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Twisted Hate by Ana Huang

61 reviews

conniejones's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

sea_vid123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Cursing, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Torture, Medical trauma, Murder, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, and Child abuse

cries's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

Josh Chen and Jules Ambrose are just so adorable. Their relationship development was slow in the middle but it was completely understandable as they had to transition from hate to love. 

I can totally understand why booktok girlies would question how and why Jules could forgive Josh for what he did. Because he did indeed mess up, twice. I am also wondering that but considering the experiences they’ve gone through together, I’d say the development and establishment of their relationship was pretty well done. 

Many people say the Twisted series has: 3 millionaires and a Josh. 
And I’ll be honest, I want a Josh. What’s wrong with a Josh? At least he isn’t as stalker-ish as the other three 🤦‍♀️
He had all the love languages. 
Words of Affirmation - his way with Jules was to bicker. (No I’m not being sarcastic)
Physical touch - we know ;)
Quality time -

would skip his fav trip just to

spend time with Jules
Gift Giving -

preparing a whole trip for her when Jules finished her bar exam? Dreamy

 
Acts of Service -

massage Jules when she had cramps and treat Jules well by spoiling her with her favourite food and drinks even when she didn’t ask for them

Overall, this book was pretty worth the read. I’d be honest and say that some characters and their plots are planned a little to basically, like the character Max. However, Josh Chen is the standard 🤩 (except his occasional clouded anger issues💀) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

Enemies to lovers, forbidden romance,  and single bed tropes are featured in this extra steamy romance. The characters really grew on me over the course of the story and their romance was spicy and sweet at the same time. I stayed up way too late to finish this one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Bullying, Kidnapping, Vomit, Physical abuse, Classism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Medical content

britbrit29's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

passionatereader78's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Wow! Definitely, rough sex. I don't know about hate. Interesting read. This is my least favorite in the series. There was something missing between Jules and Josh. I loved the crazy banter and there is a transformation between the feeling  of hate and love. I enjoyed the ending, but I  didn't fully connect with the characters.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

steen19's review against another edition

funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

peachani's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

Man, this book had quite the hill to climb in my eyes. Jules and Josh are two of the most annoying characters I've ever read, so I'm thankful they stopped bickering relatively early in the story. Speaking of early on, Jules insults the size of Josh's genitals several times. A little odd already, but given that Josh is an Asian man, the comment becomes... racist? Bigoted? Whatever the proper term, it made me uncomfortable. All in all, I read this because I'm a completionist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Trafficking, Addiction, Alcohol, and Confinement

katierosecrane's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Very similar quality to Twisted Games. I liked the climax but after it was too fluffy. I really enjoyed this book best I’ve read out of the series so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, and Vomit

zalikawashere's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Stalking, and Kidnapping