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Twisted Games by Ana Huang

143 reviews

hannibanani29's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, War

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident

romancebybri's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol

serenaasora's review against another edition

4.0

emotional tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse

ariallbooked's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional 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

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4.5 ⭐️ / 3 🌶

I adored Bridget so much! She’s a queen, in every sense of the word, and my favorite in the friend group so far. The beginning was a bit slow, but I didn’t mind it one bit. It set the foundation for all of the action that takes place later on in the story and it shows the progression of Rhys and Bridget learning to trust one another, so I definitely appreciated all of the build up. Speaking of which, the angst, the banter, the tension between Rhys and Bridget was everything!! Seeing their characters develop so much, both individually and together, made the story that much better. I did not want to put this book down! The plot was really good, the spice was even better! There were twists and turns that I definitely didn’t see coming. Ahhh it was so good! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse

Minor: Death of parent

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I almost didn’t go through reading this book, since I was somewhat unimpressed with Twisted Love (I rated it 3.5). But this book. I love Rhys and Bridget, as well as the writing and plot. I struggled to suspend disbelief with Twisted Love, but Twisted Games was the perfect mix of overcoming impossible circumstances and complex, lovable, characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny, Kidnapping

sofiarmz13's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Sexism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

ximena88's review against another edition

3.75

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol

lady_escapism's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book is mostly a slow-burn, forced proximity, forbidden, spicy romance dusted with a little political intrigue. The characters are flawed but in a relatable, not annoying way. The diversity of the characters and the portrayal of the love interests' metal health issues leaves something to be desired. It is fairly well written and the plot, while not super thick, doesn't have any big holes.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol

sdupont's review against another edition

3.75

emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

rhyaddams's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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This book was so cute! I loved the banter and tension between them in the first half of the book. There was more spice in this and was better than Twisted Love in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol