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Hooked

Emily McIntire

3.64 AVERAGE

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Was really good, rating it to late after reading it so this isn’t my true rating.
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated

All spice, no flavour.

Unfortunately, this fell SO flat. I was really excited about the premise but ended up so bored half way through.

It was insta-love, into stockholm syndrome, back to some sort of soul mate thing? It didn’t feel genuine.

The darker themes were, again, good in theory but got overtaken by the poorly executed “romance” elements.

The writing style and quotes were good, just not for me!

Mmmm…. Didn’t love this. A lot of loose ends/didn’t make sense & wtfs
I didn’t dislike it enough to DNF, but I could’ve gone without. I don’t know if I’ll read the rest of the series… still considering. Are they all based on different fairytale villains….. bc I’m curious.. and I heard Hexed was incredible… okay I might.
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Would you like a side of plot with your smut? If yes, this is fabulous for dark romance readers. I usually don’t like dark dark but this one does it well and in a less creepy way. It’s still creepy but sexy creepy.