Reviews with content warning for Gaslighting - Twisted Hate

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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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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dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I think this is my favorite so far, but I'm looking forward to Christian and Stella's book even more. I did not like Josh or Jules in the previous books, but I did like them in this book. Jules' past really explained a lot. She really had nothing to be ashamed of. I feel like she was a victim of so many terrible people. Josh was a vain man whore, but A+ with the hate F***ing. I liked the sex in this book more than the first 2. I like that Alex was in this book a lot because, for some reason, I love the cold psycho characters.

One thing that bothered me was the blackmail material felt like it would qualify as child pornograph...

The second thing that bothered me was that I think Josh needed to grovel more. I did believe that he was remorseful, but his actions were so hurtful. I can't believe what he did and said to Jules, and I'm honestly not sure I could ever forgive someone if they did that to me.

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