A review by kaitlind911
Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit. The second book is so raw and emotional, but I found myself needing to continue to read so I could know every single characters story. It was sad and funny and insane, and powerful. It’s dark, and I didn’t think I’d enjoy that as much as I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Blood

The trigger warnings at the beginning are important. It is very dark, and about some very serious abuse issues. But, I actually enjoyed the way she wrote about those things, mostly not glorifying them. Especially the sexual abuse, and pedophilia. She wrote it in detail, but still damned it and made sure we knew it was evil.