Reviews with content warning for Rape - Credence

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Credence by Penelope Douglas

257 reviews

anitamulari's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lazycrazysloth's review against another edition

2.5

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

To describe this book in one word: cringe. It was painful trying to finish this book. I have read a lot of dark and messed up stories, but this one did not give me the drive to finish it. I was determined to finish it once I started, but even finishing it was not rewarding.

The characters in this book are very one dimensional. Everyone is apparently obsessed about sex all the time. The focus on the characters and their develiping relationships were inconsistant and unnatural. She moves from the uncle to her cousins in no time flat, then is all the sudden in love with one of them? There felt like no development at all between her move from Jake to Kaleb. It was just weird how ot teetered from scared of the cousin who almost raped her to all the sudden obsessed and in love with him. And then all the sudden after 15+ years of no talking he can talk? Like wtf. How can you even have a relationship with someone who fucked your dad and brother? Who knows. The pace was insonsistant, moving too fast at times, then a sudden brake to a crawl. Characters were unnecessarily thrown in, just like the cringe song references like this was a poorly written A03 fanfic.

All in all I can at least say I have read it and cross it off the list, but there are so many better books that deserve your time.

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zena_e's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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

Tiernan is an interesting character with a surprising level of complexity regarding her relationships with her parents and how she starts to actually explore new relationships.

And as weird as it is to have her having sex with her step family, they're so far removed from her life until the death of her parents it honestly isn't even that much of a problem and it's actually quite enjoyable to have her explore what she wants with people who not only really want to sleep with her but also care about her so quickly and in their own rough ways.

Love Jake, he's a big sweetheart. Noah is the best and I so wished that Tiernan maked the smart choice and goes with him. All the boys have their inherent misogyny challenged having a young woman in their house as well which while frustrating to experience is good to see.

And then there's Kaleb. Honestly, this hateable bastard makes you want to scream and punch him along with our FMC but he does grow on you and I'm genuinely so pleased with his character arc and the growth he underwent. I just wish he wasn't such an absolute asshole for majority of the time we spend with him as he several times went way way way too far with how he treated someone he was supposed in love with.

Couch scene was hot as hell though.

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ohhayitsjess's review against another edition

1.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kierstories's review against another edition

1.0

dark

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adovel's review against another edition

1.5

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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hannahchung's review against another edition

0.5

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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maadddisssoon's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It’s written well, just a little too dark for me with the incest stuff 🫠

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shiba_lenu's review against another edition

3.25

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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isabelmelhem's review against another edition

1.0

dark slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

you kinda have to ignore 99% of the book to make it good, so maybe it’s just not good.

maybe we should be putting our content warnings IN the book, hella incest and rape/rape adjacent shit and lowkey pedo shit?? like the fuck are people on ‘book tok’ doing selling this as a ‘ age gap, dilf hot book’ like PLEASE go outside

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