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A review by beautyandthebookworms
Hideaway by Penelope Douglas
1.5
1.5 star…?⭐️ 😬🫣 idk— i’m sorry. I wanted to like it, & feel bad when I don’t, but honest review leggo ⤵️
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💀this book was just not it for me.
💀I felt like it was slow, not exciting, & lacked plot & chemistry. I probably would have DNF’d if I wasn’t buddy reading it.
💀my favorite part about this book is the side character Alex. I loved her in book one & continue to. but she’s in like only a handful of scenes.
💀I also liked the scene with Banks in the shower after being out in the rain
💀I didn’t get Kai’s obsession with The Pope building & 12th floor & it felt anticlimactic. they barely gave us more depth to his character & it was supposed to be his book? a lot of the book is getting Banks backstory & Damon backstory—so not much of Kai, which was disappointing.
💀there was repetitiveness in the writing (in phrasing) and also..there feels like there’s a lot of instances of men being too handsy/harassing/attacking women like throughout this series (including but not limited to the ‘four horsemen’) & it’s not really written where it feels like the women have mixed feelings/are okay with it & it’s just like never addressed & I didn’t like it (I’ve read many dark romances & this scenario can be executed so much better in my opinion)
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💀I honestly don’t know if I’ll continue the series at this point.
🎧I listened to the audio and it was done pretty well as far as narrators go
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💀this book was just not it for me.
💀I felt like it was slow, not exciting, & lacked plot & chemistry. I probably would have DNF’d if I wasn’t buddy reading it.
💀my favorite part about this book is the side character Alex. I loved her in book one & continue to. but she’s in like only a handful of scenes.
💀I also liked the scene with Banks in the shower after being out in the rain
💀I didn’t get Kai’s obsession with The Pope building & 12th floor & it felt anticlimactic. they barely gave us more depth to his character & it was supposed to be his book? a lot of the book is getting Banks backstory & Damon backstory—so not much of Kai, which was disappointing.
💀there was repetitiveness in the writing (in phrasing) and also..there feels like there’s a lot of instances of men being too handsy/harassing/attacking women like throughout this series (including but not limited to the ‘four horsemen’) & it’s not really written where it feels like the women have mixed feelings/are okay with it & it’s just like never addressed & I didn’t like it (I’ve read many dark romances & this scenario can be executed so much better in my opinion)
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💀I honestly don’t know if I’ll continue the series at this point.
🎧I listened to the audio and it was done pretty well as far as narrators go
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Animal cruelty