Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
I just finished this book a few days ago and thought I’d share my opinions on it.
This book made me realize that I must be an extremely fucked up individual or at the very least a desensitized one.
Compared to everyone else I know who read it, they though it was very dark and disturbing, whereas I was expecting it to be way worse based on the warnings both from the author and other readers. There was really only one scene (with the exception of the child trafficking scenes) that I thought was truly fucked up and that was the gun scene. Ifkyk.
I was basically rooting for Zade since damn near the beginning of the book. Idk, I just love me some toxic men I guess. Or maybe I secretly have a stalker fantasy. Shh 🤫 About as stupid as Adeline thought she was.
After about the 2nd or 3rd sex scene I was over them. I just wanted it get back to Zade chopping people up or some shit. I was more invested in their individual stories than their scenes together until all of it came together.
I’m a huge horror/slasher fan so I would’ve like more gory details in Zade’s work.
I strongly relate to Adeline in the aspect of being scared. I’m horror movie enthusiast, haunting houses attractions, actual haunted houses, give me all the spooks. I will not go as far as to say that I get off on it though.
It took me halfway through the book to picture Zade as he was described. Before I was picturing him as a more matured version of Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul. Which doesn’t make sense to me now so I don’t know why I pictured him.
I loved that there were multiple components to the story and wasn’t focused solely on the interactions between Addie and Zade. Like they had their own shit going on, you know. The Gigi mystery and the Z organization.
I love love love loved how all the storylines and everything is entwined.
It ends with the biggest cliff hanger, which I would’ve absolutely loathed if I wasn’t able to read the 2nd book immediately on kindle unlimited. And let me tell you this, the leader of The Society? Wasn’t expecting that one. It was like a knife in the gut.
Honestly, it was a good book. Definitely need to read it again though and see if there were any hints that I missed about the leader of the society. And to read it with another perspective anyways.
I have started “Hunting Adeline” and it definitely is what I would consider to be dark and disturbing. After that I’ll be reading “Satan’s Affair” which is a prequel about Sibby. So stay tuned for those.
It’s been awhile. I suck at keeping up with this. Anywho, Hunting Adeline was great. Better than the first imo. Definitely darker. Please read the TW! Been awhile since I read it and can’t recall enough of it to give it a proper review. That’s all I got for you.
