Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

391 reviews

meganavonia's review against another edition

the plot was boring with nothing interesting happening other than smut. i like some smut, but this was basically just incestual porn. weird gross didn’t like the book at all 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

readingrobin09's review against another edition

🚫🚫🚫 age gap romance with step-uncle and cousins, she’s a MINOR, near r🚫pe scene 3 chapters in. No thanks DNF

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death of parent

tingelinda91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

miss_anonymous's review against another edition

Honestly, I didn’t think I’d get that far, and I wish I didn’t. I’m not even sympathetic to tiernan….i blame her. Her parents die and she has no reaction, but when she sees her uncle or step-cousins, she full on changes her personality and mood. Penelope should get jail time for even thinking about this. I think she may have something for someone in her family…. Anyway, whatever money she got from writing this book should atleast be enough for a therapist(both me and her), if none of us get funded, I would personally pay for hers. I pray everyday for Penelope and you should too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

charlot_fairey's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

Feel like the book was weird but good but there were some flaws. 

The whole jake and tiernan thing was strange I was into it but thought it was strange how happy he was to just drop her when he realised Kaleb loved her, even though it was made out that they both loved eachother- it was literally just a 48hr fling and was made out to be so much more than it actually was. 

Wish that Tiernan and Noah had stayed platonic, I think they both really needed a person to rely on, be there for them and to be their family and love them unconditionally.

Now Kaleb I liked him, however he literally SA'd her TWICE?! I also feel like his character could of had ssooooo much development if we had found out about why he was so weird instead of finding out at like 80% of the way through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

destinynichole11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Only giving it a 4 star because I pictured them as not family. That was nasty and a no thank you. However the story line outside of that was decent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

doey_zoe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

swalbert's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Death of parent

bookishcloe's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

harryjordan42's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

I was there for the majority of this book, albeit with morals left by the wayside, but I cannot fathom why Tiernan would go for Kaleb since he’s such a prick. 

In the latter parts of the book, Douglas goes out of her way to explain that Kaleb comprehends and understands other people entirely and just chooses to ignore them and lashes out, destroying things Tiernan cares about and not just answering her questions. Also he did sexually assault her. More than once. Didn’t enjoy that.

That said, thoroughly enjoyed the relationships that developed with Noah and Jake. Neither were good romantic partners but they end up as well fleshed out characters in a relatable, found-family kind of way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, and Sexual content