Programming Sophia: Amazon Edition

by Alexa Nichols

Question everything you think you know... Sophia Weis and her husband of three years, Michael, were married right out of college. Their whirlwind courtship was happy, fulfilling, and full of joy and togetherness. After college, Michael got an excellent job with a large corporation which enabled them to buy a good home in a nice neighborhood near the city. They lived a perfect life. Until they didn't. Michael, unbeknownst to his doting wife, had made powerful and strange enemies - enemies that would stop at nothing to bend her to their will, even going so far as to kidnap her when he was away and brainwash her into their strange, powerful, and sexually depraved cult. For a purpose much grander than Michael – or Sophia - ever dreamed possible...

77 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 10, 2017

About the author

Gamer, blogger, and meme goddess. Also an unapologetic indie author of romance, fantasy, sci-fi, dystopian, horror, and erotic novels. 🥰

Reviews

[DJay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is yet another one that's knocked out the park by Alexa Nichols. This is another dark tale told that weaves fantasy with dark reality and does an awesome job of doing that. The story takes you one way, only to swing you back into a different direction that you had no idea you were going to go in and it leaves you at a point where you're looking back and going, wait, when did the ride end and what in the world just happened, but in a very very good way. This is another dark tale that weaves intrigue, drama, horror, with a swig of the paranormal. I just found out that I've been reading these books out of order and that all of her other books build off of each other. I'm about to go back and start from the top. It totally changes the depth of the stories when you find out that there's this one thing that happened in this other book that FURTHER explains something that happens in the book that you're currently reading. For instance. Meil.......

[Steve Naylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating 3.0 stars

The rating here is more due to the fact that this book was not what I really expected it to be. It is kind of a crap shoot with Alexa Nichols and the types of stories she writes. Some are very fun and sexy, some are pretty dark and explore sex in more of a twisted way, and sometimes she straddles that line in which she makes something that is wrong be sexy as well (this is by far the hardest thing she does). This book fall more into the twisted aspect of sex and at no point was I even remotely turned on by what was happening. So going into this book expecting some exciting sexual encounters and not getting it, automatically lowers my rating. That doesn't necessarily mean this is a bad book. There are very interesting aspects to this story and the Alexa Nichols world in general. We find out about Ellen's mother and father in this story. I do really feel sorry for this family though, after what happened to Ellen's grandmother (Sophia's mother), then to find out what Sophia went through, and then to know what Ellen went through in Paying her debts. What the hell is going on with this family? Is there some kind of pheromone they give off to end up in these situations. I thought that when Sophia was kidnapped and her husband was killed, I was expecting that to be a lie and for her to find out the truth after the programming was done. I thought they were messing with her head. Then in the car when she was rapped, she told herself she wasn't raped because she sort of enjoyed it? The programming component of the story was pretty interesting, but she was only there for a couple of days before she was rescued so I really didn't get as much information about that process as I would have liked. I really don't like to read about rape. It is not sexy at all. What I do find interesting is dubious consent in which the female character decides on having sex based on the circumstances she finds herself in. Thats is the more interesting storyline in my opinion, because in that case, I could see how a woman could actually enjoy the sex even though she feels she is not supposed to. In rape, I can never see how a woman would enjoy that, even a little. This was the first book that the author described a person being raped in the present tense. One of her previous books had a woman describe how she was raped in the past, but since I knew that was in the past and she was currently fine, it wasn't as visceral. I think I need to take a break from this series for a while or stick to the newer stuff that seems a little more ....light?...or fun?.... but not so dark.

[The Wolff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snooping and downloading what's not yours can have big consequences. Michael innocently found and downloaded something from his company that he hid from his wife, Sophia, just before an unexpected, extended trip abroad. Sophia’s friendly childhood nerd unknowingly discovers what it was even though he did not make sense of it at first. This download alerted certain individuals who would stop at nothing to eliminate this exposure and Sophia will pay the price with her body. Will her mind survive abrupt change in her life, her status? Alexa Nichols weaves a tale blended with conspiracy theories, erotic horror, and a touch of the paranormal. Cheyanne Humble’s presentation made for an enjoyable listen.

[Lamar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great and interestingly dark Alexa Nichols story that I have listened to and this had me on the edge of my seat with Sophia and her life with dealing with a cult.

Yes, for an great Alexa Nichols story where this gives you the great graphic sex scenes and a hard to read subject matter that will shock the viewer and keep you engaged! This is a really great story and not for the weaken soul who wouldn't read a story that will dramatize them emotionally.