Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

38 reviews

things100's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

I loved Bridget and Rhys story, they are couple goals, I never reread books but I can see myself rereading this one and the smut oh my gosh 🥵. 10/10 recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Cancer

lana72905's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

I will say that this book had probably put me in a slow reading slump. Not that I didn't want to read, but I just didn't enjoy the premise as much as I did the first one. I felt like it had gone stale at some parts and slower at others, and tbh I just didn't enjoy it as much as I did Twisted Love. I loved the characters, of course, but just something about it didn't have the spark that Twisted Love gave me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Classism, Sexism, Addiction, and Abandonment

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Death of parent

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

5.0

This books very much gives Princess Diaries 2 and I’m here for it! I was a bit nervous to read this one because I’ve heard the series gets better as it goes, but I’m not a big fan of a slow burn. But that really didn’t matter I loved it so much! I was obsessed with Rhys obviously and I liked Bridget more than expected too! Tbh I don’t know why I thought I wasn’t going to love this because it has consumed my every thought for the past 5 days! I think it would’ve been 5 stars if not for the classic 3rd act breakup type shit but I really wasn’t even that mad given the context lol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Classism

kaleighfinn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

ix37lexi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense 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

3.0

I wasn’t too big of a fan of the majority of the book, I felt like it was repetitive and dragged on but I like how the ending wrapped it up so that helped redeem the book a little for me. It very much was not my style and there were certain scenes and descriptions I could have done without personally. The characters weren’t very interesting to me and none of the characters besides the main two were fleshed out characters. The relationship between Rhys and Bridget seemed toxic because they relied on each other too much and </spoiler he drinks alcohol for the first time when they get separated from each other which is completely out of character, but at least it didn’t continue after that> There is also something mentioned in the book that was never brought up again, but I’m assuming that’s for the fourth book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Sexism

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Gun violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Infidelity, and Sexual content

franthebooknerd's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

1.5

He is way too possesive and the relationship is super toxic. Hoped for something else.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexism, Stalking, Classism, War, Grief, Addiction, and Death of parent

amre23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Blood, Abandonment, Violence, Death, Classism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Infidelity, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

jen1804's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.75

A forbidden, royal, body guard, slow burn, enemies to lovers romance? Absobloodylutely yes please!
Bridget is a strong minded sunshine who dreams of falling in love one day. She is suddenly thrust into the line of succession when her brother abdicates the throne. Rhys is a brooding and possessive grump who happens to develop a soft spot for princess Bridget after several years of being responsible for keeping her safe as her bodyguard.
I really loved Bridget and Rhys’ story, ughh. This book felt long but for all the right reasons, it was a journey and I loved living said journey alongside these characters. It didn’t feel rushed like some other instant-love romance books and I loved that about it. It happens over a realistic timeframe across several years, and the multiple POV gave us both of their inner monologues so we got to see the attraction grow for each of them in real time. And I am OBSESSED with the two of them together.
At times this book was cute as hell, and at others it was incredibly steamy🥵. And boy does this book provide quotes to die for in both the cute bracket AND the steamy bracket, holy moly!
Would recommend, so much better than the first book of this series.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, and Car accident