Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet) Paperback – January 25, 2022

I had no idea how much I would absolutely love Zade by the end of this book! Actually, I already did but this book just intensified that! He was about to literally burn the world down to get Adeline back. The trauma, torture, gr@pe she endured was absolutely heartbreaking. The demeaning things they did to her were awful and beyond inhumane. Hum@n tr@ff1ck1ng exists though sadly having the story bring that evil to light is the one of the positive things that you experience by reading this. Learning what signs to look for, if any, etc. Adeline went from being full of light, fearless and turned into a fearful broken, abused mess. BUT... Zade saved her. After much therapy and soul searching, she came out on the other side as not just a survivor, but a warrior who will stop at nothing to do what is right, just like Zade. She was tougher than him in moments and I had to laugh. I can't decide who was creepier... Sydney or Sibel.. although after while Sibby grew on me and I loved her madness and loyalty. I want more of her!Zade and Adeline's matching rose "carvings", the tension, the suspense of this book, the spice. Loved this book so much and so sad it's over. Will be reading the novellas soon!

Read the trigger warnings before you read. Don't pick up this book with the intention of anything kind or heroic happening. If you do, you have no one to blame but yourself if you dislike it.This book is not a romance book. It is a dark horror that delves into the bowels of humanity and will remake your own moral compass. THIS BOOK IS REALITY.TWS: R@P#, Explicit Violence and Details, Murder, Blo0d, S*x Trafficking, PTSD, Psychological torment, Trauma, Dubious consent, CNCHunting is as enthralling and real as Haunting was. It is completely different but just as enthralling. It is dark, it is unhinged, it is the worst of humanity, and it is unapologetic. There is also strength and resilience.This book hurt and you bled when Addie and Zade bled. You cried for them and you felt for them. I have my own traumas and this was as close to reality as I have ever read. This book broke open the heartbreaking reality of what happens to women and children around the world every day and that reality deserves to be unpacked and witnessed. Having to witness it through Addie hurt more than I can say. We all need to take a page out of Zade's book and adjust our moral compass when it comes to fighting for the freedom of the reality that is outside this book.This book broke me and put my jagged pieces to fit with Addie and Zade, and I was okay with that. Addie's experience is painful. I liked that HD didn't shy away from that and put it to paper. Usually, the hero saves the heroine before the trauma occurs or the trauma is light in comparison to what Addie experienced. A small part of me hoped she would follow that plot line but then I realized this book mirrors reality and the hero doesn't always show up or arrive in time. I cried for Addie. I lived her pain in my own life and then I lived it again through her story, but I was okay with that pain. There was no mercy for Addie. She tore her moral compass to pieces, broke her own heart, took a life, and contemplated the end. HD gave her a real experience with real thoughts and reactions. I have never had an author write such an authentic character with real-world experiences and reactionsRio, our new character and participant in Addies horror show, has me conflicted. He has his own moral compass and like Addie, I'm blurring mine when it comes to him. Rationalizing his choices, his actions, and his treatment. I can empathize with him though. Is it not the same thing that many would do to save their own sister? I can't wait to unpack his story when HD writes it.<<<Fast forward to after her escape>>>>The psychological and physical trauma that Addie has experienced wrecks both her and Zade. There is no happily ever after or easy ride into the sunset. It is raw and devastating. Addie is not the little mouse Zade tried to tame in book 1. She's a broken shell. I have experienced all of the emotions Addie did and all I wanted to do was scoop her up in my arms and remind her that one day in the future it will get better. One day the darkness will lighten and you will be able to take baby steps. Then those baby steps will lead to bigger steps until finally (however long it takes) you can stand in the light again and breathe.We see the side to Zade we knew was hiding in there. Addie hadn't seen that side of him yet, she had only seen his jagged pieces. Zade stands strong behind her and holds her up when she falters. He is patient, he is loving, and he will wait until the end of the world for her if he has to. There is no force or pressure. The Zade from book 1 regarding their s*xual encounters is gone. He doesn't take and watch her body for responses he lets her set the pace. He said in book one that she "holds my life in the palm of her hand, she’s just incapable of seeing it that way" and this is proven in this book. He lives for her and slowly she starts to see that no matter what her inner thoughts and feelings tell her from her trauma he will never leave her.Zade helps her take ownership of her trauma from her time with Xavier. One of my favorite scenes, which he does only with her consent (such a change from book 1), is when he uses a knife over the scars Xavier left giving her a new experience and new emotions to tie to them. He helps her heal through s*xual, physical, and emotional needs. He molds himself into whom she needs and what she needs and my heart beats for him more because of it. He helps build her up and heal her into the new version of Adeline. The version that matches all of his jagged pieces.I am in love with Zade and Addie. I am in love with their story. I am in love with the reality and truth that shines from this book. I am grateful to have read it and for HD for bringing it to life.

First, I 100% reccomend reading Satan’s Affair before the duet because I appreciate it SO MUCH more now that I’ve read the duet!This story has a lot of edge of your seat moments. It’s broken into 2 parts. It’s no secret there is a reunion, but it doesn’t happen fast. What Addie experiences is something I wouldn’t wish on anyone, but I imagined it’d be dark from what people say about the book. What happens I think was necessary because it made you hate certain characters while rooting for others. It also gives an intro to Molly, and I’m excited to read Where’s Molly next!Part 2 did have some slower parts, but I think that’s because some of it was the romance. I didn’t find this book romantic, and it felt kind of like Addie was an object to posses for Zade. The plot and other things going on is what kept me interested. Also, you see another character reappear, and I never laughed so hard. That character reappearance had me laughing out loud! I know it’s unpopular, but I still am not in love with Zade. I couldn’t get over his hypocritical, contradictory behavior.Overall this story was good, and I’m looking forward to finishing the universe! The end leave us with a few questions that open up to more stories!🌶️Spice wise: the chapters that contains something were 8, 18, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 42, and epilogue. I can’t say all these were what I’d consider spice because I wouldn’t consider SA spice. This book contained SA. There was no debate about that. The plot was excellent though, and you best believe there is some well deserved revenge! Will Zade and Addie get them all though?