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Twisted Games by Ana Huang

40 reviews

amre23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Medical content

jen1804's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

A forbidden, royal, body guard, slow burn, enemies to lovers romance? Absobloodylutely yes please!
Bridget is a strong minded sunshine who dreams of falling in love one day. She is suddenly thrust into the line of succession when her brother abdicates the throne. Rhys is a brooding and possessive grump who happens to develop a soft spot for princess Bridget after several years of being responsible for keeping her safe as her bodyguard.
I really loved Bridget and Rhys’ story, ughh. This book felt long but for all the right reasons, it was a journey and I loved living said journey alongside these characters. It didn’t feel rushed like some other instant-love romance books and I loved that about it. It happens over a realistic timeframe across several years, and the multiple POV gave us both of their inner monologues so we got to see the attraction grow for each of them in real time. And I am OBSESSED with the two of them together.
At times this book was cute as hell, and at others it was incredibly steamy🥵. And boy does this book provide quotes to die for in both the cute bracket AND the steamy bracket, holy moly!
Would recommend, so much better than the first book of this series.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Liked this one only a bit more than the first, probably because I'm a sucker for the bodyguard trope. Read it all in one day! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

laurenvoice's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.25

Wow! Yep, massive Rhys Larsen fan now.

The pacing of Twisted Games was much better than Twisted Love; we got to see the romance build between Bridget and Rhys; it was a slow burn, but perfect! I loved that we saw all the little details that built-up their love story, for example, the indoor festival, the graduation dinner oh, and the bucket list Costa Rica trip.

The only downfall of Twisted Games was the ending; the unravelling of the secret filming/photo leak plot was anti-climatic. And I am still trying to work out the point of some of the characters that were introduced and ended up adding nothing interesting to the story. The ending felt rushed; and, to be honest, a bit cheesy!

Nonetheless, I loved Bridget and Rhys's love story; plus, extremely happy with Alex and Ava's cameos. Oh, I do wish that Twisted Love was the same length as Twisted Games. The time jumps in this were done perfectly, and seeing all those little details and intimate conversations between Bridget and Rhys helped build their chemistry and relationship beautifully.

I can't wait to see what happens in the next Twisted book; I am excited for Stella and Christian's story!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse and Death of parent

frantically's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

This read like a Throne Of Glass fanfiction. The politics were so dumb, they fell apart whenever you started thinking about them. But our main couple was still really cute <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Kidnapping

Infidelity is not between the MC's.

ajboyd_'s review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

tragicgloom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

culzean's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol, War, and Classism

agnesbebon's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

This was much better than Twisted Love. 

I didn’t love the first 10%. The references weren’t my fave and I think the allusion to Twisted Love’s kidnapping scene was important but poorly executed. The book really picks up after the first 10%. 

The indoor festival??? Are you kidding??!? The first hug??? “Come here princess??” Shut up I’m blushing. I am fully in love with Rhys and it’s totally fine. 

Huang’s writing definitely improved in this one and it shows. You could really feel what Bridget felt, especially the loneliness. The spice also improved... like this is for real spicy. There’s also way more chemistry between Rhys and Bridget than Ava and Alex. 

There are still some points where it could’ve been cleaned up. I still don’t love the use of flashbacks, but it was still better in Twisted Games. I also don’t like how the author explains what she’s alluding to and showing - let the reader recall the information and infer and understand. It makes the character development feel more natural. Also one more editing read through would’ve caught some very minor issues that did take away from the story for me. 

The plot twist was surprisingly surprising. I really thought I new exactly how to would pan out and I didn’t! 

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this. I didn’t want to put it down (after the 10% point) and I really really love Rhys and Bridget. I’m excited to read Josh and Jules next!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism