A review by honniker
Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

dark slow-paced

0.0

What did I just read? Now, your girl doesn't mind some bondage, kink and dubious consent. But not going to lie, this book was way too rapey for me. It didn't give me as much skeeve as Anne Rice's nonsense but I got to the point where I was just ready for the book to end. I finished it because I was over halfway and I wanted to find out who killed the grandma. 

I found nothing hot or redeeming about Zade. A lot of rape, stalking and for some reason humming? I've encountered several examples of MMCs humming in recent romance novels I've read. I found it really confusing at first until I realized what the authors are trying to express. I think. Anyway, that's a whole different rant and Zade is the hummiest hummer of any romance novel I've read. I think I would even prefer him to growl over this weird humming. Honestly, now I'm imagining him humming songs from Phantom of the Opera and am really sad I didn't think of that sooner. Would've made the book more enjoyable.