Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

178 reviews

hagilyforever's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Stalking, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Car accident, and Child abuse

schenanigans'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? Yes

0.25

I knew this book had some bad rep. I obviously knew it was dark romance. My issue is the Q*non conspiracy issues this book is absolutely riddled with. 
And this is a re-released, edited version? Did they edit out blood libel? Why does a smut book even have this in it to begin with? 

I signed up for the dark romance, the stalker, the dub-con/r*pe, that’s all what I picked this book up for. And it did that well enough...

What in the hells is this plot? A super hot sexy hacker guy best in the world that saves women and children from tr*fficking but also…stalks/r*pes a woman and has a WEIRDLY PLACED DDLG fet!sh? 

Every single second of this book spent on this weird politicians and upper class are Devil worshiping p*dophiles conspiracy that tries to paint Zade in a good light…WHY

Firstly, I signed up to read a book about a creepy stalker, don’t endear me to him! I don’t want a little anti-hero boy with a heart of gold, I want a repulsive b*stard! 

Secondly, it isn’t even endearing. It’s…it’s f*ckin’ weird. Once the doll thing happened, I just started skipping entire pages that didn’t have smut because I was over it.
Why was the doll there. What did that serve. 

I hated 9/10 of this book. 
But I will be reading the next one, thank you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

taylormaepearson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, Cursing, Gun violence, Death of parent, Child death, Stalking, Child abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Torture, Kidnapping, and Adult/minor relationship

readwithriah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

corallydeer's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

One of my new favorite books. The subject matter is definitely very dark and people should absolutely be aware of that before trying to read these books. At least for me, the subject matter wasn't enough to turn me off, and in reality, I truly loved both the story and the author's style overall. Carlton has a wonderful writing style that flows exceptionally well and still feels completely natural. I constantly found myself enthralled and reading for hours on end with ease. Addie, as a character, was a bit annoying at first but I got used to her personality over time and I loved Zade and Daya (Addie's best friend).

Very curious now to see how I'll handle the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Cursing, Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Rape, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

The amount of content warning tags makes it hard to explain them all, so for simplicity's sake

this is a dark, stalker romance with violent vigilantism around taking down child and adult human trafficking (for everything from sex trafficking, pedophile rings, organ trade, ritualistic sacrifice and cannibalism)

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kindaouttaluck777's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

It was an unusual book for me to read and i’m not quite sure if dark romance is going to be a genre i’ll be reading anytime soon again (except for the following part of this book) but i enjoyed reading it. The plot and the characters (adeline not so much) were interesting to read and it did not get boring. I liked not only having the stalling as the plot, but also a murder mystery, even though i did not find the latter very thrilling. The TW should be taken very serious though, that is also one of the reasons i might not love this book as much as other readers did. I don’t love the lack of consens in (sexual) acts, nor do i enjoy reading sexual scenes over and over again, what i found somewhat exhausting to read. I also dislike constant swearing in books. Nontheless, i am excited for the second part!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Torture, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Rape, Stalking, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Trafficking

rtrotzko's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Gore, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Body horror, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Rape

_kamrynjesse_'s review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

Low key felt like a poorly written Wattpad book from 2012. Appreciated the trigger warnings, but the book writes rape culture off as kinks. Super insensitive masking as “edgy”, and pretty awkward writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Body horror, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

i went in blind for this so i had no idea it was instalove at least from the mmc's side (i usually hate this) but i think there was enough push and pull in their relationship otherwise for it not to be the end of the world. i liked the prose a lot and i loved the setting of the book but i think the structuring could have been done a little better. i don't know if it's just me, but it feels like not enough happened for it to be 500+ pages long. i liked the characters for the most part, but something about zade calling her "little girl" (and himself "daddy") in a sexual context feels especially heinous considering his day job but also very out of character? from the way he was written outside of these moments it feels like the last thing he would ever incorporate into his sex life. in general though i did enjoy the read and the writing style was a welcome surprise.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Stalking, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Trafficking, Rape, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Car accident, Infidelity, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gore

kkaczmarek94's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Child death, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Child abuse

This book is amazing and could not put it down. However if you have difficulty with sex trafficking or "forced" situations this is not the read for you. Definitely read the trigger warnings page