Quickie Review---May Contain Spoilers, so fair warning upon reading this review.

So I picked this up after loving the first book "Pride" and in "Hook" this book was completely different from Pride. It also had much more emphasis on the spice than the story. There is still a good plot, but I definitely would term this more erotic dark romance than just dark romance. The scenes in this book were just too focused and it seemed to neglect the emotional intimacy and relationship-building aspects of the story as what I saw in the first book. I would have appreciated seeing more vulnerable moments between this couple and unfortunately, we didn't get much of it until the very end which made me very disappointed as I had such high hopes. The beginning started out really great, but then it just went downhill. I can do a good anti-hero or a villain that turns into the hero, but Cillian was really difficult to swallow. Then we have our heroine Gwendolyn, who was a challenge. I never really enjoyed her characters, she was so flighty and never consistent. These two go back and forth and it honestly reminded me of a bodice ripper romance. All the angst and sex but no relationship and intimate moments between the couple except for the very end. The plot of the story was actually pretty decent considering how much emphasis there is on the spice. But I would have liked to get a more satisfying ending, it just really failed in that department. I was disappointed in this one and I probably will continue with the series but not yet sure if I want to read other books by this author. But I do recommend Pride, that one was pretty brilliant. ( )