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Author
Emily McIntire is a #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of books that have been translated to dozens of different languages. Emily describes her romance books as serving steam, slow burn, and seriously questionable morals. Emily prides herself in being a stage four breast cancer thriver. In her free time she loves to spend time with her family, read, and redecorate her house.
Plot
Beneath the hood is an interconnected standalone and book three in the Sugarlake series. This book follows 19 year old influencer Blakely. She’s followed by millions but still feels like she’s loved by no one and constantly alone while putting on the perfect act for her audience. But suddenly Jackson, a 28 year old mechanic who works for her father see’s all of her, including her panic attacks. Falling for each other sneaks up on them but it can never work for too many reasons.
Quotes
“Lee always told me when I fell in love she’d be in the front row, cheering me on the hardest.”
“I won’t stop looking, even when she tries to hide her truths behind her lies.”
“The lighthouse to her darkness, guiding her through the shallow waters.”
“You learn a lot about a person from paying attention to what they don’t say.”
My Review
Overall I did enjoy this book, I was just hoping I would like it more. I haven’t read many age gap books but I just prefer that Blakely was a little older than 19 years old. I’m currently 28 years old and I could never imagine being with someone 19 years old. I did like the characters and the plot. However, the previous book I read had me constantly thinking about it while I wasn’t reading and I didn’t really have that with this book. I want a book to completely take over my mind and make me want to read continuously until it’s done. While I liked this book I didn’t feel the desire to read it constantly. All that said, I did enjoy this book and would rate this book a 3/5 stars.
And that’s the end of my Beneath The Hood by Emily McIntire book review. If you read this book let me know in the comments what you thought of it. If you’re looking for other books to read check out these reviews: Every Summer After, Any Trope But You, and Beach Vibes.
