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Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

231 reviews

brooksie03051's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Beware of the triggers. Both books are extremely dark, but this one is worse. 

This is the second book to this duet story (see Haunting Adeline) and it was rough. I cried a few times during this story. It’s extremely graphic and twisted.  

Picture how people will gather or rubber neck to look at a car accident to see the damage (curiosity killed the cat) but for this book, the accident would involve multiple totaled cars that are on fire and the people who were in the cars are trapped and cannot escape.  

Although this book was severely disturbing, I did enjoy the story.  The love story between the two MC is dark and twisted but passionate.  It’s a world riddled with danger and despair, and a monster like Zade to hunt down anyone who harmed his little mouse.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Body horror, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death, Sexual content, Torture, and Trafficking

spatterson7's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Blood, Torture, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

snowmitts's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gore, Trafficking, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Torture, and Rape

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

2sxber's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Despite how extremely dark this book is, it holds a place in my heart. The resilience Addie has and the portrayal of PTSD brought up emotions from my own past I wasn’t quite aware I was ready to face head on yet. A very healing read for me, which is probably not what I or anyone else would expect. Either way, I loved this book, and it’s getting a reread at some point so I can annotate the heck out of it.
I also would’ve rated 5 stars but I felt the conclusion was rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Trafficking, Child abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

toffeecrumble's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Stalking

Minor: Drug use

twilightswb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual harassment, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Gun violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Drug use, and Self harm

27angel's review against another edition

The nightmares, memories, and depression from Adeline's time kidnapped were worse to me than reading how she survived it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Rape, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Confinement, Grief, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

got_smut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.0

This story is most definitely not for everyone. Oddly enough, I liked this one better than the first in the series. The content was graphic, dark (like really dark), and absolutely captivating. I understand what that saying means about watching a train wreck, it was so so tragic and I couldn’t stop. The story picks up and doesn’t stop. There were some scenes I could do without. READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS!!! I am a total fan of Z. I didn’t particularly get him or care for him in the first book, but I get it now. I get it soooo good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Stalking, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

booklov3r__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child abuse, Medical content, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Drug use, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual content, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Rape

sabrinadawn08's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Confinement, Torture, Kidnapping, Slavery, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Vomit, Body horror, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Gore, Blood, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment