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Hunting Adeline
by H.D. Carlton
DID NOT FINISH
If you’re seeing this after you’ve finished the first book, but before you start the second, HAULT RIGHT THE FUCK HERE.
Quit while you’re ahead. It’s not worth it I promise. There’s zero romance in this book. Not even dark romance, It’s just rape. Not like the questionable stuff Zade did in the first book, actual straight assault and abuse.
Also, if you’re a victim of sexual assault, harassment, or any other abuse, NO. I’m not suggesting you shouldn’t read it, I’m blatantly telling you. This book not only glorifies Adelines abuse, but also glorifies Zade being a rapist. As a survivor myself, one of the first thoughts that ran through my head was “oh, well my assault wasn’t THAT bad”. And that’s fucking disgusting. If you found the first book manageable, this book is not even remotely the same kind of dark romance. There’s no extra side plot about grandmas old house or Daya and her seeking answers about her great grandmothers murder, it’s really only a detailed depiction of trafficking and being assaulted in a grooming rape house.
Now that that’s out of the way, there are a few spoilers below, so tread carefully.
So anywho, I DNF @55% and I do not take to not finishing a book lightly. Also 50% is generous because I read two incredibly descriptive rape scenes and called that enough of Adeline’s perspective, and only read through Zades, till she got out. I gave up when Zade admits that he also raped her but it was like different and he will do it again and it will still hurt. GAG DUDE wtf. The first book wasn’t good by any means but it was at least interesting enough to finish it. This however is literal rape porn, and I cannot even fathom how someone is able to sit down and write such descriptive abuse, assault, and rape scenes. It screams “I am traumatized” from the author, because I can’t believe there’s any other way someone would want to write this, or even be capable of writing it. The fact that there is a women out there who thought this would be mildly entertaining to anyone, is pretty fucking sick.
Quit while you’re ahead. It’s not worth it I promise. There’s zero romance in this book. Not even dark romance, It’s just rape. Not like the questionable stuff Zade did in the first book, actual straight assault and abuse.
Also, if you’re a victim of sexual assault, harassment, or any other abuse, NO. I’m not suggesting you shouldn’t read it, I’m blatantly telling you. This book not only glorifies Adelines abuse, but also glorifies Zade being a rapist. As a survivor myself, one of the first thoughts that ran through my head was “oh, well my assault wasn’t THAT bad”. And that’s fucking disgusting. If you found the first book manageable, this book is not even remotely the same kind of dark romance. There’s no extra side plot about grandmas old house or Daya and her seeking answers about her great grandmothers murder, it’s really only a detailed depiction of trafficking and being assaulted in a grooming rape house.
Now that that’s out of the way, there are a few spoilers below, so tread carefully.
So anywho, I DNF @55% and I do not take to not finishing a book lightly. Also 50% is generous because I read two incredibly descriptive rape scenes and called that enough of Adeline’s perspective, and only read through Zades, till she got out. I gave up when Zade admits that he also raped her but it was like different and he will do it again and it will still hurt. GAG DUDE wtf. The first book wasn’t good by any means but it was at least interesting enough to finish it. This however is literal rape porn, and I cannot even fathom how someone is able to sit down and write such descriptive abuse, assault, and rape scenes. It screams “I am traumatized” from the author, because I can’t believe there’s any other way someone would want to write this, or even be capable of writing it. The fact that there is a women out there who thought this would be mildly entertaining to anyone, is pretty fucking sick.