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A review by cyndibecker
Twisted by Emma Chase
4.0
Complimentary copy provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
1 dinner invitation decline, 1 silly white lie, someone nosing around an appointment book and 2 people forgetting to talk – That will give you Twisted. The name is totally on the mark. But how the heck did they unravel SO quickly?
The first half quickly sets us up for the inevitable angst. At the end of the prologue you know something bad is going to happen – something will come between Kate and Drew. One can really see the strength in Emma Chase’s writing as the tone Kate carries (Twisted is from her POV) and Drew’s (Tangled POV) is distinctly different. Kate is mostly calm and level headed, where we know Drew to be sarcastic and full of comedy.
The story is also told in the manner where Kate is looking back describing how things got to the point they did so at about 60%, we are in present time and looking forward to see how this cluster will get resolved. I really liked being in Kate’s head and seeing how she worked through the quandary.
Things level out and we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. At the end of Tangled, we thought we knew how Drew and Kate’s’ relationship would develop, how they would get from point A to point B, well things between them aren’t as conventional as we might think.
What I loved:
Got to catch up with Drew and his family (especially MacKenzie) is the best and see a bit more of Kate’s history.
What wasn’t to love?
Well, the fact that Drew could go from good guy to ass so quickly, the fact that Kate couldn’t just make her announcement using precise words. OK, so I’ll give her this. I guess when you dream man has his tongue down a stripper’s throat, right in your shared apartment, you might forget to use the right words. Is this the drama I would have thought they would go through? No, but I’m not sure anything heavier would have worked. It kind of needed to be a comedy of miscommunication as anything too damaging would have broken the dynamic of Drew and Kate and then what would we do?
I recommend to anyone who read and loved Tangled – I think if your read Tangled, you loved it. THUS READ TWISTED!
1 dinner invitation decline, 1 silly white lie, someone nosing around an appointment book and 2 people forgetting to talk – That will give you Twisted. The name is totally on the mark. But how the heck did they unravel SO quickly?
The first half quickly sets us up for the inevitable angst. At the end of the prologue you know something bad is going to happen – something will come between Kate and Drew. One can really see the strength in Emma Chase’s writing as the tone Kate carries (Twisted is from her POV) and Drew’s (Tangled POV) is distinctly different. Kate is mostly calm and level headed, where we know Drew to be sarcastic and full of comedy.
The story is also told in the manner where Kate is looking back describing how things got to the point they did so at about 60%, we are in present time and looking forward to see how this cluster will get resolved. I really liked being in Kate’s head and seeing how she worked through the quandary.
Things level out and we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. At the end of Tangled, we thought we knew how Drew and Kate’s’ relationship would develop, how they would get from point A to point B, well things between them aren’t as conventional as we might think.
What I loved:
Got to catch up with Drew and his family (especially MacKenzie) is the best and see a bit more of Kate’s history.
What wasn’t to love?
Spoiler
Well, the fact that Drew could go from good guy to ass so quickly, the fact that Kate couldn’t just make her announcement using precise words. OK, so I’ll give her this. I guess when you dream man has his tongue down a stripper’s throat, right in your shared apartment, you might forget to use the right words. Is this the drama I would have thought they would go through? No, but I’m not sure anything heavier would have worked. It kind of needed to be a comedy of miscommunication as anything too damaging would have broken the dynamic of Drew and Kate and then what would we do?
I recommend to anyone who read and loved Tangled – I think if your read Tangled, you loved it. THUS READ TWISTED!