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Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

198 reviews

absolutely_court's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Murder, Stalking, and Sexual content

diamondsequallove25's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

In my opinion, this is the best twisted book and was a great way to wrap up the series. The book had funny moments (Josh's jealousy towards Alex playing chess with Christian) to more serious moments like Stella's stalker and her family. The best character in the book and in the series overall, I have to give it to Mr. Unicorn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Emotional abuse

katierosecrane's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense 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

3.5

Firrst off I am biased because I don't love Ana Huang's writing, but they always seem to hook me just like Twisted Lies. This book is chessy and unrealistic. There were many parts of the plot that didn't add up to me and those unrealistoc parts dampned the book for me. 

Out of the whole series I would say this book is 3rd and the 1st book is last. To be fair even in the book Ana Huang states that it is cheesy so I don't really fault her. I just didn't particularly get entranced by this book because of that, but her writing intruged me enough to rread thhe whole series so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, Pregnancy, Vomit, Cursing, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

things100's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I loved Christian and Stella’s story such a good finale to the twisted series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Violence

gracewingham's review

dark funny slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

theasrensen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Stalking

catnip159's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

WOW! Wowowow! Christian Harper is all I wanted out of Alex Volkov and didn't get! Christian is truly my second favorite man from the twisted series and this book did not disappoint. I went into this with high expectations and these expectations were met and more! I loved Stella as a character and her internal struggles were something that I resonated with, and the guessing game with the stalker and the security mole was a fun game I played through out the book (which, I guessed the mole right heck yeah).

As for plot, I loved the stalker plot and I loved the small snip bits we get of Christian's work (aka, the office scene), I even liked Christian's character and I enjoyed the fact that all four Twisted men were together in scenes, their dynamic was great and I even ended up warming up to Alex which is shocking considering I didn't like him too much in his original book. As for Stella, I really reallly liked her as the main girl, her actions made sense and I really liked her personality. Stella was honestly a wild card for me when going in because she wasn't really relevant in the other three books so I couldn't get an opinion and I'm honestly happy about that. This book was genuinely a joy and I'm so excited to start the "King of" series since the main character of the first one seems intriguing since he was also in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

This one took a little bit to get into but once I did, I really enjoyed the love story peppered with violence and crime and mystery. I adore all of the female characters in this book and their slightly less than moral men. This book kept me up far later than I should’ve been because it was addictive and interesting. The spice takes awhile to show up and is only moderate but I still enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Grief, Sexual assault, Murder, Classism, Medical content, Stalking, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Vomit

essie__reads's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was my least favorite in the series, but it's still
a really good book! I personally found Christian a
bit annoying, and his obsession with Stella seemed
creepy and unwarranted for the first half of the book,
genuinely thought he was her stalker for a good
while before he finally revealed how he met her in the
past. I loved Stella, though! I loved the scenes with
her family and the conversations and growth they
experienced as a family. I loved the scenes with their
friends and how the men bicker and give each other
hell for falling in love, lol. Getting another wedding
from the friend group was so sweet, too! The spicy
scenes in this one weren't my favorite but still were
fun and well written!
Ana is a genius, and the way she set up the Kings
of Sin series by introducing the elite library/club
that Alex and Christian are in, and introducing Dante
briefly, was so smart. My interest is PIQUED!
The epilogue in this book was so sweet and I
am going to miss these characters. I am already
ordering the Kings of Sins series to devour in the
near future. Ana Haung just made my auto-buy
author's list!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Torture, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Dementia

ritaj_space's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Kidnapping