Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

71 reviews

dear_reader_stephani's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Incest

mariapane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Buku kedua dari HD Carton dan tidak mengecewakan!!! 
Untung aku ga ada baca sinopsis atau baca review orang jadi aku benar benar buta siapa tokoh utamanyaa atau gimana jalan ceritanya
Karakternya baik Hero-Heroine itu mix ga selalu hitam putih 
Plotnya juga oke walupun ditengah aku sudah menebak apa tujuan tokoh  yang satu ini tapi aku tetap menikmati dan tidak membosankan
Kisa cinta Enzo-Sawyer ini benci jadi cinta gitu tapi diawali dengan one night stand yg kukira kok cepat banget sih mereka gituan tapi itu awal dari semuanya dan kisah mereka penuh dengan kemarahan, dan tetap gayanya penulis yang satu ini penuh dengan adegan steamy nya yang kadang kadang buat aku meringis saking terkejut dengan gaya percintaan yang lumayan dark gitu hehehe tapi plotnya tetap ga kalah seru sih 
Ga sabar nunggu buku selanjutnya dari author ini!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape

illuminatedspace's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.0

The spicy scenes are fairly spicy but the darkness of the romance motivates the hero to do something pretty unforgivable at the beginning and I'm not sure he's really forgivable by the end. The non-spice plot also takes an icky turn in the last quarter. I guess it was actually a little too dark for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Body horror, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual violence, Incest, and Sexual assault

stardroprae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Incest, Rape, and Pedophilia

etdavenport's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

0.25

ABUSIVE👏🏼 IS 👏🏼NOT 👏🏼ROMANTIC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

oliviamichelle_'s review

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Torture, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault

bronzestars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

1.5

I was really disappointed by this book. I heard so many good things about it from booktok. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to “yuck” somebody’s “yum”, but it just wasn’t very good. It seems like Sawyer and Enzo were kind of forced together at first. There’s not much of a build. They just kind of find each other and are instantly having sex. The spice isn’t necessarily bad, as a matter of fact, I thought it was really good until it’s contextualized. It’s almost like CNC without the C part. Towards the end it got a bit more interesting but it only lasted a little while before falling short again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Rape, Suicide, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

happilyeverapter's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

While very steamy, I didn't find myself rooting for either character. Enzo'd backstory wasn't intriguing and while he was the epitome of a "bad boy" love interest, he came off way too abrasive for me to enjoy him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Incest and Kidnapping

robyn_c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

A good dark romance that I really enjoyed and read it really fast. Loved the main characters and how they were when they were finally together. Kind of creepy and romantic. Only thing was it was a bit annoying how they kept going back and forth at the start. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Addiction, Body horror, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Amazing book. Both terrifying and hot at the same time. 

Sylvester is absolutely the most creepy and sinister man I've ever read about, and you can feel that throughout the whole book even though you have no idea why he's giving off those vibes. And when you find out what's actually going on right under the noses of Sawyer and Enzo the entire book, it's absolutely devastating and horrifying. 

But man are the spicy scenes spicy. The way Sawyer and Enzo play off of fear and being scared is absolutely crazy. 

I loved how Enzo is just mean and broody and he doesn't change that's just the way he is, and that Sawyer is so strong and doesn't rely on anyone after what had happened to her in her past. But what I love most is their chemistry together the way that both of their pasts make them perfect together even if it takes a bit to get to the point where neither of them run away from each other.

You can tell how deeply Enzo cares for Sawyer despite what she did to him even when he hates the way he feels for her. 

The two stories you get in this book are just absolutely phenomenal. I poved reading about the mystery of what's actually going on with sinister Sylvester and the lighthouse and what happened to his family even though it terrified me at times and of course Sawyer and Enzo's story.

Overall an incredibly entertaining story. Would definitely recommend but definitely check the trigger warnings because they are no joke.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Several particular kinks: Autoassassinophilia, breath play, degradation, fear play, sadomasochism