Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

55 reviews

joclouise's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

After reading Hunting/Haunting Adeline, this was a good addition to that story and universe. Very gorey, very sad. It was interesting getting to see Sibby's POV.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

liaantje'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I love that we finally get a bit more insight of sibel's backstory,

i loved how she and zade worked together to kill and tought adeline how to fight in the cat and mouse duet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

prettyhoney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. It was one of my first actual/physical dark romance book that i have ever read. The twist was honestly shocking and it devastated me to read it but the storyline is amazing to me. It does include trigger warnings and a song playlist page which is also very nice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

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

hanschub'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

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

tiffcutshall's review

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

cwbillings's review

dark tense 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

2.0

There’s a good plot buried DEEP underneath the unnecessary gore and shock value of this novella. The main character is twisted with an interesting backstory but she’s written poorly along with the rest. I know trigger warnings are presented by the author but I was not prepared for just how nonchalantly dark themes would be presented here. And the author makes gross generalizations about various addictions and mental illnesses. I will read the following book in the series as it is my understanding that it has little to do with this one. However, I am not expecting much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

abbybailey'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

It was recommended that I read this before Haunting Adeline. I’m a little shocked. Not my normal cup of tea, but that seems to be the trend with the last two books I’ve read now. I would say a solid 3/5 for the twist at the end. The rest of it I felt like I was reading just to get through it so I can read the next book. Not trying to yuck someone else’s yum, but not quite for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Blood