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Corrupt by Penelope Douglas

62 reviews

annareadz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Rape, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

quietmarki's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Misogyny, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Animal death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

moonlina's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

0.25

It troubles me how the autor overlooks rape in this book and make its sexy. (especially how rika gives a fnck abt it)if its your kink go off dude but for me it was trauma triggering (wich is my fault) so be careful <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking and Kidnapping

It troubles me how the autor overlooks rape in this book and make its sexy. if its your kink go off dude but for me it was trauma triggering (wich is my fault) so be careful <3

jen1804's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

This book is an absolute rollercoaster. I read it within 24 hours because it just got me totally hooked. This is a very dark and twisted romance with a lot of dark and twisted sexual content thrown in. Alongside that is a really interesting and mysterious narrative with P Douglas flitting between the present day and the past, keeping the reader engaged and wanting to find out more about what happened three years go. Despite how fucked up the characters are in this book, I actually really dig them? I love that I can get lost in this dark fantastical story which is full of the type of guys I’ve been taught from a young age to avoid, all from the the safe confines of my own reading space. I am very much looking forward to reading the rest of the series and exploring the rest of the four horsemen’s stories.
Drops points because some of that shit I read was disturbing and also because of the high number of spelling/grammatical errors! Penelope, get a new editor girl.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Rape, and Animal death

gswagatron's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

midnightrose_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Corrupt is the first book in the Devil’s Night series. It’s about a young woman named Erika Fane and a young man named Michael Crist. Erika and Michael have felt a connection to each other that they’ve both tried to ignore their whole lives. It finally comes to a head on Devil’s Night, and changes all their lives forever. This was a strong start to an exciting and well loved series. Michael and Erika have a crazy amount of chemistry together. Also reading about his friendship with his fellow friends The Horsemen (Kai, Damon, and Will) was really enjoyable as well. The found family aspect of their friendship was really beautiful. Suspenseful, sexy and shocking this is definitely not a book for the faint of heart!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Incest, Animal death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

livilu's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I just… it’s a very cis-white-rich-straigth-book. HUGE y/n main character with a harem, not a good harem though. The 🌶 is cool, al least we know that they where okey with what was going on. 
All the warnings that i mentioned where just there and no one actually talked about them, seriously. Wouldn’t  recommend unless you want what i just said. 
ALSO, for the love of god the amount of toxicity holy molly. I still don’t know how the book ended the way it did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

whitegirldriver's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Stalking, and Gaslighting

katiekaiser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

This book was pretty good, but not amazing. It’s definitely my least favorite Penelope Douglas book I’ve read so far. I think the main problem that I had with it is that I didn’t find the characters overly likable or relatable. I also think that the book could’ve been a little bit shorter, although I really liked the end. I think the way a lot of the story played out made sense. This book is VERY spicy. I’d recommend 18+. I feel like some things were under developed in favor of the spice. However, it was a good read overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

sydneyluxford's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

2.0

I’m really scared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship