Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

62 reviews

witcheep'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This book is so not a good fit for my reading tastes. I was constantly appalled by how Alex seems to get away with anything

and always get his way — by any means necessary, including but not limited to gaslighting, murder, and stalking

. The possessiveness Alex shows is on another level as well. All that is scary, not sexy. 🚩🚩🚩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Self harm and Drug abuse

ekbrady312'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Suicide, Stalking, and Murder

alyciajstewart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Ava and Alex stole my heart! I loved watching their relationship blossom, and I am thrilled that they got their happily ever after. I also appreciate that the author didn't make it too easy for them and allowed the time required to rebuild trust. The storyline had enough twist and turns to keep me engaged without detracting from the romance. Well I did see the twist coming, the author did a great job at making it still a shock. The spicy scenes were well done and not overdone. I look forward to reading the next books and continuing to learn more about the other characters that were introduced in this novel.

(As a side note, if you had a book with an epilogue that is the same as the bonus scene available online.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

cassidyemaier's review

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

4.0

Grumpy/Sunshine trope, touch her I’ll kill you trope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent

habkehanna's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

4/5 ⭐ 
3/5 🌶️ 

 Tropes
- grumpy sunshine 
- touch her and die
- brothers best friend 

 📖 My Thoughts
I probably would have given this book five stars had i not been currently halfway through the second book which IS SO MUCH BETTER. so the second book kinda ruined me a bit lol. But I still love a good grumpy sunshine book. I find that it’s the trope I can relate to the most because I get a lot of comments that I’m a sunshine type character and my favourite form of self harm is emotionally unavailable men 🤷‍♀️. I liked the added bit about Ava having a fear of water and I found that I related to her PTSD as I have had a traumatic experience (unrelated to water) but felt like I had experienced what she did. I could not put this book down and I’m excited for the rest of the series! 

 ⚠️ Triggers
Drowning, suicide, overdose, self harm, vengeance, killing, death, guns, poison, sexual harassment 

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Representation
Female MC is Asian. MMC is first generation Ukrainian immigrant. Beyond that not much else representation detected but I’m white so take this info with a grain of salt. 

 🌶️ Spice
The spice was thereeeee. It was good but it also gave off the vibes that it was a vanilla couple that was like “oh I use handcuffs I’m so kinky!” There was kinky sex but it wasn’t KINKY if you know what I mean. Like the spanking and orgasm control. 

 📝 Special Notes
My library has the audio books free to download an unlimited amount of times so maybe check to see if that’s the same for y’all!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

booktok_girlie6's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

littykitty3825's review

mysterious 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

3.5

It was a pretty good read. The explicit scenes were a nice supplement to the plot. There were a couple of twists that drew me in and a few funny moments that made me laugh out loud. The ending was a great set up for the next in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence and Child abuse

Minor: Murder, Drug abuse, and Suicide

ciara_donohue's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

adriso's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.75

Twisted Love sent me for a ride. The relationship that was built between Alex and Ava flourished into something unexpected and was able to come back to life after wilting through the thick of the plot. I came to love most if not all of the significant characters even through their flaws. I'm very satisfied with the ending, which soothed all of the wounds the characters endured and put to rest the losses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicide

Minor: Stalking and Drug abuse

lhaylameansnight's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Lot of sex

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Sexism, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Vomit, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Suicide