Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

80 reviews

booksalacarte's review

dark sad 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

1.0

Credence- 1⭐️ 5🌶️

Contemporary Romance

Taboo Romance

Multi POV 

Small town

Polyamorous FMC

Tw: suicide, parental death, SA, Rape, emotional abuse, physical abuse, pedophilia, predatory behavior, grooming a minor

The start of this book is interesting. A 17yo, raised by her parent’s assistant, looses her narcissist parents to suicide and goes to live with her step uncle in the middle of nowhere… but then the FMC turns 18 and things take a turn that I knew was coming, but by the end I felt like I was reading a train wreck I wanted to just finish and be done with. I think the setting was the only thing I enjoyed about the story. The rest just was a giant red flag. I think I kept reading because I was interested in how the situation could be sustainable enough to be considered a happily ever after.

This… was not the book for me. I don’t enjoy reading about the romantic couples abusing each other. I don’t consider that romance.

All of the characters were sad and depressing. There wasn’t a single person in this book that knew what joy or contentment looked like. Every single person in this book needed interventional therapy. The men were all misogynistic and gross. And once they had their “turn” they basically disappear from the plot . How? What? 

The POV shifts were fine, but the 1 POV from the MMC (who is barely in the book other than SA/R scenes) was written to make his internal monologue sound like an absolute psychopath. 

 This was definitely a “taboo romance”. Although there was not really anything romantic about it. The girl sleeps with her step-uncle and step-cousins, who are supposed to be alpha males, but didn’t get possessive when it came to their own family. Nope. The spice was very disjointed and flipped on and off like a switch. It read more like Stockholm syndrome. The only character that showed her any type of romance was her pedophile step-uncle. 

As if it could get any worse, it was over written. There is more than enough plot with the step-family…. Absolutely no other plot tools were needed to add to the drama. 

Thank you NetGalley and Berkeley Publishing Group for the Advanced eReader Copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, and Physical abuse

potalian's review

medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Cursing, Blood, Abandonment, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Confinement

laurakwiecinski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

meat_muffin's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Abandonment, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Cancer

emmacartlidge's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Gun violence, and Rape

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

k_urugly's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

omg this book is my new favorite!! the character development is just mind blowing its so good and the smut🤭 like holy shit its so good! if u like dark romance u need to read this!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Vomit, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Gun violence, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Suicide

ajinxe's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

eoderkirk's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What a unique storyline. I feel weird saying I really enjoyed it lol I feel like I should be more weirded out than I am but oh well! I was hooked! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Blood, Cursing, Abandonment, and Hate crime

Minor: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, and Animal cruelty

cabnix's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

I would rate this book 5 stars because I finished it in two days but I just wish she ended up with

Noah

. I absolutely loved him and he was my favorite. So sad there was only one scene with him, he is absolutely amazing. But anyways, this book was wonderful! People will probably be weirded out by the fact that it is step-family relationship but once you get past it, this book is riveting. I could not put this book down and it was the first book the genuinely had my toes CURLING HAHAHAH. I just wished Tiernan ended up with

Noah

.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Blood, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Addiction

shaystory's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Child abuse