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Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

228 reviews

2sxber's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

Despite how extremely dark this book is, it holds a place in my heart. The resilience Addie has and the portrayal of PTSD brought up emotions from my own past I wasn’t quite aware I was ready to face head on yet. A very healing read for me, which is probably not what I or anyone else would expect. Either way, I loved this book, and it’s getting a reread at some point so I can annotate the heck out of it.
I also would’ve rated 5 stars but I felt the conclusion was rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Trafficking, Child abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

toffeecrumble's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Stalking

Minor: Drug use

twilightswb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual harassment, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Gun violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Drug use, and Self harm

27angel's review against another edition

The nightmares, memories, and depression from Adeline's time kidnapped were worse to me than reading how she survived it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Rape, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Confinement, Grief, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

got_smut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.0

This story is most definitely not for everyone. Oddly enough, I liked this one better than the first in the series. The content was graphic, dark (like really dark), and absolutely captivating. I understand what that saying means about watching a train wreck, it was so so tragic and I couldn’t stop. The story picks up and doesn’t stop. There were some scenes I could do without. READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS!!! I am a total fan of Z. I didn’t particularly get him or care for him in the first book, but I get it now. I get it soooo good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Stalking, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

booklov3r__'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child abuse, Medical content, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Drug use, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual content, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Rape

sabrinadawn08's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Confinement, Torture, Kidnapping, Slavery, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Vomit, Body horror, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Gore, Blood, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

_touchmyshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death, Rape, Child death, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

paperbacksandsnacks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I’m going to be honest and say I didn’t like this book as much as the first in the duet. I found there was a lot of unnecessary remarks and the author mentioned farting honestly about 10 times but it always felt totally out of place. This is also obviously much darker so there is that to consider if you struggled with the first one. Personally I coped okay but I could see that being an issue. Additionally, I kind of felt the last third of the book dragged a bit. I wasn’t super keen to pick it up even though I was waiting for answers I just kind of wasn’t desperate to find them. It wasn’t terrible and parts of it I still loved such as the tension between Addie and Zade and honestly just Zade in general. He shows some other sides to himself in this one and it was nice to see him become more rounded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Drug use

Moderate: Stalking

clindsey73's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Gaslighting, Drug use, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Stalking