nawdz 's review for:

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

dark tense

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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TW for the entire book for a multitude of reasons 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcohol

Quick summary with some spoilers:

our mmc who hunts down pedophiles for a living stalks and lowkey tortures our fmc, Adeline, until she falls in love with him. Somehow the plot is he’s hurting her, but also he would never allow her to be in harm’s way, and she’s like unexpectedly into it. And also while all of this is happening, Adeline is investigating the cold case murder of her great grandmother in the very house Adeline is now living in.