A review by prishatoes
Twisted Hate by Ana Huang

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

5.0

 5 STARS. YES I SAID IT. Now, when i heard everyone didn’t enjoy Josh and this book in general, i was pretty scared to read this. I got Twisted Games and this one at the same time, and i took a break from reading games so I read this. Which was a MISTAKE cuz i just could NOT put this down 😭😭 I finished this book in one go, and i don’t regret it one bit. This made me go through all the feels. I LOVED jules character in twisted love so i was super excited to read this and i’m always a sucker for an enemies to lovers story. Honestly, i would recommend this to anyone who loves the same tropes as me. So if this is perfect to my standards, what are people’s problems with this? 🤔
Weelll to address the elephant in the room, I have to understand that both Jules and Josh did some immoral stuff. Most people’s issue with this book is just Josh ☠️ I try to understand where they’re coming from, but if you have a problem with Josh in Twisted Hate, how could you like Alex in twisted love??? Josh and Jules both wronged each other while Alex hurt two people and Ava didn’t do anything to hurt him directly?? 😭 MAKE IT MAKE SENSE?? But on a more serious note, I’m not condoning what Josh did. He was pretty much blinded by betrayal and in any rivals/enemies to lovers, it’s hard to differentiate love and hate because they’re both passionate feelings. Hear me out on this, but Josh is a pretty passionate person, and by his own standards, it hurt to be kept in the dark by Jules. Even though I do think he was being overdramatic, we as readers need to understand that characters have to be a lil unlikable to be like likeable (think of how someone can’t be happy without facing any moments of nothing. you cannot have something without not having it before). And I actually think that this conflict was resolved extremely well, it was neatly settled and Josh redeemed himself
Compared to Twisted Love (which i was thoroughly disappointed with), Twisted Hate was like a breath of fresh air. 5/5 stars josh and jules u will always be my favs

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