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Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

97 reviews

bergha1998's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Absolutely crazy town from start to finish. I mostly read it because I was craving some Why Choose? action. The spice scenes were great, but a bit too far in between. Also, personally the gore was a bit too much for me, thus I rated it a bit lower. 

Why Choose, Gore, 4 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gore, Cursing, Child abuse, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Murder, Domestic abuse, Blood, Trafficking, Rape, Grief, Gaslighting, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

bchantele15's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Car accident, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Consistent mentions of cult and ritualistic behavior

geenaa13's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Sexual content, Stalking, Abandonment, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Torture, Terminal illness, and Violence

lolalastname's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.5

In both Haunting Adeline and Hunting Adeline, Sibby’s presence in the narrative felt odd and out of place. Though I didn’t have high expectations going into Satan’s Affair, I had the tiniest sliver of hope that this novella would make sense of her character. Boy, was I wrong.

To put it plainly, I don’t know why this novella exists. Many fans of the series urge newcomers to read Satan’s Affair before reading Haunting Adeline “to avoid spoiling the twist.” I disagree. The novella was published between the release of books 1 and 2- long after Haunting’s social media virality. The “twist” isn’t a twist at all, simply Sibby’s most identifiable trait (and the punchline of every scene she’s in). The upcoming 2 novels starring Sibby as the lead render Satans Affair little more than a rushed exposition dump.

The most damning strike against Satan’s Affair is its own prose. While Sibby’s point of view is a nice break from Adeline and Zade’s grating internal monologue, it comes with its own problems. I tried and failed not to notice the writer behind the curtain, but the authors overwhelming presence in the narration completely broke my immersion in the story. I didn’t read Sibby’s thoughts and feelings- the writer told them to me, and explained exactly how to feel about them. The constant shift between first person present and past tense at random intervals was also extremely distracting.

Even though Satan’s Affair is  full to the brim with blood, guts, and gore , it lacks the tooth and grit needed to get me to buy what it’s selling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Police brutality, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Body horror, Death of parent, Ableism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Cursing, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Slavery, Infidelity, Infertility, Trafficking, and Miscarriage

sdaley08's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Car accident, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

deedee1990's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Very dark… addictive plot. I know it’s only supposed to be a novella but ends very abruptly just when it’s getting good! 

Onto Haunting Adeline we go! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Car accident, Gore, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Violence

car_car22's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

I was not super impressed by this book. I felt that most of this story was in the Cat and Mouse Duet besides the backstory about how Sibby grew up. It depicted a lot of murder and se* which was fun to read about but there was nothing to really pull me in besides the heart wrenching story of her upbringing which occurred throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Sexual violence

annikenr's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, Stalking, Child abuse, Torture, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Abandonment

marisasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

theartistreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

TROPES: Seri@l k!ller, travelling haunted house, unhinged and psychopathic heroine.

👏🏻We love us a good unhinged heroine with psychopathic tendancies.👏🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry