Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

65 reviews

biblioglot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

Overall, I liked this! It’s a solid billionaire, brothers best friend trope romance that is great at foreshadowing the next books in the series. 

I appreciated that it was sexy without being full on super spicy smutty. 

A few of the twists were ones I actually didn’t guess and they surprised me in a good way. 

I took away one star because I wish this had been broken into two books. Sometimes the narrative jumps too far ahead and we miss some perspectives for events that I would have liked to have. The author packs A LOT into this novel and it does get a bit sloppy in terms of plot development. 

Overall 4 stars. I enjoyed the hyperbolic cheese and the darkness of our male protagonist, Alex. I enjoyed how multi-faceted Ava is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping and Sexual assault

Minor: Torture

theredheadprotagonist's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder and Torture

whitebrooken's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Death

Minor: Torture and Kidnapping

platypusd10's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

gracerz007's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-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

4.25

Overall, I really liked this book. There were some things that I found predictable, but also some things that I was completely shocked by. I do think that there were too many epilogues, most of the time even having one is not needed, but this book had like 2 or 3.

I didn't quite know what to expect out of this book, but for my first read in 2024, I am impressed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Child abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Suicide, Vomit, and Kidnapping

thebrimarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Violence, and Kidnapping

clairew97's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Torture, Gore, Violence, Stalking, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

ameliamc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Drug abuse

peachani's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Blood

Minor: Drug abuse, Stalking, Torture, and Kidnapping

jla's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

Steamy, alphahole,  brother's best friend,  grumpy/ sunshine, kind of mafia smut.  It was a fast Libby audiobook with dual POV and male and female narrators.   I'm not sure how I felt about the narration. It was kind of nice to have an Asian FMC.  I liked the first 70%.  The drama at the lay 30% was kind of silly, but I like a good grovel and FMC that knows her worth.   Minor OW drama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Child abuse