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Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

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naereads's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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katiebella_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4⭐️
3🌶

Adeline has been taken. Revenge against Zade, to be sold into the skin trade. Her price tag directly proportionate to Zades enemies hatred of him.

This book is the epitome of "touch her and I'll burn the world down." It's brutal and raw and makes me want to ask the author, "who hurt you?"

It's very tough to read. Graphic descriptions of violent r*pe pepper the pages. I knew this going into it. It was the reason I put off reading these books for so long. I thought I was prepared by reading Haunting Adeline, and now I know that was nothing. Sunshine and roses compared to the barbaric onslaught that is this twisted tale.

Trigger warnings can not adequately prepare one for the bombardment of degradation that follows these characters. Red rooms, barbaric rituals, mutilation, and r*pe spread through the pages like a sinful virus. I covered my mouth because I couldn't bring myself to cover my eyes. I needed to know the ones I was falling in love with would survive. 

The Adeline chapters are so depraved and depressing that during them, I long to get away, to Zanes' side. Once there, I'm so worried about what is happening to Addy,all I'd want was to get back to her. It became a vicious battle that I couldn't tare myself away from.

“If you’re my death, then I’m your fucking lifeline.”

As much of a hard time as I had liking Zade in this first book I fell in love with him in this one. I now understand why people refer to him as a "book boyfriend." Not only is he the embodiment of tall dark and broody, but he also is a modern-day batman. Saving women a children from the evil clutches of the dark market, abuse, and death. He would go to the end of the world to save Addy as he shows again and again.

"As if conjured straight out of a Rob Zombie film, she steps out of her bedroom door,"

Sibby....the comedic relief. She is unhinged in all the best possible ways. A creepy murderous living doll. Every time she graced the pages, I found myself giggling right along with her.

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shasta2292's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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pandaheads2's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This was less of a dark romance and more of just a dark story with a romance in the background. I kept reading because although the abuse is graphic, I think the author did an excellent job of exploring trauma and how one reacts to it both during, and after. Trauma can certainly change a person but watching the fmc slowly come to terms with her experience and become stronger, while still having moments of weakness was refreshing. Far too often fmcs are written to instantly get over a trauma and move on as if nothing had ever happened. It was empowering to walk along with the fmc while she came to terms with her experiences and how she wanted to live moving forward.

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laurencita's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book doesn’t shy away from exposing the horrible trauma of the skin trade- take the reader discretion note seriously!!! 

It was an amazing and emotionally complicated book— definitely ramped up from book 1 but tastefully. Also I’m in love with Zade- he’s so well written!

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rebeccas44's review against another edition

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

4.5

Not for the faint hearted - the book deals with some very serious topics than can be quite uncomfortable to read. 

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ravenescence's review against another edition

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

3.5


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bimsa's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Wow. I had to take a a few months off after getting through Part One of the book which felt really sad, dark and hopeless. Picked it up again as I wanted Addie to get through it and finish the book. Glad I did as I remembered how much I enjoy the writing style and characters! Despite having darker themes there were still moments I laughed out loud along with the characters. The world building and character development was great for a book that’s got full chapters of only smut.

Wouldn’t recommend to everybody. 

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fransisu's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5


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thebookaddict's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Allereerst dit boek is niet voor iedereen geschikt, kijk zeker even de triggerwarnings en als er iets tussen staat waar jij niet tegen kan sla dit boek dan lekker over! Genoeg boeken om van te genieten. 

Voor mij was dit boek echt een topper. Dit is duistere dark romance en ik heb hiervan genoten (in hoeverre je hier natuurlijk echt van genieten kan spreken). Het boek behandeld heftige dingen die ook tot in de detail worden uitgelegd. Dit vond ik sterk aan het boek. De romance hier was sterk aanwezig en in het begin miste in de connectie tussen Zade en Adeline. Het was natuurlijk wel logisch dat deze op een andere manier plaatsvinden dan in deel 1 als je kijkt naar de omstandigheden. Ik vond Zade weer heerlijk duister, maar toch ook romantisch. Dit boek is echt het perfect voorbeeld van een touch her and you die trope (wel een extreem voorbeeld). De schrijfstijl was erg prettig en ik vloog echt door het boek heen, ondanks de grote hoeveelheid pagina's. De spice was weer lekker veel aanwezig alleen kwam dit vrij laat in het boek. Dit vond ik erg goed als je kijkt naar de omstandigheden. Het was gek geweest als dat gelijk gebeurt was
als ze terugkwam uit dat huis. Ook vond ik het heel sterk dat Claire niet meteen te vinden was. Zo bleef de spanning erin.
Het kleine briefje op het einde van het boek van één van de personages vond ik erg aandoenlijk en precies goed om het verhaal af te ronden. Ik denk dat het anders voor mij niet af had gevoeld. Al met al heb ik enorm "genoten" van dit boek, maar ik zal hem zeker niet aan iedereen aanraden.

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