Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

314 reviews

madame_fool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ this was everything I wanted out of a spicy dark romance that happens to parallel the characters of Peter Pan (since it’s not a retelling). This is what I wanted from Katee Roberts and Ana Huang. I will certainly be tuning in for more in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Grief, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, and Torture

rtrotzko's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, and Kidnapping

madisone's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Kidnapping

plusbian's review

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

lizziebennet99'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

russejenn's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

What I liked about this book: 
-I didn’t notice a single typo, which is honestly a rarity when it comes to this genre. 
-It was stupid in a fun way

What I didn’t like about this book: 

-She gets pregnant. I hate that. 
-He basically tortured her and kidnaps her, mid book, and she immediately forgives him 
-Peter was too moustache twirling. 
-The Smee reveal was kinda dumb and out of nowhere. 
-I didn’t like Wendy’s friend Maria. She wasn’t nice. Why are they friends at the end?
-The treatment and writing of women was pretty bad, in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder

danidella's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

caramblank's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was a great story, and I found myself falling for James right along Wendy. The allusions to the original story were awesome 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

namitini's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

heartsandthrillerreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A unique retelling of Peter Pan with a handful of references to the source material. You don't have to be a fan of Peter Pan to love this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent