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Hideaway by Penelope Douglas

jamiesmithyyy's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I love love love this book with my whole heart. The backstory was so sad and the ending was so good in my opinion.

slsteele's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

iris_daniels's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

labriejames's review

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3.0

Lots of toxicity

I don’t mind dark romance, questionable storylines, and the like. In fact I enjoy them. For me though this was hard to read because Banks suffered so much abuse and so did Damon which is fine if they get the proper care and treatment. However it was just toxic with no real resolve. I’m not sure I want to continue this series.

edietpwkwatson's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

chelsey116's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

kiwireadss's review

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3.0

had a really long and bad slump between reading corrupt and this one so i might be a lil biased but kai>>>>michael. that's all i'm gonna say!!

sandysan_11's review

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4.0

I love this series deeply (

slayva03's review

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4.0

Loved it but nothing about the romance really kept me hooked. I loved learning about Banks' childhood and relationship with Damon. The smut was good and also that ending was phenomenal.

sydneyrayn's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

this is so underwhelming. I was looking forward to Kai’s story because hes my babygirl but banks does not deserve him!!!!. When she randomly fought Rika out of jealousy there was no redemption arc for her in my eyes. I feel like their story was all over the place and PD couldn’t stick to one plot line. The switch of povs and flashbacks were confusing asf- maybe bc i read it on my kindle but that shouldn’t matter. Banks and Damons relationship boarded incestuous and I couldn’t take it. From the moment i read that they slept in the same bed together, Banks biting his shoulder (???),  his insistent need on keeping Banks “pure” or she was a “slut” and not clean I wanted to DNF but kept going for Kai. This is a 22 year old woman we are talking about!!!! Stand up Banks. Damons backstory was unfortunately heartbreaking and I understand trauma makes people different but god damn go to therapy dude. 

banks and damon hater till I die fr