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Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

10 reviews

teaandbooksnuggery's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

A baptism of spicy booktok fire 🔥 🌶️  no spoilers but there is a strong possibility of losing one’s stomach contents whilst reading this. Never sure ‘til you explore but safe to say gratuitous violence is not my spicy thang… and I still don’t like clowns 🤡 Maybe it’s just me getting old but I remember when demon hunting was Buffy and the Scooby Gang with geriatric Giles enjoying nice cup of tea and the occasional whiff of a shag. This is definitely not that 😂 In saying all of this, I did develop a character crush on Sibby. Forget lads on tour in the dolls house it’s 100% girls run the world 🌍 and that is what elevated this to a solid 3 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

yeesh97's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Misogyny, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Gore

aubreyxx's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Blood, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, and Gore

scarlethgiselle's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gun violence, Confinement, Torture, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Gore, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Sexism

fadeddpages's review

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Cursing, Gore, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Cursing, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Vomit, Car accident, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

lolalastname's review

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.5

In both Haunting Adeline and Hunting Adeline, Sibby’s presence in the narrative felt odd and out of place. Though I didn’t have high expectations going into Satan’s Affair, I had the tiniest sliver of hope that this novella would make sense of her character. Boy, was I wrong.

To put it plainly, I don’t know why this novella exists. Many fans of the series urge newcomers to read Satan’s Affair before reading Haunting Adeline “to avoid spoiling the twist.” I disagree. The novella was published between the release of books 1 and 2- long after Haunting’s social media virality. The “twist” isn’t a twist at all, simply Sibby’s most identifiable trait (and the punchline of every scene she’s in). The upcoming 2 novels starring Sibby as the lead render Satans Affair little more than a rushed exposition dump.

The most damning strike against Satan’s Affair is its own prose. While Sibby’s point of view is a nice break from Adeline and Zade’s grating internal monologue, it comes with its own problems. I tried and failed not to notice the writer behind the curtain, but the authors overwhelming presence in the narration completely broke my immersion in the story. I didn’t read Sibby’s thoughts and feelings- the writer told them to me, and explained exactly how to feel about them. The constant shift between first person present and past tense at random intervals was also extremely distracting.

Even though Satan’s Affair is  full to the brim with blood, guts, and gore , it lacks the tooth and grit needed to get me to buy what it’s selling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Police brutality, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Body horror, Death of parent, Ableism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Cursing, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Slavery, Infidelity, Infertility, Trafficking, and Miscarriage

marisasbooks's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

theartistreader's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

TROPES: Seri@l k!ller, travelling haunted house, unhinged and psychopathic heroine.

👏🏻We love us a good unhinged heroine with psychopathic tendancies.👏🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry

marik0n's review

dark emotional sad 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

2.0

Sibel is determined to clean every city she visits with Satan's affair from vile people. It should be noted that she is really good at it and enjoys it thoroughly.

Sibel was an interesting enough character to read and the plot twist at the end was intriguing. However, I like my porn with more plot. 

It was an okay read. I only read it because the author recommends reading it before "Haunting Adeline", but to be honest I don't think that it is necessary.

You should absolutely check the trigger warnings before reading it. Some of them are: murder, schizophrenia, religious cult, abuse, graphic sex, violence, blood, clowns, knifes, pedophiles, torture.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Violence, and Death

sannemus's review

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

Badly written and very repetitive. You definitely don't have to read this prior to haunting Adeline, unlike what the author recommends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Misogyny