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Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

109 reviews

escapeoffreality's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

It’s my favourite book in the series and in my opinion the perfect ending of the whole series and every characters story.♥️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Stalking

Minor: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emis_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

I love Stella and Christian. It’s so sad I’m done with the whole series…
I love how Ana Huang always brings up the other couples from the other books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse and Vomit

I love that Stella is pregnant and that she changed Christians mind about basically everything (LOVE). And omg the way they “met”, or rather he met her.

ryoung1220's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

bri__'s review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this so much. I was initially intimidated going into it because I heard that others find it slow or boring but for me it was the perfect pace for the characters. I loved Christian harper!!!!! when i tell you that man is OBSESSED with his girl, very much a swoon-worthy read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

megreads12's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

lynnegweeny's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

I did it - I read the whole series. I was ready to give up with the Twisted Hate, but since I'd already read 3/4, the completist in me couldn't let this go. I figured I could also encapsulate what I thought of the series as a whole. 

But first things first, this book seemed to be the best of the lot - or at least on par with Twisted Hate. I'm absolutely not sold on the morally grey character of the MMC though - the men in these series (except for Josh) are all supposed to just be casual murderers and somehow their supremely kind and compassionate girlfriends are just okay being with men who have no connection to their humanity. It's all fine if they're killing for the sake of possessiveness and protection. "I knew he was vengeful and it's just something I had to expect from him." (not quoted verbatim). Girl, you can absolutely do better. Are we glorifying men getting away with shit just because they're hot?

There were things that worked with this book. The FMC Stella had a mostly rounded out character story, made up of the other relationships she has in her life (her family, her nanny Maura, her followers as an influencer, her friends, her agent), her character's arc about finding self-confidence, and the parallels about

her stalker and Christian

. There were some layers - like Stella's kink when it comes to being pursued by someone she loves versus someone she doesn't. There's nothing attractive about being stalked and someone hiding their true feelings for you whether they're positive or not - this is not that kind of book, but it was of course not at all explored.

Of course, it would not be a Twisted series book without some shades of a scooby-doo plot with an art heist. Ugh, felt like set dressing just for the MMC Christian to kill and destroy people's lives for fun. (It's really written as a way for him to "let off steam", wtf.) Am I to believe that this super gentle, kind and compassionate woman loves this about her man? There's also a bit of a sensationalist backstory to explain his behaviour that feels way too unrealistic.

This has decided it for me. BookTok recs are not for me - no offense to those who have, but I never used to get my recommendations from social media, and this is how it will remain. Mildly regretting it, but I'm also glad I gave it a shot, and know that this is an informed decision. But truly, never again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Murder

spatterson7's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

jayandthehive's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Dementia

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

krosebooks's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense 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

3.5

Firrst off I am biased because I don't love Ana Huang's writing, but they always seem to hook me just like Twisted Lies. This book is chessy and unrealistic. There were many parts of the plot that didn't add up to me and those unrealistoc parts dampned the book for me. 

Out of the whole series I would say this book is 3rd and the 1st book is last. To be fair even in the book Ana Huang states that it is cheesy so I don't really fault her. I just didn't particularly get entranced by this book because of that, but her writing intruged me enough to rread thhe whole series so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

This one took a little bit to get into but once I did, I really enjoyed the love story peppered with violence and crime and mystery. I adore all of the female characters in this book and their slightly less than moral men. This book kept me up far later than I should’ve been because it was addictive and interesting. The spice takes awhile to show up and is only moderate but I still enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism