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Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

132 reviews

olivia_k_wood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, Torture, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Blood

msmagoo502's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

2.5

Problematic requires a large suspension of belief and morality just nope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Body horror, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

misswirum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

This is a book that's extreme hyped on social media, and I guess I expect more? It was kinda slow, but also kinda relaxing? 
I liked the c-plot the most. I was deeply invested in knowing who killed Adeline's great-grandmother. The ghost-vibes was a nice touch.

I also liked Parson Manor. It was described perfectly! 
I think Adeline was an okay FMC. I really don't see the hate for her. Zade was also okay, although unhinged lol.

Will be diving right into Hunting Adeline🫣

3,75/5⭐️
4/5📝
3,5/5🌶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child death, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Death, Slavery, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Sexism

icedcoffeeandbookss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I HAVE NO WORDS. fucking loved this. Zade, you’re MY obsession now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism and Car accident

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

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

raspberryjelly's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

It’s ok, the spice is good but that’s really it, plus the scenes are hard to imagine, like the way they are described.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Trafficking, Car accident, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

g_runswithwolves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Death

destinynichole11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Addiction, Blood, Medical content, Body horror, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Mental illness, Rape, Trafficking, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gore, Murder, and Violence

josiebunbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Child death, Cursing, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

gduds98's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Stalking, Cursing, Violence, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Death, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

Minor: Misogyny