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Hooked

Emily McIntire

3.64 AVERAGE

medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A

Top 5 de peores parejas literarias
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Love how they took a fairy tale and flipped it 

GET. THIS. BOOK

Seriously. This books was sooooo GOOD! I love the way Emily McIntire incorporated the characters from one of my favorite movies as a kid (Peter Pan). And as much as I enjoy the nostalgic feeling I get when watching the Disney movie… my adult heart NEEDED this rendition. The spice, the suspense, the drama, THE CRAZY PLOT TWIST! You just HAVE to read this book!
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

what in the flying fuck
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

Hooked
Never After, Book 1

I Picked Up This Book Because: The hype.

Media Type: Audiobook
Source: CC Public Library
Dates Read: 9/16/25 - 9/19/25
Stars: 2.5 Stars
Narrator(s): Felicity Munroe and Rupert Hawthorne

The Characters:

James “Hook” Barry :
Wendy Michaels
Lost Boys, Smee, Peter Michaels, Ru

The Story:

I didn’t love this one. I thought about DNF-ing several times, but Ms. Mcintire kept dropping bits of interesting story that was just enough to keep me holding on. I did not see the ending coming and I liked it but not worth the slog through the whole book. 
adventurous dark 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: Complicated
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

── .✦ You want to watch the world burn?"

"Let me guess, you'll set it on fire?" I ask.

He chuckles, the sound vibrating through me and settling into my bones. "No, darling. I'll hand you the match and stand at your back, watching you become queen of the ashes."

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˗ˏˋ˗ˏ 4 🌟   ●  3 🌶

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I've wanted to read this forever. Finally, I've done it. I loved Peter Pan as a kid, and while I didn't have an affinity for Hook then, I can definitely see how he was wronged. 

And the inspiration of this, I loved seeing the 'villain' getting his turn to be the main guy. 

James 'Hook' Barrie was well written, and I enjoyed his character arc. And i quite liked seeing the characters from a beloved movie in new roles, and Peter Pan being the villain as he was originally.