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It was fine. I guess.
I didn't expect much honestly. Books that are THAT hyped everywhere on social media usually don't live up to it. And this was the case with this too.
I'd say that I like Ava as a FMC. I love her personality because I can relate to it, and I think that her childhood trauma was brought to the reader well.
I also loved the dynamics of the friend group, although it's actually a little too unrealistic for my taste. I mean, a princess, a lawyer, an influencer, and a rich kid? Sorry but that's a little too much fiction for me. I really liked how much we got to know about each side character tho. We got to know them, but I feel like the information didn't take anything away from the other books.
Now let's talk about Alex. While I really really liked him and his pov, a few things really went on my nerves. For one, how his character felt over-done sometimes. Like we get it, you are cold hearted and don't care about anyone and anything and you think lowly of everyone else, but it feels like that's the only thing we know about him. Please, what is his personality like? What does he like, enjoy, hate? What's his favourite color, food, ice cream flavor? Just give us some details so that we can get to know him more. I know it doesn't fit the way his character is supposed to be portrayed, but it made me feel a lot of apathy towards him. Also, his obsession with sex? Like I get it, you want to have intimate moments with the woman you love, but really? It felt like all they did after they got together was fuck. That's probably why I enjoyed the first part of the book more, where we got witty banter, small touches and other things that made me swoon over Alex.
Another thing I really didn't like was how they resolved their conflict. First of all. You're telling me that Alex didn't talk to Ava for six months but then went to London and courted her for A YEAR??
Also, something that really really upset me was: they had a really important talk at the exhibition and afterwards they immediately fucked? For me, it felt unnatural. Like if that was me I'd just want to have dinner, talk, cuddle, and watch a movie, yk? The whole relationship just felt very sex-orientated.
I feel like that the biggest problem of the book is that Ana Huang just tries to tell the reader a lot of things, but she's scared she can't portray them in the way she wants to do she overdoes them to make sure everyone gets it.
Overall, it was just fine ig. Not special but not horrible. Idk yet if I'll pick up the next book or not. We'll see.
I didn't expect much honestly. Books that are THAT hyped everywhere on social media usually don't live up to it. And this was the case with this too.
I'd say that I like Ava as a FMC. I love her personality because I can relate to it, and I think that her childhood trauma was brought to the reader well.
I also loved the dynamics of the friend group, although it's actually a little too unrealistic for my taste. I mean, a princess, a lawyer, an influencer, and a rich kid? Sorry but that's a little too much fiction for me. I really liked how much we got to know about each side character tho. We got to know them, but I feel like the information didn't take anything away from the other books.
Now let's talk about Alex. While I really really liked him and his pov, a few things really went on my nerves. For one, how his character felt over-done sometimes. Like we get it, you are cold hearted and don't care about anyone and anything and you think lowly of everyone else, but it feels like that's the only thing we know about him. Please, what is his personality like? What does he like, enjoy, hate? What's his favourite color, food, ice cream flavor? Just give us some details so that we can get to know him more. I know it doesn't fit the way his character is supposed to be portrayed, but it made me feel a lot of apathy towards him. Also, his obsession with sex? Like I get it, you want to have intimate moments with the woman you love, but really? It felt like all they did after they got together was fuck. That's probably why I enjoyed the first part of the book more, where we got witty banter, small touches and other things that made me swoon over Alex.
Another thing I really didn't like was how they resolved their conflict.
Also, something that really really upset me was: they had a really important talk at the exhibition and afterwards they immediately fucked? For me, it felt unnatural. Like if that was me I'd just want to have dinner, talk, cuddle, and watch a movie, yk? The whole relationship just felt very sex-orientated.
I feel like that the biggest problem of the book is that Ana Huang just tries to tell the reader a lot of things, but she's scared she can't portray them in the way she wants to do she overdoes them to make sure everyone gets it.
Overall, it was just fine ig. Not special but not horrible. Idk yet if I'll pick up the next book or not. We'll see.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Blood
Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was a pretty good read. The explicit scenes were a nice supplement to the plot. There were a couple of twists that drew me in and a few funny moments that made me laugh out loud. The ending was a great set up for the next in the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence
Minor: Drug abuse, Suicide, Murder
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Omg it was beautiful I loved it. This was my first romance novel and omg. I'm in love
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content
Moderate: Gaslighting
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Violence
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Closed Door Mods: Chapter 22, Chapter 24 (some parts), Chapter 26 (some parts), Chapter 43 (some parts)
Not going to lie, this book is a bit intense, but it works (highly recommend checking out content warnings before deciding to read this). Twisted Love almost felt more romantic thriller to me since there are a lot of thriller aspects in the book, but this book kept me glued to my Kindle screen and had me to the very last page.
Really good dynamics between Ava and Alex and I liked how Huang took time to explore Alex’s moral greyness. I'm currently reading another one of her works (King of Pride) and I really like Huang's writing style when it comes to these complex characters and their relationships with others. Also, if you’re a fan of groveling in romance books, Huang has so much of that in Twisted Love. Read if you want a dark, grumpy x sunshine romance that has a similar vibe to a romantic thriller.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Vomit