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Credence by Penelope Douglas

88 reviews

avery_29's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

michey2015's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This one was heavy. But I LOVED every second of it. I don’t think there was a time during the 470 pages that I thought parts could be removed. I felt a lot of feelings in this book. Will definitely be a reread!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

vmrich97's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

booksalacarte's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Credence- 1⭐️ 5🌶️

Contemporary Romance

Taboo Romance

Multi POV 

Small town

Polyamorous FMC

Tw: suicide, parental death, SA, Rape, emotional abuse, physical abuse, pedophilia, predatory behavior, grooming a minor

The start of this book is interesting. A 17yo, raised by her parent’s assistant, looses her narcissist parents to suicide and goes to live with her step uncle in the middle of nowhere… but then the FMC turns 18 and things take a turn that I knew was coming, but by the end I felt like I was reading a train wreck I wanted to just finish and be done with. I think the setting was the only thing I enjoyed about the story. The rest just was a giant red flag. I think I kept reading because I was interested in how the situation could be sustainable enough to be considered a happily ever after.

This… was not the book for me. I don’t enjoy reading about the romantic couples abusing each other. I don’t consider that romance.

All of the characters were sad and depressing. There wasn’t a single person in this book that knew what joy or contentment looked like. Every single person in this book needed interventional therapy. The men were all misogynistic and gross. And once they had their “turn” they basically disappear from the plot . How? What? 

The POV shifts were fine, but the 1 POV from the MMC (who is barely in the book other than SA/R scenes) was written to make his internal monologue sound like an absolute psychopath. 

 This was definitely a “taboo romance”. Although there was not really anything romantic about it. The girl sleeps with her step-uncle and step-cousins, who are supposed to be alpha males, but didn’t get possessive when it came to their own family. Nope. The spice was very disjointed and flipped on and off like a switch. It read more like Stockholm syndrome. The only character that showed her any type of romance was her pedophile step-uncle. 

As if it could get any worse, it was over written. There is more than enough plot with the step-family…. Absolutely no other plot tools were needed to add to the drama. 

Thank you NetGalley and Berkeley Publishing Group for the Advanced eReader Copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

avahope's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Fire/Fire injury

tectonixduchess's review against another edition

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

3.75

This is the most disgustingly cringe and taboo book I have read. Sex was hot tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, and Abandonment

evareads18's review

slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide

Minor: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

meat_muffin's review

adventurous 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: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

s3vn's review against another edition

dark 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

Well.. if ignoring the sexism, gaslighting, predatory behaviour,  toxic possessiveness, non-consent and the fact that the main character is 17-18… it was okay. i liked the main character, but the guys were a bunch of toxic assholes tbh. Still, the writing and plot was quite alright. I even cried at one point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness

k_urugly's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

omg this book is my new favorite!! the character development is just mind blowing its so good and the smut🤭 like holy shit its so good! if u like dark romance u need to read this!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment