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Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

24 reviews

ciarareadstoomuch's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Definitely lots of triggers (which it makes in the beginning) and I had a hard time with some of them because I had been through similar or the same, but overall the book was so good and I loved how H.D. Carlton represented those things so well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Death, and Domestic abuse

__romancereader__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥I freaking lovedddddddd this book it was so good every time i thought something was gonna happen the opposite did and not in a bad way i love how funny these characters to me i love how Sawyer was just a normal purposely trying to annoy Enzo funny and Enzo was just a serious funny overall i love Enzo and Sawyer together i love there names to Enzo Vitale and Sawyer Bennett i just love them i live how there was no !!!!!!Spoiler!!!!!! Bad break up at the end like every book normally does them damn breakups be giving me anxiety for the whole book until its over i also love how protective Enzo and Sawyer were of each other they have 🌶️ a very spicy relationship and a whole lot of sexual desire for each other the amount of times they hate f*cked is crazy i mean this author took enemies to lovers to a whole other level 🌶️ and i am not complaining i enjoyed it all and without a doubt i rate this book five stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ i would rate it more if i could❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥and the tension of both Enzo and Sawyer was so good allot of there tension was sexual tension and i loved it 🥰🥰🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Rape, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Not all the content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the people you hear/meet in the book🥰🥰😁😁🙃🙃Enjoy

orangeaiya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this book though I definitely should’ve read the warnings first. I knew it was dark but the smut was even darker! The mystery in this was amazing! Kept me wanting to read more. I think the romance was a little toxic but I was down for it anyway. (Some of the things he said / did would be unforgivable in my book.)

Happy ending for the MC! It was looking bleak but that made it worth it!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Emotional abuse, Incest, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Torture

auburn_phoenix_15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Well H.D. Carlton has done it again and written a fantastic novel. I know most people find her stories to be strange and very disturbing but I like that her novels all show that everyone of her characters is slightly broken and how they fix themselves.

It felt like a little bit of a murder mystery in some places and it was definitely a psychological thriller in the majority but the characters and ending was spectacular.

Read this if you have strong stomach and want a little bit of horror/thriller and also mystery but otherwise keep away from this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Incest, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Murder, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, Child death, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, Confinement, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

ilovedeftones's review against another edition

The start was really good, I was hooked on it and couldn't put it down. I loved their relationship at first and was interested but as time went on all they did was bicker and fight, it started to bored me. Now don't get me wrong the plot was amazing, very creative,  but I just feel like it didn't live up to its potential. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, and Cursing

lilacworld_'s review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Drug use

giannareadsromance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. This book was everything. Sawyer and Enzo are perfectly imperfect for each other, and their stories and backgrounds were both equally heart-wrenching. Their time together in the lighthouse was trying, yet in the end brought them closer than anything else could’ve. I could’ve easily read another 300 pages! The spice was 5/5 🌶️ for sure, with an alpha MMC that you love to hate. I couldn’t get enough!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Confinement, Alcohol, and Body horror

hq_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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? No

2.0

I really wanted to enjoy this as I enjoyed the Haunting of Adeline duology by the same author but I just couldn’t. I didn’t like Sawyer or Enzo and despite me being intrigued by the “ghost in chains” storyline, everything else was just bad. 

The spicy scenes were not hot. At all. Why does he keep hooking his fingers over her bottom teeth and dragging her about like that?!?! Why does he “grab her jowls”??? JOWLS! So unflattering 😂 This book also romanticises abusive behaviour and sexual assault. 

The sex scene on the boat with the sharks was rape. Literally rape. And  I know he apologises for it eventually, but they don’t call it like it is. Plus she continues to be attracted to him before he apologises and acknowledges it was wrong.

I appreciate there were trigger warnings, but I didn’t enjoy the romanticising of Enzo’s behaviour.

The ghost storyline reveal was what I thought, but the details were horrific. I think HD Carlton is excellent at writing horror/thrillers. I genuinely felt the tension and fear at moments. I genuinely believe that if this were just a thriller and not an erotic romance I would have enjoyed the book so much better!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Incest, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Not as good as haunting Adeline but still had dark romantic thriller vibes. We’re living for that! Overall good, I hated that they lost to a man with one leg more so winning to him but we’ll in the end….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Pedophilia, Incest, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

bronzestars's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Rape, Suicide, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail