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Hitched: A Dark Hitchhiker Romance by Lauren Biel

10 reviews

pissylissy666's review against another edition

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dark sad tense 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

4.25

This book is hot hot hot 🥵

One night, Selena pulls over for a bad storm and is approached by escaped convict Lex (Lexington) and gives him a ride (clearly unaware that he is a convict) 

Through their adventures of him getting this ride, he discovers that his “Rabbit” (to his coyote/wolf) is married to another kind of monster.

Following their story was a rollercoaster. A lot of emotions to unpack here and their chemistry is obviously off the charts. I loved this dark smutty romance.

The only complaint I have is Lex’s back and forth on whether to have Selena on his journey or not. She proves over and over that she is brave and tough and he still tries repeatedly to send her away and as much as it frustrated Selena, it frustrated me — it’s a romance after all — all I want is for them to be together 😂😂😂

Otherwise, 


•touch her and ☠️
•dub-con 
•cnc 
•very triggering content please reading the warnings and take them seriously.

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blueee7777's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

3.0

ML is escaped felon hitchhiker and FL is prim proper girl who is getting abused by husband. She picks him up from the side of the road and he carjacks and kidnaps FL. Boy oh boy, it was barely a romance i will say. ML and FL do not know what love is and cling to each other. It is very crazy, and had some unexpected kinks in here. life be wild sometimes.

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booklov3r__'s review

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I think the book got really repetitive and I just got bored, pure smut no plot 🫣🤷🏻‍♀️

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lizlee's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5


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hawkesprincess's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Can’t say I’m proud that I actually enjoyed this book.  But ehm I did 😂

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poupimali's review

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dark fast-paced

3.0

There is a lot lot lot lot lot of smut for only 190 pages. 
Unfortunately it is repetitive and it made me lose interest the further I went through the book.
The story could have been more developed.
I was kind of hoping a tragic end to this one.


The audiobook is really good, the narrators are convincing  and the mixed dual POV is one of my favorite narration. 

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battlepuppy's review

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challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0


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ayablackwood's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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risseandshine's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If loving this book was a crime, then I'm a (not) guilty criminal.

To be honest, I never knew I'd give a book like this 5 full stars, yet here I am doing just that.

Selena and Lex as a couple is far from the type of couples I usually root for. Their relationship is a messy one, and I'm wording that lightly here. Their story is absolutely unhinged yet so gripping at the same time. The way their characters were painted morally black (yep, not gray but black) but their romance became a shining light of freedom for all their darkness was so satisfying to read about. I simply couldn't stop thinking of them both, and that for me is a mark of well-written story.

This book isn't for everyone; the list of triggers in this book is more than a mile long. If you're the type of romance reader who prefers the sweet over the scandalous, then this isn't for you.

But if you're a romance reader looking for a little (a lot) darkness in your reads and are open to getting your views challenged in the name of entertainment, then I recommend you go pick this up.

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theartistreader's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

My second book by this author and yet another five star read! I would 100% say go into this book blind if you don't have any triggers. It was an incredible read and I'll definitely be sad to see these characters go, but they'll permanently reside in my brain.

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