Reviews with content warning for Sexual harassment - Credence

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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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mproper1's review against another edition

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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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joclousing's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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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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whitneyy's review

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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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wickeddelights's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

You know when you can't look away from something that had you quite literally covering your mouth? That feeling is my whole review. I just sat there going "Oh, no." *turn page* OH NO! 😱

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