Sonia's Reviews > Hitched

ohhhh this has lots and lots of kinks!

If you can think it, then this book has it, and it’s 🔥.

This has lots and lots of triggers too, so please check those out on the author’s website (I’ll list them down below as well).

I’ve been eyeing this book for a while. I’ve never read a hitchhiker book before, so this was a new experience for me.

Lex (40s) just got out of jail and is anxiously trying to hitch a ride from someone. He went to jail for killing people (NOOOOT rape- it looks like the author changed it in this version). It’s raining/pouring and he’s just trying to get out of the elements. Enter Selena.

Selena’s (22) having a hard time seeing as she drives when she spots a figure off the side of the road. She approaches him, feeling bad that he’s out in this storm, and debates on giving him a ride. He actually leaves when she hesitates after he asks to bum a ride to the nearest exit, but then she feels guilty and she goes after him.

He gets in and she changes her mind again 😬, but now it’s too late, because Lex has a g u n and he’s not afraid to use it 😅.

What I liked- SPOILERS
—the amount of 🔥. Oh. My. Gawd. This book is 🥵. First of all, Lex isn’t afraid of hand necklaces 😮‍💨, but then he finds a way of manipulating her by using fingers and force😅, and this is all within the first 10% 👀. I don’t know how Selena concentrated while she was driving 👀; it’s clear Lex knows how to work his fingers 🥵. And the way he uses her unmentionables 👀 there’s only so much cleaning you can do to get rid of it 😉. By 20%, he enjoys her all the way 🔥💦. The 🔥 goes until the end of the book 😉

—the car scene. Umm… when Selena is wanting to give up life , Lex convinces (🥵) her to keep on living 😉. And let’s not talk about the other car scene where they’re driving 😳😅. That takes a loooot of skill right there 😮‍💨. I don’t know how they didn’t crash 😳

—Lex isn’t afraid of some 💦

—primal play 😮‍💨. I love me some good chasing scenes, and these had my heart racing 👀🔥

—sooo many kinks. I could go on and on and on

—both Lex and Selena have messed up backgrounds. Yes, Selena comes from “money” while Lex witnessed the death of his mother (drugs) and was in the foster system, they are able to complement each other and understand what the other needs. It takes a while to get to this point, but they get each others strengths and weaknesses

—how their relationship transforms. Obviously, it starts off badly (he kid naps her…), but then it morphs as time passes. Did it always make sense? No, but I was fine with it for the most part

—revenge for the abuse. Selena’s marriage has been horrible in MANY damaging ways- her ex-husband was abusive in all forms- she has the bruises to prove it, and Lex helps her seek revenge 💅

—Lex doesn’t understand the word no 🫣. Luckily, Selena likes that 😅

—he didn’t go to jail for rape (I’m soooo glad the author changed this 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻)

—no ow anything 👏🏻

What I didn’t like/wanted more of: SPOILERS
—the killing of innocents 🫣. I know this is a dark read, but I felt like Selena felt- horrified and upset. Sigh. There are two that we see on page 😏. Maybe if we had learned they were actually bad guys then I would’ve felt better… but… sigh 😏. The other ones that get killed don’t bother me AS much

—the fake ID scene 😬. Lex almost let the OM get to Selena as payment for the ID. He stops it before anything real happens, but it almost does 🫣. I felt the betrayal Selena felt ☹️

—the aftermath of her husband’s death and maybe her family? Once they move on from that scene, we don’t know what else happens

—how 🤦🏻‍♀️ can Selena be? She didn’t learn from her “mistake” letting a hitchhiker in her car in the first place, she then feels bad for another one towards the end of the book 😐and then The consequence for that one’s just terrible ☹️

—their future. Their HEA/HFN implies they’re maybe still committing crimes, for sure they’re living with the bare minimum, but I wish they were more established and not necessarily living frugally. But then again, since they’re running from the law, it makes sense to be hiding so 🤷🏻‍♀️

—birth control? STDs? Pregnancy? These aren’t even thoughts in the MCs minds 😳. I’m not that reader who pretends they don’t exist. It DOES make it easier because Lex has been in jail for 10 years, but still

Overall, it was an okay read. It’s very very 🔥. If you have no triggers, then this’ll be perfect for you

⚠️safety squad⚠️
-no cheating*/sharing*/owd
-the h is married when she meets the H (so cheating)
-noncon/dubcon
-marital abuse/domestic violence
-violence/death
-murder of innocent/bad people
-slut shaming
-suicidal ideation/thoughts
-parental death recounted
-psychopath/multiple ish personalities
-SA: the H allows another man to touch her in exchange for an ID. He ends up killing him before he enters her. Not necessarily sharing but he was willing to have her get f’ed. the H takes care of him 💅. Later in the book, another man touches her. The H takes care of him 💁🏻‍♀️
-praise kink/hand necklace/somnophilia/exhibitionism/degradation kink/anal play/lick/primal play/somnophilia/cockwarming/spit play/💦 play/primal
-H has been celibate for 10 years/h has only been with her husband
-no condoms/no mention of birth control or STDs or anything
-HEA/epilogue/a year ish later