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Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

231 reviews

s0cks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Trafficking, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Stalking, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Mental illness, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

katiew221's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Unbelievably disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Body horror, Misogyny, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Gore, Mental illness, and Pedophilia

er_inreads's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

I don't understand the hype with these two books. Am I slightly mentally unstable and think a personal stalker sounds like a good time? Yeh a little. But these books were repetitive and boring. I made myself read this one immediately after haunting, because I knew I would never read it otherwise. They both could be 200 pages shorter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Rape, and Child abuse

yukon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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: Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Confinement, Sexual content, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Trafficking

buuki's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Child abuse

readyforit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

2.0

2⭐️4🌶️(different type of spice than book 1, not in a positive way)
I read an article a few years ago about the show the handmaid’s tale being torture porn. I felt similarly about this book, specifically part 1. I almost DNFed 20% in bc of this and I have never DNFed anything before. Honestly, I’m not sure even sure how these books got published, the torture part of the book is that graphic. I think it probably could’ve been on wattpad and I would’ve been less shocked reading it on there. If you’re looking for a romance, this is not the series for you. Almost every single spicy scene in book 2

uses blood/knife play, which was a little heavy for me. I was disappointed there was almost no sweet reunion between the main characters.

This book deals HEAVILY on the trauma Addie faces during and after

she has been abducted into a sex trafficking ring.

I liked zade’s character development in this book, and we see him as much more than a stalker who has no choice but to give into his darkest desires. Multiple times he says he’ll burn down the world if it means he can save Addie. I don’t like it’s just thrown out there how jay’s character is bi, I wish we could’ve seen him get together with Michael or something! I probably could’ve skipped the whole series, but definitely could’ve skipped this book and just have read the cliff notes or given them a HEA in my headcanon at the end of book 1. I won’t be rereading due to intense dark themes and graphic details. There’s dark romance, and then there’s this series. Please don’t let your teenagers read this🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Violence, Body horror, Death, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol and Vomit

graphic rape scenes in part 1, spicy scenes in part 2 mostly contain blood/knife play

kinzeekinz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Child death, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Slavery, Rape, Body horror, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

tpaige94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Part one of this was an emotional roller coaster in the best way. It hurt my soul. Part two was okay, but I hated the dialogue during spicy scenes 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Cursing

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Alcohol

devilchild4833's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Blood, Body shaming, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

mishareilly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

You think the first book is good, just wait until you read this one. This story is SOOOOO much more than just spice. The spice from the first book is what gets you attached to the characters so your heart can be ripped out in the second one. The way I stayed up reading this book until 2 in the morning isn't something I've done in ages. It has me absolutely hooked and I couldn't put it down.

When Zade finds Addie in that train car... I literally started SOBBING from the build up and release of emotions this whole book up until then caused.

Human trafficking is such a hard topic to cover and it think HD did a fantastic job. I wish I had a million more books with Zade and Addie. So sad there won't be more to read with them, but I have the rest of HDs books to sink my teeth into and I can't wait.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Self harm, Child abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual violence, Stalking, Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail