A review by laurenvoice
Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

 Mr Harper, yes, please!

I tore through each twisted book quickly, but I had to take my sweet time with Twisted Lies as I did not want to leave Stella's and Christian's story; I had to savour every moment.

Christian Harper is Alex Volkov 2.0, and he was magnificent; he is sadistic and perfect all at once; what can be better than that? The man is petty as hell, but he has a good heart. My favourite Harper quirk was his database full of names of people to mess with when he was bored. Oh! And how he blows up someone's car just because of the tone they spoke to him in or every time he was jealous of Mr Unicorn. This man only ever thought about murder or Stella, and it was beautiful.

Twisted Lies was a slow-burn romance, we didn't get to see any action until over halfway through the book, but the build-up was undeniably (I cannot think of the correct word to describe how amazing the build-up was), yeah it was good, more than good. Twisted Lies was everything I wished Twisted Love to be. Plus, I love a good gruesome scene, and Twisted Lies had a pretty gruesome scene at the end of the book; this is how I imagined Camo looked after Alex, "carving him like a jack-o-lantern". I am still sad that we didn't see that scene in Twisted Love, but at least we got to see Christian carve up that creep that went after Stella.

The only reason this book did not get five stars was that I was not a fan of the big reveal of who the traitor was at Harper Security and the reveal of Stella's stalker. Like Christian, I was disappointed with the reasoning behind Harper Security's traitor; it was rather dull; plus, that whole showdown scene was cheesy. Also, I was a tad disappointed with who Stella's stalker was; I expected it to be someone who had a bit more of a significant role in the twisted series, not someone that only had a brief mention.

Nonetheless, Twisted Lies has made it to the top of my favourite twisted book, and Stella and Christian have dethroned Ava and Alex as my favourite twisted couple.

Oh, and before I forget. What happened at Ava's bachelorette party? I need the story behind that and Alex's bachelor party! 
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