Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

96 reviews

tranquiltides's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I feel that this book is very deserving of all of the hype that has been generated around it. But reader beware, if you’re looking for redemption arc, light hearted romance and healthy relationships, this is NOT the book for you. 

Its dark, its sexy, its consensual, but there are elements about it that can be triggering for some readers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Bullying, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Cursing, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Excrement, Car accident, and Body horror

Depictions of child abuse, P*dophelia, and child death are more vague allusions than explicitly depicted

kylasmv15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Bullying, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, and Vomit

angellike333's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy, Stalking, Gun violence, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

dexlud's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I’m still unsure on my feelings towards this book. I definitely resonated with the daddy issues, but I also didn’t enjoy a lot of this book. The first half was pretty mid but the second half was alright. I enjoyed the drama ig? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Torture

klroberts's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Incest, Child abuse, Grief, Blood, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Torture

Minor: Gun violence, Abandonment, Cursing, Pregnancy, Incest, and Fire/Fire injury

vettechmama3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This is one of my first books testing the waters of dark romance. I wasn't put off by the darkness surprisingly. But this book still fell a little short for me. Wendy was innocently naive most of the time, and I'm glad she found her voice, and we saw some growth from her. I loved her in the end. I liked Hook for the most part, although I have a hard time believing he didn't figure out the twist with how smart he seems to think he is. I figured it out pretty early on. The spice was pretty good, even with Wendy not being very experienced. Overall, a good Peter Pan retelling 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

graciegru's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

If you like smut in between gruesome torture and murder then this is the book for you. It’s not my cuppa tea, but to each their own. I felt like most of the book was sex. I wish there was more development from when Hook/James started to fall for Wendy. It felt like he switched  from wanting her for  revenge then loving her… just a little odd. 

 The end was nice and heartwarming, though so there’s a plus

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Stalking

hanschub's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

i definitely enjoyed it, but one of the plot twists (the biggest one imo) was so fucking weird...

why did they have to be half siblings…gross.

i would’ve dnf’d if that plot twist was revealed sooner. the only reason my rating is over 2 stars is because of some quality quotes and spiciness level. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

mikelledacus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Vomit, Pregnancy, Slavery, Drug use, and Kidnapping

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book has been sitting on my TBR for ages and I finally decided to read it because it was free on Audible. The ending of this book was honestly the best part of the whole thing, all the twists had me wishing the rest of the book was infinitely better. The characters in this book are all terribly toxic (except John) and none of them grow AT ALL. The idea of the book was good but was written in such a mundane way that I didn't want to continue. The first time I felt a connection between Wendy and James was like 70% through & I swear that was the only time I felt they had a connection. The narrators were not great and the way the book was recorded made me had to read James parts on like 1.5 speed and Wendy's on 1.1 or she sounded like a robot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Pregnancy