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Twisted Games by Ana Huang

103 reviews

lion3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

mauraian's review against another edition

emotional funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

okay so i had really high hopes for this book because it’s all over tik tok but i’m not sure how to feel. the whole royal plotline was a bit tedious and it got boring

i feel like if a stronger emotional connective has been established between rhys and jules i wouldn’t have minded the like 300 pages of royal plot lines, but that wasn’t there which makes the book lower rated. i also haven’t read the first book in the series and twisted games was the first one i’ve read 

some of the smut is REALLY out of pocket

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Drug abuse, War, Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol

CRAWL ??? CRAWL TO ME ? HOLY.

lizziemarie01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Classism, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic friendship

emmysforeverbooked's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

yall... this mf book!!!

people talk about their book boyfriends but i don't think anyone understands that Rhys Larsen is literally the book boyfriend. Like he knows exactly when to be funny, he's protective, he's brooding, he hates everyone but her. like he is literally the only man.

on a different note, the amount of different turns this book took?? like not one chapter went by where i wasn't wondering what happened next. the plot of this book was so wild in genuinely the best way.

all in all, i loved this book. it is definitely one of my top reads this year for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

melist6's review against another edition

emotional funny tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Classism, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Car accident

direguard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Classism, Cursing, and Drug abuse

Minor: Stalking, Blood, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic friendship, War, and Medical content

peachani's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Murder, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Classism, Violence, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Vomit

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Addiction, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

plumpaperbacks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

I didn’t think I’d find an Ana book that I disliked more than King of Wrath, but sadly, I did. And I really am sad about it, because through the entire first half, I was having such a blast with this book. I thought it would end up a favorite alongside King of Pride. But Rhys’ possessive temper tantrums got really old really fast, and then I was decidedly not having a blast.

It also doesn’t help that, the more I think about it, the more I realize that Bridget and Rhys have absolutely nothing to base a relationship on. All they ever do is screw around. Ana’s other couples have foundations upon which their relationships are built, but these two are just lust. Their story is just smut. Like if you took the vibes of Princess Diaries 2, combined with the vibes of Red White and Royal Blue, but replaced 90% of the plots with (rather repetitive) smut.

And damn, is it disappointing.

Extra half star for the first half, though, because it was fun while it lasted. And the teasing glimpses of future couples have made the rest (nearly) worth it.

Current series ranking:

1. Twisted Love (I’m shocked too)
2. Twisted Games (I’m sad)

Representation:

• Chinese-American side characters
• fat side character
• multiracial side character (Japanese, Black & Puerto Rican)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence and Medical content

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, War, Death, and Drug abuse

Sexual content is frequent and explicit but always consensual. There’s one scene early on of a near mass shooting, but the shooter is stopped. There are a few scenes in a hospital due to one protagonist’s grandfather having a heart condition, but he does pull through each time. Everything tagged minor refers to past events, including one protagonist losing a parent to childbirth and a parent to a car accident, and the other protagonist losing a parent to drug overdose. There are also brief mentions of war scenes due to one protagonist being an ex-Navy SEAL.

blake_3756's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual content