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Adelines Jagd

H.D. Carlton

3.9 AVERAGE

isabelle_emily's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

If you're looking for a dark romance, this isn't it, and please take the content warnings for this book seriously because I would say although this is a story about Zade and Addie, it is primarily a book about human trafficking, surviving sexual assualt, and coping with trauma. It is not a fun, spicy dark romance, even if the romance in it is "dark and spicy", with Carlton taking very great care to distinguish boundaries and consent in these scenes, which was very very necessary.

There are parts of this book that are really interesting regarding how Carlton wrote trauma, and although very triggering, it was in some ways cathartic to see messy, self-destructive portrayals of survival which we don't often see written about. Other parts are of course gratuitous which is sort of expected, but nonetheless difficult.

This book was one I felt uncomfortable reading from start to finish (which I think... you should feel uncomfortable reading like 65% of this book?), and I don't think I could ever in good faith recommend it, but I'm glad I read it, not for the plot or "spice" which again... read a different book for a fun spicy read..., but for a narrative of survival I didn't know I needed.

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remyxx's review against another edition

4.0

I won't lie. This book was hard on the heavy and the first half was brutal to get through. Not because it isn't captivating, but because it's so gruesomely captivating and horrifying simultaneously. It was worth the read though. To see Addie overcome her trauma and blossom into another version of herself she can learn to love is empowering. And Zade being the endless support while making sure she gets the revenge she deserves is toxic relationship goals. ❤️

the_bris_knees's review against another edition

1.0

I literally talked about the first half of this book in therapy. Like yay Addie for killing all the fuckers but I am genuinely, genuinely disturbed by this book. I finished it several days ago and am still not okay. That trigger warning wasn’t really a good warning. I knew it would be dark- I didn’t know it was going to be like that. I literally only continued reading it to give acknowledgement to the horror that is human trafficking.