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Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

6 reviews

corallydeer's review

dark 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? Yes

5.0

One of my new favorite books. The subject matter is definitely very dark and people should absolutely be aware of that before trying to read these books. At least for me, the subject matter wasn't enough to turn me off, and in reality, I truly loved both the story and the author's style overall. Carlton has a wonderful writing style that flows exceptionally well and still feels completely natural. I constantly found myself enthralled and reading for hours on end with ease. Addie, as a character, was a bit annoying at first but I got used to her personality over time and I loved Zade and Daya (Addie's best friend).

Very curious now to see how I'll handle the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Cursing, Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Rape, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

The amount of content warning tags makes it hard to explain them all, so for simplicity's sake

this is a dark, stalker romance with violent vigilantism around taking down child and adult human trafficking (for everything from sex trafficking, pedophile rings, organ trade, ritualistic sacrifice and cannibalism)

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kamrynkoble's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

I literally don’t know how to rate this book. I’ve been trying to decide for days. 

First of all, it’s disturbing. Please look up all the trigger warnings—I’m serious. I went in knowing that it was going to be like that, and the author gave a warning ahead, so I’m not going to hold any of the disturbing content against her. If you like dark, this is definitely that. If you don’t, don’t touch this. 

Oh, Z. I struggle with this MMC. His personal justice missions felt like something tossed in there to make his assault/stalking “okay.” He’s a sick guy and not a good romantic lead. But again, if you like villains and bad boys, go for it. 

A lot of the sexual content bordered on funny to me—I kept sending pictures to a poor friend and my husband got so tired of hearing passages read out loud. He is beyond ready for me to be done with this. 

I was also annoyed with a lot of the repetition and seemingly lack of stylistic editing. How many times did she specify that her stomach is FLAT? My flat stomach, her flat stomach, over and over and over again. One chapter it was at least four times. And I don’t need to hear that Daya’s eyes are sage green every time they’re mentioned. They were even called “orbs” once. Hello, Wattpad. I would’ve had a lot of tracked changes if I was editing this one. 

ALL THAT TO SAY—this entertained me. I liked the murder mystery, the creepy house, all the crime subplots. And it ended on a wicked cliffhanger so I will definitely be reading the next one. 

If you go in expecting a super dark/triggering book with loads of violence and sexual content and reads a bit like a popular Wattpad novel, you’ll be fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy

hannibanani29's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Cursing, and Car accident

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

emmacartlidge's review

dark mysterious 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Pedophilia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Rape, Gun violence, Child abuse, Gore, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Body horror, and Cannibalism

quietmarki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

mariareviews's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

we all make mistakes,
like reading this book.
tbh falling in love with the guy that raped you twice and stalked you for more than three months is disgusting. yeah yeah, dark romance and all that bs but there’s nothing romantic about this. 42 chapters of all bla bla bla, some fucking here and there, and that’s about it. I’ve wasted 2 days to finish whatever the fuck this is and honestly I would’ve wasted my time in something more productive that killing my poor little neurons by reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Infidelity, Child death, and Car accident