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A review by judyc_elementz_mj
Hooked by Emily McIntire
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I could have done without reading this one.
Recap: James aka Hook is a man who lost his family in a plane crash that was no accident and we get from the beginning that somehow Peter Michaels was responsible. Then we have Wendy Michaels, who is Peter’s daughter, and who James has decided to try to get close to because he thinks he can use her to get to her dad. James is a bad guy, Wendy is a virgin, and her dad is a scumbag.
That about sums it up. The rest of it is either brutal violent scenes or James trying to get in Wendy’s pants … well and then he does, so there's that.
I should have known better because I am personally not a fan of fairytale retellings and Peter Pan, the supposed premise for this story, is one of my least favourites. I always intensely disliked that story. Off topic when the show “Once Upon a Time” had a season that was Peter Pan based, I absolutely hated it and skipped those episodes. So that probably says a lot about how I felt about this book.
I guess it could have been a good premise, but if I’d heard the word “good girl” one more time I was going to rip my hair out. It made me a bit crazy and again, not a fan of that sort of thing during sex. And then don’t get me started on the sex scenes. Oh, she’s wet, oh her “p***y” is wet for me, oh you know you want it, tell me you want it, etc, etc, etc … I could go on.
Now why didn’t I give it one star … easy, the ending. That was the best part of the book. When we got to the part with the showdown and the twists that the author threw in there, particularly about Wendy’s brother, I liked that part of the book. So there were a few scenes of it that I liked.
Lastly, I just wanted to say that the only character I actually felt was fleshed out well was James. There was depth to his character, and his feelings were expressed so well. You could almost feel his pain from loss, especially when he deals with his losses. Whereas Wendy was an insipid, useless twit … until the end when she developed some backbone. I really didn’t like her character, or should I say “I got nada” when it came to her. So that didn’t help because when one of your main characters is completely useless it makes the book a drain to read.
Let’s suffice to say I didn’t enjoy it and I’m not likely to read further in the series. Thank god it wasn’t a long one!!! That’s all … I’m done!
Recap: James aka Hook is a man who lost his family in a plane crash that was no accident and we get from the beginning that somehow Peter Michaels was responsible. Then we have Wendy Michaels, who is Peter’s daughter, and who James has decided to try to get close to because he thinks he can use her to get to her dad. James is a bad guy, Wendy is a virgin, and her dad is a scumbag.
That about sums it up. The rest of it is either brutal violent scenes or James trying to get in Wendy’s pants … well and then he does, so there's that.
I should have known better because I am personally not a fan of fairytale retellings and Peter Pan, the supposed premise for this story, is one of my least favourites. I always intensely disliked that story. Off topic when the show “Once Upon a Time” had a season that was Peter Pan based, I absolutely hated it and skipped those episodes. So that probably says a lot about how I felt about this book.
I guess it could have been a good premise, but if I’d heard the word “good girl” one more time I was going to rip my hair out. It made me a bit crazy and again, not a fan of that sort of thing during sex. And then don’t get me started on the sex scenes. Oh, she’s wet, oh her “p***y” is wet for me, oh you know you want it, tell me you want it, etc, etc, etc … I could go on.
Now why didn’t I give it one star … easy, the ending. That was the best part of the book. When we got to the part with the showdown and the twists that the author threw in there, particularly about Wendy’s brother, I liked that part of the book. So there were a few scenes of it that I liked.
Lastly, I just wanted to say that the only character I actually felt was fleshed out well was James. There was depth to his character, and his feelings were expressed so well. You could almost feel his pain from loss, especially when he deals with his losses. Whereas Wendy was an insipid, useless twit … until the end when she developed some backbone. I really didn’t like her character, or should I say “I got nada” when it came to her. So that didn’t help because when one of your main characters is completely useless it makes the book a drain to read.
Let’s suffice to say I didn’t enjoy it and I’m not likely to read further in the series. Thank god it wasn’t a long one!!! That’s all … I’m done!