Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

44 reviews

saraunderthetree's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Christian and Stella’s relationship was one of many twists and turns! Christian had his morally grey complexities that Stella saw as only a portion of his character. Stella, while a tad naive, always hoped for the best for everyone, but was always a tad weary of herself till she met Christian. These two have tension that builds into something that’s worth fighting for. I was hoping for a little more spice than was given, but the book was well written!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Abandonment

jax10124's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-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

What is in these? I inhaled this series. But this one was my favourite. The mystery dynamic maybe? Not sure exactly why but that’s what I’m going with. 

Stella is being stalked and Christian is working to protect her. I love a good protector storyline. 

Morally grey Alpha mmc 🥵 
Grumpy x sunshine ☀️ 
He washes her hair 🚿 
Slow burn! 🔥 
Good girl 😏

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mynameislucky'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

HE'S THE TYPE OF MEN I'M LOOKING FOR, I'm so in love with both of them.
"I would never fall in love with someone" And he meets Stella.
"I would never have kids" And he's the happiest men when Stella tells him that she's prego. For me, the best novel out of the four. Amazing job, Ana Huang.

 
Although I feel more related to Jules and Josh, (which I think I gave 4.75 stars), I really like more this Novel, and I feel like the plot twists and how the characters evolved really did something right for this book. It's not for everyone, tho, you might not enjoy it as much as I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Stalking

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, and Abandonment

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.

agw622's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

This is my favorite of the series. While still not great, the relationship is a bit healthier. I also enjoyed the overlap with her King of Sins series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

litzy56's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book especially Christian and the way it ended but it’s still a bit lower than Twisted Love. 

Unlike the other books this book started with Christian admitting he likes Stella and I loved it. I love Christian’s humor since his seriousness can turn funny I also love his relationship with his “friends” especially with Rhys since you can tell they care about each other. I LOVE Alex his such a mood and the fact that his a father is the cutest and the way he let his daughter play with his hair filled my heart. I didn’t like the stalker part and the whole breakup part since it didn’t feel strong enough. I found it stupid how a guy that we didn’t hear much of was the stalker I think it would’ve been more powerful if we heard more of him or if it was someone closer to her. I also found the reason they broke up weak since yea I get that she doesn’t like people controlling her but let’s be fr I don’t think that reason was worth for a breakup since Christian kept mentioning that he wasn’t what she thought he was and there was more darkness to him so I would think there would’ve been a more powerful reason. I love how at the end they all got along and just formed their life’s. The weeding of Ava and Alex was cute and although he consideres Josh his only true friend Rhys and Christian were also there. Love the relationship of Bridget and Rhys and their kid have they’re so cute. Love how Christian was able to change and actually feel love although it must’ve been hard. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

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

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