Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

194 reviews

resaann's review

Disgusting. Literally step uncle and step cousin sexual relations father watching his sons sleep with his own niece. No good plot. Pointless book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

minnielikesbooks's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Content warnings galore. This is taboo, extremely graphic. Might as well be an abuse 101 instruction manual. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide and Child abuse

ddevilissolovely's review

dark funny relaxing 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

2.0

Absolutely everyone in this book needs therapy. Including the author.

other than that, I was really hoping for a Mirai/Jake sequel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault

kamilamalves's review

can't even remember if that's the percentage i was at, i just rage quit and deleted it. one of the brothers tried to

fucking rape

the girl WHO IS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD and not only do the characters act and try to convince her that it's normal but the author makes the girl say

"oh but for a moment there i wanted it"

fuck that, fuck this book, and fuck this author for ever writing this. this is completely irresponsible and it's baffling to me that this book is in the "romance" category. and what i mentioned isn't even the start of it. yes, "uncle jake", it is fucked up of you to think of and picture your 17 year old niece (putting a "step-" before that doesn't make her less your responsability)

fucking someone

when you were supposed to take care of her after her fucked up parents both commited suicide. what's wrong with people who read this shit and even recommend it?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Misogyny, Death of parent, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Blood

caroline_bel's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

luunacy's review

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The taboo nature was a little excitimg at first and there was a lot of good spice, but ultimately it became disturbing to me as they all became possessive.

I was so upset when Noah showed up on the beach in LA. These men are so entitled and felt so much ownership of Tiernan they couldn't let her live her own life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Incest, and Domestic abuse

booksalacarte's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Credence- 1⭐️ 5🌶️

Contemporary Romance

Taboo Romance

Multi POV 

Small town

Polyamorous FMC

Tw: suicide, parental death, SA, Rape, emotional abuse, physical abuse, pedophilia, predatory behavior, grooming a minor

The start of this book is interesting. A 17yo, raised by her parent’s assistant, looses her narcissist parents to suicide and goes to live with her step uncle in the middle of nowhere… but then the FMC turns 18 and things take a turn that I knew was coming, but by the end I felt like I was reading a train wreck I wanted to just finish and be done with. I think the setting was the only thing I enjoyed about the story. The rest just was a giant red flag. I think I kept reading because I was interested in how the situation could be sustainable enough to be considered a happily ever after.

This… was not the book for me. I don’t enjoy reading about the romantic couples abusing each other. I don’t consider that romance.

All of the characters were sad and depressing. There wasn’t a single person in this book that knew what joy or contentment looked like. Every single person in this book needed interventional therapy. The men were all misogynistic and gross. And once they had their “turn” they basically disappear from the plot . How? What? 

The POV shifts were fine, but the 1 POV from the MMC (who is barely in the book other than SA/R scenes) was written to make his internal monologue sound like an absolute psychopath. 

 This was definitely a “taboo romance”. Although there was not really anything romantic about it. The girl sleeps with her step-uncle and step-cousins, who are supposed to be alpha males, but didn’t get possessive when it came to their own family. Nope. The spice was very disjointed and flipped on and off like a switch. It read more like Stockholm syndrome. The only character that showed her any type of romance was her pedophile step-uncle. 

As if it could get any worse, it was over written. There is more than enough plot with the step-family…. Absolutely no other plot tools were needed to add to the drama. 

Thank you NetGalley and Berkeley Publishing Group for the Advanced eReader Copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, and Physical abuse

xteniola's review

I don’t even know what page I stoped but the last thing I remember about this book is

her getting raped on like a car whatever by the one that doesn’t speak I’m so extremely disgusted by this book and people that rate it at all because there is a limit obviously if she consented to a bit of rough play or whatever kink it was there’d be no issue but anyone actively reading and enjoying reading rape right infront of their eyes and rate it you’re so abhorrent this book was nothing but disgusting they might not have been biologically related but the 40 year old man she has sex with is her uncle that is enough for me to not continue this book. Penelope Douglas you are disgusting anyone that enjoys this book and found it such a good read or whatever you’re all disgraces to society and you need serious help 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Body horror, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

sldibened's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

I saw a review that said “wtf is this book?” And I could not agree more. This book was OFF. Really distasteful writing and plot. I’m by no means someone who gets offended or believes in political correctness, but a female referring to her own genitalia as the “c-word”, is tasteless and just not for me. On top of that, the plot  doesn’t kick off until the mid 200 pages. Definitely read the content warnings on this one and good luck lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Abandonment, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, and Infidelity

kikkrareads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I am not sure what I've just read! This book was messed up in so so many ways. 

I can deal with dark romance and some of the taboo topics but I feel at times she went too hard. I also felt that there was no real story, just a lot of awkward and at times gross spice scenes. Penelope Douglas seems more into the 'shock factor' then actual story line or plot. 

It was like a train wreck though and I just had to see how it finished. The writing itself was bland and repetitive. These characters were constantly licking their 'parched lips' for example. It was just armature. 

This is definitely not a book I will be recommending to others or reading again. I don't quite know why it's taking the #booktok world by storm.

*NOTE* Credence is a full length, stand-alone romance suitable for listeners 18+. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse