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I picked this book up because I am a huge fan of Once Upon a Time and the way that Hook is portrayed on that show, so when I saw a book that also has a “Hook” that has redeeming qualities I was very excited. The book starts out with Gwyn settling into a new place to live after her mother has uprooted her again. She is trying to adjust to her nomadic life and not really doing very well with it. I thought that the first couple of chapters moved very slowly and I found myself putting it down to go do other things quite a bit. I know there needs to be some set-up for the plot, but this one just seemed to drag a little in the beginning.

One aspect in this book that I found intriguing were the two stories that were going on simultaneously. At the beginning of every chapter there was a small snippet of a story being told about a boy and his brother. I actually found myself much more interested in that story in the beginning then the story about Gwyn. I knew the two would intersect at some point, and I really love how they did, but I did find myself wanting more of the tale of two brothers rather than what was going on with Gwyn at some points. Following along that same line, the chapters were very short, which can be a good at times, but I felt like sometimes they would break at points in the story that did not make sense. Many of the chapters could have been combined into larger ones that would have helped the story flow better.

As for the characters, I loved Rowan, he was a perfect Hook and I loved how he was portrayed. I was picturing a younger Hook from Once Upon a Time most of the time when he would appear on the pages and the mystery that clung to him contributed to his appeal. I wanted more of him throughout the novel and in the final chapters. I liked Gwyn most of the time, but she did get a little whiny at points and it would grate on my nerves. I know she was thrust into a new world, but I felt like she needed just a little more backbone at some points and I would have loved her more. Maxwell portrayed Pan very well, which made for an interesting twist on the whole Peter Pan tale. I love a good retelling, but this was more a reimagining of the stories we know and love, which appealed to me even more. So much so that I wanted more from the ending. The climax was great, but the resolution of the story fell flat for me. I wanted more pages to wrap up a couple of things, more time spent in Neverland exploring this strange world, or even another book. I don’t think this tale was quite complete and since Maxwell has no plans as of now for a sequel I was left unsatisfied.

The book is classified as a Young Adult and while that did fit, I wish the boundaries had been pushed a little more to make this a New Adult or even and adult book. The characters needed more room to push the boundaries and I felt like Maxwell needed to make it just a tad darker in some places to push the book from good to great. There were also strange descriptors in Unhooked, such as “The green-gold scent of the jungle”. The scent of green –gold? Not really sure what that is supposed to smell like. It was moments like that, that took me out of the story that I wish were more polished.

I know it sounds like I am being really hard on this book, but I did actually like it. I just did not love it and I wanted to love it so badly! It had everything I look for in a book, it just needed to be more. I enjoyed the authors’ style and I will look for more of her work in the future, but I am not itching to get into a new book by her anytime soon. I will always remain hopefully that there will be a sequel to Unhooked, maybe that will answer some of my questions and satisfy me with how Gwyn’s and Hook’s lives turned out.


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Unhooked Lisa Maxwell Books Reviews

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Rating 4 Stars

Unhooked is about a girl named Gwen who has been moving around all her life because he mom is a bit strange and always running from “monsters” hunting them. This has all taken a toll on her over the years and when they move to London, she finds herself wanting to break free of it and have something real and lasting. Taken by shadowy creatures and dragged from her world, Gwen realizes her mom wasn’t so crazy after all. She is now in Neverland, not the storybook place she read or watched as a child but something much darker. Her memories of who she is and her world slip through her fingers and she struggles to hold onto herself as she tries to figure out just who to trust along the way, the charming flying Pan who says all the right things or the roguish young pirate who promises to keep her safe. Filled with Fey, shadow creatures, flesh-eating hags and more this is not the Neverland you know.

So I went into this not knowing much other than it was a re-imagining of Peter Pan and as I love me some Disney so I was on board. Plus I also adore Once Upon A Time and one of my favorite characters since they went to Neverland has been Hook, AKA Killian Jones so yep roguish pirate….I was imagining Killian. Maybe that influenced me when reading? Either way I was interested to see a different take on it. Having said that it wasn’t completely as original to me as it could have been.

Still I liked the take on Neverland with the Fey and the shadow creatures and most importantly the idea that Neverland takes your memories. The struggle to remember who you are, to try and make decisions based on facts and truths and not allowing yourself to be pulled into something was real. Also there was a certain allure that she struggled against. Gwen was interesting to read from given the memory issues but even without the full depth of all of her memories we still were able to keep her sense of who she was. She was struggling with so many emotions fear, revulsion, anger, betrayal, attraction, confusion and more and it played into how she reacted and how she moved forward. Same note Captain was even a bit more developed than even our Gwen. Spoilers abound there but I enjoyed learning about him as he wasn’t some grand hero he has a dark side.

There is a bit of everything happening from supernatural, action, suspense/mystery, and even some romance happening. Overall it was a quick and interesting read and I would recommend it to anyone who likes retellings/re-imaginings. I think from the synopsis I was expecting Olivia and her to be battling through things together but she wasn’t in it as much as I thought and she wasn’t as fully developed as I wanted her to be. Though I did like the contrast between her and Gwen. The only other thing was while the ending had some serious edge of my seat moments the very end I still had a few questions. I could have seen easily adding a bit more length to the book but even as is I wasn’t unhappy with it and if anything it just made me want more.
I picked this book up because I am a huge fan of Once Upon a Time and the way that Hook is portrayed on that show, so when I saw a book that also has a “Hook” that has redeeming qualities I was very excited. The book starts out with Gwyn settling into a new place to live after her mother has uprooted her again. She is trying to adjust to her nomadic life and not really doing very well with it. I thought that the first couple of chapters moved very slowly and I found myself putting it down to go do other things quite a bit. I know there needs to be some set-up for the plot, but this one just seemed to drag a little in the beginning.

One aspect in this book that I found intriguing were the two stories that were going on simultaneously. At the beginning of every chapter there was a small snippet of a story being told about a boy and his brother. I actually found myself much more interested in that story in the beginning then the story about Gwyn. I knew the two would intersect at some point, and I really love how they did, but I did find myself wanting more of the tale of two brothers rather than what was going on with Gwyn at some points. Following along that same line, the chapters were very short, which can be a good at times, but I felt like sometimes they would break at points in the story that did not make sense. Many of the chapters could have been combined into larger ones that would have helped the story flow better.

As for the characters, I loved Rowan, he was a perfect Hook and I loved how he was portrayed. I was picturing a younger Hook from Once Upon a Time most of the time when he would appear on the pages and the mystery that clung to him contributed to his appeal. I wanted more of him throughout the novel and in the final chapters. I liked Gwyn most of the time, but she did get a little whiny at points and it would grate on my nerves. I know she was thrust into a new world, but I felt like she needed just a little more backbone at some points and I would have loved her more. Maxwell portrayed Pan very well, which made for an interesting twist on the whole Peter Pan tale. I love a good retelling, but this was more a reimagining of the stories we know and love, which appealed to me even more. So much so that I wanted more from the ending. The climax was great, but the resolution of the story fell flat for me. I wanted more pages to wrap up a couple of things, more time spent in Neverland exploring this strange world, or even another book. I don’t think this tale was quite complete and since Maxwell has no plans as of now for a sequel I was left unsatisfied.

The book is classified as a Young Adult and while that did fit, I wish the boundaries had been pushed a little more to make this a New Adult or even and adult book. The characters needed more room to push the boundaries and I felt like Maxwell needed to make it just a tad darker in some places to push the book from good to great. There were also strange descriptors in Unhooked, such as “The green-gold scent of the jungle”. The scent of green –gold? Not really sure what that is supposed to smell like. It was moments like that, that took me out of the story that I wish were more polished.

I know it sounds like I am being really hard on this book, but I did actually like it. I just did not love it and I wanted to love it so badly! It had everything I look for in a book, it just needed to be more. I enjoyed the authors’ style and I will look for more of her work in the future, but I am not itching to get into a new book by her anytime soon. I will always remain hopefully that there will be a sequel to Unhooked, maybe that will answer some of my questions and satisfy me with how Gwyn’s and Hook’s lives turned out.