Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

70 reviews

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

kashiish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

“i don’t need a happily ever after. i need to be by your side. i need you happy and healthy and safe. goddammit bridget, i need you. in any way i can have you.”

the song for this book is — call it what you want by taylor swift 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Car accident, Drug use, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Kidnapping

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

Much better than the first book to me. The beginning of the book was very intriguing because I liked the troupe of body guard falling for his client. After the book settled in though it became slow paced for a little bit in the middle of the book but eventually picked back up. I liked the conflict of the romance, but the resolution was predictable. 

I wouldn't read this book if you are looking for good plot twists, while it has some they don't last very long for you to infer what might happen. Overall I liked that characters and their relationship and I didn't like slow pace in the beginning/middle parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Mass/school shootings, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical content, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Car accident, Classism, Gun violence, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

funny hopeful tense slow-paced

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

3.0

you lost me when they were semi related.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

I was trying to think of something to not like about this book. I very much enjoyed it.

I absolutely loved Rhys. I listened to the audiobook so I think that helped but that man is filthy in all the best ways and his care for Bridget is so beautiful. Bridget was a strong FMC but Rhys really stole the show. I wanted to know what he was thinking and planning and saying. The plot itself wasn’t bad or far-fetched. It made sense in the grand scheme of the book and was resolved nicely. This book isn’t literary genius but the plot was good, the characters lovable, and the smut so spicy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Gun violence

aqtbenz's review against another edition

Not a super cohesive story, and we don't get to watch the relationship grow. Meh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

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