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Twisted Games by Ana Huang

106 reviews

torrentsofhayl's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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r4v3ncl4w_93's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Complicated

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hellowildflower's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny 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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anjasfairylights's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Okay, so I like reading romance novels, I like the smut but I also really like emotions and tension and all there is to it. This one didn’t quite check all the boxes for me. I‘m sure there‘s people who like it, but this time there were way too many sex scenes for me and they were also so graphic and brutal? Definitely did not appreciate that, the author could have spent more time with letting the characters deal with stuff in a more healthy, emotional way instead of fucking each other every time?? Like, maybe it‘s a coping mechanism but they didn‘t really had one serious, well written out conversation. I‘m a bit sad because I really liked the princess-bodyguard-thing at first, but please, not like that.

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savvyrosereads's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Bridget is about to become Crown Princess of Eldorra, and the last thing her Royal future will allow is falling for her bodyguard…

This was SO GOOD, y’all. Thanks first and foremost to the Twisted support group for peer pressuring me into pushing this to the top of my tbr. I had forgotten how much I LOVE a Royal romance, but this book checked every box—forbidden relationship? Political intrigue? Storybook settings? Yes yes and yes.

I absolutely loved Bridget as an FMC—she was tough and no nonsense and fought for what she wanted. And RHYS…his grand gestures made me melt every time, I honestly loved him *so* much, and his backstory broke my heart. I also LOVED the way the third act breakup unfolded in this story—I’m usually not a fan (even though they almost always happen) but this one felt logical, fitting, and not contrived, and I appreciated the genuine growth of both MCs over the course of the book.

I could go on…but I’m typing this review at 3am because I just finished reading, and I’m positive I’ll dissolve into incoherence pretty soon. Bottom line: this was a delight of a read from start to finish.

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: Royal romance; forbidden-ish romance; political drama

CW: Discussions of child abuse, alcoholism, death of parent; gun violence (on page); mentions of kidnapping

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carlyjb16's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional fast-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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matthewslaura's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I love love LOVED how cute this book was. I’m glad I read Twisted Love before reading this one, even though it’s not required (having insight on the other characters made some scenes more interesting). Rhys and Bridget have my heart. I don’t know if I’m going to read the other two books quite yet, but the books I have read have been enjoyable.

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aelin_morgenstern's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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sophiagideon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted slow-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: No

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plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition

3.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

I liked this story the most out of the book series.
Sadly the sidecharacters weren't included more but I understand that choice to do it this way. The MCs were complex and I liked the character development of especiall the fMC.

One issue I have with this series is that, to me, it does not fit the genres. It is neither an actual dark romance nor lighthearted fluff...so I always have to be in one specific mood to read them.
The ending seems also kind of rushed, meaning after the climax of the story it was kind of meh were I had hoped for the rest of the puzzle pieces starting to fit in to be more interesting/exciting...

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