Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Twisted Hate by Ana Huang

63 reviews

yoohanna's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction and Toxic relationship

jehansen127's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Abandonment, Grief, Medical content, Violence, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Sexism, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

funny sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Vomit, Cursing, Blood, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Violence

b00kl0v3rastro's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Deadnaming, and Stalking

briony_2010's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Cursing, Gaslighting, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping and Grief

essie__reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars

⚠️⚠️⚠️This review contains spoilers!! Spoilers below ⚠️⚠️⚠️



Somehow, each book in this series continues to get better!

I thought for sure this book because it is enemies to lovers, and that is typically not my favorite trope, wouldn't be my favorite Twisted book. But so far, I think this is. Ana Huang might be becoming a new favorite author for me.

I love that these books have strong friend groups, enjoyable steamy scenes, but also captivating plots aside from the romance.
I felt for Jules and Josh as they navigated their traumas and daddy/mommy issues and how they ultimately made those hard decisions and handled things, in order to help them grow and be able to move on without letting those truamas control them. I also enjoyed seeing more of the softer side of Alex and how he and Josh talked and worked on repairing their broken friendship. Jules acknowledgment of growing up and how it feels to be an adult and have less time for friends and friendships changing as people marry was so relatable and described very well. 

I would definitely recommend this series! It can be a bit corny at times, but so can any romance book, but these books leave me hugging the book against my chest and believing in love. They also make me reflect on my own friendships, parent relationships and traumas- in a good way I think- and I think that says a lot about the author's ability to write relatable and complex life-like characters/relationships. 

And I love how Ana tied in Christian- the love interest in the next book-into this series as well. I am definitely intrigued to learn more about Stella and Christian!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Grief, Abandonment, Violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Car accident, and Gaslighting

sbordo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Medical content, Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders

rachelml's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

 Josh Chen needs to be made into a real life man (apart from one scene in the book where he was an utter arse).

I've been looking forward to Josh and Jules since book one, and Ana did NOT disappoint! From the sex scenes to the beautiful moments of friendship and love, this book catapulted Josh straight onto the Best Book Boyfriends list before I was even a quarter of the way through. Swoonworthy and hot all in one.

Once again, loved the twists and turns and also the cameos from other series (I won't spoil it).

Off I go to Twisted Lies - which I also CANNOT WAIT for given the hints in this book.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

sea_vid123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Cursing, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Torture, Medical trauma, Murder, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, and Child abuse

kcweber22's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

It was good, but not great. Definitely not my favorite in the series so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Medical content, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Death of parent