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Twisted Love by Ana Huang

11 reviews

madhattermommy94's review against another edition

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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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beebowbabe's review against another edition

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

1.5

It is a book. It is sexy. It is not much else. 

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ameliamc's review against another edition

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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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amyl0's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5


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lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

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

3.0

I jumped on the bandwagon to see what this series was about.
"Twisted Love" is a dark, spicy romance that follows Alex and Ava. Ava is a free-spirited photographer that is still trying to process her traumatic childhood. She does not entirely remember the bad things that happened to her, but that does not stop the nightmares. Alex is hellbent on seeking revenge against the man who had his entire family murdered in front of him when he was just a little boy. Alex's best friend is Ava's brother, and when he leaves for a mission trip, he asks Alex to watch over Ava.
Alex is possessive, domineering, and blinded by rage, but he has quite the soft spot for Ava. He is definitely a man riddled with red flags, but I really enjoyed reading about this complicated man in a fictious world. Ava is very much the cliched good girl who is in over her head with this experienced bad boy.
The spicy scenes were intense, but written very, very well.
This story takes a turn near the climax that I was not a fan of, and I really not did not like how it was ultimately resolved. I thought the characters had grown more than that, and I was disappointed in their behavior. Overall, this story was fine, not exactly what I wanted, but still a fun time nonetheless.
I am definitely still curious and will likely pick up more from this series in the future. 

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paige_shoesmith's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0


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tinewen's review against another edition

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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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zc2's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

I enjoyed the plot and the spice. It started out as a slow burn but after that whooosh holy cow. I didn’t expect the plot twist with Alex’s family and that rattled my boots. I’m a little upset that Josh never really forgave Alex but you know that’s kinda understandable as to why but it was good. I enjoyed how after he broke her heart they spent time recollecting the trust they use to have instead of making up and getting back together in 2 days it was reasonable and I liked that about it you know. I recommend it considering I wanna read the other three.

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bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

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dark hopeful 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

4.0


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lea_talisa's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was absolutely captivated and read the book in one sitting. Yet I have to say I didn’t really like the way things moved towards the ending.
It wasn’t extraordinarily good but I had a great time reading it and couldn’t put it down so without rating it objectively I can say in my opinion it’s a good book with lots of ups and downs so you definitely won’t get bored 

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