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Athenais by John William Godward (1908)

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Haunting Adeline - Full Review

TW: SA

I love love love love love.... what this book could have been.

First off, for those who love this series - Zade specifically, are you okay?

It starts off a little boring, like ooo a stalker. But then it lost me completely - sort of. I was completely turned off of Zade and the book as a whole when he literally rapes her with a GUN. Legit sexual assault.

I honestly didn't even want to continue after that. Because I am sitting here wondering why people are in love with a rapist and why this is considered "dark romance". But I persisted. I wanted to actually complete this book. The main thing keeping me going was the murder of poor Gigi. I wanted to know who the fuck did it. It was a lovely little murder mystery and I was hooked.

I speed read through Zade's POV mostly. Yes he hunting really bad guys but he himself is a bad guys and no matter how HD Carlton tries to paint him, he will always be a rapist. Now the part that saddens me the most. This COULD have been GREAT!! I am a literal whore for cnc, bdsm, dom/sub, and just rough sexual scenes. Their dynamic was so fucking delicious - SA aside. This could have easily been my favorite duet if it hadn't been for the fact that Zade is a literal predator and romanticized for it.

The ending threw me. It was such a huge cliffhanger that would have had me IMMEDIATELY picking up the second book... if I hadn't already decided it wouldn't get my time of day. 40% of the way through is when the gun scene happens, and I was immediately turned off after that point. I refuse to read the second book and have the author try to make me fall in love with a rapist and to watch this "relationship" between them blossom. And it's quite concerning the love Zade receives from readers because he literally admits in his POV that he sexually assaulted Adeline. Literally admits it. S

So instead of reading the second book, I immediately looked up spoilers because I wanted to know who the hell the person is that set Zade up - and who kidnapped Adeline. Like I stated, this could have been great. The plot was amazing, the smut absolutely incredible. A smut book heavy with mystery that almost read as a psychological thriller. HD Carlton, you could have had something amazing here. But you ruined it by romanticizing a rapist and trying to pass it off as dark romance.

1/5 stars

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Novella Review - The Things He Heard by Matt Shaw

This was the most boring 68 pages I have ever read. I kept reading because I knew it was a short novella and was hoping it would get interesting at some point and it never did. I feel like if you are going to write a novella it should not be a slow burn!! Like you have no room to "build" in 68 pages. I was so bored and the ending didn't even help.

1/5 stars

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Novella Review - Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke

This was a good, spooky novella. I'd definitely watch a movie of this. Honestly if it were a full on book I'd be intrigued the whole way. I honestly wish there was more. More lore, more torment, more of Phil losing his mind. 

3.5/5 stars

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Novella Review - Fifty Shades of Alice in Wonderland by Melinda DuChamp

This is a smut driven book where smut is the plot. It was interesting weaving the classic Alice in the Wonderland in it. I would say that despite this being a smut driven book, it's also quite reflective. The author writes about becoming a woman and not being ashamed of your body in anyway and taking pride in your sexual desires. In the end Alice is confident and knows what she wants sexually from her boyfriend - whom which was very unsatisfactory in the bedroom department. Too many people have been left unsatisfied because men don't know what they are doing and don't care about their partner's needs. A good, smutty novella. 

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Stop what you’re doing!! Terrify Your Tablet is in TWO days!!

I cannot wait. There’s finally a day for us horror lovers 🫶🏽

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Just out here raw dogging life with abandonment issues and zero social skills.

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