Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

68 reviews

ayvah36's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Abandonment, and War

theratchetfairy_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

4.25

4.3/5 

This book made up for all the ways the first one was lacking, no overuse of tropes. Real conflict. SPICE( "And crawl to me." ) and actual Romance. 

Only reason it's not a 5 is there was a lot of repetition a good editor should have handled, and there was a timeline issue that would've been minor but they kept bringing it up 

Also, Rhys Larsen is HIM. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

shaykay's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

The Twisted series is really popular and gets recommended all the time. This is the second book; they are all standalones that follow this friend group. In this one, we have a slow-burn bodyguard meets royalty romance, and it was interesting to see play out. We do span over a pretty big timeline. Plus, the beginning of this book starts in the middle of the previous book, so some events happen again but in Bridgette or Rhys's POV. I appreciated that, but I wish this one had more suspense or drama. Things stalled out too much for me. But I liked that these two didn't give in to their feelings, and everything was happy ever after. These two struggled to get together and stay together, and I appreciated that side. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence and Abandonment

cries's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

Absolutely love this book. Compared to Twisted Love, safe to say I most definitely love Twisted Games more!!! 
The beginning of the book may have started off a little slow but the events and pov changes entices and attracts you into the story. The plot was decently planned and flows well. 
The writing is easy flowing and simple to understand. It hits you in the feels. However, I personally get my feelings turned off when I see a cuss word unnecessarily in a sentence. Despite that, I still think this book is well-written for young adults to easily comprehend. 
I teared up and almost cried reading for the first time during the last two chapters before the epilogue. This book made me believe in love again. 🥰

RHYS LARSEN. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. 😭 He’s not only a secret romantic but also a secret cinnamon roll!!! 🥺
BRIDGET VON ASCHEBERG. CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!!!! 💳💥 So proud of our Princess 🫶 from being scared and insecure, going through so much all at once, she pulled through and became the best version of herself. Highly respected, OUR QUEEN 🩷

Overall, this book was nice to read. It may feel draggy in the beginning, but the suspense when you reach the second half of Part 2, bless me. 
THERE ARE SPECIFIC CHAPTERS I WOULD MOST DEFINITELY READ AGAIN JUST TO FEED INTO MY DELULU AND BELIEVE IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN. 🩷✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

direguard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

peachmoni's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was just as if not better than the first book in the series! I loved the plot and how much it intertwined with the characters of the first and also held its own story. It was a beautiful love story that made me feel as if I truly knew the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Car accident

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

chelle22's review against another edition

lighthearted tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

krosebooks's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Much better than the first book to me. The beginning of the book was very intriguing because I liked the troupe of body guard falling for his client. After the book settled in though it became slow paced for a little bit in the middle of the book but eventually picked back up. I liked the conflict of the romance, but the resolution was predictable. 

I wouldn't read this book if you are looking for good plot twists, while it has some they don't last very long for you to infer what might happen. Overall I liked that characters and their relationship and I didn't like slow pace in the beginning/middle parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism