Reviews with content warning for Gun violence - Hooked

Don’t come for me ya’ll but I did not care for this book. It came so highly recommended in a book group I am in but I just did not like it. I love a good Peter Pan remake, ehh scratch that I love a good Hook remake (you know… dark brooding “villain” who turns out to be misunderstood with a heart of gold). Well if you are also looking for that run the other way. Hook was not a redeemable character in my eyes. This book was smutty and violent for the shock factor IMO.
Head ups this book as quite a good amount of graphic sexual encounters.

The whole she is a daddy’s girl, her dad doesn’t really give a sh*t about her so now she has daddy issues thing didn’t do it for me. Wendy falling for James felt a lot like Stockholm syndrome-y to me. The end I didn’t feel like the characters really changed I feel like she just decided she was like
Meh oh well my dad was bad too.

Full disclosure because I am clearly
Damaged I will most likely read the other books she has out because I heard they get better and I really do love a good dark Disney remake…

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zynmana's review against another edition

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dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

This book was the just the right amount of spicy and storyline. It was a good fast read and I can see myself picking it up again and again. This isnt a retelling of peter pan. Its better.

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ronjaizabell's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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angelofthetardis's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

I read this series of books last year (and reviews were posted at the time), but recently found the first four were available as audiobooks as part of my Audible subscription. However, they're being removed in a couple of weeks, so I want to try and get them listened to before then!

The audio version definitely adds a level to the story in bringing it to life, especially where you have a male narrator reading James' chapters and a female narrator reading Wendy's chapters. However, I still cannot understand why you would hire two narrators for that purpose, and then not have them speak the appropriate lines in the other person's chapter (I.e. have the male read James' speech within Wendy's chapters and vice versa). They don't do badly at putting on the opposite voices, but it just grates on my nerves!

I was less convinced by the voices/accents employed for the secondary characters - the male narrator had an especially tough job given that he's a Brit and most of the secondary characters Americans. I couldn't tell you whether the accent was right for the setting (Brit here), but it was quite harsh and didn't necessarily suit the narrators' natural tone of voice. But equally they managed to bring each character to life throughout with different voices for each and, for the most part, they didn't wander too much.

There were a couple of places where I felt the narrators could have 'acted' a bit more to get the point across, but generally it was a very enjoyable listen.

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bigfootsbiggestfan's review against another edition

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dark slow-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? It's complicated

0.25

most vile & disgusting piece of trash i’ve ever had the displeasure of reading.

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aryc's review against another edition

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dark 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

3.5

I liked it 😊

The development of the characters was somewhat predictable, however there were moments where I empathized with Wendy. Since the plot development is not very elaborate, it becomes an easy-to-read book.

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