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Twisted Hate by Ana Huang

26 reviews

coco78337's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

4.0

Loved it, would have been 5 stars had something’s just been a little different for my personal taste

it was where Josh tells Jules he lied about forgiving her, I hated that scene

otherwise, it was a fabulous book for enemies to lovers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Sexism, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

simonn21's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This book has so far been my favourite from the twisted series although I still need to read Twisted Lies. I liked how the Josh and Jules had their own ambitions and SOME of their banter. Won't lie the whole hating each other thing and then having hate sex in the beginning was not it. I honestly didn't care for Josh's whole betrayal angst and daddy issues, but so far he's probably the most likeable male love interest so far, in that I didn't barf EVERYTIME he spoke. That is reserved for Alex, Fr like mans needs to chill the fuck out. I'm honestly kind of sick of the Twisted series male love interests not showing any emotion what so ever, or when they do its  "in their eyes" or whatever bs that means. I've the realised author tends to reuse a lot of phrases and certain wording, which normally would be fine but like pls stop the "growling" every time someone's upset. One complement for the series is the dual perspectives and flashbacks which helped better tell Jules and Josh's story. Jules was interesting and I was invested in her as a character. My favourite parts was their date in the library (not the one where he went down on her-that was not for me) but the sweet scavenger hunt and the dinner was cute. I HATED ALL THE SCENES WITH ALEX IN THEM LIKE EW.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Child abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Child death, Cursing, and Sexism

sophrosyne_flo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol and Blood

culzean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Torture, Car accident, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Body shaming, Alcohol, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Grief, and Bullying

plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.0

It was well written. I especially liked how multi-faceded the characters were. 
Lots of drama at some point in my opinion unnecessary. The intercourse as once said by the mal MC is not sensual in any way which may not be everyones taste. 
It is more a watching characters fall in love than a falling in love with the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Content Warnings: Explicit sexual content, bullying, violence, grief, anxiety, death, murder, misogyny, abandonment, torture, blood/gore, and medical trauma. Mention of: child abuse, child neglect, child endangerment, grooming, sexual assault, predatory behavior, rape, coercion, toxic relationships, parental abandonment, stalking, kidnapping, blackmail, revenge porn, and suicidal ideations.

Ever since I read, and loved Twisted Love, where we get to see a few fiery interactions between Jules and Josh I knew I needed to read their book. We get enemies to lovers between Ava’s [the MC of Twisted Love] BFF and older brother and it is steamy.

Seven years ago Jules befriended Ava and Josh has been against the friendship ever since. Only seeing Jules as a bad influence who’s prone to trouble Josh doesn’t want his younger sister anywhere near her and has been very vocal about it.

A lifetime of people disregarding and making assumptions about her has led Jules to despise anyone who looks down on her especially overconfident, and rude, future doctors like Josh Chen.

Both Jules and Josh are positive they know exactly who the other is…and hate them. Little do they know when forced together they may find they’re not that different after all.

I was not prepared for how good this book was. A fan of enemies to lovers and the BFF’s brother tropes I knew I was going to enjoy reading this book I just didn’t anticipate how much. Not only do we get great tropes between Jules and Josh but we also get to see Josh handle his severed relationship with his father and his ex-BFF Alex. Getting to see both characters face their pasts and overcome them had me cheering for them individually as well as together.

Knowing nothing about book four, which will feature Stella and Christian, I’m excited to see what happens. I feel like we’ll finally get more information about the stalker Stella dealt with, and since Christian is in security maybe she goes to him for help…really curious to see their love story unfold. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Abandonment, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder