Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

9 reviews

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.75

I didn't enjoy the first book, but decided to give the second book a try anyway. It was much better, but not good enough to convince me to complete the series.

This is a princess falls in love with bodyguard book, with the nice twist of her brother abdicating the throne for the same crime of falling in love with someone without noble blood.

I really enjoyed the tension and slow burn, and when the spice did hit, it hit really well. I personally found the sex scenes well written, and enjoyed the rough descriptions. However, that's not to say that this was without its flaws.

Like Twisted Love, there were a number of clichéd and contrived plots, but not nearly to the same extent. The villain may as well have twisted their mustache for how bland he was.

However, it was the cringy lines that docked the most points off for me.

"I know 79 ways to kill a man, and I can make 70 of them look like an accident. Understand?"

It was just ridiculous that this man, who had proper real life experience, would talk like this about someone simply touching her, as well as threatening to burn down parliament? Just too ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping and Confinement

carlyjb16's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Murder, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident

wet_towlette's review against another edition

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

2.25

I feel very similarly about this book as I did twisted love. Probably because the characters are literally the exact same people 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, War, and Grief

__romancereader__'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

-This is so far my favorite book in the series I haven’t read twisted hate or twisted lies but I'm so excited to i loved Rhys soooo much he’s my favorite in the whole book just the description of his appearance and his name is sooooo sexy i loved this book so much it gave me major anxiety towards the end but that my anxiety vanished and i loved the book even more i loveddddd the ending lovedd lovedddd loveddd it i love how the author not only gave them time together in the beginning and middle of the book but she also gave them a long ending and even a bonus ending that you have to search the link thats written out at the ending of the book online you’ll know the link when you see it but she did amazing with the ending i hate when authors make the whole book a slow burn and then rush the ending this wasn't one of the books the i give this book and the series all five stars so far⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💖😁💖😁😁😁😁💖😁💖😁💖💖😁💖😁😁💖😁😁-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Not all content warnings are for the main characters some are and some are for the people you hear or meet in the book😁

kiittycatt's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Abandonment, Cursing, Car accident, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

lucy_1's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexism

franthebooknerd's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

1.5

He is way too possesive and the relationship is super toxic. Hoped for something else.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

tiannakelly's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

ame_lepage's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.25

YES THANK YOU.
That is exactly what I wanted from the first book and the author gave it to me in this sequel.
I devoured this in just a few hours and I absolutely loved it.
I switched between a 4,25 and a 4,5 a couple of times, but I finally settled on 4,25. Rhys might have been too possessive/rough to my taste, but I was able to get past it. Of course, it is very toxic, but romance's main purpose in to make us live things that we couldn't/wouldn't possibly live in real life.
The relationship between Bridget and Rhys was just the right amount of sweet, steamy and angsty. I was hooked from the beginning and I was living for every single forbidden look and touch.
If you are looking for a angsty slow burn, ''slightly'' toxic, romance, this is the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Mental illness, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Kidnapping and Abortion