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Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

56 reviews

eleek0609's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, Classism, Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, Car accident, and Death

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow this was such an amazing book. It had my emotions all over the place. Constantly back and forth and up and down. I almost never wanted to put it down needing to know what happens next. 

I absolutely love Zade and Adeline. They are phenomenal together. I love the little cat and mouse game they play together. And I love how Adeline loves being scared and how Zade plays into that fear.

Now don't get me wrong there's some absolutely disgusting things in this book that made me absolutely angry. And it's very graphic about it too. But it makes me love Zade more because he's out there fighting against the bad guys doing these absolutely horrid things to women and children. And he's not doing it to avenge a horrible past or anything as he's always had a good childhood and parents, he's doing it out of the goodness of his heart even if many would find his tactics and methods wrong. His way actually gets things done.

And the side story with the mystery of Adeline's great grandmothers(Genevieve/Gigi) murder. Absolutely phenomenal as well. I guessed the killer pretty early on even though it's not in your face out there. The guy just gave me bad vibes from the moment he was introduced even though he's only seen in diary entries. Although the reasons behind him killing Gigi was what shocked me. I never guessed the motive behind the murder so I still found some surprise in the reveal of the murderer and who helped cover up the murder shocked me as well.

It's safe to say this was definitely a very hot and often scary read. And I loved seeing the meeting of Sibel (Sibby) and Zade from Zade's pov this time as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Stalking, Trafficking, Torture, Violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

erinmd156's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child death, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity, Cannibalism, Grief, and Physical abuse

xlaurareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it really took me about half the book to determine whether i wanna continue reading it or not. i do love dark romance and am not disturbed too easily but this whole creepy stalker thing was something else. i was and still am incredibly conflicted about zade because i love what he's doing, this badass hacker/assassin/saviour of kids and women sold to sex trafficking etc. but on the other hand the whole stalking thing, it just doesn't really sit right with me. i kinda love him tho, his protectiveness is chef's kiss and he is an amazingly crafted character all the way. addie was a little annoying to me, i must admit; i just feel like her character really lacks substance. daya as a side character was great and I'd like to find out more about her in book 2. the plot was great (even better than the spice, which was exquisite, too) and i liked the subplot of addie solving her great-grandmother's murder. the cliffhanger at the end of the book was kinda predictable but exciting nonetheless and although the book needs a triggerwarning for literally everything (!!! do not take it lightly!), i'm so engulfed in reading the second book soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

uvsrdg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny and Domestic abuse

Minor: Mental illness, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

starlily08's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child death, Car accident, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Rape, and Slavery