Haunting Adeline

This book was absolutely amazing and very sexy.

ENG + PL

2,25/5

ENG:

--- Recommended from TikTok ---

Instant obsession - definitely not my type, just like instant love.

Adeline is seriously stupid most of the time (especially when she can't shut up), this whole stalker is seriously messed up in a fucked-up way, and partially changes their approach from beginning to end.

I don't know what to say about this book tbh. I read it in the original language, and I would say it's like some dark Wattpad story. The author's style is pretty mediocre, I didn't like any of the characters, so even with that cliffhanger at the end - I would give zero fucks if anything bad happened to anyone. I didn't have a single moment when I was excited or waiting for something to happen; the characters were just boring and predictable. I missed descriptions of something other than just sex (from halfway through the book, basically every three pages had something related to sex). And before someone accuses me, yes, the author warned that there would be a lot of sex and heavy themes - please, it could have been done better. Right now, I feel like I watched some documentary about child trafficking from the early 2000s and in the meantime, read a fucked-up romance on Wattpad written by a 35-year-old mother who hasn't had sex in a long time and needed to vent online.

Do I recommend it? Honestly, no. There are much better books out there.

Did I have a good time? No.

Will I read the second part? Maybe someday. (Which says a lot about this book, considering I usually binge-read entire series on the same day).

I wrote a damn long review because I'm simply disappointed. TikTok promised me so many things, and I got a mediocre book with boring, messed-up characters, almost nonexistent plot, VERY detailed sex scenes, messed-up kinks, Stockholm syndrome, and child trafficking.

PL:

--- Polecone z tiktoka ---

Instant obsesja - to chyba nie mój typ, tak samo jak instant miłość.

Adeline jest na serio głupia przez większość czasu (w szczególności, kiedy nie umie się zamknąć), ten cały stalker jest na serio pierdolnięty i to w ten chujowy sposób, i zmienia częściowo swoje podejście od początku do końca.

Nie wiem, co mam powiedzieć o tej książce tbh, czytałam ją w oryginale i powiedziałabym, że to takie dark opowiadanie z wattpada. Styl autorki jest mocno średni, nie polubiłam żadnego bohatera, więc nawet z tym cliffhangerem na końcu - miałabym mocno wyjebane gdyby komukolwiek coś złego się stało. Nie miałam ani jednego momentu, kiedy byłam podekscytowana, czy czekałam aż coś się wydarzy, bohaterowie byli po prostu nudni i przewidywalni, brakowało mi opisów czegoś innego niż tylko seksu (od połowy książki w zasadzie co 3 strony było coś związanego z seksem) itd.

No i zanim mi się ktoś doczepi, że autorka ostrzegała o tym, że będzie tutaj dużo seksu i ciężkie motywy - pls, można to było zrobić lepiej. W tej chwili czuję się jakbym obejrzała jakiś dokument o child trafficingu z lat 2000 i w międzyczasie czytała popieprzony romans na wattpadzie napisany przez 35-letnią matkę, która dawno nie uprawiała seksu i musiała się wyżyć na internecie.

Czy polecam? Szczerze, nie. Jest wiele lepszych książek.

Czy się dobrze bawiłam? Nie.

Czy przeczytam 2 część? Może kiedyś. (co wiele o tej książce mówi jako, że zawsze binge'uje całe serie jeszcze tego samego dnia).

Napisałam w chuj długą recenzję, bo jestem, po prostu, zawiedziona. Tiktok mi tyle rzeczy naobiecywał, a dostałam średniaka z nudnymi, pojebanymi bohaterami, prawie nieistniejącą fabułą, BARDZO opisanymi scenami seksu, pojebanymi kinkami, syndromem sztokholmskim i child trafficingiem.

This is not a romance. It’s just not. Truly one of the worst books I’ve read. It’s dumb, nonsensical, boring, and gross. Characters that develop interests in each other bc they share a common rape kink (is it shared? Is it a kink? Is it just rape and we’re all gaslit to believe Addie likes it when most of the text suggests she does not?) doesn’t translate into “dark romance.” We need new labels for trash like this.

DNF at 85%. It started off okay, I enjoyed the stalker/smut but the dialogue, side plots, pretty much everything was reminiscent of wattpad. Having written fanfic myself I was okay with it but 2/3 of the way through everything was a struggle. After the carnival I was ready for it to be over. The writing was full of pointless comments, too many f bombs even for me, and once they started talking about reincarnation I was out.

3.25/5 ⭐️

Initially, I kept putting off reading this one since I knew it ended with a cliffhanger and I'd have to wait until January 2022 for the next book. What can I say, I'm a glutton for punishment. . .

Haunting Adeline was a deliciously dark romance. A solid main storyline with an unsolved crime side story that keeps you intrigued. This book is disturbing and twisted in the best kind of way. Zade and Adeline were great. Their romance was intense and passionate. Zade isn't necessarily a good man and toes the line of morality. I loved that he doesn't apologize for who he is, what he does and why. Adeline is a strong female who doesn't bow down easily. I enjoyed being able feel her struggle between her heart and her head. Spicy doesn't even come close to describing the heat factor in their relationship. Zade not only seduced Adeline, he got me too!! I'm officially in love with this dark and dangerous stalker.

So disturbingly wicked that I could not put down. 5 stars! 5 on the spice scale!

3⭐️

I’m not easily disturbed or triggered and that wasn’t my problem with book, although you should definitely the trigger warnings. My problem with this book is that it was so popular I expected something special and I just didn’t get that. The plot was a mess, the book felt too slow and I was just bored. I am in a reading slump so maybe it’s just me but I barely finished this.

Not usually my cup of tea, a lot of non consensual sexual scenes, girl and child trafficking.

I’d say about 50% is vivid sex scenes, but the stories behind it are good. A vigilante who rescues these women and children, an unsolved murder case.

Ends on a cliff hanger so now I have to read the next one to know what happens (even tho I figured out pretty early what the cliff hanger would be).

Very graphic so if graphic isn’t for you, I would not recommend. Definitely has triggers in it too for trauma survivors.

This book was really hard to get through at first but once I did I was so glad. I absolutely fell in love with the story and the characters. I immediately went out and picked up Hunting because I just couldn’t not continue. I’m really glad I did.