep them in the loop, not too much that you need a bio-page to guide you through everything there is about them, thieving mom, lame dad, dirty college girl, etc.
Emma is hurt, thanks to mom’s lying, cheating ways, and is stuck, wanting like anything to get away from everything that’s happened and when do people go looking for faith, that pie in the sky when there seems to be no way out. In walks Church, a man who has found solace in his silence with his own set of mommy issues and yet he meets a woman who understands everything he is trying to say without uttering a word; I’m going to say it now, that’s my dream. Together with all their chemistry when it comes to sex, they formulate a plan, but if only it were the same plan, you would have a love story to be sure.
The mothers in this novel were nothing to write home about and not to creep anyone out, but Church’s mom in a small way reminded me of mine except I didn’t get beat, but second spoiler warning they’re coming too, no doubt. I don’t want to be Church’s dad, a sad man with a small sliver of sanity at any given moment, who only takes what he can get when the time comes, namely Emma’s mother. I would have liked to read more on Stacey Cummings and Marci MacIntosh, but that’s mostly me being a horndog; it is something to see how everyone reacted to Church, from his lover, his “people” and did Margo have something for him too, like mother like daughter that way.
Obsession though, another one of those double standards in the world and one more reason I found myself falling for Emma and wishing to have that “magnetism” that Church could draw out of the female population. Speaking of society, I think everyone, within a reasonable age, of course, should read this because people always talk about love but what you won’t do for love, fairytales have so many princesses, but when push comes to shove what will she do for the dark prince, I’m saying.
You should stop right here maybe, I wonder how many guys are like me reading this sort of title but last warning five stars, can’t wait to read the sequel or others and of course, the ladies will love it. This book got to me in so many ways in all honesty, and that’s even before the sex, and it wasn’t overblown or anything of the sort, but it was there along with everyone’s mental issues and the climax wow.
The eroticism was good, and it could use a bit more but it was enough from Church’s bedroom to the classroom, and what some might call incestuous though Church and Emma were in no way related, merely their parents getting married. Another double standard I saw was the whole don’t kiss and tell, and Marci has a big mouth bragging, while to Church their tryst was nothing but somehow he finds himself falling for Emma, even if at first it was only a means to an end. Emma’s obsession up to the end for Church and then as if she were falling out of a spell, it was reminiscent of “500 Days Of Summer” to wake up in the morning and feel differently about someone.
The things that Emma was willing to do, without knowing anything about Church and when she found out what his end goal was, another change that the man wasn’t aiming to be the killer and the woman would, all for the sake of love. Not that Church didn’t show at least a fondest for Emma and eventually a love, facing off against her mom, getting to see Emma when he showed one time that all his power couldn’t solve a problem. The two scenes that did it for me was the sex on the teacher’s desk; what I’m a traditionalist when it comes to porn; there was also the murder scene that showed such madness.
It showed me five stars, and while I don’t believe in much, I do think that Stylo Fantome’s novel Church has made me a fan and that I couldn’t get enough, it took me less than a week to finish it, so wow. To quote one more song “love is the answer” but there are so many questions. That means it’s going to take a whole lot of love and with men being men, I can see through these tiles When Girls Come To Church.
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Church corrupted me in the best way!
“Where have you been all my life?”“In the deepest parts of hell, waiting for you.”➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖I’ll be honest. I wasn’t even sure if I liked this book at first. It seemed cluttered ... scattered ... just messy. I couldn’t quite figure it out but I had to continue the journey. Then at about one-third into Church, the chaos clicked into comprehension. The comprehension changed to compulsion. The destination developed into destiny. I had an epiphany! There was no going back. I knew right then that I loved every ounce of Church—the morbid, the messy, and the meaningful.I was WHOLEHEARTEDLY ADDICTED to Church—utterly immersed and intoxicated, completely overcome by this story. I devoured Church. I dreamt Church. This powerful page-turner caught me. Consumed me. Claimed me. I felt every word I read. I felt this hero and heroines’ story as if it were my own.The anti-hero, Church, and the anti-heroine, Emma, are beautiful and broken. So broken. You want to hate them but you can’t help but love them. These characters are among the most corrupt and complex I’ve ever met! They need therapy and Jesus—-I couldn’t get enough of them! Their chemistry is palpable, so potent that it permeates through the pages. This author creates characters with black hearts, but hearts that bleed into gray territory, hearts that let in light and love.Stylo Fantome is a new-to-me author and I regret not meeting her messed up but masterful words sooner. So ADDICTIVE! I must confess that I felt as twisted as this tale while reading. This journey had me dangling over an emotional cliff, and just before I was about to plunge into book death, Stylo Fantome threw me the rope, yanking me back to the surface. My soul screamed for mercy. So lost it may never be found. Shredded to pieces.What an EPIC MIND BENDER! I LOVED IT! But oh my, this was not an easy read. Church tore my heart apart, shattering it as it lay on the ground, with little hope for salvation. Though with Church, I didn’t want to be saved. I wanted to be thrust into the terror that was tough but tantalizing too. I welcomed this journey of darkness and despair, one that was sometimes difficult to digest. I held on because a sliver of light beamed through the book, which forged me through, guiding me like a beacon of hope. Hope for a tiny piece of happiness.Church is deliciously dark, dangerous, depraved, and downright delirious. It’s edgy and enticing. It’s such a brilliantly told tale! I just couldn’t get enough and didn’t want this crazy and crazed ride to end! I fell hard in love—worshiping Church like a god—as I inhaled every word that became my air to breathe. This book is so breathtaking. So bold. So brilliant. So broken. So beautiful. So taboo. So thrilling. So tantalizing. So EVERYTHING! I worshipped this HEART-HITTING and SOUL-SHATTERING journey. Church corrupted me in the best way!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 heart-hitting and soul-shattering ‘worship you’ stars
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Claire Lamb
I love this authors books
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2018Jo ReadsRomance
4.5 Stars. Not the usual kind of hearts and flowers romance and not for the fainthearted!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2018
