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A review by escapingrealitywithanna
Hooking Peter: Escapism Book 1 by Brittany Montgomery
1.0
Let me start by saying thank you to Netgalley and the authors for this ARC. I’m new to the site and I appreciate you all taking a chance on me.
However, I’ll be completely honest - I had to DNF this book halfway through because of the simple fact that they’re only THIRTEEN years old, and the book reads like a dark romance. If the characters were in their 20s or 30s, it be much more enjoyable. But reading about literal children making out and sensually unbuttoning nightgowns and saying they want to explore each other fully, I feel gross.
The description said NOTHING about it being a dark romance. Nothing about ages. Nothing about the amount of sexualized content there would be. Peter Pan even described Wendy as sexy at one point and he is constantly calling her “good girl”… let me remind you they are THIRTEEN.
I liked the overall idea of the story. It was incredibly intriguing to me. However, as some other reviews have said, there were just too many ideas for the length of the book, the world building was mediocre, and the romance was too mature for the age of the characters.
However, I’ll be completely honest - I had to DNF this book halfway through because of the simple fact that they’re only THIRTEEN years old, and the book reads like a dark romance. If the characters were in their 20s or 30s, it be much more enjoyable. But reading about literal children making out and sensually unbuttoning nightgowns and saying they want to explore each other fully, I feel gross.
The description said NOTHING about it being a dark romance. Nothing about ages. Nothing about the amount of sexualized content there would be. Peter Pan even described Wendy as sexy at one point and he is constantly calling her “good girl”… let me remind you they are THIRTEEN.
I liked the overall idea of the story. It was incredibly intriguing to me. However, as some other reviews have said, there were just too many ideas for the length of the book, the world building was mediocre, and the romance was too mature for the age of the characters.