Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

39 reviews

plantz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

mmontemurro's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

This book is my first 5-star read this year! Incredible story and characters. This one was much better than the first book, even though I really liked the first book (and wouldn't have read this one without it!). Handsome bodyguard Rhys Larsen is taking over for Princess Bridget's previous bodyguard, Booth. She defies his rules at every turn and he is attracted to her (she is also attracted to him). It does take them a while to admit it though, and there is a lot of delicious sexual tension along the way! Bridget eventually has to go back to Eldorra to see her aging King grandfather. Her brother has also abdicated the throne for love (they are unable to marry commoners). This book very much reminds me of Princess Diaries 2, except with a lot more drama and sexual content. Rhys eventually follows Bridget to her home country, becoming her bodyguard once again, and they secretly begin a relationship. They fall in love (or are already in love) and have lots of amazing, possessive, approaches-on-dom/sub-sex. I loved the scene where Rhys sits Bridget on the throne and they have sex. Also in the gazebo the first time they met secretly - that was amazing. Bridget begins to look for a suitor and finds Steffan, who is also in love with someone else. Rhys is, of course, absolutely possessive. They both look for loopholes in the law. Rhys finds out that Bridget's cousin Andreas is his half-brother and that Rhys is actually a royal (but unacknowledged as the son of a prince) and Andreas wants to help them. They essentially blackmail the speaker of the house (Rhys' long-lost, dead-beat father) to repeal the law of royal marriages, and they succeed. The story absolutely captivated me and there were lots of twists and turns, emotion, and true romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, 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

erwikka's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I love Rhys and Bridget. I’m a sucker for a bodyguard/royalty trope. Again I would like to say I love how Ana writes trauma and the way it completely changes a person. For better or worse what happens to you shapes you and I think she does a great job with that. I really enjoy her writing style and will definitely finish the series. Just not sure when since the next book is about people I don’t particularly care about. The banter in this book is top notch and they are like a drug that you just can’t put down. I will say I think they are a little too long this one especially since it had to explain all the stuff they were doing during the event of book one. Definitely check your trigger warnings for this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Child abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Alcoholism

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, and Sexism

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

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

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

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

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

Forbidden lovers. It took awhile for the spice to develop but once it did, it was pretty good. I liked this book but I knew where it was going from about page 100. The ending, while predictable, did make me happy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

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