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Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

112 reviews

vireya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It was really good! Far darker than the first one and definitely not for the faint of heart, but I enjoyed it. Not as much as the first but it was still good and I liked the conclusion. I’m excited to see more of them in sibel’s and Molly’s books, but their story feels complete. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Trafficking, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Rape, Self harm, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

worm_talk_book_club's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Physical abuse, Rape, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Murder

katylu123's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Violence, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking

mknunget's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Mental illness, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Drug use, Body horror, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Medical trauma, Gore, Confinement, Child abuse, and Blood

pocasjuntas's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad 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

I wish there was a trigger warning before i started the second book. It was really difficult to get through some parts of the book based on scenarios that were being inflicted. It is however a very well written book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Trafficking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

darcynewtonn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book has whole heartedly changed me. 
I'm going to try write this review as in depth as I can without giving anything way, i'll get back to you when in done.
Spoilers?: yeah no you’re safe don’t worry. 

Off the back of Haunting Adeline obviously H.D Carlton left us with our butts on the edge of our seats, our jaws on the floor and our hearts in our mouth. 
Throughout haunting Adeline, I'm not sure about anyone else but I developed such an emotional connection to the characters Adeline and Zade, in the Hunting Adeline this connection and understanding is only deepened, thoroughly. 

Hunting Adeline gets very sad, traumatic, heartbreaking and all round just deep as f**k, very fast. 
Right from the first chapter seen from 'The Diamond' aka Adeline, we're thrown into the beginning of her soon to be raging PTSD. The events that Adeline both whiteness' and becomes a victim to truly pulls your heart out, H.D is very good at explaining these events and almost making you feel like you are truly experiencing it. 

I said this in my review for Haunting Adeline and i'll say it again... this book is not for the faint hearted! However now I truly mean it, again without giving too much away, If you or anyone your close with have had experiences with g,rape, as brilliant as this book was, please don't read it if you have even the slightest suspicion that it could effect you, chances are it will. 

The book does get more lighthearted (if thats even possible when speaking about H.D Carlton's work).

Pulling this to a close, while this book was still incredible, it did make me cry at times, it did make me feel physically unwell at times but it as also completely changed the way I view a lot of things. 
I'd say this book is a real eye opener to the real world and the sort of things that can happen or do happen without our acknowledgement. 

I loved this book so so so much and I hope other people also see it in the way I did. 

If you've made it to the end of this review, thank you, and do send me a friend request as I love connecting with people that share the same interests. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Rape, Drug use, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

feralsarah's review

challenging dark tense slow-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

Ugh. This book. I did not enjoy the first book so I didn't expect to enjoy this one either but holy shit did this one really double down on its terrible terribleness. My reasons why will be the content warnings, I just don't think these things need to be explicitly described to be impactful. I'm giving 2 stars instead of 0 because at least you do get to see the FMC heal from her trauma (sorta?) and get revenge. Predictable? Yes. Satisfying? Also yes. If you decide to read this duet do so knowing that it is dark dark dark and also dumb dumb dumb. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Slavery, Body shaming, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Rape, and Trafficking

Moderate: Grief, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Drug use, and Medical content

s0cks's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Trafficking, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Stalking, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Mental illness, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

katiew221's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Unbelievably disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Body horror, Misogyny, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Gore, Mental illness, and Pedophilia

kaetlingrigsby's review

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

I really liked this series and books. The smut part of it is wild and definitely took me by surprise more than once. The sexual scenes are a little hard to follow sometimes and hard to visualize in your head what they’re even doing because it gets so complicated and confusing. I love the characters, the storyline in this book was intense and thrilling and I was dedicated to her getting saved and getting revenge. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Body shaming, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Blood, Cursing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Self harm