Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

66 reviews

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

direguard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

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

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

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.0

Forbidden lovers. It took awhile for the spice to develop but once it did, it was pretty good. I liked this book but I knew where it was going from about page 100. The ending, while predictable, did make me happy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

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

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

Minor: Kidnapping

rileymc_queen's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

chelle22's review against another edition

lighthearted tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

jtpgdavey's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

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

christinerosemarie's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Abandonment