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Twisted Games by Ana Huang

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chels984's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.25

omg i love rhys he’s so cutsie and protective they were made for each other🥰🥰🔥

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adeela_books's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

3.8 stars

✨️ Tropes:
• bodyguard x princess
• spice
• hate to love
• banter
• forced proximity
• wounded hero

𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

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Everyone talks about how this one was better than Twisted Love and ik Bridget and Rhys are one of the most loved couples from this series so my expectations were set and let's just say I was left expecting more from the hype. It also dragged a bit & should have been lil shorter. For me it made a good read but book 1,Twisted Love with Ava & Alex is in the lead currently. I enjoyed their story much more.

With that said I still liked Bridget and Rhys together. They were so cute and I loved her as an fmc she was amazing while Rhys made the perfect book boyfriend (degrading kink aside)

I'm a sucker for a good bodyguard romance and this does the trope justice but my fav from the trope is T̶h̶e̶ B̶o̶d̶y̶g̶u̶a̶r̶d̶ b̶y̶ K̶a̶t̶h̶e̶r̶i̶n̶e̶ C̶e̶n̶t̶e̶r̶ &̶ T̶h̶e̶ B̶o̶d̶y̶g̶u̶a̶r̶d̶ P̶r̶o̶p̶o̶s̶a̶l̶ b̶y̶ S̶o̶o̶k̶h̶ K̶a̶u̶r̶ 🤭

I was rooting for Bridget and Rhys the entire time and I'm so glad it all worked out. I was so proud of Bridget and she truly embodies a queen perfectly. The way Rhys stood by her and was her hype woman warmed my heart.
He had my sympathies with the horrible childhood he had. I literally flinched when he talked about the abuse he underwent... I'm happy that he gets to spend his life with a woman that loves him coz he deserves good. They are a beautiful couple! Also wasn't surprised by the truth of Rhys' father & I love that he mentioned South Africa as a place he'd retreat to!!

AND OMG When Alex made a cameo I squealed! Now onto book 3 & 4 I go!

♡ @𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚_𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧
𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚/𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐤 ♡

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tyras_bookshelf's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Very nice! A little too cheesy in the end but everyone learned a lesson of some kind and came out better than they started.

The author spent a while in other areas, maybe too long, because while the end of the book spanned several months, it all happened in like 16 pages. Felt kinda rushed with all the time slippage - the entire book spans 3 years for the characters.

I liked this one waaay more than Twisted Love.

Rhys is so hot and dark and damaged but is the biggest teddy bear for Bridget.

I really love “that’s my wife, be careful” energy and he’s got it in spades. It also makes the possessive crazyness a little more hot bc while it’s toxic (“touch her and you die” is not how you handle problems), Bridget is so into it too.

Bridget was pretty meek for most of the book but she really just wants to be a normal girl so I can’t fault her too much. She comes into her own though as a monarch rather than just being a passive bystander in her own life.

The part of the twist was predictable but the rest was pleasantly shocking. It was also nicely reminiscent of the second Princess Diaries, of which I’m a big fan, so that helped. But not so much so that it felt like straight plagiarism.

I’d keep reading Ana Huang.

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yourlocalbookbug's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

If you’re not a fan of twisted love please don’t let it put you off the rest of the series I couldn’t stand the first one but I loved this one .cannot wait to read the next one already ordered :)

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irisvdn's review against another edition

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emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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ac_52's review against another edition

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5.0

I enjoyed this book so much more than the first one! I loved seeing the development in Rhys and Bridget's relationship throughout the story

(which I didn't really see in the first one between Alex and Ava)

. I feel like the time skipping in this one actually helped the story rather than harmed it. The ending was super satisfying (as I knew it would be, thank you Ana Huang), and there were some twists that got me. This one hit my emotions a lot harder than the first one did; I'm okay with that because the tears were totally worth it.

Rhys Larsen the man you are. He was such a better love interest than Alex was in the first one (I'm not sure what kind of morally grey he was supposed to be, but it was just not my favorite thing ever). I loved how he was still protective of Bridget and wanted to fight for her, but he wasn't overbearing. I've also seen a lot of reviews making the comment that he didn't have to grovel because he didn't mess up- that is so true. The relationship between him and Bridget also just felt so much more down-to-Earth than the one seen with Ava and Alex, even if these are very improbable scenarios to be living through. Either way, I still enjoyed Rhys as a character so much more than I thought I would when I first started reading this book or even in his mentions during Twisted Love.

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️/5