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Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

416 reviews

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark mysterious 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

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark 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

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Stars: 5
Song: You Put a Spell on Me -Austin Giorgio


Oh my fucking god.

What the fuck did I read?

And why did I enjoy it?

Okay, so I think we all know that this is a dark and twisted book with many, many, many trigger warnings. Did we get that? Cool

Now, I gave it 5 stars because I enjoyed it emersly. Do you know the phase of catastrophe tourism? When you slow down so you can see what happened in a car crash, or watch a movie that you know is gonna be awful but that is why it's so fun. That's this book to me.

The writing wasn't the best, and it was kinda sloppy in some places, and the story had some faults too, but it was too interesting and shocking for those things to affect my rating.

I am not writing spoilers, but I will you the smut..the smut is heavenly. Be aware there is non-con, but it's wrapped up in a way where it is forced, but by the end (or more like the middle) we actually enjoy it. It's like BDSM just without the safe word, which is kind of offputting, but the inner monologue helps a lot.

And I swear, the scene that I had my jaw on the floor, that I was the most shocked about... was the fucking <spoilers> gun scene. Maybe I haven't read enough dark romances but when I realised that he will fuck her with his gun... </spoilers> my jaw was on the floor.

I am really interested in the next instalment.

I am also scared, what kind of person I am for loving this book this much?

Well..we will e after I traumatise myself with the second book.

xoxo

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challenging dark emotional fast-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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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Loveable characters: Complicated

this is so good. very dark and very serious topics are being dealt with but there are some funny moments and i enjoyed it. zade😩 idk if he’s a stalker why is he so hot and i love the protective trope.

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