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Credence by Penelope Douglas

294 reviews

frenchsami's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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iigraciejohnsonii's review against another edition

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k_urugly's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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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oriana095's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lydiarama's review against another edition

1.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Disgusting, frankly. Borderline incestuous romantic relationships. Unequal power dynamics. Romanticized assault. I absolutely could not let go and get into it. I felt dirty while reading it—and I’m a veteran romance reader. The main character is a seventeen year-old girl who just lost both of her parents, and there is romantic tension between her and her step-uncle and his feral, boundary-blind son.

I took 6 months to shake off the clinging feeling of needing a shower every time I got through a chapter and picked up where I left, about 40% in, and finished very quickly. Douglas is actually a very good writer, so it is disappointing that she chooses to write something romanticizing what is clearly abuse. I cannot see any way that the main character was not repeatedly sexually abused in this novel, with there being multiple instances in which she calls for the relations to stop, which go unheard. The man she ends up with (spoiler) HITS her more than once, spits in her hair, writes “SLUT” on her against her will, destroys her project, and engages in sexual violence multiple times. The adult guardian the main character was trusted with, who she sees as a protector, takes advantage of her. She was the victim of Stockholm syndrome, imo.

Please, please use caution when reading this. Take its popularity with a grain of salt and please review the trigger warnings.

If this is your thing, I’m happy for you. But there are some messages in this novel that are deeply harmful and worrisome, in my opinion.

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almendraa's review against another edition

1.0

dark 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: No

"It was so bad, I want to give you a zero, but that's not possible, so I give you a one“

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elisemarie5's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional sad tense 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: Yes

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cabnix's review against another edition

4.75

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

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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divvs's review against another edition

3.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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katticozonac's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is not it. I just can’t support a story that features a man, who has two young adult sons, taking in a 17 year old distant relative, whose parents just died and who was neglected her entire life, and having sex with her while also letting his sons have sex with her.

Not to mention all of the physical and emotional abuse that takes place as well as sexual assault.

And we’re all supposed to think this is sexy?!?

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