Hunting Adeline

 11/3/24

This book came sooner than expected and I'm ready to continue the story. With the first book ending on a cliff hanger, I am eager to figure out what is going to happen next. We know that Zade is going to do everything he can to get Addie back. I have a feeling that this book is going to be a rollercoaster. I have been told that this book is better than the first but we will have to see. I also noticed in the trigger warning page that a few of my personal kinks are going to be in this book as well. I'm curious on how they are going to be played out. Again, I feel like I must place a reminder that this duet is targeted toward a certain group in the BDSM community and fully understanding it helps with understanding some of the things going on in the books. Also I feel like the romance shouldn't be the main focus in this book when reading it. This is like getting a peek at a world that we try to ignore. Either way I am excited to read the book and hopefully I can finish this quick since I am so behind on my reading schedule. I have until the 15th to finish my small stack of books. 

11/7/24

The first half of this book is brutal. Addie is literally going through hell trying to survive. I feel so bad for the character and I can't help but wonder about the research needed to write this book. The first half of this book is the down right ugly of the world. Zade is even going through hell trying to find Addie while fighting the images in his mind about what she could be going through. Finally he finds her but there is a lot of healing that needs to take place and Zade knows it. He gives her the space she needs and even the help she needs. This is where I can see where Zade gets romanticized a lot in the social media world. He is putting his needs and wants aside just to help Addie come back to life. It's kind of sweet. But I'm not going to give you the gruesome details this book holds because it is not for the light of heart. The author's trigger warnings hold true for this book and listen to them before you read the book. Unless you are so desensitized by everything in the world. I'm only desensitized by my criminology background, even though I didn't fully pursue it, I know how cruel the world can be. But now I'm going to read about Addie healing. Right now she isn't comfortable with anyone touching her at the moment and that is understandable. I wouldn't want anyone to touch me either if I went through what she did. 

11/20/24

I finally finished this book. It took me so much longer because I had a week of warring moods and reading was impossible. But I have finally done it and the last few spicy scenes ended with me needing a breather and some ice cream. That is all I have to say because we aren't here to discuss my kinks. Anyway, it did take Addie a while to heal but Zade was a patient man along with helping her heal along the way. He literally gave her full control in every situation until she felt comfortable with doing the spicy with him. And, once that was done, there was no holding back Zade. I am a little sad that the duet is over. I feel like we could know a little more about our two main characters but I guess there isn't much more to do once you get rid of the main conflict. But an epilogue would have been nice. Maybe a few years past and our two main characters living as happy as they can be while having a family. I don't know but something to kind of wrap up the loose ends and the story in a pretty black bow. I'm just a little disappointed in the ending. Other than that, I liked the book. I liked reading it and I didn't hate it. Yes, there are some things we will question but not shame. We don't judge here since this book is basically targeting the BDSM community. There was one scene that had me confused on what I was reading but that could just be because I was having trouble picturing the position. Might be reader error on that one. I would recommend this duet to people but I would also highly warn them that there might be some stuff in this book that could be triggering. I'm sure people even skip the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book because they are so eager to read the books. But I highly recommend you read them first so you have an idea on what you are getting into. Sadly, due to the disappointing end, I give the book three stars out of five. If the ending didn't end the way it did, it probably would have gotten four. Also I know some of you would be surprised that it didn't get five stars or wasn't even in the running for five stars. Even though the book was good, I just didn't get emotionally attached to the book. There were no tears, no sitting at the edge of my seat, nothing really. That is the reason why five stars is always so hard for a book to get.