Emily McIntire

Hooked trigger warnings

Grouped in the open, because this is the warning page. On the book page the same flags stay behind a tap.

Hooked spice level

Spice 4/5 · Explicit. On-page sex, clearly written. The explicit shelf.

Darkness

Darkness 4/5 · Pitch. Bleak on purpose. Comfort is not the job.

Book-specific flags taken from the author's content warnings page, grouped by us. Also on that list: descriptions of paedophilia and of sexual and physical abuse of a minor, gleeful violence, physical assault and Stockholm syndrome. Read the author's list.

Graphic

Torture Deliberate infliction of pain. Not a fade-to-black fight.
Abuse Emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, sometimes in a character's past, sometimes on the page.

Moderate

Violence Fights, assaults, or bloodshed that is part of the plot, not a metaphor.
Murder Characters kill, or a killing sits at the centre of the book.
Kidnapping Someone is taken. The taking is not a joke setup.

Minor

Breath play Breath restriction appears in a sexual context.

You opened the warning page, so the flags are visible. On the book page they stay collapsed until you tap them. What each warning means: trigger warnings A to Z.

More on Hooked: spice level, tropes & is it dark romance? · Books like Hooked

Questions readers actually ask

Does Hooked have trigger warnings?

Yes. This page lists them in the open: Torture, Abuse, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Breath play. Book-specific flags taken from the author's content warnings page, grouped by us. Also on that list: descriptions of paedophilia and of sexual and physical abuse of a minor, gleeful violence, physical assault and Stockholm syndrome.

What is the Hooked spice level?

Hooked spice level is Explicit (spice 4 of 5). Darkness is separate: Pitch (4 of 5).