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magencorrie's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
A nice conclusion to a very dark series! Definitely enjoyed it!
A nice conclusion to a very dark series! Definitely enjoyed it!
octopusgarden's review against another edition
5.0
This series was amazing. Pepper Winters keeps amazing me and I have NO IDEA HOW SHE KEEPS DOING IT. I loved Tess and Q so much more than I would expect, I feel they'll always be a part of me. I love this series. That's all that's necessary to say. I regret every doubting not liking a work of Pepper Winters. F*ck, I cried so much. My heart broke many times, and skipped a beat more.
I recommend this series to anyone. Don't doubt the darkness, embrace it. You'll love it.
I recommend this series to anyone. Don't doubt the darkness, embrace it. You'll love it.
myloveoflit's review
5.0
I feel a certain duty to say that one simply cannot just read Tears of Tess and be done. One simply cannot just read Tears of Tess and Quintessentially Q and be done. If you don’t continue on to read AND finish Twisted Together you will be doing yourself a disservice. A disservice of missing out on an incredible character arc for Quincy and even more so for Tess.
Q has yet to overcome his greatest battle with his demons. Tess has yet to overcome her guilts and fears. The way they came together in this book and completely obliterated those faults was an incredible journey. I know I say with every Pepper Winters book I read that she takes me through all the emotions, but please believe me when I say the emotions I felt throughout this book were on another level.
TESS IS MY QUEEN! I will forever hold chapter 13 close in my memory bank. I feel like I stepped into Tess’ mind and we thought as one. Every way she reacted and everything she did I know I would have done had I been her. The amount of rage and happiness I felt at the same time was cathartic. I SCREAMED with utter relief and pride for her actions. The Queen slayed. She came out a better and stronger version of the old Tess.
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Q has yet to overcome his greatest battle with his demons. Tess has yet to overcome her guilts and fears. The way they came together in this book and completely obliterated those faults was an incredible journey. I know I say with every Pepper Winters book I read that she takes me through all the emotions, but please believe me when I say the emotions I felt throughout this book were on another level.
TESS IS MY QUEEN! I will forever hold chapter 13 close in my memory bank. I feel like I stepped into Tess’ mind and we thought as one. Every way she reacted and everything she did I know I would have done had I been her. The amount of rage and happiness I felt at the same time was cathartic. I SCREAMED with utter relief and pride for her actions. The Queen slayed. She came out a better and stronger version of the old Tess.
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caseroo7's review against another edition
3.0
Review originally posted at Ramblings From This Chick
Twisted Together is the third book in this series, and it picks up after Tess is back home with Q again. Though she is back home and with Q, she is still not the same as she was. Tess no longer craves the pain that her and Q have always found pleasure in, and though she loves Q she doesn't know how to get back to where she was before. Q would do anything for Tess, but he no longer knows how to deal with her nightmares. As Tess tries to pretend that she is fine, she continues to struggle with the aftermath of everything that has happened. Just when it appears that Q is able to break through to her, they are once again thrown into a situation that they hoped to never finds themselves in. But can they face their demons once again and come out on top, or will this be the one that breaks them for good?
Q and Tess have gone through so much. They have both suffered and in each other they found the means to survive. But this book again finds them starting over and having to face more horrors that they shouldn't have to experience again. The one thing that has never changed throughout this series is the intense connection that Q and Tess share. They have been drawn to each other from the very start, and the bond they share has only grown stronger. But Q and Tess weren't connecting physically as they had before in this book, and that had a huge effect on their relationship. I wanted them to figure things out so badly in this book, as it was clear that their love for one another could never be broken. I knew that these two had to find a way to get everything back and move forward with their lives because they were meant to be together.
While I did enjoy getting more of Q and Tess, I have to say that this book wasn't what I had been hoping for. It was extremely long, and I felt a lot of it was unnecessary. There were huge portions of the story that seemed to rehash things from the past and I felt like it had a tendency to drag. I found myself wanting to skim parts of their story for the first time in this series, and it made me sad because I absolutely love these characters. I think I just got lost in so many details, and the constant struggles that Tess was going through. I felt like we had already dealt with so many of them, and I thought that she was better after the last book. It seemed like we were back to square one and I didn't want to read the same thing I had before. I also felt like we were constantly getting a rehashing of the past with her constantly falling back inside her head and what she had experienced before. She kept remembering the same things from her captors, and I didn't need to hear it over and over to remember what had happened. Though I did enjoy seeing how things turned out for them, I honestly felt like that could have been done with far less words and a shorter book. I know there is a novella coming as well, and while I want to read it for more Tess and Q I am worried that I will have the same problems as I did here. I am really hoping that it will be something new for them and not be the same thing repeated again with a few changes. While I did struggle to get through this book, I still think that this series is worth reading. Tess and Q's story is one that I have been captivated with from the start, and I have loved how different and unique it is. These two are so different from any other characters I have ever read, and their connection is unlike any I have seen before.
**Review Copy Provided by As the Pages Turn**
Twisted Together is the third book in this series, and it picks up after Tess is back home with Q again. Though she is back home and with Q, she is still not the same as she was. Tess no longer craves the pain that her and Q have always found pleasure in, and though she loves Q she doesn't know how to get back to where she was before. Q would do anything for Tess, but he no longer knows how to deal with her nightmares. As Tess tries to pretend that she is fine, she continues to struggle with the aftermath of everything that has happened. Just when it appears that Q is able to break through to her, they are once again thrown into a situation that they hoped to never finds themselves in. But can they face their demons once again and come out on top, or will this be the one that breaks them for good?
Q and Tess have gone through so much. They have both suffered and in each other they found the means to survive. But this book again finds them starting over and having to face more horrors that they shouldn't have to experience again. The one thing that has never changed throughout this series is the intense connection that Q and Tess share. They have been drawn to each other from the very start, and the bond they share has only grown stronger. But Q and Tess weren't connecting physically as they had before in this book, and that had a huge effect on their relationship. I wanted them to figure things out so badly in this book, as it was clear that their love for one another could never be broken. I knew that these two had to find a way to get everything back and move forward with their lives because they were meant to be together.
While I did enjoy getting more of Q and Tess, I have to say that this book wasn't what I had been hoping for. It was extremely long, and I felt a lot of it was unnecessary. There were huge portions of the story that seemed to rehash things from the past and I felt like it had a tendency to drag. I found myself wanting to skim parts of their story for the first time in this series, and it made me sad because I absolutely love these characters. I think I just got lost in so many details, and the constant struggles that Tess was going through. I felt like we had already dealt with so many of them, and I thought that she was better after the last book. It seemed like we were back to square one and I didn't want to read the same thing I had before. I also felt like we were constantly getting a rehashing of the past with her constantly falling back inside her head and what she had experienced before. She kept remembering the same things from her captors, and I didn't need to hear it over and over to remember what had happened. Though I did enjoy seeing how things turned out for them, I honestly felt like that could have been done with far less words and a shorter book. I know there is a novella coming as well, and while I want to read it for more Tess and Q I am worried that I will have the same problems as I did here. I am really hoping that it will be something new for them and not be the same thing repeated again with a few changes. While I did struggle to get through this book, I still think that this series is worth reading. Tess and Q's story is one that I have been captivated with from the start, and I have loved how different and unique it is. These two are so different from any other characters I have ever read, and their connection is unlike any I have seen before.
**Review Copy Provided by As the Pages Turn**
ccornejo's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I have mixed feeling about this book. I liked the plot and the twisted ness. I felt that the book contained a lot of action that may have been more appropriate for 2 books. By this book I’ve gotten tired of the obsession between the 2. I mean how many different ways can you tell someone you love them? How many times can you question your worth? I’m happy for the happy ending and the passion they have for helping people.
cierra_mccauley_cierrascorner's review against another edition
5.0
I have fallen in love with all these characters! Felt their pain! Cried for them! This is truly a consuming story! Dark, Sexy, Heartbreaking!
booknerdqueen's review against another edition
5.0
The saga of Tess and Q finally ends, it has an HEA.
**spoiler alert**
Wow the wedding....so different but it works so well....it really is a reflection of good and evil façade of Tess and Q personalities (love it).
In all, Pepper Winters is an amazing writer!! What a good dark erotic story that pushes your boundaries!!
**spoiler alert**
Wow the wedding....so different but it works so well....it really is a reflection of good and evil façade of Tess and Q personalities (love it).
In all, Pepper Winters is an amazing writer!! What a good dark erotic story that pushes your boundaries!!
jhagenbuch621's review against another edition
5.0
I have to say this was one of the best series I have ever read. I really enjoyed all three books. I hope Franco and Suzette's story will be next!
lolly460's review against another edition
5.0
OH MY GOD! Like always Pepper makes me speechless. This was the perfect ending to the most intense love story I have ever read. It had everything it needed to be perfect. The emotion is so strong that you can feel it in your soul. She turns something dark into good. She embraces the twisted and makes me feel like it doesn’t matter who or what you love because it is okay to be who you are. It has passion, everlasting al consuming love, it is so incredible dark but also light at the same time. As always, Pepper you are amazing. Thank you for the writer that you are. You give us incredible stories and make us forget everything but your world.
jamiesbookaddiction's review
4.0
I love Q and Tess, I really do. But I almost didn't make it through this book. The first 175 pages or so needed to go. In the last book, Tess went through about 75 pages of self-doubt, she's not good enough for Q, he won't want her when he finds out what she did...etc. I mean Q let her beat him with a whip, which she did and she almost killed him so she could get out of her head and start to heal. So this book should've started with her having that mentality. Except it felt like we backslid and she wasn't really healed. I would be giving this book 5 stars if it weren't for the first 175 pages. The inner dialogue was just too much. And the chapters were super painful to get through because of how long they were with the constant Q can't know what I did, he won't want me...ARGH!!! Trust me, I get it, she's been through a lot, but man, at some point it has to stop or the book needs to end.
Once Q finally helps her get over it, the book was great. It was the Q and Tess I have loved throughout this series.
“I’m not marrying you for the pleasure of calling you my wife, esclave. I’m not marrying you because it’s the evolution of a relationship. I’m marrying you so I have claim on you forever. Your soul will be mine for eternity. In sickness and in health, in life and in death, you will belong to me. And I will belong to you.”
Once Q finally helps her get over it, the book was great. It was the Q and Tess I have loved throughout this series.
“I’m not marrying you for the pleasure of calling you my wife, esclave. I’m not marrying you because it’s the evolution of a relationship. I’m marrying you so I have claim on you forever. Your soul will be mine for eternity. In sickness and in health, in life and in death, you will belong to me. And I will belong to you.”