I Read Unhinged TikTok Smut So You Don’t Have To

[@양송-k2g]

everytime I see this lady's name on a book I know I'm here for a ride. and I don't necessarily like to drive

[@Caitlin_Reads]

buckle up, buttercup!

[@양송-k2g]

@@Caitlin_Reads I trust you with my life man 🗿

[@electra.as.always]

I read Punk 57 without knowing who she was and oh boyyyyyyy

[@Yuppieitsme]

the fact that I can actually recognize the author's name and remember what she's written is how you know its downright atrocious

[@sophiemesserschmidt5360]

i’m concerned for the mental wellbeing of the author😭

[@Caitlin_Reads]

you should also be concerned for the mental well-being of the reader (me) lol

[@chitae8551]

Why is she weird

[@Melissa-sx9vh]

What's so weird is that the author is around 40-45yo but only writes their FMCs to be between 16 and 19 at best while the MMCs are always waaaaay older! If the age gap is the point why can't the FMC be at least 20? It feels weird to think about writing sex scenes between two minors so between a minor/barely legal girl and a much older man it's even weirder (and I'm only 26 not 40+)!

[@M.H.I.A.F.T.]

@@Melissa-sx9vh Read the afterword to her book Falls Boys. You'll know the answer. Besides, she was 18 once, she knows what it's like to be that age.

[@tris23-bb2zk]

I read this book yesterday and I didn't like it 😢 wasted my whole day 🫠I didn't like the concept of sharing 😞

[@PoppyMorreale]

The men in this book should go to jail

[@Caitlin_Reads]

AGREED

[@melissaann513]

It's fiction.

[@Selfdestructingwii]

@@melissaann513 okay and? Still should go to prison

[@M.H.I.A.F.T.]

They did go to prison. Keep reading the series.

[@leopardbird1262]

@@Caitlin_Reads I mean they were in jail lmao

[@gn0megirl]

the contrast between your lovely voice and the horrific contents of this book 😭

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Awww hahah thank you angel 😂

[@gn0megirl]

@@Caitlin_Reads ofc!! i really love your energy. i’m so excited to watch more of your content

[@VillainessAO]

Her voice should be talking about Jane Austen fr😂

[@ettaetta439]

The way the author uses "she has a thing for fear" feels like a cop out so that the mc wanting to be with the main man doesn't feel contrived. But there's a difference between fear being a kink and getting with horrible men??? Thats like saying you like choking so you get with the man who tried to strangle you to death. It's like saying you have a thing for temperature play and getting with a man who likes to burn down buildings. Can Penelope just, like, chill for once? Their books are seriously awful and I don't get why.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Wait yes- I couldn’t have said that better 💯 it’s like Rika, babe, have a little self-respect and just watch a scary movie with a nice boy. Don’t marry your abuser!

[@JARD7318]

@@Caitlin_Reads the only way romance's like this can work is if the woman has zero self-everything.

[@teslajeffrey]

im a believer in people being allowed to create whatever they want, so long as it stays fictional. however i would be lying if i said it didnt piss me off so incredibly much when male love interests call the female lead a slut or something along those lines.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

The slut shaming in this book paired w the sexually deviant acts of the men made my blood boillllll

[@veru.krejci]

Happened in their other book as well (Credence - with the reverse harem). The guy wrote slut or smth else on her forehead and then spat on her face. What’s worse he is the one who SAs her as well and she ends up with him at the end as if nothing like this ever happened because of his trauma

[@VibingMeike]

@@Caitlin_Reads It's the double standards for me

[@emmadrzycimski3761]

Authors like penelope Douglas make me feel so much better abt my own writing 😭😭

[@Caitlin_Reads]

If they can do it, you can do it!!

[@ellai.3119]

Is his proposal a threat 😂😂😂!! Like how is that romantic??

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Like- I hear you saying yes I do, but blink twice if you don’t mean it girl

[@louicahanisch1678]

The stock photos are pure comedy, either that or my humor is broken

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I was giggling going through them- I’m so glad you liked them too lol

[@salt5664]

You literally cannot pay me to read this book omg. Also you're so pretty

[@Caitlin_Reads]

oh my gosh thank you so much!!

[@Carolina_jtx]

This one was bad from the beginning but I reached my breaking point the moment the boys startet “joking” about r**ing and I wasn’t sure if they were joking at all. Like wtf dude

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Yeah the dialogue was truly awful. My eyebrows were so pinched together the entire time, I’m sending my next Botox bill to Penelope Douglas 💸

[@okayyea7723]

This should be labelled as a horror book rather than a dark romance 💀

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Truly!

[@anushkadesh]

this book is actually crazy. especially Damon. his character is VILE and it’s so surprising the sheer number of fangirls i’ve seen on tiktok.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

It’s unbelievable!!!

[@saraprescott9523]

Someone do a wellness check on Penelope Douglas

[@BooksToAshes]

I just read this because I’m trying dark romance and omg I did NOT like it. I gave it 2 stars and I kinda hate the fact that Damon gets his redemption arc because that man needs to be on a predator list and be put in jail alongside his friends.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Truly that man is irredeemable- send him right back to fictional jail where he belongs!!

[@leopardbird1262]

Girl, this is what dark romance is all about. If you want dark themes/morally gray men without the unhinged smut I recommend the twisted series. Sophie Lark is also a good author. Make sure you read trigger warnings, and be aware of the dark themes in it, especially if you are a new reader

[@BooksToAshes]

@@leopardbird1262 I’m currently reading and trying the genre. I’ve read a few worse than this book, but it’s just Damon I don’t like as a human. That being said I definitely gotta try that series out, I’ve heard things about it before so maybe this should be my sign to give it a try or at least check it out.

[@leopardbird1262]

@@BooksToAshes lmk if you want more recommendations. Damon is a very strong character, especially if this is your first dark romance. Have you looked into the Sinners Duology from Sophie lark? If you want more recommendations lmk! Not trying to be mean or anything, it’s just men like that come up a lot in dark romance

[@BooksToAshes]

@@leopardbird1262 No I totally get it and you’re not being mean, I’m okay with you saying that and totally get it. My experience is: Vicious by L.J.Shen, along with almost all the books in Rich Demons of Darkwood (

[@ireadfanficsforcomfortandn2534]

“If they can crawl they are already in the right position”WHAT

[@CarisiCreates]

I love how on of the boys’ picture was of literal garbage.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Thanks, I was cracking up over that and nobody said anything!! LMAO

[@KaseyBatesYoyo]

Why are ppl willing to read SA books. I’m a survivor and I would never read this! How is she even a best selling author? This romanticizes it!😢

[@dissidentcrusher]

Not to get too serious but back when Penelope Douglas was blogging in the early 2000s, it was common knowledge that they were attracted to children and even claimed to have flirted with an underaged cousin (but luckily never did anything as far as people know.) Penelope changed their pen name and wiped all their old posts once they started writing this slop, but some of us still remember. I wish more people knew that these books are literally written by a pdf file though, as it explains A LOT

[@cierrajanem]

Oh shoot!!! Do you possibly have any receipts because I’d love to see it! ❤

[@dissidentcrusher]

@@cierrajanem I first saw this in a tumblr post years ago and I'm pretty sure their recepits were screenshots and an archive link to the blog. I've been trying to find the original post and the blogs on the internet archives but no luck.. I should say I don't know how they connected Penelope's real name to the pseudonym used on the blog site, afaik people found information that matched perfectly between the two and assumed both people had to be Penelope.

[@user-wm1oo4os7e]

It's just insane that these books are getting traditionally published

[@user-wm1oo4os7e]

@@dissidentcrusher hey sorry it’s been a while, but do you know where to find the receipts for all this stuff? What did they used to blog under?

[@ashb.01]

“Crazy town banana pants” 😂😂

[@Caitlin_Reads]

🍌 just so wild tbh

[@victoriaemerald6677]

I hate that this was the first book recommendation I took off booktok…I was not prepared

[@thedarkurge420]

penelope douglas strikes again

[@jd5368]

I read some dark fantasy, but I can't read stuff like this. I feel like it's a lot harder to make a character seem dark and powerful in a modern setting without just having them do a lot of cringey randomly awful stuff. Whereas if your whole setting is violent, their actions at least have a reasonable context.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

100% like picturing 20 year old boys doing this because they’re daddies are rich and they can just seemed really dweeby and lame?

[@lillydevil2486]

Yo, I hope this isn't weird, but I usually hate these types of rant/review videos, but your voice just makes it so easy to just keep watching...? So, ya. Thanks for not being high-strung and negative and angry-rant-y at the beginning lmao

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Aww thank you so much!! That’s so sweet and I appreciate the feedback!!

[@veganashley7]

You are literally my hero, honestly, anytime someone brings up this book I want to scream lol

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I couldn’t believe how popular it was!!

[@Kay-wp8xf]

Every time i hear a book P. Dougie wrote, i have an aneurysm

[@Caitlin_Reads]

RIP to your brain cells babe

[@ChronicReads]

Thunder Bay is in fact a real place in Ontario (Canada) lol

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Somehow I’m so surprised this is set in Canada? Canadians are so nice and these characters are the scum of the earth lol

[@leopardbird1262]

@@Caitlin_Reads Its set in New England lol

[@JayCarraway]

Color me ✨disturbed✨

[@Caitlin_Reads]

🧑‍🎨🎨

[@bagelprince3]

The craziest part of this book to me remains the fact they went NO LUBE WHILE DOING DOUBLE???!

[@Caitlin_Reads]

INSANE

[@EvaDeVries-if9rv]

I have so many questions for the author 😂😂

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Same, mostly "WHY??"

[@tris23-bb2zk]

Sameeee

[@dovekillz]

penelope douglas books are always INSANEEE 😭 btw i found ur channel thru this video and im obsessedd! just subscribed

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Yay!! Thank you so much for subscribing!!

[@GuiltTrippin]

why is this author so popular i swear ive seen people i know read her books (who are definitely not 18) and rave about how romantic it was (everything ive seen from her is quite the opposite)

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I think because they always write taboo romances, but both books I’ve read are so problematic!

[@VillainessAO]

3:37 Damon's picture is CRAZYYY and so accurate 😂😂

[@Hollace320]

All the men in the book gave me the ICK!! Also, spare yourself and do not get this book on audio…….

[@Caitlin_Reads]

“MICHAEL”

[@rainingray9661]

the calm atmosphere + your humor and charm almost cover up the contents of the book lolol. just subscribed 🤟🤟

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Yay thank you!!! You’re so sweet!

[@meriel5765]

just found your channel and am so obsessed with your voice and delivery! also you are so beautiful it’s crazy

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Wow thank you!! This is such high praise- you made my day

[@Penguin806]

Congrats on the successful video! Surprised to see that your channel is relatively new, you’re a natural! Keep up the good work

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Oh my gosh thank you so much!! That is a really nice compliment and I appreciate it! I’m having such a good time making videos :)

[@EricaDickey]

I love trauma bonding from reading this book 😂❤

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Same. Hate the book, love talking trash about the book

[@v_doll]

I've got to stop going "I'm sure it can't be THAT bad, it's just another cringy guilty pleasure romance" because I've yet to not be proven wrong ☠️

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Same but I can’t stop getting back up on that horse 🤠 💀 yeehaw!

[@anushkadesh]

bestie if you make this a series, i’m sat. i would love to see this type of video for the rest of the series or any other book for that matter

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I might reread credence and do one on that dumpster fire of a book 🙊

[@VillainessAO]

19:45 LMAOOO exactly 😭😭😭 The steam room is the worst thing that ever happened in any book

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Hahaha I’m loving your live reactions to the video 😂

[@madelinemario3271]

Girl this is completely off topic but I just discovered your channel and you are so pretty!! Definitely looking forward to watching your other videos!

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Aw that is so sweet, thanks!!

[@Saraht4]

Hey book bestie!!!!! So happy i stumbled upon your channel!!! Subscribed immediately. I've listened to birthday girl by this author as well as corrupt and the 3 other books in the devils night series... i HATED the experience. It took my soul away and i was left a shell of what i once was. Her writing is NOT for me.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Hi hunnie!! Yay thank you!! Lmao I’m honestly impressed you finished the series- you’re stronger than me ❤️

[@mikaylaharcourt1042]

... I can't believe I'm saying this, but from what I know about Credence and this book from other reviews I've seen, I think I'd rather read Credence🤢

[@Caitlin_Reads]

oh same- this surprisingly WAY worse

[@Duhgel]

I love everything about your videos, never stop, it's such a gem, a gem collection even

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Aw thank you!! What a sweet comment angel baby!

[@sugoimoshi779]

‘They finally..FINALLY..had a conversation’😂😂😂😂

[@alab7931]

Your commentary is super funny! I don’t know that you would want to put yourself through reading another terrible book, but I’d love to hear your opinion on Den of Vipers if you ever get to reading that.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I literally bought it a year ago and threw it right in the trash after about the first third. I may be ready to get back up on that horse, but I would never buy another physical copy

[@parakea6862]

The way my jaw was wide open the entire time. WTF!!!

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Lmaooo same!

[@bambidolly777]

i remember getting into an argument with someone because they defended damon. then she told me she loves zade from haunting adeline and it all made sense.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Oh gosh haunting Adeline is on my TBR 🙈

[@bambidolly777]

@@Caitlin_Reads oh god, i suggest not reading it cause zade is a rap** & was confirmed by the author 😭 but if you do, goodluck!! 🩷🩷

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Maybe it will be my next trash talk video then 👀

[@b_solaxx]

​@@Caitlin_Reads girl Goodluck 😭😭

[@ExLibris-Alys]

Haunting Adeline and the 2nd book Hunting Adeline are the most unhinged books I’ve encountered. I did manage to finish the first but dnf’d the second 🤢

[@alexandriaflarsen]

“Crazy town banana pants” is my new favorite thing. 😂

[@ChelseaCross-y9h]

I am loling this book is seriously bonkers. Penelope Douglas I just wanna talk!!!!

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Penelope Douglas what the hell!!

[@M.H.I.A.F.T.]

You can talk. She said she welcomes feedback. Goodreads, IG, her email on her website.

[@leopardbird1262]

Lmao you should read Credence from her next... its as unhinged as it gets

[@LoLo1797]

My best friend and I share a KU subscription and ALL she reads is Penelope Douglas. She finishes these books with a quickness 🏃‍♀️!! I try to recommend similar books/authors to her but she’s not trying to hear any of it 😂.This is just her shit!

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Hahah aw, sometimes the smut hits just right I guess 🤷🏼‍♀️ 😂

[@Ilannajb]

Oh my goodness i loooved this vid- its so cleanly produced and youre so funny. I was astonished when i went to subscribe and saw your count was under 100k- you deserve to reach all of booktube girl- thanks for the great vid!

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Thank you so much!! This is seriously such high praise- thank you for your kind comment! I only started a few months ago and I am having SO much fun making these videos. Thank you for subscribing!!

[@rando12349]

your stunning! literally glowing babes

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Thank you so much!! That is so nice of you!

[@jordannmontoya6224]

This is incredible! Thank you for the description!

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Omg! Anytime babe!

[@abirobashadab402]

PLEASE cover all the books in this series I can’t stand it

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Maybe- I’m not sure I could survive it, but I LOVE spilling the tea ❤️ 🍵

[@rafasanmartin3963]

just found your channel and i love your content!! ❤

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Thanks angel baby!!!

[@kiryumilol]

this is like having a bitching session about trashy tea with the girls and i'm so here for it

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Thx b 💅🏻🙆🏼‍♀️🍵

[@hollierose7814]

I lowkey loved these books but I also love watching people rag on them

[@b_solaxx]

Same

[@Caitlin_Reads]

It’s the best of both worlds babe! Hannah Montana style

[@VillainessAO]

I also enjoyed it 😂 doesn't mean I liked it or thought it was good. Terrible, dumb books can also be entertaining 😭

[@Carolina_jtx]

The first book of theirs I’ve ever read was “Birthday Girl” and I actually really liked it. Even tho the premise sounds a little f*cked it is actually really wholesome imo. But since then I had to dnf EVERY single one of their other books that I’ve tried bc they’re all batshit crazy and also plain bad. Like how did the same author write these ??!!

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I’ve actually heard that one was good!! The only other one of theirs I’ve read is credence, but I will put that on my TBR!

[@SiobhanEDaniels]

recently found your channel and i just love your vibe.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Aw thank you angel!!

[@mollyobrien2382]

The whole book is crazy from start to finish

[@sousamina]

En mi país, están catalogados como "romance juvenil" a partir de 16 años. A las editoriales no les importa nada mientras ganen sus millones.

[@ComeUndun.]

... Thunder Bay is in Ontario, Canada.

[@Mstorrance]

The way i love this series 😂😂 Damon is my love 😍

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Hahaha hey different strokes for different folks

[@sascha9439]

just found ur channel through this video and omg 🤩🤩 love it !!!

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Aw Sascha thank u angel baby!!! Thanks for commenting :)

[@foreignexchange170]

😂 Subbed. Loved this video ❤

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Thanks!! 😊

[@cubana2]

Credence was all you had to say fam.

[@mizuuyu]

I read Punk 57 and really enjoyed it, so when I found out it's a part of a Devil's Night universe I was so excited to read it thinking it was just as good. Boy was I wrong. I genuinely found this book to be so boring and uninteresting it pains me, like how can one book be so good and the main series be so shit

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I never read punk 57, but YES. I think that this book's worst crime is that despite so much of the content being written for shock value- it still manages to be so boring??

[@mizuuyu]

@@Caitlin_Reads I agree! Like there's so much going on but it's still so bland and boring. And if I'm being honest, all those smut scenes really makes it all really cheap, idk how to describe it?

[@samanthaconk6574]

brb adding crazy bonkers banana pants to my vocabulary

[@audreymcneal8714]

If someone recommends credence, I immediately throw out all their other book recs. It’s horrifying and gave me a sickening feeling very quickly, I definitely couldn’t finish reading it. It just tells me that what they consider a “good book” is SO FAR from what I would consider a good book… also I genuinely think you have to be a little sick in the head to enjoy it.

[@teebrokn8502]

This is ironic bc I just learned about this series, it seems fan fiction-y

[@Caitlin_Reads]

It’s v wattpadesque

[@liekekoppens7413]

I haven’t read this soooo ????? Wtf??? (Very nice video btw :))

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Thanks so much!!!

[@ashleybroome170]

So, we’ve got the cast of CW shows, Vampire Diaries, On tree hell, and really ridiculous plot lines. 😂

[@pinteaannamaria4854]

Hi I'm new here but I really enjoyed this video :D Can you recommend some books with a lot of spice that are like not messed up :)) I tried to read Credence but I gave up it was just too much for me ...

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Thank you so much!!! Yes, I really liked the bellinger sisters romance books (it happened one summer & book like and sinker.) Also, we are reading a parody book for this month’s smut book club. It’s based on Shrek and weirdly enough I am obsessed with it?? Silly but also v spicy. It’s called “Get in my swamp” …. lol

[@chloesmith4740]

Had to stop this book like a third of the way through because I was so nauseous. I knew she wrote credence so I wanted to read it specifically to shit on it but I was not into the flashbacks where she’s a kid they made me so sick

[@VillainessAO]

I bought the whole series but only ended up reading Corrupt and I think this is on my top 5 list of regrets in life cus wtf

[@user-en6cx4sd7s]

Why does Michael have stick legs?🙏🏾😭

[@user-en6cx4sd7s]

I was worried about the wrong things 🙏🏾😭

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Loll

[@VillainessAO]

This video earned you a subscriber 🤗🤣🤣

[@TheShakedGuide]

Not safe for work - as I'm listening to it at work (with earphones)... I'm 1 minute in and already curious 😂

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I’m telling ur boss!!

[@TheShakedGuide]

@@Caitlin_Reads to be fair the book was so offensive I'd tell on me too 😭

[@cierrajanem]

I read Credence unironically. To honestly give it a shot. Boy howdy my dudes am I glad that’s the ONLY PD book I’ve given my time to 😂

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Lmaooo probably for the best

[@unfocusedcuriosity]

There's a Canadian city named Thunder Bay!

[@thedarkurge420]

keep us out of this

[@letivillanueva-we4cd]

wow that is worse than credence

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Right??

[@bluepandasrules]

This sounds like it would be a really bad lifetime movie.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

HAHA so true

[@Koleomeni]

I got too angry midway through this review, but thank you for your time and effort. I will not be reading

[@Caitlin_Reads]

So Fair!!

[@b_solaxx]

Damon as trash is so real

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I was giggling during my stock photo casting of him

[@will.is.bookish]

TELL EM CAITLIN. TELL EM

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Hell yeah! I will!! 😤

[@izzyd4782]

I have so many questions, comments, and concerns.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Penelope Douglas let me speak to your manager!! 😤

[@saltydinonuggies1841]

16:04 couldn’t she just… get a job? Like she graduated high school and stuff, right? I know that’s putting logic in a book that isn’t really following much real world logic but still. So that way she wouldn’t need to rely on that inheritance anymore or these four who stole her money. Especially if legal routes to get it back didn’t work.

[@Caitlin_Reads]

You would think!! Especially since her whole purpose is trying to make it on her own and seeing if she can cut it without the help of her community, but it turns out she relies heavily on the help of her fortune, connections, and nba player boyfriend. In the end, she learned nothing ❤️

[@angalayond9744]

Someone has probably said this already but Thunder Bay is most certainly not made up 🙂 It's in Ontario. Then again, I don't know where this book is supposed to be set so maybe it is a fictional city bearing the name of a real one. Shrug.

[@b_solaxx]

Damon is psychotic, im in book 2 and idek if im gonna read his own book

[@evam5021]

this feels like a horror novel not a romance.....

[@jxshaw_]

12:12 HUH???? insane behaviour??? (also just a side note but i'm pretty sure penelope douglas uses they/them!! respecting the author's pronounsbut not the book lmao ✌️)

[@Caitlin_Reads]

The way I GASPED when I read that. Also thank you for telling me and lmaooo so fair

[@KaitheChaoticLokiVariant]

Let me tell you, it was a JUMPSCARE to hear my name in this book----

[@Caitlin_Reads]

👁️🫦👁️🟥

[@GianaOrtiz]

I see everyone slandering the book...its more likely than not made to Mae people mad. Personally I enjoyed the series but I can see how so many people get mad over the contents

[@Caitlin_Reads]

To each their own! For me it’s a skip

[@vickibell6324]

and plot twist Damon is Rika half brother or something like that 😭😭😭😭😭. His backstory is depressing & I feel for kid Damon but JAILLL. He’s awful and ion get the hype. The way sooo many ppl fan girl over him is insane. All the guys should be in jail & the girls in therapy bc wtf lmao

[@Ryeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Four horsemen??? Like in Now You See Me?

[@Caitlin_Reads]

Yes, but in this book their magic trick is making my brain cells disappear

[@melodyluvsyou]

never wished i was illiterate before this.........wtf

[@carolannebolger7705]

Thunder Bay is real and in a city in Ontario lol

[@alesia323]

this cant be a real book.. what the hell

[@Caitlin_Reads]

I know, and I’m the dummy that spent money on it 😫