Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Twisted by Emily McIntire

92 reviews

reading_kim_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

mookayla's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

If I haven't said it before, let me just say that I LOVE Emily Mcintire's books! I think I'll be reading anything that she writes. I absolutely loved Yasmin and Julian/their relationship! And I adore how Emily ties so many Easter eggs from the story she was inspired by (in this case Aladdin) throughout her books! I would definitely recommend to anyone who loves modern fairytale retellings/inspired books.

Tropes/Vibes:
• Age-Gap Romance 
• Dad's Best Friend
• Enemies-to-Lovers 
• Aladdin Retelling 🧞‍♂️
• Forced Marriage/Marriage of Convenience
• People Pleaser MFC 
• "My Wife"
• "Good Girl"
• Touch Her and 💀 

Micro-Trope:
• He fixes her plate for her
and I LOVED it 🥰🤣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

kiarra_s's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

kd666's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent

skb163's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

arielthereader's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

megsssss_'s review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

Fourth in the Never After series, Twisted is a loose reimagination of Aladdin. Set in modern day NY, we find Yasmine, the daughter of a sick billionaire, who's dying wish is to marry her off and leave the legacy of his jewel empire to her husband-to-be, all the while she is already engaged in a secret relationship with her childhood friend, Aidan. Julian is her father’s right hand man and  COO of Sultans, who has murdered his way to the top and has his eye on the fortune to be left by the mogul. He devises a plan to force Yas's hand in marriage to him, while also getting the boy, Aidan, out of the way by sending him on a wild goose chase for an ancient lamp artifact in Egypt. The two had great banter and a true enemies to lovers blossoming, and I loved seeing the transition of him wanting to own her for power, to owning her for love. 

I'm so torn because although I thoroughly LOVED this book, I felt the plot was predictable the whole way through, so I never really felt at the edge of my seat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

myah_reads's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It’s been a long time since I’ve read a true enemies to lovers and this one was *chefs kiss*

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

edietz22's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Alcohol