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Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

36 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

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

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.

worldofv33's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Cursing, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Gore, Mental illness, and Stalking

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Rape

dlsmk's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Dementia, Gun violence, Blood, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Violence

plush's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

I have been impatiently waiting to read this book since King of Wrath. I loved it. It definitely lived up to my expectations. 

Stella and Christian concoct a “mutually beneficial” arrangement to fake date in order for Stella to grow her social media account and for Christian to have a plus one to his many business events. But when Stella’s stalker resurfaces, Christian would do anything to keep her safe. 

This book is a little darker than her other series, hence the twisted in the title. Christian is ruthless. There are morally grey men and then there are straight up bad guys with a tendency towards violence. I’m not sure you could totally say that Christian is a bad guy, but he certainly isn’t a good one. 

I’m a sucker for fake dating. I’m a sucker for a “he falls first and harder”. I love seeing Christian pine after Stella. The spice is this was impeccable. Definitely my favorite spice from this author so far. While King of Greed was beautiful and made me cry, this book was faster, more fun, and just a blast in general. 

Warning. There is stalking, home invasion, kidnapping, murder, beating, roofie/drugging, and probably some other things I missed. This sounds like a lot, but honestly 90% of the book is fine, there is just a couple scenes that are violent. 

I had a great time. Super fun read. Ana Huang may just be my favorite romance author of all time. 

4/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Abandonment, Suicide, and Sexual assault

peachani's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, and Cursing

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Dementia, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Gore, Abandonment, and Police brutality

lisavandonselaar's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Torture, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Blood, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident

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

naomib318's review

dark emotional hopeful fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, Stalking, Pregnancy, Violence, Torture, Abandonment, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Murder, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders