Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

42 reviews

sweetbrinas's review against another edition

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coolwoofiey's review against another edition

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Fuck this book, chapter 6 has sexual assult that alluded to putting more fault in the fl than the man who assulted her because she ~secretly wanted it~. Literally made me want to simultaneously barf and punch the author in the face. How can you write that, especially as a women, when all too often rape and sexual assult is justified by men bc actually even though the women was sending "no" signals or screaming at me to stop I know she really wanted it. 🤢🤢 Gave up reading it after this because I don't even care to see if the author fixes this mistake later. On top of this, the uncle character is such a creep, he's literally double her age and yet the author writes in multiples scenes, even from his perspective, where he is creating sexual tension with her, AS A MINOR. Disgusting, don't read, how does this book have more than 3 stars.
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shyanned's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful reflective 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

4.5

Great book- couldn’t put it down. Fast paced and interesting. Leave your morals at the door
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venus_neb93's review against another edition

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… maybe because I’m 30 and no stranger to 🌶️🌶️ books nor my own sexy experiences, however this book is just off. I have no triggers , however after 6 chapters in I could tell that this book is just riding off of a shock factor, rather than make sense and have a flow. And there’s just something about “as soon as she turns 18, let’s fuck her” type of vibe that I’m just not all on board the choo choo train. DNF
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samigilbert's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

this book is supposed to be dark and twisted, and it definitely was. i gave it 4 stars because some of the twists were pretty predictable - still a good read. please again check TW, this won’t be for everyone (SA, dub con, etc.). they’re manipulative for sure, but i knew they weren’t going to be great because this is *supposed to be dark.* 

i felt really grossed out about her uncle, it was my least favorite part… even though the author knows how to write a good spicy scene. idk. blegh. i know they aren’t at all blood related in any way, but it still was just ewwie LOL
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sageyrie01_'s review against another edition

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There are no plot at all. Its pure smut. 
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salmonfry's review against another edition

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would give negative stars if i could -- walking red flags everywhere and can't believe I actually read
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allthatisgold13's review against another edition

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You know, it would've made sense if this was a werewolf genre. Good 🌶 but also dull. 

I refuse to acknowledge this was written by a woman.
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despicable_knee's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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jasminealizae's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

1.0

It was really disturbing to me that during the sex scenes, in their inner monologue, the characters would compare/describe the other as a child.

This excerpt comes from Kaleb's POV as he's raping the fmc Tiernan:
'...he squats down to slide her panties down her legs. And if he weren't looking at a woman's body, he might think a child was speaking to him with how innocent and sweet she sounded.'

Another scene between Tiernan and Kaleb, Tiernan thinks to herself:
'And last night, I didn't hold back in his bed, but today, I know I can't go there again, and he doesn't get it, because he's like a fucking child.' then proceeds to have sex with him?

Between the incest, rape, misogyny, illegal minor/adult relationship, physical and mental abuse it was hard to pretend to care about the subplots Penelope Douglas strung along when there wasn't erotica. 

Having spite-finished this book I can confidently say Penelope definitely just wanted to write smutty book about incest. Adding a back story for Tiernan and Kaleb regarding their absent parents, and Jakes shortcomings with love, was fluff as Jake and his kids waited for Tiernan to turn 18 so that they could legally engage in sexual activities with her. The addition of Cici Diggins, Terrance Holcomb and Mirai were extremely irrelevant and fell tremendously short in their attempt to keep us distracted from the hot mess that was this book.
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