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Twisted Games by Ana Huang

135 reviews

beccamlvn's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional 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

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

tiannakellyread's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol, War, Classism

taysreadinglist_'s review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny slow-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: Alcoholism, Death of parent

agnesbebon's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

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This was much better than Twisted Love. 

I didn’t love the first 10%. The references weren’t my fave and I think the allusion to Twisted Love’s kidnapping scene was important but poorly executed. The book really picks up after the first 10%. 

The indoor festival??? Are you kidding??!? The first hug??? “Come here princess??” Shut up I’m blushing. I am fully in love with Rhys and it’s totally fine. 

Huang’s writing definitely improved in this one and it shows. You could really feel what Bridget felt, especially the loneliness. The spice also improved... like this is for real spicy. There’s also way more chemistry between Rhys and Bridget than Ava and Alex. 

There are still some points where it could’ve been cleaned up. I still don’t love the use of flashbacks, but it was still better in Twisted Games. I also don’t like how the author explains what she’s alluding to and showing - let the reader recall the information and infer and understand. It makes the character development feel more natural. Also one more editing read through would’ve caught some very minor issues that did take away from the story for me. 

The plot twist was surprisingly surprising. I really thought I new exactly how to would pan out and I didn’t! 

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this. I didn’t want to put it down (after the 10% point) and I really really love Rhys and Bridget. I’m excited to read Josh and Jules next!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

aliyah_brz's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Death of parent

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

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

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