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Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

20 reviews

snowiceblackfruit77's review

emotional funny sad 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? Yes

4.75

At the beginning I had a little trouble, getting into the book. But once I did I devoured every page. I usually don’t like romance books. But Ana Huang, has the ability to make a romance book interesting and not basic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Stalking, Gore, Misogyny, Body horror, Death, Grief, Vomit, Abandonment, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, Sexual content, Murder, Sexism, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

katierosecrane's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Firrst off I am biased because I don't love Ana Huang's writing, but they always seem to hook me just like Twisted Lies. This book is chessy and unrealistic. There were many parts of the plot that didn't add up to me and those unrealistoc parts dampned the book for me. 

Out of the whole series I would say this book is 3rd and the 1st book is last. To be fair even in the book Ana Huang states that it is cheesy so I don't really fault her. I just didn't particularly get entranced by this book because of that, but her writing intruged me enough to rread thhe whole series so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, Pregnancy, Vomit, Cursing, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

kyrstin_p1989's review

dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This one took a little bit to get into but once I did, I really enjoyed the love story peppered with violence and crime and mystery. I adore all of the female characters in this book and their slightly less than moral men. This book kept me up far later than I should’ve been because it was addictive and interesting. The spice takes awhile to show up and is only moderate but I still enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Grief, Sexual assault, Murder, Classism, Medical content, Stalking, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Vomit

cdoubet's review

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Cursing, Chronic illness, Sexism, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Dementia, Suicide, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gaslighting, Vomit, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Confinement, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

I think this book was by far the best in the series it had a stronger more intriguing plot. There was more depth and detail to it.

zadsavage's review

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Suicide, Bullying, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

demy_summer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, and Stalking

brinkley's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Stalking, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

alexismil's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

First I would like to say that this book was perfect to end the series. It was so heartwarming to see all the characters from the previous books and of course characters from the book itself. It tied everything up in a excellent way! I literally don’t want the series to stop. These books consumed me and the characters were so lovable.
Ok moving onto the actual book. I’ve heard some complaints that this books characters take forever to get together. But personally I loved it. It was nice to see them both want each other but not want to react on it. The time it took for them together wasn’t just “passing” moments. The moments were real and raw and gave the characters to really learn about each other before getting in a relationship. They had conversations that most couples would have in a relationship and most likely fight about, but they had these conversations as friends. So it was almost easier for them to start an relationship. I loved the characters and the way they both are pinning for each other. They are really a perfect match. Stella is lovable and cute! I also love her aesthetic! Stella was a boss woman she was creating her brand and really diving into who she really is as a person, which I loved. Christian I loved him as well. I loved all the ways he bends his rules for Stella. Some of the different things he did were so sweet. It shows his vulnerable side. He is so tender when it comes to Stella, as much so that I want somebody to be like that to me! The only thing I wasn’t a huge fan of the fact he sort of stalk her, but I did love the fact he kept that ring. He barely even knew her and kept the ring because it reminded him of her. Ugh Christian is literally so head over heels in love with from the start and that’s why the book is worth the wait for them to be a couple. 
Anyways, I want to read this book again for the first time! It’s definitely one of those books that after you read it you think about the different scenes again for awhile. This series is wonderful! I am not huge series reader, so they fact that I read all 4 books, and one of those books had over 500 pages, then this series is an AMAZING! I get intimidated by books with 500+ page. I give a round of applause to Ana Huang for writing such lovable characters and interesting plots!👏🏻💗

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Stalking

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Grief, Abandonment, Dementia, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Suicide

sebradley29's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Death, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Alcohol, Cursing, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence