Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

3 reviews

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

Read For:

✓ Drama
✓ Family Secrets

✓ Brother’s Best Friend

✓ Murder (and revenge)

✓ Touch Her and Die Vibes 

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Another hit with this book.  Not usually my type of read but I found myself loving the characters and invested in the plot.  I was not expecting there to be as much drama in this book as there was but the plot twists of murder and family secrets tied into the spice and romance somehow really well.

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Angst Level: 💧💧

POV: Duel, First Person

Release Date: 27, September 2022

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Sexism, and Stalking

mariareviews's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

I have a rule that I’ve been following for the last couple of months. If it’s a romance book and the main love interest exhibits a red flag, I’m taking half a star of for every single one that icks me. That said, I get that Alex Volkov is fucked up but I’m sticking to my rules.

Red flags of Alex Volkov that lowkey had me about to DNF this book (heavy spoilers here so read at your own risk:
1. Chapter 5: Alex. The whole boudoir scene literally had me about to DNF the book and just giving up. It was home disgusting and the fact that we didn’t get an explanation (such as the guys being dicks and selling her pics or smthing) was honestly disappointing.
2. Chapter 32: Ava. The whole Elliot thing also icked me. An unnecessarily violent response to a simple guy asking for her number.
3. Chapter 33: Alex. The whole start of their friendship/truce/relationship based on him trying to get closer to Michael… Do I need to elaborate?
4. Chapter 41: Ava. mf lies to her, betrays her, treats her like shit, stalks her all the way to abandoning his CEO position and flying to another continent to just spew that possessive bs? nah. girlie is lowkey traumatised and he’s thinking with his dick.

END OF SPOILERS

That said, it was entertaining. Read it in about 4-5hrs so that’s cool. Won’t read the next books but a solid ride.

3/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

kenziewol's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death