Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

202 reviews

ari_bryce's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I DNFd Haunting Adeline but decided to give this author another chance. While this one still has its issues I was actually able to stomach this one without wanting to throw my Kindle across the room. Carlton does lean into the stigma of hallucinatory disorders being "the voices are telling me to kill you" and not entirely touching on less stereotypical cases of these disorders. But this was still a major step up morally than Haunting Adeline so it's in the middle for me on rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

anja_2309's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

It was really interesting to find out sibbys story, if you wonder no it’s not necessary to read this book before haunting Adeline because it’s doesn’t really give you that much information that you don’t already get in the Duett 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, and Murder

hanreadssbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Trafficking

spatterson7's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, and Abandonment

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

autumnwitch14's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

tiffcutshall's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Wow! Just…yeah wow!

Okay this story was brought to my attention when I posted in a reading group I had started Haunting Adeline and I immediately ran to find this. 

At first I was unsure of the connection between this and Cat and Mouse duet till Satan’s Affair arrived in Seattle. This book while very dark and definitely the head trip at the end was amazing! I felt for Sibby and loved how morally grey she is. The short interaction with Zade was perfect. 

Highly recommend this if you’re reading or have read Haunting Adeline!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Addiction and Child abuse

ltisdale21's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

asier_ayduhn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cybercrow12's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood