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Credence by Penelope Douglas

79 reviews

clindsey73's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Animal death, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Cursing, Mental illness, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

alex_bousquet's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Lots of red flags that were ignored. But I absolutely loved reading this book and watching each character grow and become adults basically. Needed more spice 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Incest

Minor: Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Rape

abbysingh's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Incest, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment, Grief, Addiction, Blood, Gore, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

chaptermaggot's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

1.0

TLDR: Sheltered, almost-18 year old woman, newly orphaned by neglectful parents, must move in with estranged "Step Uncle" and his 2 sons. Grooming, cringe, verbal abuse, SA, ick and all other flavors of unseemly circumstances ensue. Young woman, ultimately failed by every adult in her life, almost ends up ok but in the end, understandably based on circumstances, chooses poorly for herself after all. The end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Suicide, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

mproper1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

I have never felt compelled to leave a review for a book until now. I was nervous to read this book after seeing such mixed reviews about its content. I recently discovered Penelope Douglas and made quick work of both Punk 57 (which I liked) and Birthday Girl (which I loved). Credence was definitely not an easy read due to the heavy topics and taboo relationships, but I couldn’t put this book down!! It was emotional and dark and intense and quite honestly one of the most heartfelt and genuine romances I’ve ever read. This story provides an emotionally raw visual of loving fiercely and unapologetically.

I would not recommend someone read this without reading the content warnings first!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Minor: Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

whitneyy's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

2.5

Mild spoiler

The only good part was the end

Teirnan i hate her with a seething passion

But hey kaleb talks now

Jakes hot and kaleb too i wanted em both for myself buthey what am i supposed to do they arent real

Weirdass book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Rape

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

bookameme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Anti-Romance

Quote:📖

“In a few months, the snow will melt, and the world will invade us again, but right now . . . they’re mine. For this one winter, they’re mine.”

Thoughts: 💡
Sometimes I wish P Douglas wasn’t such an entertaining writer. This book sucks you in and keeps you rapidly turning the pages completely engrossed in the story. The problem is that she doesn’t seem to use sensitivity readers. She writes about a few topics that she’s clearly unknowledgeable about and creates very problematic scenarios. I’m certain that this book would rate much higher and be enjoyed by a wider audience if she makes a few revisions.
The characters are all struggling and have intense issues that they really should seek therapy for, instead they just hole up on a mountain and yell at each other. They do end up finding solas and a way to live, and create a very entertaining story. I wish we would have seen more character development, instead what we got were dark themes and crazy hot smut. The bonus chapter found at the end of the paperback gives you a look into Khalib’s struggles and thoughts. I loved that it finally gave insight into a marginalized character and their struggles. If you’re a dark romance reader I’m certain you will enjoy this one, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone that doesn’t like darker themes.
As for the audio, I liked that there were four different narrators. The audio quality was a solid 4, as well as the three male narrators. However, I think the female narrator was spectacular and would love to head more from her.

Fun Bits:
⚜️ Super Smutty
⚜️ Lots of Angst
⚜️ An Interesting Plot
⚜️ Some Suspense

Important Note:✨
This book was rereleased by Berkley and the paperback has bonus content that the eBook doesn’t have.

Full Content Warning:⚠️
misogynistic behavior, power imbalance, group sex, sexual violence, dubious consent, suicide, child neglect, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, and bondage

Stats:📊
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Audio: 🎧🎧🎧🎧
Narrators: 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
Dark Erotica: Taboo, Love Triangle, Coming of Age, Age Gap, Grief & Loss, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family
First Person, Present Tense, Multi POV
⚠️: misogynistic, power imbalance, group 🍆💦, 🍆💦 violence & harassment, dub con, self unaliving, neglect, & domestic 🤕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Mental illness, and Sexual content

alexis117's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Incest

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, and Death of parent

nicolaj1994's review

challenging 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: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide, Cursing, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Incest

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

kataylorgang's review against another edition

Romance book club picked this out so I kinda knew what I was getting into but 40+ y/o male sleeping with 18 year old step daughter that he took in WHILE SHE WAS STILL UNDERAGE...then HER CALLING HIM UNCLE DURING SEX
...read the remaining spoilers on goodreads and decided to not even waste my time. returned to KU immediately 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Pedophilia, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship