Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

61 reviews

marygg3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

My dream trope, that for some reason I've read almost nothing about, delivered perfectly. 
It's weird because Alex was more intriguing for me, but I loved Rhys more, in a squishy-heart kind of way. The smut was also hotter in the previous book, but somehow better here. I don't know, I guess it depends on your taste. And for me, the praise kink is it.
The time jumps were actually pretty great. The whole relationship development felt realistic and I just love these guys together.
Even though I'm not used to the reverse power dynamic, I loved reading this couple, with a complete opposite vibe as the previous one.
Can't wait for the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, War, Infidelity, and Addiction

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

wackzo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Sexual content, and Abandonment

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

theratchetfairy_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

4.25

4.3/5 

This book made up for all the ways the first one was lacking, no overuse of tropes. Real conflict. SPICE( "And crawl to me." ) and actual Romance. 

Only reason it's not a 5 is there was a lot of repetition a good editor should have handled, and there was a timeline issue that would've been minor but they kept bringing it up 

Also, Rhys Larsen is HIM. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child abuse

shaykay's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

The Twisted series is really popular and gets recommended all the time. This is the second book; they are all standalones that follow this friend group. In this one, we have a slow-burn bodyguard meets royalty romance, and it was interesting to see play out. We do span over a pretty big timeline. Plus, the beginning of this book starts in the middle of the previous book, so some events happen again but in Bridgette or Rhys's POV. I appreciated that, but I wish this one had more suspense or drama. Things stalled out too much for me. But I liked that these two didn't give in to their feelings, and everything was happy ever after. These two struggled to get together and stay together, and I appreciated that side. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment and Gun violence

cries's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.25

Absolutely love this book. Compared to Twisted Love, safe to say I most definitely love Twisted Games more!!! 
The beginning of the book may have started off a little slow but the events and pov changes entices and attracts you into the story. The plot was decently planned and flows well. 
The writing is easy flowing and simple to understand. It hits you in the feels. However, I personally get my feelings turned off when I see a cuss word unnecessarily in a sentence. Despite that, I still think this book is well-written for young adults to easily comprehend. 
I teared up and almost cried reading for the first time during the last two chapters before the epilogue. This book made me believe in love again. 🥰

RHYS LARSEN. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. 😭 He’s not only a secret romantic but also a secret cinnamon roll!!! 🥺
BRIDGET VON ASCHEBERG. CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!!!! 💳💥 So proud of our Princess 🫶 from being scared and insecure, going through so much all at once, she pulled through and became the best version of herself. Highly respected, OUR QUEEN 🩷

Overall, this book was nice to read. It may feel draggy in the beginning, but the suspense when you reach the second half of Part 2, bless me. 
THERE ARE SPECIFIC CHAPTERS I WOULD MOST DEFINITELY READ AGAIN JUST TO FEED INTO MY DELULU AND BELIEVE IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN. 🩷✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Abandonment, Classism, and Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

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

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was just as if not better than the first book in the series! I loved the plot and how much it intertwined with the characters of the first and also held its own story. It was a beautiful love story that made me feel as if I truly knew the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Car accident