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Twisted Games by Ana Huang

40 reviews

sbordo's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Drug use, Cursing, Misogyny, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Classism

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Grief, Cursing, Child abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Violence, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, War, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Infidelity

I loved the book and I loved the story line however I did find it pretty repetitive throughout the book. I did love the pop ups of the other characters as well like Alex and Ava

yreluctant's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

paigec0p's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

5⭐️
Absolutely loved this book with all of my heart, Rhys and Bridget were perfect for eachother. This book is perfect if you love grumpy/sunshine, age gaps, and more. It was so hard to put down and was amazingly written. I loved the characters and there were so many cute moments between Rhys and Bridget that I absolutely loved. Seeing Bridget evolve was amazing because she was already so strong but she grew so much with Rhys and they both came a very long way. Lots of tears, laughs, and excitement was brought out with this book and I loved it so much! I can not wait to read the next books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

sea_vid123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

The "stuff" is gone for a while so gets boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Violence, Alcohol, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Medical content, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Sexual content

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

I just love Bridget and Rhy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Death, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, and Alcohol

ayvah36's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Addiction, and War

Minor: Cursing, Violence, War, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

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

m4rtt4's review

dark emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.75

This book was drastically better than Twisted Love for two reasons: a realistic plot and the absence of Alex Volkov. The first half of the book really exceeded my expectations, but then the story just kept dragging on and on despite the time skips. Had this book been like 200 pages shorter I would have rated it around 3.5 stars — if you like porn with absolutely no plot, then you should like the latter half of this book. It could have been closer to 4 stars if Rhys wasn't so possessive and aggressive. Hell, CAN'T I ENJOY CONSENSUAL DOMINANCE IN A SEXUAL CONTEXT WITHOUT THE MAN BEING VIOLENT IN NONSEXUAL SITUATIONS AS WELL?? That's extremely unsexy, anger issues do not turn me on. Also, I guessed the plot twist in the very beginning,

the one where Rhys is revealed to be of noble Eldorran descent and they get married. (but if Rhys is the brother of Bridget's cousin, doesn't it make Rhys and Bridget half-cousins??? ew.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

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