Title: Hooked
Author: Emily McIntire
ISBN: 9781737508328
Publisher: Bloom Books
Pages: 312
Source: Private Copy
James has always had one agenda: destroy his enemy, Peter Michaels. When Peter’s twenty-year-old daughter Wendy shows up in James’s bar, he sees his way in. Seduce the girl and use her for his revenge. It’s the perfect plan until things in James’s organization begin to crumble. Suddenly, he has to find the traitor in his midst, and his plan for revenge gets murkier as James starts to see Wendy as more than just a pawn in his game.
Wendy has been cloistered away most of her life by her wealthy cold father, but a spontaneous night out with friends turns into an intense and addictive love affair with the dark and brooding James. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can’t seem to shake her desire for him. But as their relationship grows more heated and she learns more about the world he moves in, she finds herself unsure if she’s falling for the man known as James or the monster known as Hook.
Official Summary
02 October 2024
Over the years I have seen so many books of character adaptations. From Cinderella to The Lion King to now Peter Pan. I have always wanted to read one of these many weird and wonderful books so when I saw this book everywhere on socials, I decided it was a sign for me to finally commit and do it.
In this adaptation you have James, who is also known as Hook, he has spent most of his adult life trying to get revenge on Peter Micheals. And when Hook meets Wendy, he has found Peter’s weakness. In this book, Wendy is Peter’s daughter. This book sadly falls into a very sad trope, where the main guy in the book is terrible. Like Hook does some seriously unspeakable things, especially to Wendy. (Yes I know that was the whole point of the book because he is a “villain”) So instead of having him see what he did was wrong and have him grow from this experience, the writer just makes the antagonist, Peter, do even worse things. This is so that Hook does not look as bad in comparison to Peter.
Wendy was such a weird character because there were times when she had no backbone and times when she was a very different person and didn’t take anyone’s drama. I think she was the character with the most depth. I enjoyed all her interactions with the characters. Although the girl needs to find better friends lol.
I felt that the overall plot of the book was way too rushed. I loved the first half of this book but then I felt the second half just fell flat. I loved the anticipation of Hook but not the delivery of his character. I feel like there was no depth to his character and he was just your superficial bad guy with a bad backstory. And I’m sorry but the adaption of why he was afraid of clocks in this version is just cringe. The only thing that I was grateful for in this book was that this version of Hook didn’t have the moustache.
Overall, this book doesn’t take itself too seriously so you shouldn’t either, if you are looking for a quick easy and silly read then I would one hundred percent recommend this book.
Also by Emily McIntire
SCARRED
Prince Tristan Faasa was never destined for the throne. That was always his brother, Michael. The same brother responsible for both Tristan’s tormented childhood and the scar that mars his face. When their father dies, Michael is set to assume the throne, and Tristan is set to steal it. The leader of a secret rebellion, Tristan will stop at nothing to end his brother’s reign. But when Michael’s new betrothed, Lady Sara Beatreaux, arrives, Tristan finds himself in the middle of a new kind of war. The kind that begs the question of what’s more important—the crown or the woman about to wear it.
Sara has one plan. Marry the King and eradicate the Faasa line, even at the risk of her own peril. But she never expects the Scarred Prince. He’s dangerous. Forbidden. And one of the men she’s been sent to kill. But the line between hatred and passion has never seemed so thin, and as secrets come to light, Sara grows unsure of whom she can trust, torn between vengeance and the villain she was never supposed to love.
About The Author
Author Bio from the Author’s Site
Emily McIntire is a USA Today, Publishers Weekly and Amazon bestselling author whose stories serve slow burns, and seriously questionable morals. Her books have been translated in over a dozen languages, and span across several sub-genres within romance. A stage IV breast cancer thriver, you can find Emily enjoying free time with her family, getting lost in a good book, or redecorating her house depending on her mood.
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