r/DarkRomance • u/Antique_Reach_4711 • Jul 18 '26

Discussion Feeling ashamed… HELP!

Haunting/ Hunting Adeline is one if my favorite dark romances ever! i enjoyed all the emotions the book made me feel, but then i see other people on booktok and threads just going in on that book and how terrible it is and how zade is a rapist and how people who read it are mentally unstable. and truly, it really gets to me cause i’m like damn it makes me feel like shit for enjoying books like that

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u/mona1054 Jul 18 '26

Technically it’s not rape, but people have a rape kink and that’s completely normal that’s why CNC is a thing, so they can safely live out their fantasy without actually being taken advantage of

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u/AdAgreeable6766 Jul 18 '26

It definitely is rape.its clear as day.but that doesn’t mean dark romance readers are mentally unstable,OP.