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Carving for Cara by Melissa McSherry, Dana LeeAnn

22 reviews

romanceschmomance's review against another edition

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3.0

Uhm, not the book for me. It wasn't really the content, but the writing. I'm a little intrigued to keep going and read the full length, but not sure.

And there was a certain scene that left me a little speechless and slightly traumatized. Yet again just not for me. 
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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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bnully1027's review against another edition

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dark

3.25

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lubo_lovestoread's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

I know it's a novella but I expected more, this was so disappointing. There's no actual real connection and the "spicy" scene is meh. Why include a Jacob's ladder if you're not gonna make it a main tool in the story. 

Maybe as an actual novel, with more development I would've enjoyed it more. I am curious about what about what happened after the end tbh.
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ajwby's review against another edition

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dark
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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eliana_33's review against another edition

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

5.0

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brookey8888's review against another edition

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dark funny 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

This was fun. I do have to say this is 128 pages and nothing spicy happened until page 90. The tension was fun though. This is a dark read so if you don’t like dark romance don’t read this. I enjoyed this, but I wish there was a little more spice and I didn’t like how it ended. The writing was good for the most part. This is a perfect Halloween read. 
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kelleyedwards_96's review against another edition

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

3.5

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casey_wallen's review against another edition

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

2.0

While this is just a novella and understandably short, it definitely seemed a bit rushed. In terms of the spice, it definitely was descriptive, without being too much. The writing style, while not bad, just threw me off quite a bit. There’s also a lot of unnecessary detail included, for example the focus on the color of Cara’s lighter? It didn’t really make sense nor was  it relevant to the story telling. I was having to re-read to remind myself of the situation. If the writing itself wasn’t so confusing and all was less rushed, this could easily get more stars. 
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noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

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3.75

 Content Warnings: Sexual content, sexual violence, blood, gore, body horror, violence, murder, stalking, toxic relationships, and CNC.

You know growing up in a town that had a lot of corn fields...I never once thought they seemed anything other than boring and creepy 🤭

We get instant obsession, stalking, touch her and die, and a lot of violence packed into a fun quick novella. Really hoping we end up getting a full length novel to explore more of our leading mans backstory because it sounds pretty interesting.

Really wish I would have recorded my hubbys facial expressions as I told him everything that happens in this book 🤣 
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