This is a classic example of a slow burn intro. If you're expecting full on hardcore fucking right out of the gate, this one isn't giving you that, we get some very nice foreplay and a scorcher of an oral scene, but that's the limit of it... for now. But what it does do is set up a web of characters and relationships that we'll be following, doing an impressive job of giving us a baseline on what each of them is about. We get an introduction to the personalities of the assorted monks, the dynamics of the Gray family and the central plot line that connects them all; the battle of wills between the angel faced Alan Gray and the solemn Father Marcus.
If you want some intrigue and suspense with your erotica, then give this one a try, then head on to chapter 2.