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Hooked by Emily McIntire

29 reviews

plusbian's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Absolutely delicious to read. Not a retelling per se but a lovely nod to the original story.

The characters were all developed with care (even the minor ones had a little side story) and the plot didn’t disappointed.

Dark and sexy and all kinds of wrong, this is a great start to the series. I already downloaded the second one for my flight tomorrow.

Ps: as much as the plot didn’t disappointed me it is fair to say it wasn’t without its flaws. Some of these scenes were just unbelievable but it is fairly tale inspired so I can’t really fault the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Bullying, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Addiction, and Torture

lizzie_b99's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Torture, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Confinement, Death, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy

karalara's review against another edition

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

selestre's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Torture, Drug use, Vomit, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

peeshy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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: Gun violence, Death, Car accident, Physical abuse, Murder, Cursing, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug use, Blood, Addiction, and Drug abuse

kamkam360's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Body horror, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Confinement, Misogyny, Bullying, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

katattack345's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia and Death of parent

writewithapendragon's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

This was a very good example of a dark romance, and it made some use of the names and characters from the source (Peter Pan), but it deviated too much from the original for my taste.  Steamy romance and very well written, met all my expectations for the genre. While there are plenty of dark elements, the book overall uses those for atmosphere more than plot or character. I definitely applaud the author for including those dark elements without using them gratuitously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Grief, Infidelity, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

justcallmeemily's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

 First and foremost, if you're going to read this book, I beg you, PLEASE, read trigger warnings. I shouldn't have to remind you since, if you're reading this review, you probably already know this book deals with dark topics.

Anyways, most of the smut was hot, especially Hook's voice actor, but it did get a bit awkward at times. Maybe I've been reading too much fanfiction. Who knows. The plot was amazing, the tense parts actually made me feel tense, and the plot twist actually surprised me. I'm going to continue reading this series, Emily McIntire proved herself to be worth my time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Confinement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, and Pregnancy