Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

80 reviews

aubrieanne's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Domestic abuse

katie_ann796's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

meg_andd's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I think I enjoyed the first book in the series better just bc the dynamic between Zade and Adeline just didn’t feel as real and felt more shallow in this book. This book also felt slower in terms of plot but also rushed towards the end. It felt like the author rushed a bit to finish it towards the end; like too much time was given to the first half of the book and the second half fell flat in comparison.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Body horror, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Car accident

sleepyochre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

vreyna20_2004's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Haunting Adeline (in my opinion) felt bland it was the same as Satan’s Affair (in my opinion) as it focused on the sex more than the connection between Zade wanting Adeline to cal in love with him and don’t get me started on Gigi’s murder which was shocking when it turns out that Nana and Serena (Adeline’s mother) knew who did it. But in Haunting it felt lacking. Plot wise. I would’ve enjoyed it if the author focused on the plot more than getting her characters to be in the same room together and potentially fuck.

HOWEVER—

Hunting Adeline was a MAJOR improvement in that. Now that Adeline wasn’t near Zade it focused on her story trying to escape and survive throughout her kidnapping, the Culling, the rapes, and even the murders she had to do during her captivity. And Zade (still being obsessed with Adeline) had a new side to him that made me have a soft spot for him. The once #Zadehater had now turned to a lover for him seeing how hurt he was to have failed to protect Adeline. There were some cringey moments like when he carried a whole hospital mattress on his back or him saying stuff like “I’m the darkness” but I’ll forgive him for that. I loved seeing Adeline grow a back bone and not like in Haunting where she did things without thinking I mean the Adeline Reilly who killed Sydney just so she had the chance to escape. The Adeline Reilly who killed her mother and father’s captors. The Adeline Reilly who killed her own captors and recreating the Culling to scare shit out of them. And Zade throwing Caroline into the fire. BEAUTIFUL. That’s the Adeline I like not the “I’ll do it despite me knowing it’s a bad idea” I was cheering and screaming for Adeline which I never thought I would do. I loved this book and now I love the series. I especially loved seeing Zade proposing to Addie with no diamonds it was sweet.

The spice was different. I didn’t expect to get embarrassed at the idea of blood play. Usually when you hear that you think “Who would like that? That’s so weird.” That’s until you read it and see how Zade uses the blood to comfort Addie after Xavier cut her up while he raped her. So it was shocking (not in a bad way). Also the scene where Zade pleases Adeline in front of Xavier during the Culling making Xavier all mad because Adeline never moaned his name was PHENOMENAL. I didn’t like when Zade said he took Adeline’s IUD only for him to her that he never did it just ruined the whole scene for me. The Epilogue chapter however tops everything for me especially after Zade proposes to Addie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Stalking

n1amh02's review against another edition

Too traumatising. I liked book 1 for the dark romance. Book 2 had no romance and too graphic descriptions of Addie’s torture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Very traumatising and graphic

sorrymyscheduleisbooked's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Torture, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Alcohol, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, Cursing, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Murder

coffeebooksrain_8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

rose_reads_at_dusk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Blood, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

katreads6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Again, I wish I could give more than 5 stars. Really sick, descriptive and has you turning the pages like crazy. Couldn’t put it down. Broken down into 2 parts, first part is hard to read sometimes due to the situations in the book, but second part is a little bit lighter. DEFINITELY read the trigger warning page at the front of the book before starting it to see if it’s something you can spend your time reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Gun violence, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Pedophilia, Body horror, Car accident, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Stalking, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, and Violence