Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

13 reviews

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

jlhunkins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Incest, Cancer, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Physical abuse

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

booknerderika's review against another edition

3.5

I wasn't a huge fan of the first book but I've heard good things about this one so I gave it a chance. There were a lot of predictable elements, but they weren't horrible. I was not a fan of the

third act break up 🙄

and Rhys was too possessive, not as much as Alex but still an unhealthy amount. I liked how this book smoothed everything out in a believable way though. I still haven't decided if I'm reading the next one, we'll see how I feel in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

I didn't enjoy the first book, but decided to give the second book a try anyway. It was much better, but not good enough to convince me to complete the series.

This is a princess falls in love with bodyguard book, with the nice twist of her brother abdicating the throne for the same crime of falling in love with someone without noble blood.

I really enjoyed the tension and slow burn, and when the spice did hit, it hit really well. I personally found the sex scenes well written, and enjoyed the rough descriptions. However, that's not to say that this was without its flaws.

Like Twisted Love, there were a number of clichéd and contrived plots, but not nearly to the same extent. The villain may as well have twisted their mustache for how bland he was.

However, it was the cringy lines that docked the most points off for me.

"I know 79 ways to kill a man, and I can make 70 of them look like an accident. Understand?"

It was just ridiculous that this man, who had proper real life experience, would talk like this about someone simply touching her, as well as threatening to burn down parliament? Just too ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping and Confinement

carlyjb16's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Murder, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident

wet_towlette's review against another edition

fast-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? Yes

2.25

I feel very similarly about this book as I did twisted love. Probably because the characters are literally the exact same people 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, War, and Grief

__romancereader__'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

-This is so far my favorite book in the series I haven’t read twisted hate or twisted lies but I'm so excited to i loved Rhys soooo much he’s my favorite in the whole book just the description of his appearance and his name is sooooo sexy i loved this book so much it gave me major anxiety towards the end but that my anxiety vanished and i loved the book even more i loveddddd the ending lovedd lovedddd loveddd it i love how the author not only gave them time together in the beginning and middle of the book but she also gave them a long ending and even a bonus ending that you have to search the link thats written out at the ending of the book online you’ll know the link when you see it but she did amazing with the ending i hate when authors make the whole book a slow burn and then rush the ending this wasn't one of the books the i give this book and the series all five stars so far⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💖😁💖😁😁😁😁💖😁💖😁💖💖😁💖😁😁💖😁😁-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Not all content warnings are for the main characters some are and some are for the people you hear or meet in the book😁

kiittycatt's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Medical trauma, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lucy_1's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexism