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Mentiras do amor by Ana Huang, Ana Huang

39 reviews

solxread's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Okay I kid you not this book is one of the most underatted in the series! I'm not ready to leave them but I cannot wait for the if love series or king of wrath!

And Stella being pregnant!? Plus i need to know if Jules and Josh have gotten marrier or not yet.

I hate Julian. He needed therapy, badly. Fucking love Christian hes my fav!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual harassment

lillymmmmmm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Just no

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dvy's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment

3ternallymoon's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Stalking, Anxiety disorder, panic attacks (Stella) Murder x2 & torture x1 (done by Christian)- (Christian)

ac_52's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was the longest one in the series, which obviously leaves so much to talk about in this review. I'll start off by saying this: I absolutely adored this book. I walked into it with absolutely no spoilers about the content which made it all the more impactful. 

Not many books have made me cry, but this one got me - not as hard as Twisted Games, but it still brought some tears to my eyes. 

Stella and Christain are both... Interesting, to put it simply.

The whole ending sequence with Stella finding out about Christian's obsession and lowkey finding out that he murders people in his free time was... Something. I didn't mind it much, but it bothered me a bit that Stella just... Accepted it because she loved Christian. Considering that the book spent a lot of time establishing the depth of Stella's morals, it was kind of sad to see her just accept something like that (though I can't argue for the sake of the happy ending and the warning that this was the darker of books Huang has written).

Onto my opinions about Christian. I liked Christian for what he was. I'm not super into dark romance (maybe I just haven't found the right book), but I think for him being darker than the other male leads, it made sense. He was really only 'dark' in the sense of murdering people and torturing them, but other than that it wasn't super dark. Yes, he did illegal things. But don't most rich men in romance books? It was really cool to see Christian inside of his own book rather than within the context of the others as it really lets you see his character shine through. He's a huge softie at heart, as much as he tries to deny it. Christian and Josh are very similar in the kink department, except Christian is Josh on steroids. Nothing was sensual about the sex scenes in this book, and I was very much digging that. I liked how it was able to represent another side of intimacy while making it a space where it wasn't weird or out-of-the-ordinary. If super BDSM stuff isn't for you, then I'd say skip over the intimacy.

The pacing of this one was a lot faster than the other books. The added pages helps to tie everything together while also giving readers new content about the rest of the Twisted couples. It's very BDSM, so be warned. I think it was a satisfying conclusion to the series and left no questions to be answered with everybody getting their happy ending. 

TLDR; This is my second favorite book out of the series. The relationship dynamic between Stella and Christian was refreshing and was enjoyable to follow. It plucked my heartstrings a few times- through tears and laugher. 

Spice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

phoenixsparks's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

bri__'s review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this so much. I was initially intimidated going into it because I heard that others find it slow or boring but for me it was the perfect pace for the characters. I loved Christian harper!!!!! when i tell you that man is OBSESSED with his girl, very much a swoon-worthy read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

lokeylez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

bookmarkedtbr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

krosebooks's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Firrst off I am biased because I don't love Ana Huang's writing, but they always seem to hook me just like Twisted Lies. This book is chessy and unrealistic. There were many parts of the plot that didn't add up to me and those unrealistoc parts dampned the book for me. 

Out of the whole series I would say this book is 3rd and the 1st book is last. To be fair even in the book Ana Huang states that it is cheesy so I don't really fault her. I just didn't particularly get entranced by this book because of that, but her writing intruged me enough to rread thhe whole series so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail