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Cat and Mouse #2
Adelines Jagd
The conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here...
The Diamond
Death walks alongside me,
But the reaper is no match for me.
I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.
They won't keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I've become,
And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond,
But they've only created an angel of death.
The Hunter
I was born a predator,
With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.
When what's mine is stolen from me in the night,
Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,
I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.
And bring her back to where she belongs.
No one will escape my wrath,
Especially not those who have betrayed me.
Warning: This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You must read Haunting Adeline first.
The Diamond
Death walks alongside me,
But the reaper is no match for me.
I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.
They won't keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I've become,
And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond,
But they've only created an angel of death.
The Hunter
I was born a predator,
With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.
When what's mine is stolen from me in the night,
Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,
I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.
And bring her back to where she belongs.
No one will escape my wrath,
Especially not those who have betrayed me.
Warning: This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You must read Haunting Adeline first.
624 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 25, 2022
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August 17, 2024I'll start with honesty. This book destroyed me. And you may think because it is dark and twisted, but the true reasoning is because of the immense pressure to make this one live it up to the first and to be frank, I was a little burnt out. It wrung every last blood, sweat, and tear from my body. And I believe I came out of the other side with something beautiful - a little jagged and imperfect, but beautiful all the same.
I know some may have wanted them to reunite sooner, but I felt like I would be doing an injustice to the realities of human trafficking. And to be blunt, if I was truly being realistic, she never would've been found at all. I truly felt her trials and tribulations were necessary for her development and transformation, and I'm so proud of who she became.
Some will say Hunting isn't a romance, but I will kindly disagree. Zade and Addie have an epic love story, and the journey back to each other may be long and hard, but that doesn't make their love story less than. And they certainly don't need physical intimacy to show how much they love each other. (Though there is still plenty of that.)
Thank you all for taking this journey with me. I know it's dark, and heavy, and these characters have gone through hell and back. But who they are now? I couldn't love them more.
If you enjoyed this one, take a gander to my next standalone, Does It Hurt? It's an enemies to lovers psych thriller, and I'm so very excited for you to meet Enzo and Sawyer!
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I know some may have wanted them to reunite sooner, but I felt like I would be doing an injustice to the realities of human trafficking. And to be blunt, if I was truly being realistic, she never would've been found at all. I truly felt her trials and tribulations were necessary for her development and transformation, and I'm so proud of who she became.
Some will say Hunting isn't a romance, but I will kindly disagree. Zade and Addie have an epic love story, and the journey back to each other may be long and hard, but that doesn't make their love story less than. And they certainly don't need physical intimacy to show how much they love each other. (Though there is still plenty of that.)
Thank you all for taking this journey with me. I know it's dark, and heavy, and these characters have gone through hell and back. But who they are now? I couldn't love them more.
If you enjoyed this one, take a gander to my next standalone, Does It Hurt? It's an enemies to lovers psych thriller, and I'm so very excited for you to meet Enzo and Sawyer!
Preorder DIH here:
US:
UK:
CA:
AU:
Join my facebook group for updates and sneak-peeks!
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June 19, 2022
No.
1st book: dark romance
2nd book: SEVERAL graphic and gratuitous rape/torture scenes + revenge(ish) + consensual bloody sex
I鈥檓 not ever one for censorship, so feel free to read the book if the TWs don鈥檛 bother you. I just don鈥檛 feel as though the first half of the book was in any way necessary. It spent hundreds of pages curdling my stomach and for what? To rush through Addie鈥檚 recovery in paragraph-long summaries? Then spend the rest of the book focusing mostly on her getting revenge/being okay with sex again? So, we鈥檙e just skipping right over any necessary therapy sessions, making new friends, finding a safe space in the world again, and everything else survivors go through just to get to the sexy revenge?
That鈥檚 beyond bad storytelling. You put the characters/readers through all of that just to try to switch the book back to a sort-of dark romance?
No.
Absolutely not.
Based on this book鈥檚 ratings, I鈥檓 very much in the minority here. Just don鈥檛 go into this one thinking it鈥檚 in any way a continuation of the first. Probably best for you to pretend like this is a brand new series. Different characters. An alternate universe. Whatever you need to do. That鈥檚 about as much as the two books connect in this 鈥渄uet.鈥�
For the record, I did have to start skipping over scenes after the first rape/torture. There are several. Thought maybe I could handle one. Nope. Especially when it was clear this was all happening for shock value and not to treat the issues with much sensitivity.
1st book: dark romance
2nd book: SEVERAL graphic and gratuitous rape/torture scenes + revenge(ish) + consensual bloody sex
I鈥檓 not ever one for censorship, so feel free to read the book if the TWs don鈥檛 bother you. I just don鈥檛 feel as though the first half of the book was in any way necessary. It spent hundreds of pages curdling my stomach and for what? To rush through Addie鈥檚 recovery in paragraph-long summaries? Then spend the rest of the book focusing mostly on her getting revenge/being okay with sex again? So, we鈥檙e just skipping right over any necessary therapy sessions, making new friends, finding a safe space in the world again, and everything else survivors go through just to get to the sexy revenge?
That鈥檚 beyond bad storytelling. You put the characters/readers through all of that just to try to switch the book back to a sort-of dark romance?
No.
Absolutely not.
Based on this book鈥檚 ratings, I鈥檓 very much in the minority here. Just don鈥檛 go into this one thinking it鈥檚 in any way a continuation of the first. Probably best for you to pretend like this is a brand new series. Different characters. An alternate universe. Whatever you need to do. That鈥檚 about as much as the two books connect in this 鈥渄uet.鈥�
For the record, I did have to start skipping over scenes after the first rape/torture. There are several. Thought maybe I could handle one. Nope. Especially when it was clear this was all happening for shock value and not to treat the issues with much sensitivity.
February 5, 2024
before i get into it, yes this book is more triggering than the first. like 10x over not even joking. there are very graphic scenes that isn鈥檛 meant for the faint of heart. tread carefully, your mental health matters. there鈥檚 a list of the full TWs in the beginning of the book as well.
anywayyys
HOLYFUCKINGHELLWHATTHEACTUALFUCK?!?!? i鈥檓 not even fucking playing when i say this book was a roller coaster of emotions. i don鈥檛 cry easily when it comes to books but i was fucking sobbing, crying, and felt my heart being ripped out of my chest. i was screaming with joy as some scenes and kicking my feet in the air at others.
yes i will go ahead and say that this book is 10X better than the first. the writing drastically improved. i was hooked from the very being to the end. i read this in less than 24 hours because i was fucking addicted.
i鈥檓 being dead fucking serious when i say i went through every emotion while reading this book as did the main characters. i grew so attached to them and wanted nothing but the best for them.
i won鈥檛 get into the plot or anything that much since #1 it鈥檚 a trigger in itself and #2 there鈥檚 a lot to unpack anyway and i鈥檓 trying to keep this short and sweet. so i鈥檒l talk about the main characters.
Addie鈥檚 character arc and growth was admiring as fuck. not gonna lie, i wasn鈥檛 really attached to any of the characters after reading the first book but this second one really turned that around.
anywayyys
HOLYFUCKINGHELLWHATTHEACTUALFUCK?!?!? i鈥檓 not even fucking playing when i say this book was a roller coaster of emotions. i don鈥檛 cry easily when it comes to books but i was fucking sobbing, crying, and felt my heart being ripped out of my chest. i was screaming with joy as some scenes and kicking my feet in the air at others.
yes i will go ahead and say that this book is 10X better than the first. the writing drastically improved. i was hooked from the very being to the end. i read this in less than 24 hours because i was fucking addicted.
i鈥檓 being dead fucking serious when i say i went through every emotion while reading this book as did the main characters. i grew so attached to them and wanted nothing but the best for them.
i won鈥檛 get into the plot or anything that much since #1 it鈥檚 a trigger in itself and #2 there鈥檚 a lot to unpack anyway and i鈥檓 trying to keep this short and sweet. so i鈥檒l talk about the main characters.
Addie鈥檚 character arc and growth was admiring as fuck. not gonna lie, i wasn鈥檛 really attached to any of the characters after reading the first book but this second one really turned that around.
March 22, 2023
looking for a neurosurgeon who can forcibly scrape the memory of reading this book out of my brain
April 10, 2023
Zade's god complex is bigger than his dick. That's really hard to achieve
June 27, 2023
i hope zade's dick go limp forever
February 2, 2022
I am so heartbroken over how this book turned out. Not the storyline because I DNF'd at 70% but because of how high my expectations were.
The author said in a Tiktok comment that this book has more spice than the first. Ma'am, that "spice" was rape. What on earth are you talking about.
The first book of this series was a dark romance. This book, the second, was just dark. Very little romance to speak of.
Listen, I understand that women being sexually assaulted in books is necessary for story lines, and I also understand that sometimes it needs to go into detail to further drive the plot in very rare cases, but this book did none of that. There are VERY descriptive rape scenes from the main character, and they just seemed so unnecessary.
This book would have been so much better if it was a completely different story. Meaning, this book does not seem much like a sequel to the next book. I felt like I was reading two completely different stories honestly.
The first book was all about this girl falling in love with her stalker who works to takedown sex trafficking, while she tried to solve her great grandmothers, who was also haunting her house, murder. Totally amazing story with great spice and an even better plot, despite the fact that the MC didn't really have much of a personality.
The second book, suddenly she's been trafficked and it's not anything about her great grandmother or solving any other murder or the house she moved into, but it's about her suddenly working with her man to take down the people who assaulted her (good for her, though). Both books just didn't mesh together, and it felt very random honestly. If there would have been more storyline in the first book about what Zade does for a living and Addie saying she wants to help or is interested in learning more, that honestly would have made the story flow better.
Overall, I think the author is very talented, she's a great writer and I truly adored the first book, but this one just wasn't it. I'm hoping if I try out her other work it won't be like this.
The author said in a Tiktok comment that this book has more spice than the first. Ma'am, that "spice" was rape. What on earth are you talking about.
The first book of this series was a dark romance. This book, the second, was just dark. Very little romance to speak of.
Listen, I understand that women being sexually assaulted in books is necessary for story lines, and I also understand that sometimes it needs to go into detail to further drive the plot in very rare cases, but this book did none of that. There are VERY descriptive rape scenes from the main character, and they just seemed so unnecessary.
This book would have been so much better if it was a completely different story. Meaning, this book does not seem much like a sequel to the next book. I felt like I was reading two completely different stories honestly.
The first book was all about this girl falling in love with her stalker who works to takedown sex trafficking, while she tried to solve her great grandmothers, who was also haunting her house, murder. Totally amazing story with great spice and an even better plot, despite the fact that the MC didn't really have much of a personality.
The second book, suddenly she's been trafficked and it's not anything about her great grandmother or solving any other murder or the house she moved into, but it's about her suddenly working with her man to take down the people who assaulted her (good for her, though). Both books just didn't mesh together, and it felt very random honestly. If there would have been more storyline in the first book about what Zade does for a living and Addie saying she wants to help or is interested in learning more, that honestly would have made the story flow better.
Overall, I think the author is very talented, she's a great writer and I truly adored the first book, but this one just wasn't it. I'm hoping if I try out her other work it won't be like this.
January 30, 2022
Fuck this book
What the fuck鈥� rape fantasy? Get some therapy. I really liked the first book鈥� but this is utter crap. You need to get some help. This isn鈥檛 cat and mouse and your bs disclaimer at the beginning of the book is ridiculous. This not a good read. This is trauma and shame on you for pretending it鈥檚 not.
What the fuck鈥� rape fantasy? Get some therapy. I really liked the first book鈥� but this is utter crap. You need to get some help. This isn鈥檛 cat and mouse and your bs disclaimer at the beginning of the book is ridiculous. This not a good read. This is trauma and shame on you for pretending it鈥檚 not.
September 27, 2022
Fuck is wrong with this woman 馃槶
February 14, 2023
I don鈥檛 even want to talk about this book but I NEED to tell y鈥檃ll how much I hate it. Most of the people that read and reviewed this book are the ones that either liked or loved the first one - Haunting Adeline. I hated the first one, PLEASE refer to my review for the first book to know how much I did because it was my biggest hate review ever. I never hated any book like that before. The only reason I read this was because I wanted to spite this one as well. It was the sadistic side of me that forced me to read this which by the way took 2 months to finish because it鈥檚 terrible.
The first half of the book is where Adeline goes through everything that a prostitute or a sex slave would. That traumatized me. I know that dark books mean stuff like this but this was way more than dark. I never really hated any author, I just disliked their work but with this series, I hate the author so much. I can鈥檛 even express my hate through words because how does any sane human think of all that? I don鈥檛 wanna give much details because it鈥檚 truly bothering for my soul to even explain.
ZADE IS AN EFFING RED FLAG! I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE ZADE SO EFFING MUCH. I have no idea how half the bookstagram is in love with him because now i鈥檓 honestly judging each and every one who would justify Zade. Dude if you鈥檙e one of those who says 鈥淥h Zade is hot鈥�, just stop right there cause imma hate you and question your moral compass so much so that I would actually cause an overly dramatic argument.
He says sorry for raping Adeline with a gun in the first book and then goes ahead to say that assaulting her IS in the book of his morals because he enjoys it - Chapter 26. Dude, that girl just got rescued, she was raped and tortured in so many different ways by so many different men, she鈥檚 obviously going through the most dark time of her life and then you feel free to sexualize her even then? ATLEAST GIVE HER A BREAK. AND ADELINE? HA just cause she went through assault and is going through PTSD, i鈥檓 not giving her a pass. In Chapter 27, she says that she would rather watch Rocco kill a prostitute than listen to Sibby鈥檚 intimacy stories. Let me tell about Rocco to those who don鈥檛 know him. He is brother of Francesca who owns this particular property wherein they train the slaves to behave and then audition them. But they also kill the slaves if they lose the games that鈥檚 played in there. Rocco over here, not only does he rape the girls but cuts their bodies, tortures them, dismantles some body parts from their bodies and kills them in the most painful way for pleasure. I can鈥檛 even describe the amount of torture he does to a girl named Phoebe before mercilessly killing her. And Adeline would rather see THAT than listen to a girl talk about her private life? GIRL, JUST CLOSE YOUR EARS! YOU ARE PATHETIC TO EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. THE FACT THAT YOU WENT THROUGH THE TORTURE YOURSELF AND YOU鈥橰E SAYING THAT YOU WOULD RATHER SEE IT THAN LISTEN TO SOMETHING ELSE MEANS THAT YOU ARE INSANE AND RETARDED! She drives a knife into Zade (for pleasure) while effing him, and he wants that? THEY BOTH ARE MAD AND DEAD BY SOUL! (Chapter 31) Another time while they鈥檙e having sex, Zade cuts a rose into her chest with a knife while she willingly encourages him to do it. What kind of inhuman kink do these two have? (Chapter 37) Zade also forces an ultimatum while they鈥檙e at it by asking whether she will stay with him if he forces a pregnancy into her. Even though she doesn鈥檛 get pregnant, he does the actions that may cause a pregnancy and then justifies THAT by saying she鈥檚 on IUD? I didn鈥檛 even know what an IUD was until I read this book. My brain was very innocent before reading this hell of a novel and thanks to H.D Carlton, i鈥檝e had so many traumatic thoughts and I wish I hadn鈥檛 read this book even for the sadistic pleasure. I kept dnf鈥檌ng and reading for two whole months. I do not have enough power to display the amount of hate I have for this book. I never really was a big fan of smut in books even though I did enjoy romance books but this book made me wanna puke. Not only is the smut bad but according to H.D Carlton there is a lot of spice in this book. MAAM, THAT SPICE YOU CALL IS RAPE! I am not even sorry to say that I hate the author and find everyone who stan Zade as mentally unstable. I am ready to form a hate club for this series AND the author, feel free to come at me if you鈥檙e one of those fans. Because honestly, FU.
PS. I WILL ARGUE WITH MY SOUL IF SOMEONE CALLS THIS A ROMANCE. THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO ROMANCE.
The first half of the book is where Adeline goes through everything that a prostitute or a sex slave would. That traumatized me. I know that dark books mean stuff like this but this was way more than dark. I never really hated any author, I just disliked their work but with this series, I hate the author so much. I can鈥檛 even express my hate through words because how does any sane human think of all that? I don鈥檛 wanna give much details because it鈥檚 truly bothering for my soul to even explain.
ZADE IS AN EFFING RED FLAG! I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE ZADE SO EFFING MUCH. I have no idea how half the bookstagram is in love with him because now i鈥檓 honestly judging each and every one who would justify Zade. Dude if you鈥檙e one of those who says 鈥淥h Zade is hot鈥�, just stop right there cause imma hate you and question your moral compass so much so that I would actually cause an overly dramatic argument.
He says sorry for raping Adeline with a gun in the first book and then goes ahead to say that assaulting her IS in the book of his morals because he enjoys it - Chapter 26. Dude, that girl just got rescued, she was raped and tortured in so many different ways by so many different men, she鈥檚 obviously going through the most dark time of her life and then you feel free to sexualize her even then? ATLEAST GIVE HER A BREAK. AND ADELINE? HA just cause she went through assault and is going through PTSD, i鈥檓 not giving her a pass. In Chapter 27, she says that she would rather watch Rocco kill a prostitute than listen to Sibby鈥檚 intimacy stories. Let me tell about Rocco to those who don鈥檛 know him. He is brother of Francesca who owns this particular property wherein they train the slaves to behave and then audition them. But they also kill the slaves if they lose the games that鈥檚 played in there. Rocco over here, not only does he rape the girls but cuts their bodies, tortures them, dismantles some body parts from their bodies and kills them in the most painful way for pleasure. I can鈥檛 even describe the amount of torture he does to a girl named Phoebe before mercilessly killing her. And Adeline would rather see THAT than listen to a girl talk about her private life? GIRL, JUST CLOSE YOUR EARS! YOU ARE PATHETIC TO EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. THE FACT THAT YOU WENT THROUGH THE TORTURE YOURSELF AND YOU鈥橰E SAYING THAT YOU WOULD RATHER SEE IT THAN LISTEN TO SOMETHING ELSE MEANS THAT YOU ARE INSANE AND RETARDED! She drives a knife into Zade (for pleasure) while effing him, and he wants that? THEY BOTH ARE MAD AND DEAD BY SOUL! (Chapter 31) Another time while they鈥檙e having sex, Zade cuts a rose into her chest with a knife while she willingly encourages him to do it. What kind of inhuman kink do these two have? (Chapter 37) Zade also forces an ultimatum while they鈥檙e at it by asking whether she will stay with him if he forces a pregnancy into her. Even though she doesn鈥檛 get pregnant, he does the actions that may cause a pregnancy and then justifies THAT by saying she鈥檚 on IUD? I didn鈥檛 even know what an IUD was until I read this book. My brain was very innocent before reading this hell of a novel and thanks to H.D Carlton, i鈥檝e had so many traumatic thoughts and I wish I hadn鈥檛 read this book even for the sadistic pleasure. I kept dnf鈥檌ng and reading for two whole months. I do not have enough power to display the amount of hate I have for this book. I never really was a big fan of smut in books even though I did enjoy romance books but this book made me wanna puke. Not only is the smut bad but according to H.D Carlton there is a lot of spice in this book. MAAM, THAT SPICE YOU CALL IS RAPE! I am not even sorry to say that I hate the author and find everyone who stan Zade as mentally unstable. I am ready to form a hate club for this series AND the author, feel free to come at me if you鈥檙e one of those fans. Because honestly, FU.
PS. I WILL ARGUE WITH MY SOUL IF SOMEONE CALLS THIS A ROMANCE. THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO ROMANCE.
February 20, 2024
Can Zade and Addie adopt me? PLEASE? I'm a good girl I promise 馃槆
Holy fuck this story was an absolute MASTERPIECE. It was heartbreaking, it was healing, it was BEAUTIFUL. Zade was just perfection. The way he helped and pushed Addie was continuously fighting for her had me SWOONING. This man is a whole other breed let me tell ya.
Adeline's character development was so insane. Watching her grow into the beautiful and strong badass she is was so amazing. She is just incredible, like seriously. Reading what she was going through made my heart ache, but the way she fucking proved to those ugly ass mole rats that she is, and always will be, so much more powerful than them was fucking phenomenal. Addie truly is a precious, rare gem way fucking more than a regular old diamond.
I fucking LOVEDDDD it when she chopped [redacted] dick off. I CHEERED!!
Sibby was the perfect balance to the story. It is very dark and heavy so having the henchmen-loving, orgy-crazy doll made the whole thing so much better. That girl had me cracking up every time she talked.
The Cat & Mouse duet is truly one of a kind! I am so fucking sad that it is over and yet so fucking happy Zade and Addie got the ending they deserve.
And real quick I would just like to thank my period 馃槖 for joining me on this adventure. You truly just made it a whole other kind of experience 馃槓
Ms. HD I will be sending you my tears <3
Please check TRIGGER WARNINGS before reading babes
Zade & Addie I LOVE you and I am NEVER letting you go 馃榿馃グ
ALSO!!! Just so everyone knows, Daire is MINE. Im claiming him now. NO ONE can take him from me!
Holy fuck this story was an absolute MASTERPIECE. It was heartbreaking, it was healing, it was BEAUTIFUL. Zade was just perfection. The way he helped and pushed Addie was continuously fighting for her had me SWOONING. This man is a whole other breed let me tell ya.
Adeline's character development was so insane. Watching her grow into the beautiful and strong badass she is was so amazing. She is just incredible, like seriously. Reading what she was going through made my heart ache, but the way she fucking proved to those ugly ass mole rats that she is, and always will be, so much more powerful than them was fucking phenomenal. Addie truly is a precious, rare gem way fucking more than a regular old diamond.
I fucking LOVEDDDD it when she chopped [redacted] dick off. I CHEERED!!
Sibby was the perfect balance to the story. It is very dark and heavy so having the henchmen-loving, orgy-crazy doll made the whole thing so much better. That girl had me cracking up every time she talked.
The Cat & Mouse duet is truly one of a kind! I am so fucking sad that it is over and yet so fucking happy Zade and Addie got the ending they deserve.
And real quick I would just like to thank my period 馃槖 for joining me on this adventure. You truly just made it a whole other kind of experience 馃槓
Ms. HD I will be sending you my tears <3
Please check TRIGGER WARNINGS before reading babes
Zade & Addie I LOVE you and I am NEVER letting you go 馃榿馃グ
ALSO!!! Just so everyone knows, Daire is MINE. Im claiming him now. NO ONE can take him from me!
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oh??? siff, pls let me crawl inside your skin so i can experience heaven馃馃徎鈥嶁檧锔�
review to come, i promise馃槱
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10/10 book dedication. i鈥檓 already a sobbing mess.
鉂�11/08/24
rereading this book is not for the weak. wish me and my babygirl, siff, good luck馃槪besties who suffer together, stay together馃馃徏i know part 2 of this book hates to see us coming tho馃馃徎鈥嶁檧锔�
oh??? siff, pls let me crawl inside your skin so i can experience heaven馃馃徎鈥嶁檧锔�
review to come, i promise馃槱
掳鉂赌鈰�.喑冟繑*:锝�
饾挄饾拹 饾拵饾挌 饾拏饾拸饾挋饾拪饾拞饾挄饾挌, 饾拑饾拞饾拕饾拏饾挅饾挃饾拞 饾挌饾拹饾挅 饾挀饾拞饾拏饾拲饾拲饾挌 饾挄饾挀饾拪饾拞饾拝 饾拵饾拞 饾挊饾拪饾挄饾拤 饾挄饾拤饾拪饾挃 饾拹饾拸饾拞 饾拏饾拸饾拝 饾拪 饾拰饾拪饾拕饾拰饾拞饾拝 饾挌饾拹饾挅饾挀 饾拏饾挃饾挃 饾拏饾拸饾挌饾挊饾拏饾挌.
10/10 book dedication. i鈥檓 already a sobbing mess.
鉂�11/08/24
rereading this book is not for the weak. wish me and my babygirl, siff, good luck馃槪besties who suffer together, stay together馃馃徏i know part 2 of this book hates to see us coming tho馃馃徎鈥嶁檧锔�
March 17, 2023
the ptsd is real with this one 馃槏
October 28, 2023
1/5
No comment.
No comment.
August 1, 2023
Why would I want to see the main female character being tortured and assaulted for 250 pages??? 250 pages! That鈥檚 like a whole entire book! This was just way too much.
February 23, 2024
EDIT: I am reducing my rating because it gave people the wrong impression. I do not support Zade鈥檚 character. He is a hypocrite and a rapist. I did enjoy this duet for the writing and the story. This part especially traumatised me but I couldn鈥檛 stop reading it.
Potential spoilers ahead!
Now this one was dark dark鈥�
I didn鈥檛 expect this even after reading the author鈥檚 note.
I know that all the awful cruel scenes were to depict the ugly reality of human trafficking. And it鈥檚 not for the faintest of the heart. But I have to say even for me it was sometimes sickening to read some of those scenes. I just couldn鈥檛 imagine it would be that bad.
At first i was dumbfucked how the all mighty Zade took almost 3 months to find his woman.
But i realise that unfortunately that is the best case scenario irl. Most victims in skin trade don鈥檛 get rescued at all.. What Addie went through was hard to even imagine and reading it so explicitly made me hurt for those who had to deal with it for real.
The book has 2 parts and the whole first part the main characters are separated and a lot of time passes by.
So if you are expecting a cute reunion, you鈥檒l be disappointed.
Adeline has changed, obviously. I cried for her. She suffers from ptsd almost the entire book and her healing takes the most focus in the second half of the book and for a long time period too. Which I liked. It would鈥檝e been weird and unrealistic to see her being all happy after like a month and willing to bang her bf.
And just like she said 鈥渙nly a monster can create another monster鈥� so she becomes one to get her revenge. As she should.
Zaddy鈥� Why is he so much more fuckable suddenly??!! Did it really have to take him getting heartbroken and going on a killing spree to finally come to his senses?
Idk man I prefer him in this book more than the first one. BUT I still dislike him as love interest in general.
Also he is a virgo? I call bullshit on that, he is such a perfect psycho stalking scorpio.
But anyway, the way he was so patient and understanding with Addie even when she wanted to kill him was almost his redemption arc. Not only did he help her heal but he made sure her abusers paid for everything. He talks too much when he fucks tho. Like sir? Shut up and do your job.
Still it was not enough. I don鈥檛 think anything will ever be enough to justify the horror Addie went through. It all happened because of Zade. Don鈥檛 dare denying it.
He angered the wrong person and that douche sold adeline鈥檚 address. So whoever says she would鈥檝e suffered more without Zade is delusional imo.
The ending was cute in it鈥檚 own way. Anal and proposal aww the romance is truly not dead.
After this shit I can read any book. I won鈥檛 even bother checking trigger warnings anymore. I鈥檓 desensitised for life鉁岎煆�
Haunting Adeline review
Potential spoilers ahead!
Now this one was dark dark鈥�
I didn鈥檛 expect this even after reading the author鈥檚 note.
I know that all the awful cruel scenes were to depict the ugly reality of human trafficking. And it鈥檚 not for the faintest of the heart. But I have to say even for me it was sometimes sickening to read some of those scenes. I just couldn鈥檛 imagine it would be that bad.
At first i was dumbfucked how the all mighty Zade took almost 3 months to find his woman.
But i realise that unfortunately that is the best case scenario irl. Most victims in skin trade don鈥檛 get rescued at all.. What Addie went through was hard to even imagine and reading it so explicitly made me hurt for those who had to deal with it for real.
The book has 2 parts and the whole first part the main characters are separated and a lot of time passes by.
So if you are expecting a cute reunion, you鈥檒l be disappointed.
Adeline has changed, obviously. I cried for her. She suffers from ptsd almost the entire book and her healing takes the most focus in the second half of the book and for a long time period too. Which I liked. It would鈥檝e been weird and unrealistic to see her being all happy after like a month and willing to bang her bf.
And just like she said 鈥渙nly a monster can create another monster鈥� so she becomes one to get her revenge. As she should.
Zaddy鈥� Why is he so much more fuckable suddenly??!! Did it really have to take him getting heartbroken and going on a killing spree to finally come to his senses?
Idk man I prefer him in this book more than the first one. BUT I still dislike him as love interest in general.
Also he is a virgo? I call bullshit on that, he is such a perfect psycho stalking scorpio.
But anyway, the way he was so patient and understanding with Addie even when she wanted to kill him was almost his redemption arc. Not only did he help her heal but he made sure her abusers paid for everything. He talks too much when he fucks tho. Like sir? Shut up and do your job.
Still it was not enough. I don鈥檛 think anything will ever be enough to justify the horror Addie went through. It all happened because of Zade. Don鈥檛 dare denying it.
He angered the wrong person and that douche sold adeline鈥檚 address. So whoever says she would鈥檝e suffered more without Zade is delusional imo.
The ending was cute in it鈥檚 own way. Anal and proposal aww the romance is truly not dead.
After this shit I can read any book. I won鈥檛 even bother checking trigger warnings anymore. I鈥檓 desensitised for life鉁岎煆�
Haunting Adeline review
August 25, 2023
after further inspection鈥� i fear i love this book pt. 2
March 8, 2025
One day, Zade and Adeline will both die from blood loss.
August 9, 2024
I highly recommend "Hunting Adeline" for its tension-filled, suspenseful plot, and its deep emotional range. If you're able, I recommend listening to the audiobook
. It really enhances the experience and adds another dimension that I believe you'll appreciate. The
adds an extra layer of suspense that I think I'll be more likely to enjoy
The plot is tense and suspenseful, taking you on a dark and thrilling adventure in which you can lose yourself. With Carlton's writing, the suspense never gets any less suspenseful until the very end of the novel, and as we journey through the story, our emotions transform as well.
The book opens with Adeline, our seemingly invincible protagonist, as she faces whatever villainous foes are thrown her way. Beyond high suspense and well-thought out trials, the story is also kinetic with plenty of turns that make it impossible to put down and empathetic character building.
The plot is tense and suspenseful, taking you on a dark and thrilling adventure in which you can lose yourself. With Carlton's writing, the suspense never gets any less suspenseful until the very end of the novel, and as we journey through the story, our emotions transform as well.
The book opens with Adeline, our seemingly invincible protagonist, as she faces whatever villainous foes are thrown her way. Beyond high suspense and well-thought out trials, the story is also kinetic with plenty of turns that make it impossible to put down and empathetic character building.
July 17, 2023
DNF'ing at 50%
i have never dnf a book before but there's a first time to everything right?, it seems like when it comes to this duet my answer is 饾榿饾椀饾棶饾椈饾椄饾榾 饾棷饾槀饾榿 饾棞'饾棻 饾椏饾棶饾榿饾椀饾棽饾椏 饾榾饾椀饾椂饾榿 饾椇饾槅 饾椀饾棶饾椈饾棻饾榾 饾棶饾椈饾棻 饾棸饾椆饾棶饾椊馃珷
i have never dnf a book before but there's a first time to everything right?, it seems like when it comes to this duet my answer is 饾榿饾椀饾棶饾椈饾椄饾榾 饾棷饾槀饾榿 饾棞'饾棻 饾椏饾棶饾榿饾椀饾棽饾椏 饾榾饾椀饾椂饾榿 饾椇饾槅 饾椀饾棶饾椈饾棻饾榾 饾棶饾椈饾棻 饾棸饾椆饾棶饾椊馃珷
May 6, 2023
what the hell is this man even saying
December 12, 2024
This book got me in my feelings more than drake.
June 8, 2023
if you gave me the choice between reading an instruction manual on how to fix a dishwasher in german and reading this book again鈥鈥檇 pick the instruction manual
you cannot convince me that this book wasn鈥檛 a social experiment
you cannot convince me that this book wasn鈥檛 a social experiment
May 2, 2023
5 Diamond Stars 鈾ワ笌
I love when a book makes me nauseous.
*trigger warnings will be listed at the bottom of this review*
I truly don't know how to put into words how much I LOVE this book and sincerely this entire duet. This is a masterpiece and I have been putting off writing this review because this one is hard for me to write.
I am so enthralled with Zade and Addie. This continuation and completion to the Cat and Mouse duet was beautiful and heartbreaking in soo many ways. With that in mind, this book was dark to another level in comparison to the first and like stated above^, there were parts soo disturbing, the nausea couldn't help but creep in. That's how well-written this book is as well as how moving.
The start of this book takes place immediately where the first ended and then we are taken down a long, dark, and disturbing road filled with extremely realistic and graphic pain, suffering, and traumatic actions and experiences. I cried鈥攎ultiple times鈥攙ery hard.
This book doesn't just give up a happy ending for us readers. We are forced through every single struggle that takes place and the challenge, that is, to get out of them on the other side, broken but willing to fight the mental and physical traumas to come out stronger.
As far as Zade & Addie, I didn't think I could possibly love these two any more than I did in the first. Zade truly is one of my top book boyfriends and I mean I really can't just say that about any of my book boyfriends. This man holds such a precious place in my heart, it HURTS me that he is fictional. Addie came out of this duet being one of my most treasured female characters. I personally, couldn't be more proud of her growth. Now let's mention the amazing Sibby. By God, I love that girl. She is something else but just as Zade & Addie, I didn't think I could love her any more than I did before.
These characters mean soooo much to me and this entire duet truly touched me in soo many places. It will forever stay a top read for me and I recommend it to anyone who can handle this type of darkness. I'm so sad it's over.
*Trigger Warnings*
R**e, Graphic Violence, Sexual Assault, Explicit Sexual Situations, Human Trafficking, PTSD, Blood Play, Knife Play, Degradation, Somnophilia
I love when a book makes me nauseous.
*trigger warnings will be listed at the bottom of this review*
I truly don't know how to put into words how much I LOVE this book and sincerely this entire duet. This is a masterpiece and I have been putting off writing this review because this one is hard for me to write.
I am so enthralled with Zade and Addie. This continuation and completion to the Cat and Mouse duet was beautiful and heartbreaking in soo many ways. With that in mind, this book was dark to another level in comparison to the first and like stated above^, there were parts soo disturbing, the nausea couldn't help but creep in. That's how well-written this book is as well as how moving.
The start of this book takes place immediately where the first ended and then we are taken down a long, dark, and disturbing road filled with extremely realistic and graphic pain, suffering, and traumatic actions and experiences. I cried鈥攎ultiple times鈥攙ery hard.
This book doesn't just give up a happy ending for us readers. We are forced through every single struggle that takes place and the challenge, that is, to get out of them on the other side, broken but willing to fight the mental and physical traumas to come out stronger.
As far as Zade & Addie, I didn't think I could possibly love these two any more than I did in the first. Zade truly is one of my top book boyfriends and I mean I really can't just say that about any of my book boyfriends. This man holds such a precious place in my heart, it HURTS me that he is fictional. Addie came out of this duet being one of my most treasured female characters. I personally, couldn't be more proud of her growth. Now let's mention the amazing Sibby. By God, I love that girl. She is something else but just as Zade & Addie, I didn't think I could love her any more than I did before.
These characters mean soooo much to me and this entire duet truly touched me in soo many places. It will forever stay a top read for me and I recommend it to anyone who can handle this type of darkness. I'm so sad it's over.
*Trigger Warnings*
R**e, Graphic Violence, Sexual Assault, Explicit Sexual Situations, Human Trafficking, PTSD, Blood Play, Knife Play, Degradation, Somnophilia
January 25, 2023
Decent read but expected too much.
As an avid romance reader, this one was bound to fall short for me. Although it continues to fall under the dark romance category, it was more of a thriller. This book will be much more enjoyable to those who enjoy majority of a thriller element than romance.
The trigger warnings are so so heavy on this one (will be mentioned at the end of the review). Although the author warned, I somehow didn't expect it to be so much darker than the first one. I wanted to throw up, cried at some of the scenes and was truly horrified and disgusted. But I applaud the author for having the heart and stomach to write it. It couldn't have been easy. The utterly raw and realistic scenes that take place in the book are not meant for the weak hearted.
Adeline and Zade went through so much pain, it was hard not to feel for them. Especially Addie, she went through so much. You've got to appreciate her strength. I would not wish that on anyone. Zade matured so much in the romantic aspect in this book and it was so amazing to see. He was patient, compassionate, and loving, didn't force Addie to do anything and continued to support her through thick and thin. This book brings more clarity to his character and I appreciated that a lot. The chemistry between the two characters flourished. The way Zade took care of her and the way Adeline opened to him was everything to see.
The pacing of the book was slower than the first one. I get that in some places it felt necessary to the author, to bring out the reality of human trafficking but part 2 could've been sped up a little. It could've easily been 100 pages shorter in my opinion. I skimmed through a bit after 70% mark. There were also too many characters in this one, and that kinda made the storyline too complicated. These two things did dull it down for me.
Disclaimer- My rating for this series is purely based on the fictional world created by the author. It's purely based on the enjoyment level of the stories and characters created. I do not agree to the events that took place in both the books and do not wish that upon anyone. Do check the triggers for both the books before reading.
鈿狅笍TW- Graphic violence, human trafficking, rape, sexual assault, PTSD, blood play, knife play, degradation and somnophilia鈿狅笍
As an avid romance reader, this one was bound to fall short for me. Although it continues to fall under the dark romance category, it was more of a thriller. This book will be much more enjoyable to those who enjoy majority of a thriller element than romance.
The trigger warnings are so so heavy on this one (will be mentioned at the end of the review). Although the author warned, I somehow didn't expect it to be so much darker than the first one. I wanted to throw up, cried at some of the scenes and was truly horrified and disgusted. But I applaud the author for having the heart and stomach to write it. It couldn't have been easy. The utterly raw and realistic scenes that take place in the book are not meant for the weak hearted.
Adeline and Zade went through so much pain, it was hard not to feel for them. Especially Addie, she went through so much. You've got to appreciate her strength. I would not wish that on anyone. Zade matured so much in the romantic aspect in this book and it was so amazing to see. He was patient, compassionate, and loving, didn't force Addie to do anything and continued to support her through thick and thin. This book brings more clarity to his character and I appreciated that a lot. The chemistry between the two characters flourished. The way Zade took care of her and the way Adeline opened to him was everything to see.
The pacing of the book was slower than the first one. I get that in some places it felt necessary to the author, to bring out the reality of human trafficking but part 2 could've been sped up a little. It could've easily been 100 pages shorter in my opinion. I skimmed through a bit after 70% mark. There were also too many characters in this one, and that kinda made the storyline too complicated. These two things did dull it down for me.
Disclaimer- My rating for this series is purely based on the fictional world created by the author. It's purely based on the enjoyment level of the stories and characters created. I do not agree to the events that took place in both the books and do not wish that upon anyone. Do check the triggers for both the books before reading.
鈿狅笍TW- Graphic violence, human trafficking, rape, sexual assault, PTSD, blood play, knife play, degradation and somnophilia鈿狅笍
August 21, 2023
Sibby was the ONLY good part of this
I hated Book 1, and guess what? I hated Book 2 with passion too. Why did I read it? Because I thought it was a wonderful idea to buy this book on Amazon at 2am.
鈥淚 am鈥� I am no longer a man 鈥� only a beast succumbing to primal instinct. I am annihilation.鈥� I- WHAT. This sounds like a 鈥渟igma male鈥�, Andrew Tate fans new saying. Absolutely embarrassing and cringe. No, I will not elaborate more.
鈥淲on鈥檛 even let me come near. If I get within a foot of her, she flips out. She absolutely refuses to let me touch her, and it鈥檚 fucking killing me because that鈥檚 all I want to do. Daya and Serena have both visited frequently, as Addie is far more comfortable with their embrace than she is with mine.鈥� Why does this sound like he鈥檚 pissed off and jealous that her best friends who are women can touch her? He sounds like a child complaining to his mother. Obviously she isn鈥檛 comfortable with you, a man, when she was raped and abused by multiple of them for months. Please, grow up.
鈥淎nd to be frank, I鈥檓 growing frustrated. Not because she鈥檚 lost in her trauma, but because I have no fucking idea how to bring her out of it. [...] I can鈥檛 save every girl, but I鈥檒l be damned if I can鈥檛 save Addie, even if it鈥檚 from herself.鈥� Was this supposed to be romantic? Saying that her trauma bothering her is her fault for thinking about it and that you need to 鈥渟ave鈥� her from herself as if this was her fault she keeps thinking of what happened to her?
鈥淲hen she鈥檚 ready to accept me again, I can鈥檛 promise I won鈥檛 push past her comfort zone and work to reawaken a part of her I鈥檓 sure she feels is lost.鈥� Ah yes, get yourself a man who is just waiting to force you to do stuff with him the moment you feel like you鈥檙e becoming your new self and surviving through your trauma. So romantic 鉂わ笍
鈥溾€楽top鈥� stop fucking touching me.鈥欌€� I hear him swallow. 鈥楾hat鈥檚 like asking me to cut out my own fucking heart.鈥欌€� After all her trauma, she obviously starts getting memories when she鈥檚 with a man again, even though she has feelings for him. And what does he do when she needs him to step away a little bit for her to feel comfortable? He makes it ALLL about himself. 鈥極h but baby your trauma and your experiences hurt ME.鈥� Literally shut the fuck up.
鈥溾€榊ou have five seconds, Adeline, or I will fuck you anyway.鈥欌€� Um way to create new trauma.
鈥溾€榋ade,鈥� I growl. 鈥楿h-uh, I want you to call me by my other name, Adeline.鈥橻...] 鈥楪od.鈥欌€� I am NOT kidding when I say this is an actual part of the book. This was my favorite part ever in this book, I had to stop reading and laugh for a good 5 minutes.
鈥淎ddie thrashes violently, her hand coming within scant inches of my face as an agonized scream releases from her tongue, followed by what sounds like Xavier鈥檚 name. My vision blackens, and I鈥檓 furious that the monsters polluting her nightmares aren鈥檛 me. I鈥檓 the only monster allowed to haunt her fucking dreams.鈥� And let鈥檚 not forget he decides to punish her by fucking her while she鈥檚 sleeping and her waking up in the middle of that.
鈥溾€楾he man in your head isn鈥檛 the monster, little mouse. I am. Every time you scream out another鈥檚 name, I will replace it with my own. And I don鈥檛 care how mch it fucking hurts.鈥欌€� So sweet, now she鈥檚 not ALLOWED to have nightmares about her trauma.
Apart from the quotes, other parts of this book also made no sense to me and were just鈥� completely ridiculous?
-After everything that Xavier made her endure, she doesn鈥檛 want to get cut while having sex as some sort of kink, and when Zade learns about that, he decides to do it to her as an excuse to 鈥榬eclaim鈥� that? It felt completely ridiculous to me. You can鈥檛 force that on someone after such a short time, maybe wait until the person asks you to do that when they鈥檙e ready on their own terms or just accept that they鈥檒l never feel comfortable about that.
-Addie also mentions that while she was getting raped by Xavier, she thought of Zade throughout all of it, trying to imagine like it was him fucking her instead. Like what? I鈥檓 sorry WHAT
-Moreover, using Addie鈥檚 dad as a plot device to make it difficult for her to talk to her mom was so dumb. What was the point?
-There was also the part where Claire tries to make an alliance with Zade at the end to rule the world with him. Does the author think it鈥檚 that easy to rule the world? Oop, make an alliance there, find a goal, get a few people around the world on board and then just take control of the government that has direct access to the military with the atomic bombs. Just easy work, really.
-There鈥檚 some parts in the book where I didn鈥檛 even take the time to write down quotes, because I felt like if I just explained it in one sentence it would make sense? Let鈥檚 go. Zade recuts all of Addie鈥檚 scars because he only wants her to think of him when she sees her scars. He pretends like he took her IUD out of her body and asks her if she would stay with him if he forced a pregnancy on her (she in fact did). They both carve a rose on their bodies to represent their love for each other and some sort of fucked up vow to always love each other and never let each other go.
-And now, the absolute WORST part of this, the 2012 WattPad writing. 鈥淗er caramel eyes鈥�, 鈥渉er caramel orbs鈥�, 鈥渉er caramel pools鈥� LIKE OKAY OKAY WE GET IT JUST LET IT GO
I hated Book 1, and guess what? I hated Book 2 with passion too. Why did I read it? Because I thought it was a wonderful idea to buy this book on Amazon at 2am.
鈥淚 am鈥� I am no longer a man 鈥� only a beast succumbing to primal instinct. I am annihilation.鈥� I- WHAT. This sounds like a 鈥渟igma male鈥�, Andrew Tate fans new saying. Absolutely embarrassing and cringe. No, I will not elaborate more.
鈥淲on鈥檛 even let me come near. If I get within a foot of her, she flips out. She absolutely refuses to let me touch her, and it鈥檚 fucking killing me because that鈥檚 all I want to do. Daya and Serena have both visited frequently, as Addie is far more comfortable with their embrace than she is with mine.鈥� Why does this sound like he鈥檚 pissed off and jealous that her best friends who are women can touch her? He sounds like a child complaining to his mother. Obviously she isn鈥檛 comfortable with you, a man, when she was raped and abused by multiple of them for months. Please, grow up.
鈥淎nd to be frank, I鈥檓 growing frustrated. Not because she鈥檚 lost in her trauma, but because I have no fucking idea how to bring her out of it. [...] I can鈥檛 save every girl, but I鈥檒l be damned if I can鈥檛 save Addie, even if it鈥檚 from herself.鈥� Was this supposed to be romantic? Saying that her trauma bothering her is her fault for thinking about it and that you need to 鈥渟ave鈥� her from herself as if this was her fault she keeps thinking of what happened to her?
鈥淲hen she鈥檚 ready to accept me again, I can鈥檛 promise I won鈥檛 push past her comfort zone and work to reawaken a part of her I鈥檓 sure she feels is lost.鈥� Ah yes, get yourself a man who is just waiting to force you to do stuff with him the moment you feel like you鈥檙e becoming your new self and surviving through your trauma. So romantic 鉂わ笍
鈥溾€楽top鈥� stop fucking touching me.鈥欌€� I hear him swallow. 鈥楾hat鈥檚 like asking me to cut out my own fucking heart.鈥欌€� After all her trauma, she obviously starts getting memories when she鈥檚 with a man again, even though she has feelings for him. And what does he do when she needs him to step away a little bit for her to feel comfortable? He makes it ALLL about himself. 鈥極h but baby your trauma and your experiences hurt ME.鈥� Literally shut the fuck up.
鈥溾€榊ou have five seconds, Adeline, or I will fuck you anyway.鈥欌€� Um way to create new trauma.
鈥溾€榋ade,鈥� I growl. 鈥楿h-uh, I want you to call me by my other name, Adeline.鈥橻...] 鈥楪od.鈥欌€� I am NOT kidding when I say this is an actual part of the book. This was my favorite part ever in this book, I had to stop reading and laugh for a good 5 minutes.
鈥淎ddie thrashes violently, her hand coming within scant inches of my face as an agonized scream releases from her tongue, followed by what sounds like Xavier鈥檚 name. My vision blackens, and I鈥檓 furious that the monsters polluting her nightmares aren鈥檛 me. I鈥檓 the only monster allowed to haunt her fucking dreams.鈥� And let鈥檚 not forget he decides to punish her by fucking her while she鈥檚 sleeping and her waking up in the middle of that.
鈥溾€楾he man in your head isn鈥檛 the monster, little mouse. I am. Every time you scream out another鈥檚 name, I will replace it with my own. And I don鈥檛 care how mch it fucking hurts.鈥欌€� So sweet, now she鈥檚 not ALLOWED to have nightmares about her trauma.
Apart from the quotes, other parts of this book also made no sense to me and were just鈥� completely ridiculous?
-After everything that Xavier made her endure, she doesn鈥檛 want to get cut while having sex as some sort of kink, and when Zade learns about that, he decides to do it to her as an excuse to 鈥榬eclaim鈥� that? It felt completely ridiculous to me. You can鈥檛 force that on someone after such a short time, maybe wait until the person asks you to do that when they鈥檙e ready on their own terms or just accept that they鈥檒l never feel comfortable about that.
-Addie also mentions that while she was getting raped by Xavier, she thought of Zade throughout all of it, trying to imagine like it was him fucking her instead. Like what? I鈥檓 sorry WHAT
-Moreover, using Addie鈥檚 dad as a plot device to make it difficult for her to talk to her mom was so dumb. What was the point?
-There was also the part where Claire tries to make an alliance with Zade at the end to rule the world with him. Does the author think it鈥檚 that easy to rule the world? Oop, make an alliance there, find a goal, get a few people around the world on board and then just take control of the government that has direct access to the military with the atomic bombs. Just easy work, really.
-There鈥檚 some parts in the book where I didn鈥檛 even take the time to write down quotes, because I felt like if I just explained it in one sentence it would make sense? Let鈥檚 go. Zade recuts all of Addie鈥檚 scars because he only wants her to think of him when she sees her scars. He pretends like he took her IUD out of her body and asks her if she would stay with him if he forced a pregnancy on her (she in fact did). They both carve a rose on their bodies to represent their love for each other and some sort of fucked up vow to always love each other and never let each other go.
-And now, the absolute WORST part of this, the 2012 WattPad writing. 鈥淗er caramel eyes鈥�, 鈥渉er caramel orbs鈥�, 鈥渉er caramel pools鈥� LIKE OKAY OKAY WE GET IT JUST LET IT GO
April 15, 2022
It took me AGES to get through this book and I am absolutely not a fan.
Why didn't I like it?
鉃� For one, it's my least favorite trope. I hate when the main characters are separated. I lose interest immediately. Three percent into this book and I'm already done. But I'll keep going. It's not the author's fault I hate that trope. I'll keep an open mind.
鉃� I have no triggers, luckily. But this book isn't written like a dark romance. It's written like a r@pe fantasy. I mean, I don't kink shame. You do you. Not my thing, however, still keeping an open mind. I don't need a lot of spice. Just enough to keep the story realistic and not "fade to black". I was warned book 2 had more spice. Ma'am, that "spice" is graphic rape scenes, so I mean, whatever tickles your pickle. Doesn't do anything for me.
鉃� The characters are duller, flatter, and less dynamic.
鉃� This book was kinda cringy. I mean, Addie wouldn't know a healthy relationship if one smacked her. Her parents, Daya, and Zade are all toxic. Sibby is the most tolerable character in the book.
鉃� Speaking of Sibby, WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER? Where is she?? She's literally the only part of the entire plot I liked and she just disappears? Fade to black? Get out of here with that nonsense.
鉃� Also....there's a HUGE disconnect between the character and her writing. Addie is a literal, professional writer, right?? Then why do her diary writings sound like a 13-year-old girl??
鉃� Normally, I love dual POV. That's my jam. I didn't like it in this book, and that's a literal first for me. Basically if there's more cursing, that's Zade. The characters do not have distinct voices.
鉃� This series just dragged on and on and ON. There's also a super predictable pattern.
Toxic situation, sex. Toxic situation, sex. Toxic situation, sex. I ended up just skimming through all the sex scenes because no thank you. Sex does not forgive or work through a toxic situation. I really wanted to see more development, but it just wasn't there.
Why didn't I like it?
鉃� For one, it's my least favorite trope. I hate when the main characters are separated. I lose interest immediately. Three percent into this book and I'm already done. But I'll keep going. It's not the author's fault I hate that trope. I'll keep an open mind.
鉃� I have no triggers, luckily. But this book isn't written like a dark romance. It's written like a r@pe fantasy. I mean, I don't kink shame. You do you. Not my thing, however, still keeping an open mind. I don't need a lot of spice. Just enough to keep the story realistic and not "fade to black". I was warned book 2 had more spice. Ma'am, that "spice" is graphic rape scenes, so I mean, whatever tickles your pickle. Doesn't do anything for me.
鉃� The characters are duller, flatter, and less dynamic.
鉃� This book was kinda cringy. I mean, Addie wouldn't know a healthy relationship if one smacked her. Her parents, Daya, and Zade are all toxic. Sibby is the most tolerable character in the book.
鉃� Speaking of Sibby, WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER? Where is she?? She's literally the only part of the entire plot I liked and she just disappears? Fade to black? Get out of here with that nonsense.
鉃� Also....there's a HUGE disconnect between the character and her writing. Addie is a literal, professional writer, right?? Then why do her diary writings sound like a 13-year-old girl??
鉃� Normally, I love dual POV. That's my jam. I didn't like it in this book, and that's a literal first for me. Basically if there's more cursing, that's Zade. The characters do not have distinct voices.
鉃� This series just dragged on and on and ON. There's also a super predictable pattern.
Toxic situation, sex. Toxic situation, sex. Toxic situation, sex. I ended up just skimming through all the sex scenes because no thank you. Sex does not forgive or work through a toxic situation. I really wanted to see more development, but it just wasn't there.
May 16, 2024
curiosity killed the cat馃樋
July 20, 2022
鈥淚 don鈥檛 even know your last name.鈥�
鈥淢eadows, baby. Our last name is Meadows.鈥�
due to this quote i will be passing away馃珷
鈥淢eadows, baby. Our last name is Meadows.鈥�
due to this quote i will be passing away馃珷
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