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Twisted Love by Ana Huang

61 reviews

sshpurple1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Gaslighting, Grief, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Child death

sshpurple1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Gaslighting, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, and Misogyny

emmabeeslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Gun violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Gaslighting and Drug use

reading_withphoebe's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Suicide

netaliv3's review

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

cole_anthony's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Child abuse, Grief, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Drug use, Murder, and Gaslighting

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

thebookwhale's review

2.25

It was fine. I guess. 

I didn't expect much honestly. Books that are THAT hyped  everywhere on social media usually don't live up to it. And this was the case with this too. 

I'd say that I like Ava as a FMC. I love her personality because I can relate to it, and I think that her childhood trauma was brought to the reader well. 
I also loved the dynamics of the friend group, although it's actually a little too unrealistic for my taste. I mean, a princess, a lawyer, an influencer, and a rich kid? Sorry but that's a little too much fiction for me. I really liked how much we got to know about each side character tho. We got to know them, but I feel like the information didn't take anything away from the other books.

Now let's talk about Alex. While I really really liked him and his pov, a few things really went on my nerves. For one, how his character felt over-done sometimes. Like we get it, you are cold hearted and don't care about anyone and anything and you think lowly of everyone else, but it feels like that's the only thing we know about him. Please, what is his personality like? What does he like, enjoy, hate? What's his favourite color, food, ice cream flavor? Just give us some details so that we can get to know him more. I know it doesn't fit the way his character is supposed to be portrayed, but it made me feel a lot of apathy towards him. Also, his obsession with sex? Like I get it, you want to have intimate moments with the woman you love, but really? It felt like all they did after they got together was fuck. That's probably why I enjoyed the first part of the book more, where we got witty banter, small touches and other things that made me swoon over Alex. 

Another thing I really didn't like was how they resolved their conflict.

First of all. You're telling me that Alex didn't talk to Ava for six months but then went to London and courted her for A YEAR?? 
Also, something that really really upset me was: they had a really important talk at the exhibition and afterwards they immediately fucked? For me, it felt unnatural. Like if that was me I'd just want to have dinner, talk, cuddle, and watch a movie, yk? The whole relationship just felt very sex-orientated.

I feel like that the biggest problem of the book is that Ana Huang just tries to  tell the reader a lot of things, but she's scared she can't portray them in the way she wants to do she overdoes them to make sure everyone gets it. 

Overall, it was just fine ig. Not special but not horrible. Idk yet if I'll pick up the next book or not. We'll see.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cursing and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

haleykeingstein's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

I wasn’t really sure what to expect going into this series but this book was phenomenal. The plot twists were ones I was completely not expecting and Ana managed to make me feels things throughout the entire book I was not pleasantly surprised for. The ups and downs on Alex and Ava’s relationship are heartbreaking but seeing the hard shell soft inside guy develop is amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Drug use

marief21's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death, and Murder