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Hooked by Emily McIntire

46 reviews

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mushmysteriesandmore's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 

 First of all, I would like to point out that before reading this, my spice level was approximately 2-3, I’m not big on violence and had read a grand total of 0 dark romance books.  Knowing all this about me, Hooked was probably not going to be the first book someone recommended to me.

However, I LOVED IT!  I was fooled into buying this by myself, my Disney brain told me I would be fine DESPITE multiple warnings from the author that this was NOT a Peter Pan retelling, merely using the source material as a base.  James Barrie, aka Hook, was not a nice person, he was mean, sadistic, possibly slightly (a lot) unhinged and dangerous to know.  I mean when the first chapter depicts him despatching his uncle with an ice-cold demeanour and no feelings, you know he’s not going to be singing and dancing off to Neverland.

Wendy, considering she’s been cossetted and coddled her entire life and is still an innocent, gave me a wee shock knowing she likes being strangled during playtime so that was about as far from her Disney counterpart you could get.

Despite the age gap between them, the chemistry between Hook and Wendy was off the charts, both affecting the other in ways they hadn’t imagined and the relationship between them was intense, to say the least.

I did enjoy the connections to the source material, mainly in the names, Wendy’s brother Jon, although Michael was absent, instead Wendy’s surname was Michaels, and her father was Peter Michaels.  Her father’s PA was Tina Belle, and Hook’s henchmen included Smee, Starkey, Curly and the twins; his mentor was Ru (Rufus), there were places named after locations or people in Neverland such as The Jolly Roger (Hook’s bar), Cannibal Cove and Tiger Lily (Hook’s boat).  Hook’s aversion to the tick-tock of the croc was also nicely worked in.

I think it also helped that I constantly imagined the gorgeous Colin O’Donoghue who played Hook in Once Upon a Time, any time James was mentioned. That was definitely how I saw him and it was not an unpleasant image to have in my head (see the final slide if you’re not sure who he is)

I have Twisted already on my TBR which is the Aladdin/Jafar-based story so I am looking forward to that as well as eventually getting to the others in the series.  But this was definitely a 5-star rating from a dark romance novice 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

heather_harrison's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.5

Spicy dark romance with a dash of cringe. Plot was pretty thin, and the plot twist at the end was bizarre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

hannibanani29's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

myinvinciblesummer's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

casually_literate's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

I was bored most of this book. The sex scenes were entertaining, but the rest of the book was difficult to get through. The story is predictable and the characters aren't that interesting. I did finish it though. *shrug* I did NOT continue the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

jamespotterluv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.75

YALLLL i was not ready for this book. it literally had... me... hooked... sorry i had to. ANYWAY THIS WAS SO AUHFASUOF like it was SUCH a slow paced book n took me quite a while to finish but lorddddd. the plot twists j kept coming!! im a big advocate for plot twists, i love THEM. 90% of the time i see them coming and i know exactly what the plot "twist" is. wasnt the case w this book. the plot twists didnt rlly take place until the end? n then they call came in a row. BOOM BOOM BOOM, continuous plot twists. u should have seen my face i was fr GASPING. some of the lines r so raw n special to me fr like oh my word. ik this ain't a retelling of the "fairytale" but the CHARACTERISATIONS. there was one plot twist (yall know what im talking abt once u read it) that made me feel a lilllll ????? but we move. we'll j pretend that plot twist don't exist. it's definitely extremely gory n the plot is either a sex scene or someone being killed so i'd recommend not reading in public. also it aint for the lighthearted. when i say the gore/violence is graphic, i aint exaggerating. it's a tad sanist but.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

james barrie, im looking at u.

anshika06's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

ashleyj_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury