Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

21 reviews

lethridge's review

hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Bullying, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Death of parent

megsbookishworld's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I read this book in a 24 hour period (2 sittings).
The author wants you to go in blind but there is some dark stuff in this book so be warned.

The biggest thing I struggled with is how tf are you gonna fall in love with someone who kidnapped you and held you prisoner for days?!?  Stockholm syndrome is joked about in the book but seriously….. 

Then the murdering…. Every chapter, another body in explicit detail. 

If you don’t like blood, maybe don’t read this.

Also if you don’t like dom/sub dynamics this is absolutely not for you.

I went in blind, was it for me? No.
But it is really well written and I never saw the end coming.
The author definitely had me Hooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Drug use, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gun violence, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Death

myralovesbooks's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

This wasn't my favorite story. It might have to do with the fact that I never have been a fan of Peter Pan so I was kind of lost when they were referencing certain characters I'm assuming are part of the original tale. I don't think you need to know the original story of Peter Pan to enjoy the plot but I did find certain aspects of it strange. I didn't find the female character Wendy relatable and it made it difficult for me to sympathize with her back story. Overall it was a decent read but please check your trigger warnings because it does discuss heavy and dark subject matter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Murder

laura2604's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug use, Child abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

ilovebooks937's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Not the most amazing book you will ever read. I predicted the main plot twists but I still enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, and Incest

karalara's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Addiction, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

phrogonalilypad's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

1.0

Before my thoughts; if you're going to read this book PLEASE KNOW there are descriptions of pedophilia, child rape, and multiple mutilations of a child. It is not just a sexy dark book. These themes are brought up multiple times in the book.

I liked it in the beginning. Low-key wish about 3/4 of the way through that it turned into Wendy's villain arc. Towards the end it just got messy. None of the "misunderstandings" were ever addressed by the characters. They just make assumptions and then don't talk or at least you're never shown them resolving that so they can continue their fuckery. Which is something that is indeed done in dark romances, four horsemen for example, addresses when they do fucked shit to her and it's outside of the messed up confines of what the fmc expects. The issue gets addressed. In this book... She just magically doesn't think about the messed up thing he does, that is outside of the confined of the messed up stuff she consented to and made excuses for.

I don't mind me a dark romance I also just didn't think the erotic scenes were that well written the writing was repetitive and towards the end the plotwists just felt messy.

There was a good sense of foreboding for a while but eventually it just left tme thinking "If you're really this ode to control and big boss of this crime world surely,,, surely you'd go about this in a more organized fashion. That's the whole point of organized crime." I know it's just meant to be a dark trashy fun sexy book but it just felt a bit lack on a lot of fronts. 

And too she says in the beginning she hopes her readers go in blind but ma'am I really wouldn't recommend surprising people with certain trigger warnings;

Minor Spoiler:

Main mans uncle was a pedo who raped and mutilated him and there are descriptions of the trauma being enacted and the traumas effect on the mmc. I do not think people should be surprised by that kind of situation and a trigger warning for at least that is owed to the reader. It's brought up several times throughout the book. Trigger warnings for that should be on the front page!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Murder, Death, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

3.5

Overall this book just wasn’t for me. I don’t vibe with the writing style and I came away from it feeling the characters were underdeveloped. For me, it almost felt like reading fan fiction, and while I’m not opposed to a spicy book, the lack of connection I felt between the main characters left them feeling a bit unfulfilling. 
So, yeah, I didn’t hate it, but it won’t be taking a permanent place on my bookshelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Child abuse

bak15's review

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

eagleshouse's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.25

if I wanted to see a raging misogynistic edgelord talk about how women are beneath him only for him to somehow win the girl with mediocre sex and weird pet names, I'd read fucking Andrew Tate fanfiction, and I reckon I'd still somehow enjoy that more than this book.

I'm sorry but if this is their idea of good smut/relationships, then I am so sorry for straight women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Misogyny, Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Sexism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Incest, Car accident, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship