Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

90 reviews

allieraj's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Coming back to dark romance this was a great come back. I can see why people wouldnt enjoy it however i really enjoyed the dynamic of the main characters. It is very detail heavy and it does take a while for the good spicy bits but hang in there cuz it gets good fast and the drama doesnt end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Blood, and Pregnancy

luv_reading90's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is not for everyone. I chose this book because of the warning that was given in the beginning. I read this book faster than any book I have ever read. I will read this book again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, and Pregnancy

haleydeppert's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is a hard book to review. This book has been all the rage on BookTok right now, so I wanted to give it a try. It definitely pushed my boundaries of comfortability. Although I did thoroughly enjoy the writing of the spicy scenes, it remained hard to get past the familial relations in this book. I did not feel much romance or true love at all—more possessiveness, jealousy, and abuse—but as a book should, it kept me entertained. Three stars because it kept my attention and my eyes were glued to the page. However, character development fell extremely flat and storylines felt quite rushed. Not to mention the familial relations… weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

tierraskye's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

lecheshakey's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

sbordo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cheeserue's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

2.5

"One phone call, a coach seat, and four states later, it finally occurs to me . . . I don’t know these people."

I have mixed feelings about this one. it was entertaining enough to pull me in and want to finish reading, but also the characters made me want to scream.

Tiernan is a meekly little thing who's never felt the love of her parents, not because they weren't there, but because they are too far up each other's asses to care about the fact that they chose to have a child. this causes her to not develop a personality or any self survival skills. she ships herself off to her "uncle" whom she's never met and barely heard of.

the boys are a combination of a 40somthing year old 'step' uncle who fucks the 25 y/o  neighborhood skanks, a who psychopathic mute who immediately tried to rape her upon meeting, and Noah who I kinda liked.

I will never understand why she chose keleb, they barely spend time together and when they are in the same room he has the most red flags out of all of them. you could play a drinking game with all the shitty things he does to her; but for some reason she forgives every little thing he's done the second she finds those books.

I'll give it to Penelope, she did have me feeling a bit for him while I was reading those 'journal' entries, however his trauma and inability to speak does not cancel out how toxic he was the whole book.

that threesome scene had me sweating like a sinner in church. 

don't even get me started with the ending. automatic loss of star for pregnancy trope, not all stories need to end in a marriage and kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

alex_bousquet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Lots of red flags that were ignored. But I absolutely loved reading this book and watching each character grow and become adults basically. Needed more spice 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Pregnancy

geh91's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

annabelleg's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

This was something to say the least, I did enjoy it a little but the long chapters and the general relationship made it kinda hard to get through at points. It’s the longest it’s taken me to read something in a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment