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Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

61 reviews

alittlehasty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

naaytaashreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

“Our mouths are touching the same spot,” she says shakily. “Does that count as kissing?”

“You tell me, little mouse. When I make you cry out for God, does that count as praying?”

The sequel blows my mind.
How was this so FUCKING good.
I thought the first one gave me so much adrenaline, but this one gave me an explosion.
I speed-read this in two days; that's how invested I was in wanting to know what's next, what's happening and how it will end.

Trigger warning, if you read the first book, you know how dark this book can get.
However, in this one, the first half of the book centres around sexual assault, abuse, rape, violence, injury, blood, death, killing and more.
While the second half deals with PTSD, trauma, disease, more violence and sex content of the course.
So, be warned.

While the first half of the book was heartbreaking to read.
It was important for Adeline's character growth and discovery in the second half.
She is by herself getting kidnapped, trapped in the house with these men and being done so much disgusting shit to her; she herself is in survival mode and how it keeps her sane and changes her later on.
Hence, why the first half was kind of a slow burn, as I feel like it was built up to the second half.

I love the different and new personality we get in understanding Zade.
How his mind works, we see his emotions more and understand how he loves Adeline in his dark ways. It was also a character growth for him.

In the second half, we learn and see the changes in Adeline, how her trauma has changed her and how in her way, she is healing together with the people around her, especially her relationship with Zade. It was raw, honest, and dark but such an important topic to talk about, and I feel like H.D Carlton did a good job writing it while intertwining it with the dark plotline, making it naturally addictive.

I love that while in such dark times, we still get the cat and mouse plotline concept.
It brings me such adrenaline, and the newer grown version of the character gave me a new outlook on their relationship and how they have to relearn to love the new version of themselves with each other.

By the end of it, I JUST NEED MORE.
There were so many romance quotes by both of them I DIED.


“Zade may be Hades, but the dark God has never been known to bow for anyone but his woman.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Vomit, Cursing, Grief, Self harm, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Trafficking, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

PTSD

raiderqueen23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

xlaurareads'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i really liked this one better than the first book although it was way darker and extremely hard to read for me for about the first half when it was about addie's time at the grooming house. had to lay the book away for some time when reading and i got so frustrated from time to time that i set myself a deadline as when not to continue reading if she isn't rescued within the next few chapters. it just felt so dragged but i also wouldn't have found it plausible if she spent less time there, idk. my heart also broke when she was recovering - for her but for zade, too. but i absolutely loved how we got to know him and his sensitive side more and more in this book. i also liked how the plot unfolded a lot though i think the resolution with the whole claire thingy was a bit abrupt. i liked how we were introduced to sibby a lot more but I'm a bit confused and disappointed that

she just disappeared with this weird dude and they couldn't find her anymore. i would've loved to know what happened to her because she really grew on me. sigh.

anyways, although the book was really hard to read for all the abuse, i enjoyed it a lot and think it was amazing how the author handled addie's recovery and made it clear that it's okay and even necessary to seek out for help and showed us a safe space for survivors. the ending was also kind of what i expected and i'm happy it didn't turn out different. ayy, almost forgot one of the most important things: the spice was amazing!! (but dark, too). 
before starting to read this book, you definitely need to check the trigger warnings and proceed with caution. this one isn't an easy read and tackles a lot of triggering topics. if you're not in the mental state to read this book, please just let it be and stay safe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

acajames's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

aliyahreads00000's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The first half of this book gave me trauma. 5/5⭐️ But soo dark. Seriously check trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Rape, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Pedophilia

Bigg tw for trafficking, rape, and violence

renaaa_'s review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS. there is R*pe (not between the main characters) and descriptions of human trafficking. The author does include a list at the beginning of the book.

It is very well written and an interesting book but please be aware. I can handle most things in books, but in this one I did find myself having to skim the pages of some scenes because there was a lot of detail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Sexism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Vomit

starlily08's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Trafficking

bekand1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Stalking