Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

93 reviews

bookameme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.25

Anti-Romance

Quote:📖

“In a few months, the snow will melt, and the world will invade us again, but right now . . . they’re mine. For this one winter, they’re mine.”

Thoughts: 💡
Sometimes I wish P Douglas wasn’t such an entertaining writer. This book sucks you in and keeps you rapidly turning the pages completely engrossed in the story. The problem is that she doesn’t seem to use sensitivity readers. She writes about a few topics that she’s clearly unknowledgeable about and creates very problematic scenarios. I’m certain that this book would rate much higher and be enjoyed by a wider audience if she makes a few revisions.
The characters are all struggling and have intense issues that they really should seek therapy for, instead they just hole up on a mountain and yell at each other. They do end up finding solas and a way to live, and create a very entertaining story. I wish we would have seen more character development, instead what we got were dark themes and crazy hot smut. The bonus chapter found at the end of the paperback gives you a look into Khalib’s struggles and thoughts. I loved that it finally gave insight into a marginalized character and their struggles. If you’re a dark romance reader I’m certain you will enjoy this one, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone that doesn’t like darker themes.
As for the audio, I liked that there were four different narrators. The audio quality was a solid 4, as well as the three male narrators. However, I think the female narrator was spectacular and would love to head more from her.

Fun Bits:
⚜️ Super Smutty
⚜️ Lots of Angst
⚜️ An Interesting Plot
⚜️ Some Suspense

Important Note:✨
This book was rereleased by Berkley and the paperback has bonus content that the eBook doesn’t have.

Full Content Warning:⚠️
misogynistic behavior, power imbalance, group sex, sexual violence, dubious consent, suicide, child neglect, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, and bondage

Stats:📊
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Audio: 🎧🎧🎧🎧
Narrators: 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
Dark Erotica: Taboo, Love Triangle, Coming of Age, Age Gap, Grief & Loss, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family
First Person, Present Tense, Multi POV
⚠️: misogynistic, power imbalance, group 🍆💦, 🍆💦 violence & harassment, dub con, self unaliving, neglect, & domestic 🤕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mrsmollyh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Minor: Pregnancy

nicolaj1994's review against another edition

challenging dark 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, Cursing, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

rosamaria's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

1.5

I hated everything about this book, yet I still read all 470 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Misogyny, and Sexism

faithers99's review against another edition

If I could brainwash myself to forget the content of this book, I would ask where I could sign immediately. I do not trust anyone who says they liked this book-- to each their own. This was not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

mokelly18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

booknerdcoco's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

Quite a challenging read.  Not so much because of the step family vibe, but more because of a young lady who was quite impressionable and ending up in the situation she was in. Very sad beginning. But the ending was quite sweet.  Don't get what everyone sees in Uncle Jake, I was rooting for Noah.

Book boyfriend:
Jake 2/5
Noah 4/5
Caleb 3/5

Spice: 5/5 🥵 
Plot: 3/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

ajanel98's review against another edition

challenging hopeful tense

4.75

Wow. Wow. Wow. That was the smuttiest book I have read so far. I didn’t enjoy it. The plot was good from my POV but I could understand how some could find it off putting. I’d for sure read it again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

agnesreads2042's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury