Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet)

Book Review: Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton Hunting Adeline is not just a sequel—it’s an emotional reckoning. Darker, heavier, and far more intense than Haunting Adeline, this book digs its claws deep and refuses to let go. It is brutal in subject matter, relentless in pacing, and surprisingly powerful in the way it explores survival, trauma, and reclaiming autonomy after unimaginable horror. This story pulls no punches. Carlton writes with a rawness that feels almost intrusive at times, forcing the reader to sit with discomfort rather than look away. Adeline’s journey is heartbreaking and infuriating, but also deeply human. Her pain is not romanticized, glossed over, or magically healed—it’s messy, slow, and real. Watching her endure, break, and slowly begin to rebuild is devastating and admirable all at once. Zade, too, is pushed to his limits here. The morally gray obsession that defined him in the first book collides with helplessness, rage, and guilt. His darkness doesn’t disappear, but it evolves, and the story challenges the reader to sit with that complexity rather than demand neat answers. Love in this book is not gentle—it’s feral, flawed, and desperate. What makes Hunting Adeline exceptional is its refusal to soften its message. This is a story about evil that exists in the real world, about systems that fail victims, and about the psychological aftermath of trauma. It’s disturbing because it’s meant to be. And yet, beneath all that darkness, there is a quiet undercurrent of resilience and defiance that lingers long after the final page. ⚠️ Important Trigger Warning Note This book contains extremely graphic and potentially distressing content, including but not limited to: • Sexual assault and rape • Human trafficking • Physical and psychological torture • Abuse, captivity, and violence Please read the full trigger warnings provided by the author before starting this book. They are not optional, and they are there for a reason. Protecting your mental and emotional well-being matters. Hunting Adeline is not for everyone—and it isn’t trying to be. But for readers who can handle dark romance at its most uncompromising and who appreciate stories that confront horror rather than shy away from it, this book is unforgettable. It will wreck you, unsettle you, and stay with you.

Spoilers Below! Hunting Adeline was a gripping, emotional and harrowing story that will absolutely stay with you forever. I absolutely loved this book as it not only destroyed me but also put me back together. There were moments I cried, felt disgusted, screamed, laughed, smiled and blushed. Definitely not an easy read but one that I absolutely could not put down. This is the final installment to the Cat and Mouse duet, so definitely read the first book before starting this one. This book also may not be for everybody as the story has some very very dark, graphic, explicit and triggering content. So please absolutely check the trigger warnings before reading. The overall plot and storyline were beautifully written and captivating even with the dark content throughout the story. I will say that Part 1 of this book was extremely difficult to read but the author was able to write such a raw and realistic story in a way that still gave me hope. Adeline’s journey was dark, heartbreaking, honest, empowering and just beautiful. While, painful to read at times her storyline and character development was just fantastic. Her healing and recovery was a bit unconventional at times but exactly what she needed for herself and for her relationship with Zade. Zade, I just have no words for how incredible this man was. His love, devotion, commitment, and obsession with Adeline was just so god damn beautiful. He definitely was exactly what she needed and their relationship was one of the best I have ever read. Zade honestly is just one of my top favorite book boyfriends ever. The spice in this book was also just fantastic. It’s dark, kinky and intense, and while it doesn’t occur until about 65% into the book it’s definitely worth it after all Adeline and Zade went through. While, there were a lot of side characters throughout this book that I liked, Sibby was by far my favorite. I absolutely loved how funny, crazy, charming and dramatic she was. She also provided that comedic relief that was needed in the story. Another side character that I liked but still have a few mixed feelings about was Rio. I would definitely love a book about him as he was not your typical morally gray character. I will say that the revenge aspect of this story was fantastic but a bit too rushed. I just would have liked for the torture and pain to have been more, especially after what they all did to Adeline. The conclusion and epilogue was absolutely perfect and definitely worth all that heartache. Zade and Adeline’s unconventional love story is one for the ages. Overall, just a heartbreakingly beautiful read and ending to the Cat and Mouse duet. Detailed chapter spoilers! •Chapter 8 – R & SA Explicitly Detailed. •Chapter 12 – R & SA Explicitly Detailed. •Chapter 14 – R & SA Mentioned/Talked About. •Chapter 17 – Torture and Aftermath Mentioned. •Chapter 18 – R, SA and Torture Explicitly Detailed. •Chapter 22 – Zade finds Adeline after 2 and a half months of being kidnapped. The end of Part 1 as well. •Chapter 24 – R & SA Mentioned/Remembered. •Chapter 31 – R & SA Mentioned/Remembered. Some spicy and kinky scenes also occur between Zade and Adeline. Months have passed since her rescue but she’s still recovering and dealing with PTSD. •Chapter 32 – R & SA Mentioned/Remembered. •Chapter 33 – Full on smut/spice occurs between Zade and Adeline.

Pesado e pouco, em vários momentos parei e pensei se queria continuar, e sim continuei por Adeline e por zade, de todas os livros que li entre kindlle e físicos, esse aqui com certeza e oq mas me chocou🥺. Para avaliar uma obra como está temos que ir pelos méritos e o livro e perfeito, tem toda um trabalho sério tudo relativamente estudado e com qualidade. Preferia ter parado no primeiro, mas porquê? Porquê Francesca e rocco não saem da minha mente. Indico a obra mas saiba ela e muito boa mas também muito pesada, tem horas que dá vontade de chorar principalmente na primeira parte, queria dizer que com a morte de Francesca, rocco e Alex eu me senti mas leve, mas não, a morte deles só me mostrou que o que eles fizeram com addie deixaram marcas profundas e o quanto os abusos sofridos por ela a modificaram a addie leve e cheia de vida do primeiro livro se foi, só ficaram os cacos daquela addie, ela resolveu seguir em frente mesmo com tudo sendo uma bagunça e Zade sempre esteve ao seu lado na parte 2. Em vários momentos na parte 1 me perguntei porque zade não encontrou logo, porquê ele indiretamente acabou permitido que ela fosse levada, eu queria respostas que nem mesmo eu saberia dar. Boa leitura se joguem e fiquem em paz😍❤️

Daughter really happy!

"𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒆, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓." A MASTERPIECE. You know that feeling when a book shatters your heart into pieces and then puts it back together after last page? That is me and Hunting Adeline. I have utmost respect and admiration for H.D. Carlton for putting out book like this. If we talk about how dark it is, imagine Haunting Adeline on steroids. It was even better than HA in my opinion but it's not gonna be book for everyone. Author clearly states in TW it's significantly darker than HA so please take that very seriously. “𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑨𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑴𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘, 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚.” HA2 is not creepy stalker romance where you are questioning your morals but still rooting for Zade. This is Adeline's survival journey and coping with the trauma from all the suffering she had been through. It's dark, cruel, unapologetic, raw and very hard to read. I am a woman without triggers and this book still DESTROYED me. You're gonna feel everything that happens to Addie and it will make you cry. You will be sad and frustrated from seeing how helpless Zade is in his mission to find her. You're gonna be on rollercoster of emotions. Heartbreak, anger, sadness, sorrow and love. You're gonna feel it all and maybe even more. “𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆.” This duet was a hell of a ride. H.D. Carlton created dark romance masterpiece and put me through every emotion possible 🙌 Addie and Zade are forever engraved in my mind and I am never gonna forget them!

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this book was amazing, kinda traumatizing but amazing.