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Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

1037 reviews

kdb_0620's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Torture, Rape, Child death, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Death, Blood, Grief, and Child abuse

ruexx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. This was a journey, like so much had happened I wouldn't even know where to begin except by just saying, I love this book. I can 100% understand why people wouldn't and I think there reasons are incredibly valid. 

Dark Romance is a genre that is NOT for everyone, it deals with a lot of dark themes and I urge anyone to check trigger warnings and if you know deep down it is not for you then please don't read it because it seriously won't be worth your time and I'd rather people read stuff they enjoy. And also most importantly your mental health seriously matters. 

I loved the plot, I enjoyed the mystery surrounding Adeline and her family and all those action-packed scenes with Zade, I also enjoyed a lot of the dynamics that thread throughout the book. I couldn't believe the cliffhanger and can't wait to get onto the next book! 

(Also if anyone has read the trigger warnings and still wants to go into this book, if you haven't already I recommend reading Satan's affair the prequel first which is about the character Sybil, It made it an even more enjoyable reading when reading haunting adeline) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Torture, Stalking, and Murder

kadbee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

0.5

This is not a romance, this is an abusive relationship.

He rapes her multiple times, however this is 'justified' through his other actions somehow, terrible that this is a book that young readers are seeing being advertised to them as romance on TikTok.

 
Also poorly written, would have been annoyed if I had physically bought this instead of borrowing it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Moderate: Pedophilia, Trafficking, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Car accident, and Death of parent

babybatash's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Stalking, Death, and Torture

rheas_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Think I’m fucked up because I loved every second of this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual violence

taylorrandall's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Stalking, Torture, and Sexual content

abbybailey's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I feel invested in the series now, but that might just be because my brain just can’t DNF a book to save my life. RIP me. This gets 3 stars because I feel like the plot came together in a way that I can’t decide if I just accepted it was what it was (on brand for the book…) or if it really started to piece together. Some of my friends reallllyyyy enjoyed this book and are all #Zaddy but I just don’t think I can get behind that. The cliffhanger got me. So on to book two.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual violence, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Blood, Violence, Stalking, Torture, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

meganlaza's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Classism, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Gore, Rape, Alcohol, Death, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

kbrocks2's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, and Rape

kat_reads26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Haunting Adeline is one part dark erotica, one part action-thriller and a sprinkling of Nancy Drew style mystery. Despite how it may be categorized at your local bookstore, is not a romance. This is a NC/CNC Erotic Thriller that isn't for any readers who are easily affected by triggers such as stalking, NC sex, CNC sex, abuse, and mentions of pedophilia. If any of that puts you off, don't bother reading. 

With that said, Haunting Adeline started strong and then became a chore to read. The idea of a sexy-stalker-CNC romance with a spooky setting was very intriguing. I'd heard good things from Booktok about this one, including how heavily "spicy" it was. While there is graphic sex scenes depicted here, I have definitely read better. What's worse is that the book is so plot heavy that you have to read through several chapters of our FMC playing detective in her house and our MMC playing "good guy" mercenary with maybe 10 spicy scenes in a 500+ page book. 

Speaking of our MMC, he's a complete hypocrite. The chapters from his POV are all about how he wants to save women and children from trafficking and take down pedophile rings/the skin trade and how disgusted he is by the sexual abuse that takes place. And yet he is a textbook definition stalker that has set his sights on the FMC for no discernable reason besides beauty and sexually assaults her again and again. The author does her best to convince us that its not as bad as it is because our FMC is aroused by fear and mystery. That while she "knows its wrong" her body "can't help it." The MMC is clearly told no to his advances over and over again throughout the span of the story (with a few CNC moments nearer to the end) but he persists, claiming it's a game and that he's turned on by her fear and by the chase. The author insists the stalker needs to be redeemable and likable so she has essentially made him the batman of sex trafficking rings.

The sex scenes we do get (albeit rape for most of the book) are padded with multiple chapters of our MMC being the hero of an action movie no one signed on for, as well as an ongoing (and insufferable) added plot of the FMC solving her Great Grandmother's murder. I mean, I guess Adeline needed SOMETHING to do when she's not getting assaulted by the MMC.

If you were hoping to get a dark/taboo sexy love story to get off to while you read... this isn't gonna be it.

I'm not kidding when I tell you that 95% of the sex scenes in this book are non consensual. The FMC is more or less Stockholm syndromed into falling for her stalker via his magic penis. I'm not saying this story wasn't worth reading...but I am saying I probably won't read the next one.

This story ends on a cliffhanger. I'm fine with not knowing what happens next.

Trigger Warnings with Spoilers:

There is a scene where the female main character is made to masturbate with a gun, 50% of the story is about sex trafficking rings, child abuse, child torture, and pedophilia, the relationship between the main characters is non consensual for most of the book, then it is CNC for the rest

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Trafficking, Child abuse, Stalking, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Cursing

Minor: Cannibalism and Drug use

There is a scene where the female main character is made to masturbate with a gun, 50% of the story is about sex trafficking rings, child abuse, child torture, and pedophilia, the relationship between the main characters is non consensual for most of the book, then it is CNC for the rest