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Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

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temptingpages's review against another edition

5.0

"Heaven isn't a place you go to when you die, it's inside the person that's worth dying for."

Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Spice Rating: 4.5/5

Each person who starts this needs to read the trigger warnings word for word. This was a rough book to get through. I was glad it was split into parts because I don't think I was split into parts because I don't think I could have read a whole book of part 1. I had to keep taking breaks because it was so tough to read. I'm glad Adeline has Zade to pull her out of dark moments.

mandys_bookshelf's review against another edition

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5.0

This book definitely took me a lot longer to finish then the first one, but I did enjoy it just as much even though it may have taken me longer to read. now I can say this book is definitely a lot heavier than the first one as it deals with a little bit more of a darker content with Addie being kidnapped and being held in human trafficking. It was definitely something I expected but when reading it, it was a lot to process, and therefore it took me longer to get through at least for the first half of the book. I definitely felt a stronger emotional connection to the characters in this book as you get to see a deeper side to the characters with their emotions and the way they’re dealing with the situation they’ve been put into. The first half of this book with seeing Addie in such a difficult situation, was definitely hard after making such a connection with her in the first book, and then seeing her thrust into such a painful position it makes you feel sad and hurt for her. But also seeing Zade during this time and seeing him spiral, because of how broken, he feels without Addie Definitely hurt mentally to see that. I was definitely celebrating and excited when Zayd found Addie but it’s the same time you know that Addie has been in such a painful situation that it has broken her down. You know that there’s going to forever be a block in her mind that is going to remember the situation that she was in and it’s going to take her a long time to learn to trust and to heal but also to be able to reconnect with Zade. I know that after such a long time in a situation like she was in that she’s never going to be 100% back to normal but that she’s going to have to learn to be in her new normal. I think this book tremendously built more on the characters emotions, and you really got to see the role and open side to these characters. I also liked seeing some of the new characters come into this book that weren’t in the last book, but also seeing more character development for some of the characters that were in the last book, like Sibby, and getting to see a little bit more of a different side of Sibby and learning about, some of her background. I can’t wait to get into Sibby‘s book and learn a little bit more about her life. But overall I did thoroughly enjoy this book even though it may have been difficult to read and I’m definitely looking forward to seeing more books that have connections to the cat and mouse duo.

bushra_anwari's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense

4.0

djsmith30's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

5.0

mynameischrista's review against another edition

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dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

hopestar's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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ninyah's review against another edition

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5.0

Even with the trigger warnings. I still loved this!

rantsandreads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Marginally better than Haunting Adeline but there's still a huge disconnect and a very confusing ethics system with the MMC. I like Addie; I’m glad she regains her power and I started to like the evolution of their love, but the writing is a miss for me. It often feels like it’s reaching for edginess without much success, and I mostly couldn’t wait for the smexy scenes to be over because they always feel very inauthentic and almost boring.

I’m interested in the Molly story and I feel like I may regret it, but I don’t think this author’s style is for me beyond that. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2.75 ⭐️

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authorhndefore's review against another edition

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I really didn't enjoy this. It was fine, but I guess I expected so much more? Letdown and it took me 5 months to finish the paperback

miaoppold's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

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