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Josh and Jules were a fun pair. They are witty and snarky with one another. A slow burn for years that finally flares up. I enjoyed their drama. Max makes an appearance and of course wrecks the situation because he feels owed. Jules has cleaned up her act and moved on to better things. So many secrets in one relationship. Not as huge and dramatic as Alex and Ava situation but still impactful and entertaining. This was easier to relate to than the other couples. Charming and smaller drama. Things explode and josh ends up begging for Jules to take him back.

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Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

I didn’t necessarily hate this book. But, heres a few things i didn’t necessarily like either,

- friends w benefits trope
- THAT scene after Jules confessed about the painting
- Josh

1. The friends with benefits trope isn’t my favourite because you don’t get the confession scene and the first kiss, but thats just my own personal opinion and isn’t my biggest problem with the book since its just a trope i don’t like and not a problem with the actual plot or writing as a whole.

2. Don’t even TRY to defend josh here because that was so wrong in so many different ways. I understand that he was hurt and felt betrayed, especially from past experiences but that was absolutely no excuse for manipulating Jules like that. Call it whatever you want but that was plain manipulation, and me personally would NOT have forgiven josh in that situation. Tbh i would’ve started going out with that Asher dude instead.

3. I think its clear why i hate josh. Although the max scene redeemed him, a little bit.

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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

3.75

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emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Overall, this is definitely my favorite book in the series so far. It honestly didn't even feel like 500 pages. I like seeing all those details and moments added in there. I think Twisted Games could have been longer, like this one, with fewer time skips, and I might have given that one 4 stars too.

Anyway, back to Twisted Hate.

I loved the banter and the chemistry between Jules and Josh. It felt realistic. Their reasons for hating each other made sense, and they weren't immature. I suppose maybe they could have talked it out before 7 years had passed, but I don't think it's unrealistic that they hadn't, especially when they didn't think the other one had changed and this pre-determined hatred had already been established.

I'm really glad that the fiery chemistry between them didn't die out when they got together. Sometimes that happens in romances, there's all this tension and buildup, and then, they feel like 2 different people when they get together. Jules and Josh both grew and learned things about themselves and each other throughout the book, but for the most part, they still felt like themselves- together and as their own person.

This book definitely had the best smut for me so far. The dirty talk? The teasing and tension? Oh my god...

I don't want to get into too much detail about what I didn't like in this book, because it would spoil some things.

I really liked Jules character. She's a strong fmc, but we were still able to see her struggle with her own fears and insecurities. And even when she was struggling with them, I still felt she was being strong.

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challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted tense slow-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

3.25

I'm so conflicted on this because I really loved it at first!! I thought was moving a bit slowly and I would have liked some more action sooner but it was alright.

The way Josh handled Jules' confession though, just made me so uncomfortable. The sex scenes were already a bit too dub-con for my taste but this one? He was straight up using sex for punishment and yes, she had a way of tapping out, but they were both clearly not in the right mind space to have sex at that time.

I was really annoyed at Alex in the last book and honestly the first one too, but 1) he was absolutely hilarious in this one and 2) at least my man doesn't have an identity crisis halfway through beating someone up 😤 I hate the "blablabla I'm a doctor which means I can just as well kill people as I can save them" but I read a lot of medical romance, so I've gotten used to it. What I don't want to get used to is ER doctors beating up people to a fucking pulp 💀 AND OFTER AFTER REALISING IT COULD COST THEM THEIR CAREERS like where did all that supposed doctor intelligence go

idk i expected more from this but the first ~70% were still good. won't be reading the next one though.

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