Author: Liz Fichera
Series: Standalone
Genre: Contemporary Romance Teen and Young Adult
Length: 368 pages
Publisher: Mira Ink
Date of Publication: 1st of February 2013
Synopsis
When Native American Fredricka ‘Fred’ Oday is invited to become the only girl on the school’s golf team, she can’t say no. This is an opportunity to shine, win a scholarship and go to university, something no one in her family has done.
But Fred’s presence on the team isn’t exactly welcome — especially not to rich golden boy Ryan Berenger, whose best friend was kicked off the team to make a spot for Fred.
But there’s no denying that things are happening between the girl with the killer swing and the boy with the killer smile...
Review
Hooked was a book whose synopsis promised a great contemporary romance, with a background of familial issues transcending time, generation and ethnicity; and I was anxious to get started.
Setting the scene for Fredricka "Fred" Oday and Ryan's story in an environment where native american culture is still present, I expected this to become a strong underlying theme, which would later build and become a more integral current of their story as the novel progressed.
Unfortunately this was not to be the case. Although the romantic build up between Fred and Ryan was sweet, it was also short and did not go beyond their love for golf and their shared misunderstood youth from their parents.
This said I did find the choice of "golf" as an unusual and new idea as a means of bringing the two characters together, and I found it rather refreshing as opposed to the common and popular sports of soccer etc. The language and terminology used by Liz Fichera was well researched and flowed well through the novel.
Hooked proved to be a sweet read with a lot of potential to explore themes that would have taken this book to a further level of contemporary romance. In all honesty I don't feel that all the possibilities that this story had to offer were used to their full extent, but nevertheless Hooked was still a pleasant read in it's simplicity.
Despite not quite hitting the expectations I set for Hooked, as an overall contemporary romance I did fairly enjoy it and will be on the lookout for more of Liz Fichera's work.
If you liked this and would like another simple romance with no strings attached and nothing but the simple sweet story it offers then read To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker, Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins and Breathe by Abbi Glines. If on the other hand you want a romance with more to it, life lessons to be learned and one of those that when you finish it makes you stop and think about life then Pushing the Limits by Katy McGarry is an absolute must read which I highly recommend, and perhaps also take a look at Cross My heart by Katie Klein.
Setting the scene for Fredricka "Fred" Oday and Ryan's story in an environment where native american culture is still present, I expected this to become a strong underlying theme, which would later build and become a more integral current of their story as the novel progressed.
Unfortunately this was not to be the case. Although the romantic build up between Fred and Ryan was sweet, it was also short and did not go beyond their love for golf and their shared misunderstood youth from their parents.
This said I did find the choice of "golf" as an unusual and new idea as a means of bringing the two characters together, and I found it rather refreshing as opposed to the common and popular sports of soccer etc. The language and terminology used by Liz Fichera was well researched and flowed well through the novel.
Hooked proved to be a sweet read with a lot of potential to explore themes that would have taken this book to a further level of contemporary romance. In all honesty I don't feel that all the possibilities that this story had to offer were used to their full extent, but nevertheless Hooked was still a pleasant read in it's simplicity.
Despite not quite hitting the expectations I set for Hooked, as an overall contemporary romance I did fairly enjoy it and will be on the lookout for more of Liz Fichera's work.
If you liked this and would like another simple romance with no strings attached and nothing but the simple sweet story it offers then read To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker, Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins and Breathe by Abbi Glines. If on the other hand you want a romance with more to it, life lessons to be learned and one of those that when you finish it makes you stop and think about life then Pushing the Limits by Katy McGarry is an absolute must read which I highly recommend, and perhaps also take a look at Cross My heart by Katie Klein.