Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

166 reviews

stephliljazz's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is a Dark Romance Fairytale Retelling of Peter Pan. Drug lords pushing pixie dust, and fighting over territory plus a revenge driven MMC. You just can't go wrong here. The MMC is Hook and the MFC is Wendy. I flew through this book. I'm usually a pretty slow reader but this I finished in a day. Peter Pan is my favorite story of all time so i wanted to give this retelling a chance and it did not disappoint. Is it like the original Peter Pan? No, not at all, it is quite spicy. Did the author find ways to interweave characters and things from the original story into her retelling flawlessly? Yes she absolutely did that. I would rate the spice 5 peppers! There is a lot of spice and it is very detailed. There is quite a bit of violence also just a heads up. Consider that your trigger warning. I can't wait to read the others in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Car accident

itsawilddanni's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book…. just…. This book. 

It’s dark and severely twisted. Not for the faint of heart at all! But I loved it. It did go a bit too quick for my liking, which is why it’s 4 starts instead of 5, but think mafia, dual perspective, “don’t touch her”, “who did this to you”, “look at her and you’ll die”. There’s a LOT of sex, a LOT of violence, but if you’re into that, this should be a walk in the park! 

The further into the book you get, the better it is - so hold on through a couple of chapters at least. 

A cool concept that’s been executed well! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Alcohol, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Bullying, Incest, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

stacysplans's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Stalking

southernlady's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Death, Sexual content, and Murder

plusbian's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Absolutely delicious to read. Not a retelling per se but a lovely nod to the original story.

The characters were all developed with care (even the minor ones had a little side story) and the plot didn’t disappointed.

Dark and sexy and all kinds of wrong, this is a great start to the series. I already downloaded the second one for my flight tomorrow.

Ps: as much as the plot didn’t disappointed me it is fair to say it wasn’t without its flaws. Some of these scenes were just unbelievable but it is fairly tale inspired so I can’t really fault the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Bullying, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Addiction, and Torture

lizzie_b99's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Torture, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Confinement, Death, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy

sierranorgan's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really enjoyed this one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

brianna0205's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

Lovedddd this book. Read it faster than any book I’ve ever read. It kept me “hooked” the entire time. There were no slow parts what so ever in this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Torture

jordan_ward's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Cursing

chip4201's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship