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A review by minniemine
Credence by Penelope Douglas
1.0
Curiosity killed the fucking cat. I should have stayed away but unfortunately I had to see if it was as bad as people said it was and I fear its even worse. this book is just romanticized abuse after abuse after abuse.
The fmc is very obviously a troubled and mentally dysfunctional child. Her parents committed suicide after 17 years of parental neglect and she's given off to her father's step brother with whom he had no blood ties. She goes off to live with said step uncle and his 2 sons, all of whom are raging misogynists btw, where she's eventually and repeatedly emotionally abused, manipulated and raped. At the end of the book she ends up with the one son who had no interest in her past raping her any opportunity he got until she convinced herself she liked it.
Jake, the step uncle, is such a disgusting man who was attracted to her, a 17 year old, threatened to spank her more than once and actually did go through with it one time, was way too possessive, almost fucked her in the kitchen while she was a minor amongst other nasty things.
Noah was just as possessive and infuriating. I was actually so close to killing him when he threatened to get her pregnant so she wouldn't leave. He and his father also have a disgusting obsession with her being underage and wanting to fuck her
Kaleb, the main person I hate, is nothing but a glorified rapist and man child. I'm shocked that she ended up with him. The fmc falls in love with him, which honestly is just Stockholm syndrome, after a couple scenes and interactions where he either sexually or physically assaults her in every single one and it's all just???? Even when we got his pov it was glaringly obvious that he felt nothing for her other than physical attraction so where exactly is love coming from?
As far as first impressions go, this was downright horrendous. If this author is in the habit of romanticizing rape and SA and abuse, I will not be touching another book of theirs
The fmc is very obviously a troubled and mentally dysfunctional child. Her parents committed suicide after 17 years of parental neglect and she's given off to her father's step brother with whom he had no blood ties. She goes off to live with said step uncle and his 2 sons, all of whom are raging misogynists btw, where she's eventually and repeatedly emotionally abused, manipulated and raped. At the end of the book she ends up with the one son who had no interest in her past raping her any opportunity he got until she convinced herself she liked it.
Jake, the step uncle, is such a disgusting man who was attracted to her, a 17 year old, threatened to spank her more than once and actually did go through with it one time, was way too possessive, almost fucked her in the kitchen while she was a minor amongst other nasty things.
Noah was just as possessive and infuriating. I was actually so close to killing him when he threatened to get her pregnant so she wouldn't leave. He and his father also have a disgusting obsession with her being underage and wanting to fuck her
Kaleb, the main person I hate, is nothing but a glorified rapist and man child. I'm shocked that she ended up with him. The fmc falls in love with him, which honestly is just Stockholm syndrome, after a couple scenes and interactions where he either sexually or physically assaults her in every single one and it's all just???? Even when we got his pov it was glaringly obvious that he felt nothing for her other than physical attraction so where exactly is love coming from?
As far as first impressions go, this was downright horrendous. If this author is in the habit of romanticizing rape and SA and abuse, I will not be touching another book of theirs