Reviews with content warning for Pedophilia - Haunting Adeline

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Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

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bookishdragon3's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

The story is good but this really is a situation of rape. Both characters blatantly call it being forced and talk about no consent multiple times. Anyone trying to call this CNC really doesn't understand it.
There is mention that he wouldn't have done it if "her body wasn't singing for him" or whatever but I'm sorry some bodily reactions and functions happen despite the situation or trauma and that is just damaging. I really enjoyed the writing and story other than that and will probably finish the duet to see the ending. I will say I know he's morally grey and a freaking stalker so I wasn't really expecting him to act any differently than he does, it's the people glorifying his behavior I think that gets under my skin. If this had been actual CNC with verbal consent then it would have been a lot better for me lol

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coccobacille's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's twisted. Redest flag of them all. Don't read this if yandere ML is not your vibe. At first I thought there was a lot of dubious consent, but actually there is no consent at all. This is straight up rape. The ML is a hottie narcissist. I thought we were getting somewhere, but at the end, when jay said that he likes his women willing, Zade just laughed at him and told him that when a women say no, her body is actually saying yes. So, yeah. You have to be very grounded and mature enough to read this book.

As pleasure and pain are two sides of the same coin, fear and arousal are also two sides of the same coin. I really liked how the author worked around that concept. The cat and mouse game was good. The characters swear a lot and it annoyed me.

They were also a couple of cringey scenes. The forced proximity arc was my favorite.

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laura_is_fae's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

was just a pinky toe over the line for me

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paperbutsingular's review against another edition

1.0

challenging dark mysterious fast-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

If nothing else kept me entertained? My first one star finished read. I don’t care about the themes. It’s a book, it’s not real. Write about whatever you want. But just because you read does not mean you are able to write. And just because someone writes about sex does not mean it needs to be published. The worst part? The sex scenes are well written. It feels like the author is stumbling through the plot and quickly and obviously as possible to get to the sex. If the whole book had the level of care as those moments, it would be better.

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