| Title | : | Twisted Hate (Twisted, #3) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 510 |
| Publication | : | First published January 27, 2022 |
| Awards | : | Goodreads Choice Award Romance (2022) |
Gorgeous, cocky, and fast on his way to becoming a hotshot doctor, Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn’t charm—except for Jules f**king Ambrose.
The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has.
When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that’ll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules.
No jealousy.
No strings attached.
And absolutely no falling in love.
**
Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl who’s focused on one thing: passing the attorney’s bar exam.
The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferable…no matter how good-looking he is.
But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there’s more than meets the eye to the man she’s hated for so long.
Her best friend’s brother.
Her nemesis.
And her only salvation.
Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, they’re faced with truths that could either save them …or destroy everything they’ve worked for.
Twisted Hate is a steamy enemies with benefits/enemies to lovers romance. It's book three in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.
Warning: It contains explicit content, profanity, and topics that may be sensitive to some readers. For details, please see content notes inside the book. Recommended for 18+.
Twisted Hate (Twisted, #3) Reviews
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Twisted Hate is now live! Perfect for lovers of:
💋 Enemies to lovers/enemies with benefits (hello, hate sex 🔥)
💋 Best friend's brother
💋 Forced proximity
💋 Steam, swoon, and tons of banter
Josh and Jules were so much fun to write, and I can't wait for you to meet them! Happy reading.
xo, Ana
Read FREE in Kindle Unlimited ->
https://geni.us/TwistedHate
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He hates her...almost as much as he wants her.
Gorgeous, cocky, and fast on his way to becoming a hotshot doctor, Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn’t charm—except for Jules f**king Ambrose.
The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has.
When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that’ll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules.
No jealousy.
No strings attached.
And absolutely no falling in love.
**
Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl who’s focused on one thing: passing the attorney’s bar exam.
The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferable…no matter how good-looking he is.
But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there’s more than meets the eye to the man she’s hated for so long.
Her best friend’s brother.
Her nemesis.
And her only salvation.
Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, they’re faced with truths that could either save them …or destroy everything they’ve worked for. -
4.5 ⭐️ there isn’t crack in this book there’s fucking heroin
Ana put her whole thrussy into this one. this book was a thicc motherfucker but i read those 500+ pages like my life depending on it. i was addicted from cover to cover. it became unhealthy. i was losing control, sleep, and my fucking mind because i couldn’t get enough.
let me make one thing fucking clear. Jules? carried this entire book. i fucking love her. she’s so fiery it’s honestly inspiring. i had a lot of laugh out loud moments with this book and it was due to miss girl.
josh? ok i experienced a lot of emotions when it came to him. at times i wanted to fuck him and other times i wanted to beat him senseless. this book became one of those books in which i fell for the female lead harder.
i love josh and jules’ dynamic. they still had that fire even after that got together and i loved that shit. the josh and alex scenes were also so so cute like omfg the bromance 🥺
i gotta say, i felt like chapter 46 was no unbelievably unnecessary for this book. like the shit that happened in that chapter felt so out of pocket that it made me feel a lot differently about certain characters than i did in the beginning. that’s why this isn’t rated a full 5 stars. nonetheless i really enjoyed the book and story.
it feels like every book is getting better and better with this series like i can’t wait for twisted lies because the few scenes we did get with Christian already had this gorilla grip throwing punches. i NEED book 4 already! -
YALL WHAT. WHAT. WHAT. I HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING JOSH & JULES SINCE TWISTED LOVE BUT NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED ME FOR THIS. ok let me stop screaming as I try to gather my thoughts. this mf book was everything. I have quite literally no complaints???? i really liked twisted love, and I adored twisted games BUT TWISTED HATE???? nothing compares. the way josh and jules had me in a chokehold the whole book!!!!! their A1 banter, their impeccable spicy scenes, their deeper connection.. I could go on & on. this was one of the very few books i’ve seen where the enemies NEVER lose their banter and their edge even after they turned lovers. I fell in love w jules ambrose and everything she’s been through, and josh mf chen? no words. I also loved the domestic scenes and the fact that we got to see alex & ava and bridget and rhys!!!!!! i’m SO EXCITED FOR STELLA AND CHRISTIAN I COULD CRY. 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ if that wasn’t obvious enough.
“still hate me?”
“always” <3 -
5⭐️
“You’re my personal hell, Red.” He gave my hair another sharp tug. “And God help me, I don’t want to fucking leave.”
y'all when i tell you that i wasn't ever excited for this book, i had zero expectations. i was ready to come here and give a hate rant. now look at me 🤡 me with my 5 fucking star 🤡. i gotta say whatever crack was in this book, i fucking want it bitches. ugh guys this won't be a 5 star read unless you are crazy like me bc i'm willing to neglect all the flaws in the book for josh ok.
tbh the what the plot was? i don't fucking care about it. all i care about is josh 😻 my joshy boobo0 pants 🥺🤪. the way i can't even shut up about this man. i don't even want to shut up about him.
smut spoilers ahead
“Beg for it, Red.” He curled his finger and hit my most sensitive spot, eliciting another moan, before he slowly dragged it out and shoved it back in. His breathing harshened. “Beg me to fuck you. To make you come all over my cock like you so desperately crave.”
the way my heart skipped a beat. this was the line that started my josh chen obsession. i read this and i was whipped for him. i couldn't even think straight. i was just so shocked because the other books even though had good smut, lacked to make me feel butterflies and just you know... this book, however, gave me everything.
my actual reaction:
“You feel so fucking good,” he growled. “You love my cock wrecking that tight little pussy, don’t you?”
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes.
“The next time you want to insult me, I want you to think about this.” He withdrew until just the tip of his cock remained in my mouth, paused, and plunged down in one sharp thrust. I gagged again, the tears flowing faster, the heat in my belly stoking hotter. “You on your knees, gagging on every inch of my cock while I ruin your tight little throat.”
the way i'm still sweating for this man. i don't even have words just let me keep these quotes here, please.
“That’s it,” Josh groaned. “Every inch, just like that. I knew you could take it.”
THE PRAISE KILLED ME. i love how he sometimes either praised her or degraded her. it was a nice mix. istg i was sitting here thinking oh god how i wanted josh chen to do all this shit to me.
“We’d already had sex once tonight. That should’ve taken the edge off my need, but I was addicted to this. To her. Her taste, her smell, the little breathy moans she let out every time I thrust into her and the way her pussy clamped around my cock like it was made for me. I wanted all of it, all the time.”
ugh we love an obsessed boy <3
“Most women thought men wanted them to taste like berries or lavender or whatever, but if we were eating pussy, we wanted to taste pussy. That was the whole fucking point.”
“Don’t make me spank your pussy next, Red.” I rubbed my thumb over her still-swollen clit in warning. “I won’t be as gentle.”
tbh @anahuang please next time dont be shy and make joshy boy spank her pussy... why did you tease me like that. i was so sad you don't even understand.
“Because you’re mine,” I said against her mouth. “Let another man touch you, Jules, and you’ll find out just how easily I can take a man’s life as I can save one.”
get yourself a doctor who will kill for you even though he saves people. fucking goals tbh.
“Now, she was beautiful in a way that made me want to drown in her, to let her fill every inch of my soul until she fucking consumed me. It didn’t matter if it killed me, because in a world where I was surrounded by death, she was the only thing that made me feel alive.”
“Such a good girl.” Josh rubbed a tear of frustration from my cheek. “You swallowed every drop of cum. That deserves a reward, don’t you think?”
i cannot believe i forgot this quote :) i'm shhhhhhhhhhhhhh
anyways, i'm excited for twisted lies bc its christian and he just seems very yummy BUT i'm not here for the insta lust. idk hope i'm surprised by the book like i was with twisted games but so far josh chen is my fav boy <3
twisted ratings
twisted love: 2 stars
twisted games: 3 stars
twisted hate: 5 stars
twisted lies: TBR!!!! -
this is honestly probably the best enemies to lovers relationship plot ive ever read.
like, it was palpable how much jules and josh didnt like each other. but it never got to the point where they were cruel. just the constant bickering and annoyances that happen when two people dont get along. so their connection felt believable and it made me want to root for their feelings to change, rather than their “enemy” scenes manifesting degrading and problematic red flags.
the only thing that stopped this book from being perfect was jules’ backstory. it facilitates the classic “miscommunication” conflict that always appears at the end of romance books, but her history just isnt entertaining or interesting, so i dont think it really added anything to the story itself.
but full marks for how the relationship between jules and josh played out. really well done.
↠ 4 stars -
wanted to love this but almost none of the elements worked for me sadly. i’ll review more in my wrap up
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2.25
should've listened to my intuition and not read this book. and yet
.
→ generic, cardboard, blah
→ the abrupt change in josh's demeanor from casual to possessive caveman at the half way mark was so jarring
→
→ i was more than willing to sacrifice the one bed trope to josh doting on her period cramps. call me private ryan
→ listen i wanna love stella (hot af multicultural queen), but personality wise the girl is giving us ✨nothing.✨ hopefully she does some soul searching between books 3 and 4 and scrounges up ✨something✨
→ i hate reading about ava and alex cause they're happy and i'd like them to not be
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3.66 stars ⭐⭐⭐
josh chen - ❝You like this, don’t you?” he growled. He stared down at me, his face taut with desire as he pumped in and out of my throat. “Getting face fucked and filled in every hole like a good little slut.❞
me -
🎶 I want you to park that big mack truck right in this little garage make it cream make me scream 🎶
🔥 the plot 🔥
josh and jules hate each other.
josh and jules decide they want to fuck.
🔥 things i liked 🔥
🍆 josh chen and his dirty talk. i just know his dick is shaped like a coke bottle with the girth of a coke can.
🍆 jules being a sassy queen.
🍆 the hate to lust, it was sheer excellence they really didn't like each other for the first 30% of the book and i enjoyed this part a lot more than i thought i would.
❝Jules is very pretty.” “Most flesh-eating succubi are. It’s how they rope you in.❞
❝I was somehow not surprised Jules had turned the tables on her would-be mugger. If she got kidnapped, the kidnapper would probably return her within the hour due to sheer irritation❞
🚨 SPOILERS START HERE 🚨 - stop reading now if you have not yet read the book
🔥 things i disliked 🔥
jules entire backstory.
allow me to explain. our girl jules here was kicked out of her house by her mother who believed that jules was seducing her stepfather. her and her then-boyfriend max to survive, steal money from unassuming men (one of which is when max makes jules fuck a guy, which he filmed, to distract him as he steals his money).
they then decide to steal from jules's stepfather but max leaves evidence in the form of his blood behind so he gets caught and is sentenced to 7 years in prison, which jules is unaware of as after they escape she runs away.
now fast forward to the present and maxy boy here finds jules and blackmails her with the sex tape. why you ask? not because she's a future lawyer and he wants her money. not for revenge for him getting caught and sent to prison.
but because he wants a RANDOM ASS PAINTING THAT SOMEHOW MIRACULOUSLY DR JOSH CHEN POSSESSES... the reach... the imagination... the creativity... ana huang i simply have to stan you m'aam! if you guys thought the plot twist with ava/josh's dad in
Twisted Love was crazy, this one right here is even better.
villainous dads are so wattpaddy, give me an ex-boyfriend who wants to steal your current boyfriend's VERY RARE AND EXPENSIVE painting any day.
❝The painting is one of a limited number that belonged to a famous European collector. It’s worth a lot of money in certain circles, but it was sold at an estate sale by mistake and switched from owner to owner until we tracked it down to your boyfriend’s house. Took a lot of paperwork tracing and bribes to get to that point, but we did it.❞
- how did a man who spent 7 years in prison trace and bribe people??? who is WE max kjdskjsks???
max had the potential to be a good villain but everything he said was super cheesy. he was all talk and no action. if he was really about that villain life, he would've uploaded the sex tape and texted it to josh period!!!
but anyways so jules goes and steals josh's painting like a true little thief rat, but clearly, she isn't going to make a very good lawyer if she leaves a whole cyclone attack of evidence behind in josh's apartment. at least make it look like it's not a crime scene jules that's law 101, trust me i know i've watched suits and how to get away with murder.
now there was a scene where after jules confesses to josh about stealing the painting, he makes her think she's forgiven but fucks her so hard and harshly whilst telling her he lied and she isn't forgiven jskdjkssk!!! i want to put this in my liked section so bad but for the sake of spoilers, it's staying here 💅
❝At least you got an orgasm out of it, so don’t say I never gave you anything. I’ll miss that tight pussy of yours though. No one takes my cock better than you do. It’s your best quality.❞
- if josh said this to me i would simply combust, like me?? i'm the chosen one that can take your huge humongous dick all the way to the hilt????why thank you 🥰
really the things i disliked were jules backstory, the length of the book, and just the overall pace of the book. by the time i reached 70%, i thought the book was almost over only to see i still had 150 more pages left to go 😭😭😭
i mean 510 pages is a lot and is the length of most MZ books, but this was not a slow burn. if this was a 375-400 page book it would've been way easier to digest because i feel like we were bombarded with so much information, the last 30% of the book literally turned into some heist/action movie.
🔥 other characters 🔥
alex - he should quit his day job as an assassin/ceo/billionaire and take up motivational speaking instead 😍
❝Everyone changes. Without change, we might as well be dead.” It would’ve been an inspiring quote had Alex not delivered it with all the emotion of a block of ice.❞
stella - it's been 3 books and still the only thing i know about stella is that she is an influencer. i know this girl's instagram looks just like emily from emily in paris. i also think her plot is going to be her becoming a sex slave to christian for the cheap rent. go off queen, at least that way i can pretend to be interested in her.
❝She’d worked out a deal with the landlord so she didn’t have to pay Jules’s portion of the rent for the remainder of her lease.❞
christian - kinda hot kinda scared. christian is a big name to live up to (see mr grey and mr allister), but i can smell the insta-lust and obsession already and i'd like to remind ana huang so far only christian from
The Maddest Obsession has successfully pulled it off, so i will be watching you 👁👄👁
🔥 overall thoughts 🔥
❝If you die, I die, Red.” I grinned and kissed her cheek. “Hell with you sounds like heaven to me.” Her tense expression cracked. “That was corny as fuck, Josh.” “Yeah, so? I’m hot enough to pull it off.❞
okay yeah, i have more dislikes than likes but i in good conscious have to rate this higher than avaalex, because joshjules ate them up.
the banter, the chemistry, and the sex made up for the weird plot and long length so i choose a good balanced neutral 3 stars. like switzerland.
🔥 twisted series ratings 🔥
Twisted Love -
2.75 stars
Twisted Games -
2 stars
Twisted Hate - 3.66 stars
Twisted Lies - tbr -
The first 70% is perhaps one of the best contemporary enemies to lovers romances I’ve ever read. The last 30% is perhaps the most eye roll inducing bullshit I’ve ever encountered….I’ll split the difference with a 3.5 star rating because i loved josh and jules but that third act conflict was egregiously bad what was the author thinking
twisted hate Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6uZ... -
– 3.25 stars
To think Twisted Hate was my most anticipated book of January lmao ... I don’t know what made me think this book could be a 5 stars (🤡), when I didn’t rate the other two books in the series higher than 3 stars either. I blame it on the “Let another man touch you, Jules, and you’ll find out just how easily. I can take a man’s life as I can save one” quote, there is just something a doctor who is willing to kill when he is suppose to do the opposite don’t judge 🤚 I don’t give a fuck that’s unethical, it’s hot. 😇 But lesson learned and I shouldn’t hype myself up because of one quote. Will I still read Twisted Lies? Sure thing. 😂
I’m going to time this review so let’s see what I can come up with for Twisted Hate in 5 minutes, before I hit publish:
– be aware might contain spoilers –
🏮something about the pace of the book felt off for me, from the blurb I expected Josh and Jules to go right into their on-night stand and from there had that ‘frenemies with benefits’ arrangement, but it was actually super slow, cause nothing happened between them in the first 30%, except them insulting each other, which was fine the first 10%, but after that got boring. I wanted them to at least kiss, but crickets.
🏮Ana could have done so much with that skiing trip with Jules & Josh and even included the one bed trope, but it went nowhere. One chapter they were all sitting together eating lunch and Jules running to the toilet to puke and then the next chapter we jump right back into Jules being back at work after their weekend trip, which didn’t make any sense to me. The transition was just so bad and I thought I might have missed a scene or two.
🏮at least the Jules & Josh sexy scenes didn’t disappoint me and delivered. The hate sex between them especially the first time was explosive and that shit was good food.
🏮but ngl I was a lil concerned at how much and fast Jules could orgasm... Josh only had to pump into her a couple of times and suddenly she came like 5 times in a row. Josh really knew what he was doing. 🤣
🏮while I thought the first third of the book was pretty boring, I liked the rest of it much better when Jules and Josh opened up a little and they had some very cute scenes together. My fav one is when Jules mother died and she flew home, at the same time Josh had a trip planned to New Zealand, but he didn’t go and instead changed his flight to be there for Jules and surprised her in Ohio. My heart melted reading that scene! 🥺
🏮okay maybe I lied, cause I have another fav scene: when Josh took Jules out on their first date and it was a bookstore scavenger hunt. I thought that was fucking cute, because the idea? the planning? the creativity? so sweet!!
🏮I didn’t like how Josh reacted when he found out how Jules deceived him, but I loved how Josh beat up Jules ex, the guy who pushed her down the stairs, not that one thing balance out the other, but it got me some satisfaction lol.
🏮cute contemporary romance, not bad, not good, but overall nothing special. On par with how I feel about the rest of the series, but for a contemporary romance it should have been over 500 pages long.
Conclusion
While Twisted Hate didn't exactly met my expectation, it was the best book in the series so far and Joshjules are superior. 😌
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TWISTED SERIES
#1 Twisted Love – 2.75 stars
#2 Twisted Games – 3 stars
#3 Twisted Hate – 3.25 stars
#4 Twisted Lies – tbr
┕━»•» «•«━━━━━━━━┙ -
4.5 red stars
Josh Chen is so damn hot. The audacity of him to be this hot and for the smut to be as hot as it is. It’s rude actually.
1. degradation kink
“You like this, don’t you?” he growled. He stared down at me, his face taut with desire as he pumped in and out of my throat. “Getting face fucked and filled in every hole like a good little slut.”
2. the praise kink
“That’s it,” Josh groaned. “Every inch, just like that. I knew you could take it.”
“Good girl,” I whispered. “Keep those screams in, Red. I’m the only person who gets to hear how much you love my cock in that tight little cunt.”
3. the hate sexI didn’t get a chance to respond before he slammed into me from behind with a vicious thrust. A scream ripped from my throat at the painful stretch of his size and the roughness with which he fucked me. Tears sprung to my eyes, but my scream eventually faded into a string of mindless whimpers and squeals as he pounded into me.
“What was that?” Josh’s breath grazed my cheek. “You always have so much to say. Where are your words now, hmm?”
Anyone else’s loins getting warm?
4. the. choking.Josh’s eyes blazed hotter. His hand closed around my throat, and he squeezed. Harder and harder, until darkness edged my vision and I couldn’t take it anymore. I opened my mouth to gasp for air, managing to drag in one breath before he shoved his cock in.
The bickering between Josh and Jules and the way it carried on through the entire book…I mean what more could you ask for.
Then the romance was just incredible“Twelve days, eight hours, and nine minutes. I spent every second thinking of you…I thought I knew what I wanted before. Becoming a doctor, chasing the next high. Being the most popular, most liked person in the room. I thought those things would make me happy, and they did. Temporarily. But you…” He rested his forehead against mine. “You’re the only thing that could make me happy forever.”
This is too much emotion 😭 please go back to calling her a slut, it’s safer that way
twisted series
↠ #1
twisted love — 2 stars
↠ #2
twisted games — 3.25 stars
↠ #3 twisted hate — 4.5 stars
↠ #4
twisted lies — 4 stars -
Up until that irritating third-act conflict, this book was beautiful. It was hitting all the right feels points. I adored Josh and Jules.
But that conflict. Could've easily, so easily, been avoided. It read like drama for the sake of drama. Let's just tear these two apart so there's a bit more angst and tension.
No. I wasn't convinced.
So, I skim-read and rolled my eyes away the last 30% of the book. It dragged, they both acted like imbeciles and there's only so much idiocy I can take.
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As of now, this cover wins.
Indie romances coming through! -
Update: we just had a scene with Christian and Stella in the same room and… I am combusting
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Damn you Anna Huang for making me excited about this😩😩 I’ve been seeing the teasers on Tiktok and I have to say… dis woman knows how to sell a book
P.s. this is coming from someone who wasn’t even sure if they were going to read this book or not… safe to say, imma read it now -
update: after doing a re-read I would give this book a zero but I can’t so it’s getting a 1⭐️
there’s a questionable consent scene in this book and it would be one thing if it was advertised as a dark romance or included the appropriate triggers but it didn’t… and idk how I feel about that. sex should never be weaponized and the fact that it was used as the “third act conflict” is something….
anyways it was a quick dnf even though I had like 20 pages left. -
If I could give zero stars I would.
What the hell happened to Jules???
Okay so I will be honest:
Jules was this badass girl that I appreciated since book one so I kind of thought that she would be putting Josh into his place in this book and make him work for it.
Spoiler: she did not.
Maybe it’s just me but I thought that this was a completely different Jules especially after that “Plot twist” scene.
It just didn’t make any sense to me.
Now let’s talk Josh aka the biggest fucking asshole on this planet that did not deserve to get back without groveling.
Now here’s the difference between him and Alex (slight spoiler below):
Alex did what he did Bc he thought he was protecting Ava in the long run even if it hurt a bit.
Josh purposely and directly wanted to hurt Jules where he knew it would be the most painful. That is completely different and look at what Alex did to get Ava back Vs what Josh did. Oh yeah he did nothing.
Josh honestly lost all my respect after that scene and the fact that Jules took him back right after made absolutely no sense.
Now the enemies to lovers was not what I thought enemies would be (spoiler below too)
Josh cared not even 10% in. He was already talking about hugging and at the 50% mark he said “I never felt that for anyone expect her” as a response to how Alex described his feelings for Ava. HOW IS THAT ENEMIES TO LOVERS???
they already weren’t enemies at like 10% and I just expected more slow burn but it was the faster than Rhys and Bridget which was forbidden I guess.
I just can’t deal with Josh as well as how Jules acted in this book -
I can't, consciously, give this book more than one star. I'd love to, because I've genuinely grown to love Ana Huang, but I can't.
I've hidden this review because there are so many spoilers. In fact, it's better to go into this book spoiled. Believe you me.
Conclusion. Really disappointed and sad. I had great expectations concerning this book and they went right down the drain. If you decide to open the 'spoilers' in this review, you'll see that there are legit reasons for you to skip this book. I would, however, recommend 'Twisted Games' (aka Book 2 of the series). Rhys and Bridget are a wonderful pairing and well worth the read. -
enemies to lovers.. THE ANGST. THE SMUT. oh my god. Each book just gets better and better.. I don’t want this series to end.. UGH this is the best book yet. I’m so excited to start twisted lies. Jules is literally the baddest bitch & Josh might be my favorite man yet 😩😏
"Still hate me?" I whispered, lacing my fingers with Jules's. Her eyes sparkled with mischief as she squeezed my hand. "Always.” I smiled. "Good" 🫶🏽💞 -
3.25 stars
“Because the possibility of you is better than the reality of anyone else.”
Yes I’m just reading this series so I can get into Christian’s book. I hyped him so much in my mind, so he better not disappoint. Also, josh and Jules were okay. Crazy and messy, but it fits them. -
3.25/5 stars!
the story started out pretty strong by fell flat for me! i just didn’t really care for jules’s storyline no matter how much it was talked about and i liked josh but his lil revenge thing he pulled just had me feeling some type of way towards the end and i really didn’t enjoy that scene. this book was okay! i wasn’t my favorite but it wasn’t terrible, i feel a little underwhelmed and that’s okay! jules is still a bad bitch but i needed more from her! i just wish she had a little more venom in her you know? -
3.75/5⭐️ 3.5🌶
this book woushhh.
I loved the banter between Jules and Josh, the tensionnnnn !
this was the first time I read enemies with benefits and ana knew what she was doing. I did not expect josh to be, how could I put it in the most pg way, whew chileee.
overall I really enjoyed the book but there was one scene that I wanted to slap josh and im still mad over it ahahahaha but overall the story, their A1 banter and the spice !!!
also, we got a sneak peek of the male interest in book 4 and let me tell, twisted lies might be my most anticipated book for 2022 ! -
✩ 2 stars.
’Remember when I said I forgive you? I lied.’
why is that my favorite scene in the entire book? -
erm this was going great until that scene where Jules confesses to Josh what she did and his reaction just had me 🧍
i was prepared to write a gushing review of this and my love for Josh and how im a whore for him, but that scene really tainted it, ngl :/ like i get he was hurt and she fucked up but... what the fuck😭
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Fuck this! I'm going to dozens of one night stands with this married psycho🔥
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*Thank you to Give Me Books PR and the author for a ARC of this book*
The Third entry into Ana Huang's Twisted series is an intense Enemies to Lovers, Best Friend's Brother, and Office Romance all rolled into one. I was very interested to see what was happening with Josh and Jules after seeing their seething hate bubbling in the past few books.
I really have enjoyed the chemistry this author is able to put into her relationships and I was very excited to see how this one played out. I am, in general, pretty skeptical of Hate to Love in contemporary romances these days because it's hard for me to believe that the hate has a reason and I get frustrated by how much vitriol is shared when I can't see the reason for it. In the case of Josh and Jules, I feel like the mixture of a very protective brother and a few misunderstandings back when the first met each other, mixed with the fact that these two LIKE to hate each other made it work.
When they both end up working at the same place, Josh a resident doctor and Jules as a law intern, they try to have a truce. But really it becomes a forced proximity situation that bubbles up into some excellent banging. Like.. Really dirty times that we are expecting from Ana Huang.
The few things a didn't like had to do with 2 things: there relationship was a secret for WAY too long, and when they had their 3rd act break up… I think Josh went too far. I was honestly disturbed by how he reacts to Jules. I know there may be character motivation for it… but it was still very hard for me to forgive him.
The possessiveness and groveling he shows afterward are good and will probably work for a lot of people, but I just had to put it out there. The way he acts out was almost too much for me. Intimate manipulation is something I can't stand in a contemporary. Because it is so unsafe for both of them.
Overall, this was still a great book, and Twisted Games may stay my favorite, but it was a great time. I can't wait for Twisted Lies.
4.5/5 Stars
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i liked this a bit better than book one (i’m avoiding book two bc it’s not my cup of tea after reading reviews... but also don’t trust my words bc i’m indecisive lmao), but i honestly don’t know if this series is for me. so far, it’s just okay to me. not the worst thing i’ve read, but still forgettable. 😭✌🏼
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I’m officially an Ana Huang fan!❤️🔥
My expectations were high, and honestly, I still wasn’t prepared for this!🔥🥵
Jules and Josh might be my favorite couple so far, I love their banter.
I really need a Josh for myself 😩.(his dirty talkkk, girl)
The angst and smut was soooo good.
I wasn’t the biggest fan of the ‘last conflict’ though.
I didn’t agree with the way Jules handled the situation but Josh’s reaction was waaaay out of order. I mean wtf, that made me SO mad!
I really liked the Josh & Alex friendship revamp-thing🥹
❥ Some quotes:
“You’re mine,” I said against her mouth. “Let another man touch you, Jules, and you’ll find out just how easily I can take a man’s life as I can save one.”
“Hell with you sounds like heaven to me.”
“Twelve days, eight hours, and nine minutes. I spent every second thinking of you.” -
4 stars ⭐️
“I highlighted a passage in the case with more aggression than necessary. Josh and I made a surprisingly good team, but I didn’t fool myself into thinking our truce was a precursor to an actual friendship. Only a few things in life were certain: death, taxes, and the fact that Josh Chen and I would never be friends.”
Twisted hate has been one of my most anticipated releases ever since twisted love came out and I met Josh and Jules in there. There’s just something about hate to love which has me ready on my knees and safe to say Ana didn’t disappoint. I loved the dynamic between Josh and Jules and tho I wouldn’t say it was totally hate and enemies cause there were parts where I felt the hatred was more on Jules side than Josh, I still enjoyed the book a lot.
“It was okay to reach for a life raft, no matter what form it came in. Mine happened to come in the form of Josh Chen.”
Josh Chen had my heart since book 1. I loved how he was aspiring to be a doctor cause I find men in uniform super hot, okay?😭🥵 There’s just something about a guy taking care of you (even if it’s his job) which like sets me off. I loved the banter he had with Jules and his protectiveness for Ava just was a cherry on top. I loved how caring he was towards Jules when she was on her periods and just how kind he was to his patients and how considerate he was.
“Now, she was beautiful in a way that made me want to drown in her, to let her fill every inch of my soul until she fucking consumed me. It didn’t matter if it killed me, because in a world where I was surrounded by death, she was the only thing that made me feel alive.”
Jules Ambrose is such a fun character to read. I loved how witty she was, how she had an answer to everything when Josh used to make fun of her, how intelligent and career- driven she was and just how amazing and happy she made me to read her PoV. I loved the fact that it was shown how her life wasn’t all full rainbows and sunshine and she had more to her than just being a law student and a girl who was feisty.
“I was on fire. Skin blazing, tears and drool pooling on the table beneath me, but it all burned so exquisitely I never wanted it to stop.”
The chemistry between these two were 🔥🔥🔥. There was so much chemistry, the banter was epic, their relationship just made a perfect sense. I loved their first kiss, the fire they both created when they got together and just how they were perfect for each other.
“I didn’t know what I wanted from her, but I knew I wanted her. I knew she haunted my thoughts and invaded my dreams until she was the only thing I could see. And I knew that being with her was one of the few times I truly felt alive.”
Overall, I had a great time with this book and though I felt like some stuff was missing, it didn’t hinder my enjoyment.
PS : We got to know who Stella’s love interest is in this book and might I just say *chef’s kiss* . I AM IN LOVE. He made one or two appearances in this book only but I have that shit highlighted cause holy fuck🥵🥵 im calling dibs on him bye bye.
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AMAZING!! I'm so sad I finished this series but I'm also so so glad I read it! After finishing all 4 books, I can tell you you right now that this series only gets better with every book. It's so easy for the first book in a series to be the best one and for the rest to not really compare. However, every single book in this series was amazing and I couldn't recommend it more! They all have their own separate tropes but in Twisted Hate, the trope of enemies to lovers is truly done right! If you were thinking of starting this series, stop thinking and read it! It's everything and more!
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ARC review- oh my god Ana what did you put in this book?! I cant give this book enough stars cause Jules and Josh had me addicted to reading this!
This book is one of the best enemies to lovers books! We've been reading about Josh and Jules hatred for one another since twisted love... and it was WORTH the wait. The anticipation that has been built up in the first two books was so great that I couldn't wait to read this one. It was so interesting to see Josh and Jules together and how their hate had turned to such an amazing, caring and loving relationship.
Josh has dealt with a lot considering everything that had happened in twisted love- we get it from Avas perspective, but in this book we see how the aftermath has affected Josh. How he is coping with his family, how he copes with loosing patients at work. Jules is one of my favourite new FMC cause she has dealt with so much in her life and strives to become a better person. She is apologetically her- she is confident, intelligent and strong. We learn about her history and her character growth on learning how to trust again.
The tension, the spice, the caring... EVERYTHING IN THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING. Jules and Josh are my new favourite couple of all time and they deserve everything. true definitions of soulmates in book!! -
after a much needed 13 hr nap & going over my rating for this book over and over again, I can safely say that I enjoyed this.
personally , this was much better than the other two. In contrast to book one and two, our heroine here had some self respect and the hero was human.
I didn’t take much of the book seriously, it was pure fun for me and my expectations were luckily 👇👇👇 thanks to my fellow GR friends.
Stuff I liked, loved, tolerated and hated :
✨ I loved the sex. The hate sex was 🤌🤌
✨ I loved that Josh set up a bookstore scavenger hunt and puzzle for their first official date. That shit is love right there
✨ I hated the way Josh reacted when Jules told him the truth
✨I loved loved loved the way jules clapped back whenever Josh crossed the line
✨ Josh beat up jules’ ex bloody for hurting her. 🤐🤐
✨loved the grovel
✨ tolerated the unnecessary scenes. The one bed trope betrayed me🔪
✨loved it every-time Josh stood up for jules.
✨ hated that the author went into the cliche path and made jules keep everything a secret instead of talking to Josh
✨ liked that she turned her head when he tried to kiss her because she didn’t forgive him instead of just “melting”
—Random moments / quotes I liked—
- when a pretentious asshole insulted Jules
“This is a work event, so apologize, walk away, and we’ll leave it at that. But disrespect Jules again, and I’ll put you in the emergency room myself.”
- the dirty talk👍
“I sucked in a gasp when he tugged me to his side, his whisper a dark warning in my ear. “Don’t provoke me, Red, or I’ll spread you out on the picnic table and tongue fuck you until you have to fucking crawl home because your legs don’t work anymore.”
“Because you’re mine,” I said against her mouth. “Let another man touch you, Jules, and you’ll find out just how easily I can take a man’s life as I can save one.”
- when Josh told Alex he fucked up
“ When I finished, the pressure had resettled in my chest, and Alex stared at me with an uncharacteristic glint of disbelief in his eyes.
“What?”
“Ninety-nine percent of people in this world are idiots,” he said. “I regret to inform you that you’re one of them.”
- he was sorry🥺
“I’m human, Red. I’ve made mistakes in the past, and I’ll make many more in the future. But one mistake I’ll never make is letting you go, not when there’s even a sliver of a chance left for us. Because the possibility of you is better than the reality of anyone else.”
- when they told Ava
“Right.” Ava closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “Alex, bring me a knife.”
I paled. “Whoa, whoa, whoa!” I held up one hand and drew Jules closer to me with the other. “I’m your only brother. You love me. Remember when I gave you the last of my Milk Duds at the movie theater? Good times.”
Ava ignored me until Alex returned with the requested knife.
She sliced off a piece of cake and took a bite.
Silence descended.
“Should we say something else?” Jules whispered.
“She still has a knife in her hand,” I whispered back. “Let’s wait.”
