• I found Gwendolyn incredibly unlikable. Her decision-making skills were appalling, and I found it hard to care for her when she made such obviously dumb decisions over and over again.
• Rowan was the reason I kept reading this book. I adored him. I absolutely and utterly loved his character. He reminded me so much of Killian Jones from OUAT. He was sassy but sweet. He acted like a genuine pirate, which is a surprisingly hard quality to find in YA pirates. I just really connected to him.
• I did not ship the romance. It was too… juvenile? The tension felt manufactured. It was rushed and overly dramatic. I wholeheartedly shipped Rowan with Will.
• I did like the fae lore but it did feel a little… I don’t know. It was just one of those fantasy worlds that felt a little basic.
• Unhooked was definitely a solid story. I was engaged throughout the whole book. I wanted to find out how it ended. It did go off on several unnecessary tangents at times that bothered me immensely bit as a whole, it was still an engaging read.
• I don’t know how I feel about how Gwen’s mother was portrayed.
• The short flashbacks at the beginning of each chapter really worked for me. They were almost poetic. It was a clever way of letting us know Rowan’s backstory without info-dumping it us at some point.
• I did really, really appreciate the ending. It was so realistic, even if it tore at my heartstrings. My poor Rowan! I wanted to give him a giant bear hug so badly.

Review copy provided by the publisher for an honest review.