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Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

128 reviews

etdavenport's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

0.25

ABUSIVE👏🏼 IS 👏🏼NOT 👏🏼ROMANTIC

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bronzestars's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

1.5

I was really disappointed by this book. I heard so many good things about it from booktok. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to “yuck” somebody’s “yum”, but it just wasn’t very good. It seems like Sawyer and Enzo were kind of forced together at first. There’s not much of a build. They just kind of find each other and are instantly having sex. The spice isn’t necessarily bad, as a matter of fact, I thought it was really good until it’s contextualized. It’s almost like CNC without the C part. Towards the end it got a bit more interesting but it only lasted a little while before falling short again.

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bbygirl21's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Amazing book. Both terrifying and hot at the same time.

Sylvester is absolutely the most creepy and sinister man I've ever read about, and you can feel that throughout the whole book even though you have no idea why he's giving off those vibes. And when you find out what's actually going on right under the noses of Sawyer and Enzo the entire book, it's absolutely devastating and horrifying.

But man are the spicy scenes spicy. The way Sawyer and Enzo play off of fear and being scared is absolutely crazy.

I loved how Enzo is just mean and broody and he doesn't change that's just the way he is, and that Sawyer is so strong and doesn't rely on anyone after what had happened to her in her past. But what I love most is their chemistry together the way that both of their pasts make them perfect together even if it takes a bit to get to the point where neither of them run away from each other.

You can tell how deeply Enzo cares for Sawyer despite what she did to him even when he hates the way he feels for her.

The two stories you get in this book are just absolutely phenomenal. I poved reading about the mystery of what's actually going on with sinister Sylvester and the lighthouse and what happened to his family even though it terrified me at times and of course Sawyer and Enzo's story.

Overall an incredibly entertaining story. Would definitely recommend but definitely check the trigger warnings because they are no joke.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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iisa's review against another edition

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medium-paced

1.0

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daphnebluereads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

truly, everything everyone ever said about this book is true. it’s so steamy, dark & twisty, scary, and has a LOVE STORY?!?! shut up. so good. i truly was panicking through the last quarter of the book. i couldn’t put it down. i couldn’t pull myself away from it. and i still ended the book warm and happy. the roller coaster thar is this book, is so worth every emotion you will feel throughout.

the spooky-ooky element, is so pointedly and perfectly placed throughout to keep you so interested that you just HAVE to keep reading. you’ve just got to know what’s going on. it leads you on such a wild ride. absolutely amazing.

the love story, started off so iffy for me, but i was desperate for it to work. the epilogue just fills me with so much joy, to know how much the characters develop. so heartwarming 🥹

THE SPICE?! shut up. 12 stars. bar set. phenomenal.

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lea_talisa's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

Let’s start with saying: the book isn’t bad s as it is… it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
I do enjoy a good dark romance at times, though the aggression and right out hatred the characters handled each other with made things hard for me. Even more problematic were some of the spicy scenes where he quite literally is on the edge of killing her. Also at times she’s saying no multiple times and things are happening not only without consent but with her having him told no.
I know it’s dark romance so some taboos will definitely be featured but -again- it just wasn’t my thing.

Yet, sometimes Enzo was incredibly thoughtful and caring. In my opinion the balance between him being an absolute asshole and him being the tender love interest, was just off. So while there absolutely were parts I enjoyed a lot (eg. unexpectedly the thriller parts) all in all it didn’t really do it for me.

Either way here are some quotes (maybe minor spoilers?):

• „The sharp pinpricks release all kinds of endorphins into my system, and I decide here, and now, that I’m addicted to tattoos.“ same, girl

• „I've been scared my entire life, and I've been touched my entire life. It'll never hurt when you touch me, but it hurt that you were no longer safe.“ ouch

•„What happened to you does not define you. It only forged a new path that will take you to a different version of yourself. But no one can force you to walk that road; only you can determine who you will be once you get there. It’s your choice who you become“

•„Imagine what you could do if you only believed in yourself.“

•„I’ve spent so much time running that I don’t remember why I’m living.“

•„There’s a place in the ocean, so deep, where not a single point of light penetrates through it. And for so long, I’ve been trapped there, unable to breathe. When I met you, you lifted me out of that darkness, and it was the first time I came up for air.“ a rare moment of Enzo living to his full potential

•„We both lost pieces of ourselves that day. But as time passed while stuck in that lighthouse, we slowly merged our remaining scattered pieces until we made more sense together than we did apart.“

•„You made me want to live.“

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