*maybe more of a 2.5/2.75..

Hooked is a dark, steamy, wildly entertaining contemporary romance remixed version of the beloved fable, Peter Pan.

The Prologue starts off with a bang, not literally, but the unaliving sort. We are immediately thrown into a scene of James (aka Hook) taking *somebody* out of the picture- making him our desirably dangerous, bad boy mc. Wendy is introduced as a good girl, one who doesn't drink or go out with the girlies to the club. She agrees to go to some swanky, popular joint called The Jolly Roger. While at the notorious JR, she exchanges words with a handsome stranger in the hall while trying to find the bathroom. She doesn't tell him her name, feeling as if during their brief exchange, he didn't earn the privilege to know it. But of course he already knows who she is because he has this vendetta against her father (dun dun dunnn). 

I enjoyed this for what is was, not necessarily for the plot. I felt that the characters were one dimensional and the romance was surface level at best. The conflict that Hook makes up in his head about Wendy about 60% of the way through was ridiculous because HE was the one that sought HER out, so I wasn't buying it. I suppose it could also be there to serve the point of someone getting into their own head and self sabotaging, but who knows. I just think that there were some good ideas, but in the end there were too many plot points that needed to be fleshed out and sadly left me wanting more.

Although this wasn't my favorite book, I still think it was an enjoyable read with the mystery and intrigue it brought. Plus the spice was pretty nice.🥵🌶

Come to think of it, maybe I just didn’t care about Wendy. That could be the whole reason for this rating tbh.

I still plan on reading the next installment because hellooo it is inspired by The Lion King so yeah, I am all over that.