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Credence by Penelope Douglas

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choo123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing 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

4.0

Cousin/uncle is said a lot. Very uncomfy. Otherwise good story. Almost no outside plot. It’s almost all internal with each character and their interactions together.

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carleymorgen26's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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grimisconfused's review against another edition

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I went into this knowing it was a semi-incestuous reverse harem, and I figured it would be interesting to read because I have a fascination with morbid topics. This, however, feels pedofilic. Like genuinely it wasn’t even interesting in a fantastical way; it was just gross and uncomfortable.

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elderlyemo's review against another edition

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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

2.0

Where do I even start with this one?

This is my third Penelope Douglas book so far and it's the lowest rated, despite it generally being the highest rated (and at the very least, most viral) book in general. I knew a fair amount about this book going into it but I had a hard time really attaching myself to any of the characters because all of them were pretty poorly developed and when I did feel like I was gaining insight into one or any of them, they had a complete personality bypass and changed, only to revert back to their original selves when the plot needed them too.

I also understand that this story is full of taboo and that's how we like it, but there were somethings in this story that just didn't need to be there. I also think the person she ends up with at the end makes absolutely no sense and the justification of ones personal trauma being used as a weapon to hurt another person just really disappointed me.

There were the bones (no pun intended) of a great, sick love story here but it focused too much on trying to be a million things at once that in the end it didn't really succeed in being anything at all. I love PD's writing style, and Jake and Noah's characters were almost good at some points, my heart cracked for Tiernan a time or to too, but it was like I was being lured in under the false pretence that any of these people cared about each other only to have the rug pulled out from under us when I realised that none of them did and they all probably needed some time ALONE on that mountain to figure out their own stuff before attempting to love or seduce anyone.

None of the more obvious things about this story disturbed me but when Tiernan said "I feel like this is the only time you like me" to one of the dudes in this book referring to snoo snoo - I wanted to throw the book across the room. AND THAT'S THE ONE SHE ENDS UP WITH?

No thank you Penelope.

No thank you.

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mightyfrenchbookworm's review against another edition

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dark 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

2.5

Est-ce que je le déteste ou je l'aime? Ou bien est ce que je me déteste d'avoir apprécié? Je ne suis qu'une victime dans cette histoire. Ils méritent tous la prison.... Ou une thérapie... Ou les deux. J'ai une chose à dire à l'autrice: Girl. Are you ok? Quand est ce que dans ta vie, tu t'es dit "moé je vais romantacize la pédophilie, l'inceste et toutes autres formes d'abus?"

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