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A review by _beccareads
Twisted Love by Ana Huang
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Strap in for this one, because I have some seriously strong feelings about this book.
*Spoiler warning*
Let's address the elephant in the room: Alex Volkov. What a vile human being. I truly can't fathom why people find this man attractive... He's a compulsive liar, he's controlling, manipulative, and he literally stalked Ava for a year and a half, even after she had finally moved on and started doing something for herself. Oh, and let's not forget, he's a murderer who used her brother and attempted to kill her dad... sexy x
Can we please put an end to the romanticisation of men who have an insatiable desire to control women to the point of threatening to kill anyone they try to move on with?
Not only was the love interest absolutely horrific, but the actual plot itself was clumsy. There was too much going on;
it felt like the author was trying to fit absolutely every trope into this book. Consequently, nothing was executed well and it just fell flat. The sex scenes had me physically cringing (why anyone let “sacrificial lamb waiting to be defiled” be printed is beyond me) and the weird lengthy descriptions about Alex’s d*ck honestly had me baffled that this was written by a women.
All in all, this book just wasn’t for me, if you like toxic men and cringey sex scenes then you’ll probably enjoy it more.
*Spoiler warning*
Let's address the elephant in the room: Alex Volkov. What a vile human being. I truly can't fathom why people find this man attractive... He's a compulsive liar, he's controlling, manipulative, and he literally stalked Ava for a year and a half, even after she had finally moved on and started doing something for herself. Oh, and let's not forget, he's a murderer who used her brother and attempted to kill her dad... sexy x
Can we please put an end to the romanticisation of men who have an insatiable desire to control women to the point of threatening to kill anyone they try to move on with?
Not only was the love interest absolutely horrific, but the actual plot itself was clumsy. There was too much going on;
it felt like the author was trying to fit absolutely every trope into this book. Consequently, nothing was executed well and it just fell flat. The sex scenes had me physically cringing (why anyone let “sacrificial lamb waiting to be defiled” be printed is beyond me) and the weird lengthy descriptions about Alex’s d*ck honestly had me baffled that this was written by a women.
All in all, this book just wasn’t for me, if you like toxic men and cringey sex scenes then you’ll probably enjoy it more.