Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

171 reviews

stephiecake03's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

0.5

um no ❤️

bro if you take out the smut from the book what's the plot? Addie is trying to figure out the stuff going on in relation to her deceased family members, and Zade is trying to stop human traffickers. That would be the whole plot. I didn't want to finish this book so honestly i skimmed it but i mean come on... Zade in the beginning is so creepy?? he's a stalker and RAPED Addie (I see this as SA) but he murders pedophiles and human traffickers for a living?? Bruh you're just as bad as them be for real.

0.5 cause honestly i decently liked the great grandmother storyline i wish it was longer and better explained

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Stalking, and Violence

eliya's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

R*PE IS NOT SEXY.

This book is kink for people who don’t understand the consensual trust between sexual partners. A person who thinks that raunchy sex can only exist completely opposite to their understanding of sex. It made me really sad to read this book. I was really excited for creepy, scary kink and this book let me down.

The plot of the book is boring,

I don’t care about the grandmas murder, the killer was obvious.

The book is too long, 600 pages of the main character “i don’t like it… i shouldn’t like it… but i do” over and over and over again made me want to slam my head through a wall get new material 

The characters are poorly written, Adeline is so obviously the author, Zade is so self-righteous about his conflicting morals — stalking a women “i’d never hit a woman” ass bitch while hitting and choking addie??? 

Below are direct quotes from the book - 

"If you were my little girl, I would worship every inch of your body for as long as our souls are tethered to this earth. My tongue would leave no part of you untouched." pg. 342 

“‘Stop it’ she pants, but don't listen. She swats at me, but those tiny hands: no match against mine.“ pg. 344

“But I know that I would've woken up the next day and hated myself. Because I would've slept with a stalker, a murderer and a man who has forced himself on me on several occasions. I would've slept with a man who doesn't respect my boundaries, my personal space, or the word no.” pg. 409

“she shrieks, her voice pitched so high, it nearly makes me cringe. God. Fucking women and their screeching.” pg 442

“A wicked smile forms, though the heat in my eyes remains. "Sounds to me like you don't understand a woman's body well enough to know when it sings for you, even when her mouth tries to resist." pg. 531

fuck this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Cursing, Torture, Misogyny, Trafficking, and Murder

Minor: Car accident

lmiller079'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

H.O.T. Hate him to love him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

ashleem76's review against another edition

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

4.75

Some of the filler stuff didn’t need to be in the book for the plot BUT the filler stuff is what kept the book interesting in the build up parts of the book. Personally I loved how dark it was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Gore, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Slavery, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Minor: Car accident

bimsa's review against another edition

adventurous 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

The writing was great, pace and plot was cohesive and engaging. Smut and story dark but not overwhelming. TW recommended for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Blood, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Rape, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Death, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Torture

cxsmiccxtie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Addiction, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Confinement, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

spatterson7's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly, if it weren’t for such an intriguing plot, this book would’ve likely been a DNF or at the very least a 2 star or less. The writing is so bad. The punctuation is messy. The dialogue is stilted. I had to stop and reread countless times because the way the sentence was structured made it difficult to comprehend or just sounded so odd it was off-putting. This is significantly spicy but it was really difficult to overcome the bad writing to get to the heart of the story. Seeing as this is a duology and it ends on a cliffhanger, I feel compelled to read the second book, but I am not looking forward to submitting myself to that kind of torture for 500+ more pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Kidnapping, Classism, Confinement, and Rape

ekmartin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The smut was good but it took so long to get there. Honestly shocked this was a slow burn. Also I definitely think the "Dark" romance aspect was way oversold. This isn't nearly as dark as all the booktok hype was letting on. I think maybe for those people this was their first dark romance - but I was expecting a lot more. The NC scenes were very much not NC as per the integral dialogue of the FMC, which just leaves us with stalking & murder. The end also drug on. Once I hit 80% I was wanting it to be over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Body horror, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Trafficking, Classism, Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Sexual content, and Child abuse

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book. The only reason I didn’t give it a 5 star rating is because of some of the random things put in that didn’t make sense or they were cringe. But otherwise, great plot and a great morally grey main character !! I liked the dual plot with the great grandmother’s murder and the infiltration of a trafficking ring. An amazing independent author! Support independent authors!!!!!
PSA PLEASE check triggers before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Car accident, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Torture, Classism, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Rape, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Trafficking