Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

395 reviews

bookswithcee's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

madhattermommy94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

I really liked it. I've been in a reading slump lately, and this kinda helped me out of it a little, but towards the end I got kind of bored. It went from mafia romance to puppy love and became meh. I still liked it and want to continue the series though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Child abuse, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

mmontemurro's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This series has been on my list for a little while. I didn't care for the narrators of this story (the woman's voice is very high pitched and the man's voice is oddly deep. Other than that, the story was  intriguing and intertwined. I love the true opposites attract/friends to lovers trope, and also that Alex Volkov has gotten involved with the Chen family based on the belief that their father killed his entire family. Alex becomes close to Ava's brother and then close to Ava while he has to look out for her. They begin a relationship of sorts, and Alex is seemingly very keen on protecting Ava, but he is certainly a morally grey alpha male type (not that this bothers me necessarily, lol). We learn in the end that Ava's father tried to kill Ava multiple times (she was not his biological daughter) and was not involved with the Volkov murders. Alex's uncle orchestrated the killings, which he finds out towards the end. To keep Ava in the dark and protect her, Alex lies to her about loving her and pretends to be on his uncle's side. This essentially ruins the trust in their relationship, and even after the kidnapping, Alex pretends not to love her and lets her move to London. He eventually does go back to her, but it takes some coaxing from her friend, and once he moves to London, Ava makes him work VERY hard to gain her trust back (which made me happy, I didn't want her to just take him back after all he put her through!). Finally, after about a year as friends/acquaintances in London, Alex sings a song for her at an art show. It was kind of romantic, but not really in Alex's character. The only thing was that he never sang in front of anyone (although he was a good singer), but he would sing for her. After this, they make up. I think overall, this was a very good story, and it captured my attention. The smut was also very good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence

Love that he calls her "sunshine"

noabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

kalyn_c's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

marionlundqvist's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Child death, Death of parent, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Stalking, and Blood

meghanlamar's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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

3.75

This book could’ve scored higher if it wasn’t so predictable. I was calling each plot point chapters in advance. I was looking forward to reading this book and the hype was overhyped. It’s still a great book and would recommend I loved the characters, I just wish it wasn’t so “yea I knew that was coming.”

Also I wanted more spice there was only a chapter or so in the middle of the book with the spice that the first half of the book was leading up to and then after the first time they did it, there wasn’t anymore romance or spice to it which was disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

nixonice's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Torture

netaliv3's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Vomit, and Violence

distantdreams's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Why this wasn’t rated higher: The MMC had random and sudden Edward Cullen vibes, as if this was a Twilight fanfic first. That would have been fine, except these moments felt sudden and intense and out of place for the character. There were also multiple scenes of long info-dumping regarding villain and main character motivations. I  lost immersion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping