Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Carving for Cara

This book was......ok but the end.............. I really did not like the way it ended an I understand that it is a novella so things aren't typically very flushed out. HOWEVER, I hated the way it left off and I probably won't be reading the second book (I might) because I think she could have just merged them instead of making them two separate book which are both only a hundred something pages each. The smut scene was also not good in my opinion because even though yes she did like it (kinda) the way they he was saying things as if he wasn't really self aware take zade for example in haunting Adeline he was at least aware enough to know what he was doing was wrong (though it never stopped him). All of this to say I think she should have just made this book longer because I don't like when authors decided to split up a story when it easily could have been one book.(also something i'm not very fond of that most dark romances have are scenes that are RAPE but they call then CNC. This is actually in a lot of dark romances so it not something I harp on a lot but I thought I would include it in this cause i'm going to go back and put this in my other reviews for dark romances.)

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jess723's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

1.0

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pharmasyd's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Super spicy

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colorcrystals's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

That was a dark and wild ride. This was a novella so there wasn’t as much character development as I normally like, but I felt like the characters were reasonably fleshed out for the shorter length.

I was actually pleased with the plot of the story. It wasn’t elaborate, but again felt reasonable and appropriate for being a novella and being a dark romance with a focus on more graphic sex scenes.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed. I would definitely read this again.

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purplegurgles's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

I am not a fan of dark romance and maybe it affected my opinion, but honestly? Not much. The writing was painful to read. Contradictions within one paragraph (how are her stockings BOTH opaque and see-through?), inconsequential elements given way too much attention for a novella, “not like other girls” trope (mentioned about ten times at least), MMC weirdly mentions his huge pierced dick so many times I stopped counting, etc. I kind of liked how she stayed in the concept of Halloween (using corn as a dildo, pumpkin vines as restraints, etc.) and there was a pretty good amount of description, enough that you know where you are and what’s going on, but not so much that you get bored and get out of the flow of the story.

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devonsonnessa's review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing. No complaints.

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katvou's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Carving for Cara was a dark and spicy Halloween novella.

I loved the dual pov and getting to experience the plot from both perspectives. MMC Rhett wasn’t morally grey, he was fully unhinged. Loved the friendship between Cara & Sloan.

Need to know what happens after that ending. The only negative thing about the book was that it was so short.

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ladylaurenexplorer's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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