A review by bookishdaylight
Hooked, by Emily McIntire
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
2.5
For a dark romance retelling, this is actually a funny book because the terms used and the actions of the characters are ridiculous, to begin with. This is free comedy in a nutshell.
I think this was just mid-in-the-dark themes because the idea was there but the execution was not well presented. The concept is overused wherein there no diversity towards the background of the characters, some information was there to present them but that's it and there's no depth. The only reason I tolerated this book is for the reason that this is more of a mafia comedy even though it had some serious content.
I cannot for the life me, take this book seriously. James was supposed to be cunning, smart, calm and collected and yet he was too busy frolicking with Wendy for fun. Wendy on the other hand was naive and stupid, with no personality besides her name being Wendy. The part where James couldn't figure out who were the traitors even though it was obvious if he just truly look into it, instead of getting distracted by his plotting which failed without setting it into place.
If you want comedy this is for you but it involves getting frustrated and laughing at the weird names being called to get through the book and the stupid actions of the characters.
I think this was just mid-in-the-dark themes because the idea was there but the execution was not well presented. The concept is overused wherein there no diversity towards the background of the characters, some information was there to present them but that's it and there's no depth. The only reason I tolerated this book is for the reason that this is more of a mafia comedy even though it had some serious content.
I cannot for the life me, take this book seriously. James was supposed to be cunning, smart, calm and collected and yet he was too busy frolicking with Wendy for fun. Wendy on the other hand was naive and stupid, with no personality besides her name being Wendy. The part where James couldn't figure out who were the traitors even though it was obvious if he just truly look into it, instead of getting distracted by his plotting which failed without setting it into place.
If you want comedy this is for you but it involves getting frustrated and laughing at the weird names being called to get through the book and the stupid actions of the characters.