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Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

52 reviews

lex123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

4.5 rating out of 5.At first I didn’t love the couple, but as the story progressed. I started to love the characters and the love interest.chapter about the s*x ring were really hard to read, especially when you just read a CnC scene. I can’t wait to read the second book, but first I’m going to read satan’s affair.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Abandonment, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, and Toxic relationship

corallydeer'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of my new favorite books. The subject matter is definitely very dark and people should absolutely be aware of that before trying to read these books. At least for me, the subject matter wasn't enough to turn me off, and in reality, I truly loved both the story and the author's style overall. Carlton has a wonderful writing style that flows exceptionally well and still feels completely natural. I constantly found myself enthralled and reading for hours on end with ease. Addie, as a character, was a bit annoying at first but I got used to her personality over time and I loved Zade and Daya (Addie's best friend).

Very curious now to see how I'll handle the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Cursing, Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Rape, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

The amount of content warning tags makes it hard to explain them all, so for simplicity's sake

this is a dark, stalker romance with violent vigilantism around taking down child and adult human trafficking (for everything from sex trafficking, pedophile rings, organ trade, ritualistic sacrifice and cannibalism)

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kittykyra's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Child death

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

joslynpotts4288's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Body horror, Car accident, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Stalking, Gun violence, Rape, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, and Violence

jj2007's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

jynai23's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Violence, Stalking, Torture, Domestic abuse, Rape, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Murder, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

chaosbringer566's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Sexual content, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Child death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Infidelity, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

I didn't like the writing style. I felt like there were many contraditions within the characters that felt super unrealistic. They had no character- no consistency as a person. I also felt like the writing pulled me away from the story in many areas. The amount of times the main character admitted she was making stupid choices and said something alone the lines of "I briefly wonder what the horror movie they'll make about this will be named" or "i wonder what they'll say in the true crime documentary they'll make about my death" but then kept doing the thing anyway was way too high in the first 30%. Overall I know a lot of people love this book but it wasn't for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

xxbooksescapexx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

Holy hell, this book is so freaking good, but also very dark and very triggering, but nothing I couldn't get through because of the sensitive topic that's happening in the book highly recommend if you like dark romances, but also will slightly make you sad definitely check your triggers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Child abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, Bullying, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Drug use