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staubitz1025's review against another edition
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? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
essie__reads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This was my least favorite in the series, but it's still
a really good book! I personally found Christian a
bit annoying, and his obsession with Stella seemed
creepy and unwarranted for the first half of the book,
genuinely thought he was her stalker for a good
while before he finally revealed how he met her in the
past. I loved Stella, though! I loved the scenes with
her family and the conversations and growth they
experienced as a family. I loved the scenes with their
friends and how the men bicker and give each other
hell for falling in love, lol. Getting another wedding
from the friend group was so sweet, too! The spicy
scenes in this one weren't my favorite but still were
fun and well written!
Ana is a genius, and the way she set up the Kings
of Sin series by introducing the elite library/club
that Alex and Christian are in, and introducing Dante
briefly, was so smart. My interest is PIQUED!
The epilogue in this book was so sweet and I
am going to miss these characters. I am already
ordering the Kings of Sins series to devour in the
near future. Ana Haung just made my auto-buy
author's list!
a really good book! I personally found Christian a
bit annoying, and his obsession with Stella seemed
creepy and unwarranted for the first half of the book,
genuinely thought he was her stalker for a good
while before he finally revealed how he met her in the
past. I loved Stella, though! I loved the scenes with
her family and the conversations and growth they
experienced as a family. I loved the scenes with their
friends and how the men bicker and give each other
hell for falling in love, lol. Getting another wedding
from the friend group was so sweet, too! The spicy
scenes in this one weren't my favorite but still were
fun and well written!
Ana is a genius, and the way she set up the Kings
of Sin series by introducing the elite library/club
that Alex and Christian are in, and introducing Dante
briefly, was so smart. My interest is PIQUED!
The epilogue in this book was so sweet and I
am going to miss these characters. I am already
ordering the Kings of Sins series to devour in the
near future. Ana Haung just made my auto-buy
author's list!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Dementia, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
cdoubet's review against another edition
emotional
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? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
sbordo's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Blood
Minor: Cursing, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Christian was HOT and Stella really grew throughout the book. Their relationship was easy to follow and fall in love with. One of the reveals was a little predictable and there were a few times where I felt the book lulled a bit but overall really enjoyable and I’d read again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Bullying
worldofv33's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol
marygg3's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
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? Yes
4.0
I missed a truly bad boy. Don't get me wrong, I love Rhys with all my heart and Josh is my favorite of them all. But I missed falling for a truly bad scary man, having my sanity questioned for it was something I hadn't quite felt since Alex Volkov. But then came Christian Harper... and oh my God I ate it up!
The amount of times this man had me clenching my thighs together is sick! Of course, I loved how the second most scary man (but definitely the baddest) ended up with the sweetest and softest of the girls... but let's not forget that divine quality praise kink. Chef's kiss.
All in all, now that I've finished the series, I gotta say I loved it all... but none had quite the same punch as Twisted Love. I didn't even realize it until Ava and Alex kept making appearances in the other books and I woul literally sit straight and give them puppy eyes, I love them that much. Which is why this book's epilogue was my favorite. Seeing everybody happy and married with kids or engaged or expecting was beautiful and I'll never get over the "Little Sunshine" beat. I swear I squealed in that part.
And the bonus scene? Daddy Christian was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
And the praise kink definitely pumped it up a notch so the beginning and the end of this series are toe-to-toe for the title of favorite.
Can't wait to read the next series, I'm already intrigued about the easter eggs we saw here...
The amount of times this man had me clenching my thighs together is sick! Of course, I loved how the second most scary man (but definitely the baddest) ended up with the sweetest and softest of the girls... but let's not forget that divine quality praise kink. Chef's kiss.
All in all, now that I've finished the series, I gotta say I loved it all... but none had quite the same punch as Twisted Love. I didn't even realize it until Ava and Alex kept making appearances in the other books and I woul literally sit straight and give them puppy eyes, I love them that much. Which is why this book's epilogue was my favorite. Seeing everybody happy and married with kids or engaged or expecting was beautiful and I'll never get over the "Little Sunshine" beat. I swear I squealed in that part.
And the bonus scene? Daddy Christian was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
And the praise kink definitely pumped it up a notch so the beginning and the end of this series are toe-to-toe for the title of favorite.
Can't wait to read the next series, I'm already intrigued about the easter eggs we saw here...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Blood
Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Pregnancy
thebookwhale's review against another edition
3.5
WHOOHOOO FINALLY FINSISHED
Before we get into this, I just want to say a few things:
1. this will probably contain spoilers.
2. this is actually 2 reviews, one of the book and one of the series as a whole
Twisted Lies Review
Ok so in this book, Ana Huang proved to me that she can, in fact, write. At least a bit. This was the best book of the series by far. Especially with the romance. This time, the protagonists Stella and Christian had chemistry AND they were a good match, which I found surprising considering how one of the above was always lacking in the other books.
STELLA
Stella Alonso is my fav Twisted girlie. I can relate to her so so much and she was authentic and it felt like the writing stayed true to her character throughout the book. I didn't like how she suddenly became this helpless woman after she and Christian started dating. She was such a girl boss, and then all gone.
CHRISTIAN
Christian Harper is great, I just think that he thinks too high of himself. The dude thinks he is this monster and I feel like he didn't act like how his inner monologue made him present.
PLOT
This is actually the point where I have to take away the most stars. The plot felt so so so slow, and then, at the ending, it was utterly rushed. There was the stalker, and he was mentioned every once in a while, but no suspense or angst was created, which I found quite sad as there was so much foundation and opportunity to build on. Also, the revelation? So so badly done.Julian being the stalker just didn't do it for me. The explanation was so weird and so underwhelming, when you could have done so much more. I didn't even remember who he was when I first read his name.
Overall, I'd give this a 3.5/5.
Now, for the series:
I like the concept. A friend group with their own stories, each story being intertwined, is a really good idea. A few things I didn't like:
1. THE LANGUAGE
literally. So many examples, but I'll make this short. HOW IS AIR SUPPOSED TO SHIFT? Literally. Just say something like "the atmosphere shifted". So many icks, istg. Also, the vocabulary of Ana Huang doesn't seem to be really big. All of the men described their woman the same. "Lush lips", "silky hair", "soft skin", "intoxicating smell"... please Ana just think of some more creative adjectives to describe a woman.
2. THE STEREOTYPES
While I live on romances with more dominant male characters, this was a little too much sometimes. Why does the girl have to have long legs, "lush lips", a curved body,...? Can we get some more diversity please?
Also, Christian only having male employees do his "dirty jobs". Why can't a woman clean up a dead body?
Why can't we have a man crying? Why do the girls all wear fucking dresses all the time?? IT'S 2024 FOR GODS SAKE PUT SOME DIVERSITY IN YOUR WRITING.
Also, why is everyone successful and rich? Life isn't like that. We have a lawyer, a doctor, a bodyguard, a fucking queen, a high end designer, a security CEO, a billionaire, and a top notch photographer? It doesn't really make sense. Why can't some of them fail? And why are the men already successful why the women have to earn it? Maybe write a man who has to pray he passed his exam and a woman who doesn't give a shit about money bc she's rich as hell. SWITCH. IT. UP.
3. REPETITIONS
No bc this whole series felt so so repetitive. She meets a guy, doesn't like him, has a business arrangement with him, she falls in love, he doesn't like to admit but he loves her too, then, a betrayal or something that breaks them apart for a while, makeup sex, they marry. The end.
I also don't really know the difference between the guys. They are all supposed to be cold, but have a soft spot for their woman, they smell masculine, they radiate "raw" masculinity (whatever the hell that's supposed to be), they are all dominant in bed, and so on. As I said, give us some variation please. Maybe write a guy who is also fine with being submissive. Maybe write a character who is bi. Really. Writing has no limits, and still you decide to fill FOUR BOOKS with the same content just in different fonts.
Overall, it was fine. Nothing special, nothing extraordinary, but I did expect that. I won't read it again, but I guess it was nice to make time pass.
I'd give this series as a whole 2/5 stars.
Also thank you for reading this because this is probably the longest review I've ever written. Love y'all and keep reading<3
Before we get into this, I just want to say a few things:
1. this will probably contain spoilers.
2. this is actually 2 reviews, one of the book and one of the series as a whole
Twisted Lies Review
Ok so in this book, Ana Huang proved to me that she can, in fact, write. At least a bit. This was the best book of the series by far. Especially with the romance. This time, the protagonists Stella and Christian had chemistry AND they were a good match, which I found surprising considering how one of the above was always lacking in the other books.
STELLA
Stella Alonso is my fav Twisted girlie. I can relate to her so so much and she was authentic and it felt like the writing stayed true to her character throughout the book. I didn't like how she suddenly became this helpless woman after she and Christian started dating. She was such a girl boss, and then all gone.
CHRISTIAN
Christian Harper is great, I just think that he thinks too high of himself. The dude thinks he is this monster and I feel like he didn't act like how his inner monologue made him present.
PLOT
This is actually the point where I have to take away the most stars. The plot felt so so so slow, and then, at the ending, it was utterly rushed. There was the stalker, and he was mentioned every once in a while, but no suspense or angst was created, which I found quite sad as there was so much foundation and opportunity to build on. Also, the revelation? So so badly done.
Overall, I'd give this a 3.5/5.
Now, for the series:
I like the concept. A friend group with their own stories, each story being intertwined, is a really good idea. A few things I didn't like:
1. THE LANGUAGE
literally. So many examples, but I'll make this short. HOW IS AIR SUPPOSED TO SHIFT? Literally. Just say something like "the atmosphere shifted". So many icks, istg. Also, the vocabulary of Ana Huang doesn't seem to be really big. All of the men described their woman the same. "Lush lips", "silky hair", "soft skin", "intoxicating smell"... please Ana just think of some more creative adjectives to describe a woman.
2. THE STEREOTYPES
While I live on romances with more dominant male characters, this was a little too much sometimes. Why does the girl have to have long legs, "lush lips", a curved body,...? Can we get some more diversity please?
Also, Christian only having male employees do his "dirty jobs". Why can't a woman clean up a dead body?
Why can't we have a man crying? Why do the girls all wear fucking dresses all the time?? IT'S 2024 FOR GODS SAKE PUT SOME DIVERSITY IN YOUR WRITING.
Also, why is everyone successful and rich? Life isn't like that. We have a lawyer, a doctor, a bodyguard, a fucking queen, a high end designer, a security CEO, a billionaire, and a top notch photographer? It doesn't really make sense. Why can't some of them fail? And why are the men already successful why the women have to earn it? Maybe write a man who has to pray he passed his exam and a woman who doesn't give a shit about money bc she's rich as hell. SWITCH. IT. UP.
3. REPETITIONS
No bc this whole series felt so so repetitive. She meets a guy, doesn't like him, has a business arrangement with him, she falls in love, he doesn't like to admit but he loves her too, then, a betrayal or something that breaks them apart for a while, makeup sex, they marry. The end.
I also don't really know the difference between the guys. They are all supposed to be cold, but have a soft spot for their woman, they smell masculine, they radiate "raw" masculinity (whatever the hell that's supposed to be), they are all dominant in bed, and so on. As I said, give us some variation please. Maybe write a guy who is also fine with being submissive. Maybe write a character who is bi. Really. Writing has no limits, and still you decide to fill FOUR BOOKS with the same content just in different fonts.
Overall, it was fine. Nothing special, nothing extraordinary, but I did expect that. I won't read it again, but I guess it was nice to make time pass.
I'd give this series as a whole 2/5 stars.
Also thank you for reading this because this is probably the longest review I've ever written. Love y'all and keep reading<3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Stalking
Moderate: Gun violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy
moonylovesstars's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
ivmi25's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail