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Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Cannibalism, Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail
So, I read this and Hunting back to back. So doing a review for the first book will require me to pick through my memory bank, which is legit terrible. I forget major things about books right after I read them. My star ratings are based on “vibes”, if you will. Very in the moment, mood reader I am (oh hello Master Yoda).
Anyway, Haunting was everything I was expecting and also… not. I don’t know why I thought it just *couldn't* be as hot as everyone was saying. I was wrong. It was. Now I understand the whole daddy Zade thing. He’s hot. And f*cked. Addie was hard to like at first, but I grew to really enjoy her character as her development progressed. I kinda thought her being an author was a little corny, but it actually worked.
This book was spooky, which I’m not super into. I know it’s a dark romance, blah blah, but like, I just don’t like ghosts. So there’s that.
The human trafficking themes literally ripped me up. It was so hard to read about. I know that it’s not exactly real life average human trafficking because usually it’s a family member doing the trafficking, not some elaborate government scheme, BUT, I think a lot of the elements here do really exist. It’s evil and horrid. Zade can justify killing child rapists any-day in my head.
Spiceeeee was spicin’. Lemme just say: gun, belt, rose, knife, more belt, cliff (and this is both books). Need I say more. No, I need not.
Anywayyy, 4.75 for the whole duet. Hunting is wayyyyy dark and crazy traumatizing. I don’t think my brain will ever be the same. But it added needed depth I think. Honestly coulda done without the side character Sibby. Hated Sydney. Rio was cool. Hated every trafficker’s guts and wanted them to die. Anyway, that’s all for now.
Graphic: Body horror, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Stalking
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
I can’t believe I just read ~500 pages of the most hypocritical narcissistic male gaslighting, SAing, threatening, and stalking one of the most annoyingly ignorant female characters.
The only reason this has a 2.5 instead of a 1 was because I actually enjoyed the murder mystery story that unfolded throughout. (It’s the only reason I pushed through after the gun scene iykyk)There’s a handful of good quotes but 97% of this book is poorly written with the same phrases used repeatedly throughout the book. While the book ends on a cliffhanger, I honestly couldn’t care less what happens in book 2 with Zade or Addie.
Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Stalking
Moderate: Body horror, Murder
Minor: Gore, Trafficking, Gaslighting
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol