| Title | : | Twisted Lies (Twisted, #4) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 578 |
| Publication | : | First published June 30, 2022 |
Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman.
He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can’t deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him.
She’s the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can’t solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can’t refuse.
Every monster has their weakness. She’s his.
His obsession.
His addiction.
His only exception.
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Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage.
Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship.
But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms—and house—of the most dangerous man she’s ever met, she’s tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time.
Because despite Christian’s cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she’s with him.
Passionate.
Protected.
Truly wanted.
Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies…and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything.
Twisted Lies is a steamy, medium to slow burn fake dating romance. It is the fourth and final book in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.
WARNING: Contains a morally gray male MC, explicit content, violence, profanity, and topics that may be sensitive to some readers. Please see inside the book for a detailed list. Recommended for 18+
Twisted Lies (Twisted, #4) Reviews
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Ok lemme just.....▄█▀█●
Ana did not come to play with this final installment. my back made a full rotation around the earth reading this book in less than 24 hours. i could feel my hoochilla passituchilla violently throbbing. it was giving everything i asked for. it exceeded my expectations astronomically. i’m now in a deep state of depression because this series is over wtffff 😭
this was giving the most heart aching slow burn, i lost my shit. and when the characters finally gave in, i was sent into full orbit. if there’s one thing i love it’s a broken man being brought down to his knees because of a woman. slayyyy
stella was the most relatable and enjoyable character out of the girl group in my opinion. i personally found a lot of myself reflected in her. she had some bad bitch moments and i was fucking here for it. her character growth and development was done satisfyingly. she’s hot as fuck and i’d be on my knees for her in 0.2 seconds. 🧎🏻♀️
Christian…god i need him more than i need air! deeply imaginative penetratingly so. every time he fucking spoke you’d think niagara falls was running down my legs. i want this fictional man to implant his DNA deep inside my body. he is the best man. he’s #1 !! and tbh if i cant be with Christian mfing Harper this whole life thing is literally not even worth it. i’m so deadly serious rn like pull the plug, cut the cord, all that. i’m not even playing. when i say he’s obsessed with her i mean he’s so fucking obsessed it’s concerning. there aren't enough circles in hell for the amount of sins I would let this man commit upon my fleshy vessel😩😩🤚
overall the plot was giving. i was fully invested in the story. this book stands #1 in the series and the way it all ended was nothing if not wholesome. i’ve said this before but i’ll say it again, if this book were a pole? i’d fucking strip on it 💃🏻
final ranking of twisted characters
women:
stella
jules
bridget
ava
men:
christian
rhys
josh (still not over chapter 46 in twisted hate)
alex (still think he’s annoying unless he’s around ava)
thx valentines pr for the arc -
it's always the Christians who take boy-obsessed to a whole different level
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WE HAVE NO NOTES JUST LOTS OF HORNY FEELINGS.
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4 💚UPDATE: Stella in fact DID bring this mans to his knees
christian: no I don’t miss Stella
also christian: talks to the plants about how he misses her
#whipped🐸
Starting from the beginning lets talk about the QUEEN 👑 ANA HUANG I first saw Twisted Love on tiktok and read the first twisted series book; and as much as I love that grumpy-ass-no-emotions-billionaire I remember thinking that the writing was not one of my favs. Through her entire twisted journey, her books and writing and way with words has only gotten BETTER (which I didnt even think was possible after twisted hate). Twisted Lies has to be one of most well-written books of 2022 where it balances all components of a contemporary romance book: fluff, smut, tropes, story, suspense+++ without jeopardizing the relationship . Nothing about Stella and Christian’s relationship was rushed or fast. and this man took boy-obsessed to ANOTHER level.
👽 There will be spoilers after this point 👽
🦎 Plot 🦎
We met Stella in the previous twisted books as the successful social media influencer and Christian harper as the cyber security expert who believes people in love are “insufferable”. Fast forward to book 4, Stella needs to find a way to increase her followers and decides to look for a fake boyfriend. Christian volunteers as tribute. simple? NOPE cause Stella (as we knew from TH) had a stalker and he returned and is ALSO obsessed with her. Christian protects her at all cost but theres also a mole in his security company. And Alex made their wedding florist cry.
This book has everything you could ask for without compromising the quality of story iykwim
🌱 fluffy moments - massages and bubble baths *platonically* 😏
🌱christian taking care of Stella after her panic attack
🌱stella becoming a more confident powerful version of herself - we love an empowered character development
🌱christian jetting her off the freaking Italy cause she always wanted to go - umm hello THIS IS CALLED STANDARDS
🌱stella defending christian in front of her family - this was in Christian’s pov and mans was touched 🥺🥺
🌱christian being petty af - y’all are not ready for this 😂
Stella is such a pure soul and Ana does such a book job of describing her thoughts. Stella deals with a lot of “mundane” problems that todays society dismisses by saying “other ppl have it worse” therefore invalidating one’s trauma. From feeling lonely and left out as a kid due to her hight, her family dismissing her career accomplishments as not good enough and leading to her self doubts and insecurities. Not only is it well portrayed but I think thats what will make a lotta people relate to her / understand her.
Christian on the other hand is, well… the devil as he calls it. Wouldn’t be much far off I guess. I mean there’s nothing wrong with a morally grey devil who stabbed the hand of the man who groped stella, spilled alcohol on it, then killed him… right 🤗? Ugh the amount of things this man does for stella as if its the most normal thing in the world is entertaining.
stella mentioning she needs a watch
christian: buys a 92k watch cause she needed a watch
Ur just gonna have to read the book for the rest 😝
🐍 PETTY Christian 🐍
hehhehe hes my fav
Christian is (not) jealous of a stuffed animal that stella’s followers say would be a better cuddle buddy (on an insta poll)
“I glared at the raggedy stuffed animal polluting my living room. I didn’t understand why Stella loved it so much, or why her followers would rather cuddle with it than me”
Christian does (not) care if stella dreams of him or not
“I wondered what she was dreaming about and weather said dream included me.
If not, that was unacceptable”
🥬 The smutt 🥬
Ok well to be fair it was pretty well written. I mean you can’t go wrong with Christian harper and praise kink with a splash of rope and ice play 😈. Oh did I mention christian rented the whole ass island and a 70k necklace just to have this moment w her <3
“I couldn’t give less fucks about how much the necklace cost. I wanted everyone except Stella gone.” *happy for stella but wallowing in self pity*
anyways… christian and his mouth 🤤
“Do you like being finger fucked out in the open like a good little slut?”
“That’s it, sweetheart. You can take it.”
“good girl”
🧊 that one scene 💭 🧊
“I spread my legs farther, and he pushed the ice inside me at the same time he sucked my clit into my mouth.”
🪦 here lies my unmarked grave where I will be bury myself if my parents ever read my reviews… or my tabs.
🥦 The stalker 🥦
the identity of the stalker was kind of a let down. it would’ve been more exciting if it were someone . And the whole reason for him being dormant for 2 years, his delusions and his endgame was so sloppy. I loved how it was resolved tho. How christian took care of stella after and how christian took care of the stalker after.
I’m honestly not sure what happened with christian being betrayed by one of his men in his company. I feel like there was some big foreshadowing going on there (maybe for Dante’s book) but im not sure I understand how that helped the story but ill come back to it later.
My only problem with the book was that when I compared it to Twisted Hate, it felt short. I enjoy reading books with witty banter in their relationship like joshjules had vs the calm and cool approach christianstella have. The spice in this book was also less compared to the other twisted books (2 major scenes) TG and TH had a lot more.
📗 christian’s morality chain 📗
man uses cyber destruction as a tool to make people bankrupt and air out their dirty laundry as a form of relaxation. he met Stella 5 years ago instead of when we thought Jules and stella moved into his building. Hes been carrying her dropped ring with him for 5 years! No wonder he let her live at his building for basically rent free.
Oh and he also had a file of her detailing every since thing about Stella up until he saw her! Minor details. Although Stella values her privacy too much to let Christian off the hook so easily
Poor christian, mans soul was shattered for a while there :( But it was fun watching Rhys, Josh and Alex making fun of him 👍
the twisted men have the BEST bromance than any other book series I’ve read.
Alex and josh, respectfully stole the show in those moments.
Josh after finding out christan and Alex had monthly chess dates:
Alex dealing with the consequences of having a melodramatic bff
Dante and Vivian
Love it when authors tease you with their next book’s characters. I have a few guesses on what tropes their book could have.
🔮forced arrange marriage (for both of them)
🔮 enemies to lovers
🔮ik there is def an ex bf jealousy scenario happening (thnx to Christian)
🔮I think we’ll see christian again since him and Dante are like bffs
i am so excited to meet Vivian !!!
heres my twisted ranking that no one asked for
Twisted men
JOSH MF CHEN - nothing will beat josh’s dirty mouth. u cannot change my mind
alex - no cause nothing beats grovelling for 1 year
christian - “good girl”
Rhys - sorry bb but atleast ur 6 5’ ♥️
Twisted women
jules - j takes shit from NO ONE and I relate to her character a lot
ava - for making Alex grovel for a whole year
stella - miss pls inspire me to wake up a 6 am and drink wheatgrass smoothie and do yoga 🧎♂️
Bridget - oops this is awkward. But I still ly
Twisted books
Twisted Hate
Twisted Lies
Twisted Games
Twisted Love
My Twisted Love Rating ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
My Twisted Games Review ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
My Twisted Hate Review ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
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january 27
ME WHO JUST WANTS TO SEE STELLA BRING THIS MANS TO HIS KNEES
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THIS BOOK DESERVES NO LESS THAN INFINITY FUCKING STARS. GOODBYE.
you know when you anticipate a release so much that when it finally comes, it doesn’t live up to your expectations? TWISTED LIES CANNOT RELLAAATEEE 💅🏻 because ana did NOT COME TO PLAY, christian & stella DELIVERED YALL 👀
first of all, the plot was immaculate. the slowburn ATEEE DOWN AND I WILL TAKE NO ARGUMENTS ON THAT. christian became my favorite twisted man IMMEDIATELY (sorry rhys 😉) and stella? my bad bitch w a hint of insecurities? a relatable queen wow.
now, not only was the spice and the romance to die for. but the conclusion to the twisted series was done SO WELL I CANT EVEN EIJDUEHWJIHEB‼️ and the epilogue? y’all sos. I ate UP the crumps of all of the couples and characters, and ana set up her new series PERFECTLLLYYY 🫶🏻
I have nothing bad to say. I— i’m amazed. and now i’m sad I finished this universe.
“I was weak for Stella Alonso, and I hated it.“ <3 -
twisted lies, huh.
you know what a twisted lie is?
booktwitter telling me this would be like
The Maddest Obsession
the exact same they called it.
a "blatant plagiarism" was a term that was thrown around.
where, huh.
twisted lies is as different to TMO as they come. they are basically polar opposites. if they are on a continuum then TMO is on one side and Twisted Lies is somewhere far over there in my trash can
the only similarity is both Christians having a clean car.
you know who else has a clean car.
me.
plagiarism my ass.
🚨 this will contain SPOILERS 🚨
now that this is out of the way, let's play a game i like to call:
✨ Who said this line: Edward Crybaby Cullen or Christian Afraid-of-Unicorns Harper✨
the winner gets nothing because life sucks and then you dieyeah, i should be so lucky
the lines:
🗨️ "My life was an unending, unchanging midnight. It must by necessity, always be midnight for me. So how was it possible that the sun was rising now, in the middle of my midnight?"
🗨️ "The irony of me cleaning her wasn't lost on me. She was the purest soul I knew, and I was neck deep in blood. The angel and the sinner. [...] Touching her killed me, then brought me back to life again."
it's impossible because Christian is an Edward Cullen wannabe.
all he does is constantly go on about how he is so dangerous and dark and dangerous and could kill you on sight. have i mentioned that he's dangerous
at least Edward was a vampire so the danger was inherently there. Christian literally spends 70% of the book doing nothing except talking about how dangerous he is and be really bad at business and networking. that one scene where Stella had to save his ass by recognizing Christian's business partner was looking for a human connection and not just money-money talk? how did this man become a millionaire? i don't think he has ever talked to a human before.
he does kill someone 70% in, which THANK GOD. i was getting so fucking bored of his pretentious crying, i literally giggled when he did finally kill someone and proved he isn't just all talk. pretty sure my neighbours think i'm a psychopath now.
when he isn't going on about how he is Danger™ ... actually, scratch that, he never stops.
WHILE he is going on about how he is the worst human to ever live and the literal devil (an insult to the devil who i am sure is way hotter and less annoying than this) he also spends his time being afraid of stella's unicorn plushie 🦄
he touches it once and literally goes "welp 🥺, time to disinfect my hands now" (yes, he does say welp 🥺 out loud, don't fact check this).
why are you so afraid of this unicorn plushie, Mr. Christian I-hate-fun Harper? do you feel threatened? is it because its horn is bigger than your dick? hmmm?
Christian also constantly tells you how obsessed he is with Stella and what great chemistry they have.
okay and where?
"One touch and the room would ignite."
from what. the lack of sparks between you?
this entire book is just tell and no show. i could also tell you how obsessed i am with milk shakes. that wouldn't make it true though cause i'm lactose intolerant. but i can totally repeat "i am obsessed with milk shakes" for 500 pages. i'm sure you would be entertained as fuck.
it takes them like 60% to fuck and this is the smut
🕴️ "My cock turned to stone."
🕴️ "I wanted to bury myself inside her and paint her with my cum."
🕴️ "Tell me, do you want sex, or do you want to be fucked."
i am whatever the opposite from turned on is. off, probably.
Stella is also as interesting as her breakfast choices.
"Now, I was drinking my daily wheatgrass smoothie and eating toast in the kitchen like it was a normal day."
girl please, i'm about to fall asleep.
lines like this are also why this book is so GODDAMN LONG. it just kept going. and going. and going.
40% in i was like "well, we should be done soon" and then we weren't done soon.
you could start this book, meet a man, date for five years, get married, get divorced ten years into the marriage - and you still would have 50 pages left to read after you had signed the divorce papers.
also what was with the art thieves story. was i supposed to care.
also the stalker. the whole reveal was all like "IT'S HIM" .... who?????? have we met this man before?? i was about to do a name search on kindle, to see whether he was mentioned before - when i remembered that i do not care.
blablabla. this review is a mess, which is alright because the book doesn't deserve any effort. 1 star. -
Twisted Lies is NOW LIVE!
Read here ->
https://geni.us/twistedliesebook
It is available on all major ebook retailers in the UK, Australia, and other British Commonwealth countries (minus Canada). For those in Canada and non-Commonwealth countries, including the US, it is in Kindle Unlimited.
This is the fourth and final book in the Twisted series, and I'm so excited for you to officially meet Christian and Stella!
💚 Fake dating
💚 Roommates
💚 Boy obsessed
💚 Morality chain
Happy reading!
xo, Ana -
4 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
no one is more surprised i enjoyed this than me because in previous reviews i made it clear how bland and boring stella appeared but then i ate my words because my girl brought the most amount of flavour, spice and complexity IN THE ENTIRE TWISTED SERIES!!! i just want to bubble wrap stella and protect her from the world 😭
strap your seatbelts on and get in losers because we are diving into REASONS WHY TWISTED LIES WAS A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ANA HUANG'S CAREER: A CASE ANALYSIS BY TANAZ NEHA.
🎶 the tracklist 🎶
song for stella -
Ariana Grande - POV
song for christian -
The Weeknd - Die For You
song for them -
Daniel Caesar - Best Part ft. H.E.R.
🌵 the writing 🌵
who possessed you ana be honest i'll slip you a tenner (£10).
because this cannaWT be the same woman who wrote alex singing like he was in the bottom 2 of x-factor fighting for his life to make it through to next weeks show, to win ava back.
pictured here is alex volkov in his attempts to win back his love, ava chen.
the writing in this book was a HUGE improvement. the imagery? the metaphors? the scenery? the character development? the conversations? the growth in ana's writing trajectory is evidenced by all 578 pages.
💚 SPOILERS START FROM BELOW 💚
this is how you write an amazing book which delivers every single trope you used to sell it and isn't just there for the sake of the book to go viral on tiktok (take notes miss lauren asher and elena armas - yes i take every opportunity i can to shame them i cannot and will not be stopped):
🌿 fake dating with a purpose - stella needs a milli followers and christian wants her pussy. issa win win.
🌿 boy obsessed - see line above ^
🌿 morality chain - not me giggling through christian casually shooting someone. we were robbed of more #death. i think maybe ana forgot for 60% of the book that christian should actually shed some of the blood he was always talking about 🤣
🌿forced proximity - the domestic moments in this book 🤗 why can't we have books with (fake) couples doing wholesome couple shit? some books are so oversaturated with drama and conflict which takes away from the main couple's interactions and we're left with a couple that has zero chemistry. here christianstella had adequate time not only to form a deeper bond after their initial sexual attraction but to also form a friendship. the way christian moved stella into his apartment after the stalker intruded in stellas home and the way he dropped everything to go to hawaii with her on her photoshoot??? 🎶alexa play whatta man 🎶
🌿 mystery/suspense element - this was probably my least favourite part and hence why i took away 1 star, but the stalker reveal was super anticlimactic for me, i know how scared stella is of her stalker but some evil part of me wanted it to be christian (which he kind of was? but he gave up after a year??? where is the stamina mr harper not a good stalker are you?).
however this did result in some tasty conflict when stella breaks up with him after finding out he has files on her. but stella my dear why are you mad at him for knowing what you had for dinner 4 years ago and your date of birth, i'd BE MORE SHOOK THAT HE KILLED SOMEONE 🤣 i was expecting stella to break into christians office and see a picture shrine for her but no christian just wants to know what her blood type is in case he needs to give her a blood transfusion ksksksks.
💚 the characters 💚
🌵 stella alonso aka ana's best FMC 🌵
the reason why i loved stella so much is that i saw so much of myself in her 😭😭 she's an extroverted introvert (like me), someone who is able to enjoy being active and social - hence why she is a successful influencer but also prefers the comfort of her own company and space.
“When was the last time you left your apartment? You’re wilting.” My mouth parted in shock at the utter rudeness of his comment. “I am not wilting. I am merely…hibernating.”
- she is just like me fr we twins 🙏🏽
stella has been neglected by her parents because they seem to value academic qualifications over creativity, which means not only are they unsupportive of stella but also make her feel inadequate because she hasn't achieved what her sister and parents themselves have (this one truly hit home because my daddy issues stem from the fact that my father cares more about a piece of paper - aka my grades over me but that's a story for another time sksksk).
stella is also a libra like me and it's the best zodiac sign go fight with the wall if you disagree 💅🏽
stella being a curly haired girl who takes proper care of her hair 😍 (i'm also naturally curly with a healthy serving of FRIZZ) and it was so refreshing to see her talk about the maintenance of her hair 😭 like this is the representation EYE am looking for 🧍🏽♀️
stella's anxiety was handled so well, with a life in the limelight having her every move judged, neglectful parents, and a stalker stella has so much on her plate and it overwhelms her to the point where she gets panic attacks. the way christian guided her and supported her through them really hit home for me, as someone with a friend who gets severe panic attacks i've been christian many times. but the best we can do is be there for them and support them through it. this was one of my favourite parts about stella she's just so strong and resilient 😭
🌵 christian harper 🌵
for those of you who enjoyed TMO i have no reason to believe why you wouldn't enjoy this man and his obsession, in fact i'm imagining christian harper and christian allister meeting and i know the room would be icy cold and dead silent. they are not only men of few words who choose what they say carefully, but also men so cold they shoot first and ask questions later if anything was to harm their girls. so please stop comparing and just enjoy both characters, you've got 2 holes for a reason, party in the back and the front 💅🏽
but all jokes aside personally, aside from 3 instances (christian washing stella's hair, saying the line "you taste like mine" and keeping stella's ring for 5 years), i didn't feel like TL is a copy of TMO and take it from someone who inhales and adores danielle's writing, and have previously called out a different author who blatantly copied scenes from TSO. was it inspired? sure. plagiarised? no. quite frankly it's disrespectful to christiangianna if you keep comparing the two.
what i loved about christian the most is how adamant this delusional man was that he would never fall in love because love is a disease meanwhile his thoughts every 2 seconds are:
"A world without Stella in it was one that didn't deserve to exist."
"An image of Stella shot passed through my mind, and coldness gathered in the pit of my stomach."
"Touching her killed me, then brought me back to life again."
"We'd have to celebrate later- for appearance's sake, of course, since that was what a real couple would do. Maybe dinner in new york or a weekend in Paris..." - um christian i thought you don't love stella but you wanna fly her for a fake date in paris??? SHOW ME YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FUNDS RIGHT NOW AND TRANSFER ME £100k 🔫
christian and his 20 personalities were so fun to discover in this book:
my friends know the theory i had for christianstella. i may have said that christian lowered stella's rent in exchange for her to be his sex slave, but alas i was proven wrong in the best way possible.
CHRISTIAN LOWERED STELLAS RENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HER TO WATER HIS PLANTS. a moment of silence for the broke community who will never experience what stella has 🙏🏽= generous christian
brought mr unicorn (stella's stuffed toy) to cheer stella up even though he hates said toy because in stella's IG poll her fans voted to cuddle with mr unicorn over christian himself 🤣 = salty yet thoughtful christian
shampooed and massaged her hair in the shower whilst still wearing his CUSTOM BRIONI SUIT (which according to net-a-porter costs a very healthy £3000 for the un-custom version y'all I'M SICKKKK 😭) when stella was too much in shock to do it herself. this gave me the same vibes as the interview kim kardashian did where she fell in love with pete davidson because he put acne cream on her face for her when she fell asleep. = hairdresser christian
is a fan of the spice girls (christian would most deffo be scary spice, rhys would be posh spice, alex is baby spice and josh is ginger spice - we all know why #JULESGINGEMINGE) = fan girl christian
bought stella a watch that costs $92,600 just because stella once said she needed a new watch. what did i do in my past life to be born poor in this life? did i mention christian drives a mclaren? no? *cries in poor* = humble flex christian
allowed stella to stand up for herself when her family attacked her but then checked her dad when he crossed the line and told him that stella is SELFLESS, CREATIVE AND BRILLIANT 😭 christian using his words instead of doing what he wanted (draining her families bank account or giving their devices a virus) was so mature of him ✨ = petty on the inside, supportive on the outside christian
at first i laughed at christian because i thought he was just a nerdy little hacker whose "morally grey" characteristic came from committing cyber crimes but HE PULLED THROUGH WHEN HE BECAME A COLD BLOODED KILLER IN FRONT OF MY INNOCENT EYES. = killer kristian #alliteration
he sliced into the hand of the guy who groped stella, poured whiskey into the cut, took money out of his bank account to reimburse himself for the wasted whiskey, said he would leave his hand intact BUT THEN CHANGED HIS MIND AND SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD...
look i'll be honest after i read this scene it seemed so similar to nicoelena ksdjksds like hello nico burned down a gas station for elena and also shot her fiance... i see the danielle lori influence ana ☕
the soft praise kink? calling stella sweetheart? = sexpot christian
“You’re dripping all over my cock, sweetheart. Look at you.” He swept his thumb over my damp cheek. I was a mess, my face streaked with tears and my body trembling with lust. “An angel about to come from being fucked like a whore.”
- it's the way he's touching her so gently and speaking to her in a quiet soothing voice but his words are utter filth...
but i do have to say despite me enjoying 2 smut scenes, out of the whole twisted series i felt the smut in this book was quite bland and was missing the fire and intensity of joshjules 😭😭😭 but it's okay not everyone can be as feral as josh chen, he's one of a kind 🥰
"I wondered what she was dreaming about and whether said dream included me. If not, that was unacceptable." = comedian christian
christian also wrote stella letters every single day after they broke up, watered his own plants because he missed stella and resorted to talking to them = grovelling/emo christian (it's also giving colleen hoover christian, did you read
All Your Perfects by any chance mr harper 🤣).
this was christian when stella broke up with him... mans had no purpose in life anymore 🤣
and finally = hungry christian
christian - i hate dessert ew can't stand it delete it fatty
*see's stellas pussy*
christian -
🌵 the side characters 🌵
this book was a masterclass in how you not only give enough time for the relationship between the couple to develop but, also how to insert side characters/previous characters from the series without taking it away from the main couple.
i may not have loved all of their individual books but every single twisted couple cameo here served:
🥑 christian and alex playing chess together and alex finally beating christian in a game because he's so distracted by stella 💅🏽
🥑 alex making the florist for his wedding cry what a gruff scary guy 👅
🥑 any joshjules moment. christianstella may have the better book but JOSH WILL FOREVER BE MY MAN. their smut/banter earns them their top spot in my twisted series rankings. name a better couple than josh and his banana float. i'll wait 🧍🏽♀️ to the bitches on tiktok acting like josh killed someone just because he said "i lied" JUST SAY YOU ARE RACIST AND GO. from now on any josh slander i hear you are automatically racist to me 🤣🤭
twisted men ranking:
#1 JOSH CHEN
#2 christian harper
#3 alex volkov
#4 rhys larsen 🤣🤣🤣 bye y'all don't boo me rhys was hot but boring, can't remember a single thing he said or did except for calling bridget princess 🧍🏽♀️
🥑 alex cuddling ava whilst looking at the other couples in disgust... this book erased alex volkovs short lived singing career for me because why was he hot here... DON'T LOOK AT ME GUYS I'M PROBABLY OVULATING.
🥑 alex and josh bromance going still strong in fact i am an alexjosh truther/apologist. if you put josh in a wig then he's literally ava. IN ANOTHER WORLD THEY ARE HAPPILY MARRIED 😍
“Alex is allergic to PDA.”
- MOVE ASIDE JULES AND AVA ALEX IS READY TO RISK IT ALL FOR JOSH
“I am not allergic.” He grimaced when Jules looped her arms around Josh’s neck and said something that made his face soften. “Merely disturbed.”
“Alex has performance anxiety,” Josh said without looking away from Jules. “It’s okay, dude. Happens to the best of us. Maybe you can invest in the development of a pill that’ll help with your problem. It’ll be like Viagra for kissers.”
“If I were to invest in the development of anything, it would be a custom muzzle to keep you quiet.”
🥑 this series ended with one of the best and most cutest epilogues ever. rhys is the dilfiest of them all though but only because he is a 6'5 girl dad #period.
and lastly shoutout to magda, she did nothing wrong except be ugly #FREEMAGDA #JUSTICE4MAGDA sign my petition to replace the mona lisa with magda = #justkidding
NOW ITS TIME FOR THE TWISTED SERIES OSCARS 2022:
Twisted Lies - winner of best overall book
Twisted Hate - winners of hottest couple and smut
Twisted Games - *did not win a single oscar* *did however win the peoples choice awards for favourite book*
Twisted Love - winners of the most chaotic plot twists and best soundtrack (composer - alex volkov)
BYE TWISTED SERIES YOU WERE A BLAST 👋🏽 -
Overall, I liked Stella but wow too much plot and too many plots.
Maybe it is just me, but when a book is very trope based, I get turned off automatically. The main plot is the so influenced by putting all these quotes into the story that some things the characters say make absolutely no sense and are so out of place just for the one second of brain tingle that issn worth it in the end.
Her and Bridget are my favourites girls from the series and Stella's personality really shone in this book. I thought her story and character development was really good.
I did however predict the plot twist so the "le gasp" moment wasn't there for me.
The fake dating plot was fitting but there was too much going on. The stalking, the plot twist, the second plot line that came into the book at 80%, the overall social media drama.
I am going to be honest and say that Christian would not do the social media thing. He was so obsessed and possessive and "cold" that it made no sense.
Also little side note: This book gave me the Jules and Josh that I wanted. This book definitely redeemed their characters. -
Please let this be Christian and Stella's story! I fell in love with Christian in Twisted Games so I'm soooooo excited
Update (30 June) : OMG IT'S HERE 😭 IT'S FINALLY HERE. Am I really ready to finish this series? NO. Am I ready to get to know Christian? HELL YES. LET'S GO.
MY REVIEW:
"He's just like Christian Alister" Honey, no, he's crazier.
I'm in shambles. MY MIND IS BLOWN. As we know I've been excited for Christian since Twisted Games and GODDAMN was I not disappointed. I. AM. IN. LOVE. WITH. CHRISTIAN. HARPER.
I think my favourite is when the guy is obsessed with HER. Fuck the world. Fuck everyone who isn't HER. And Ana has more than delivered. Christian's devotion to Stella. His love, his protectiveness. I LOVED IT ALL.
This is definitely one of those books where you have leave your feminism and morals at the door before entering. Like this man really killed a guy cause he groped her 😩 I remember reading him torturing those that hurt her and thinking to myself, `Phewww psychopath much. SO HOT' I freaked the fuck out (in a fangirl way) when how calmy this man goes about doing it. SO SEXY.
And my oh my does my man know how to dirty talk. And the fact that he accounts for my praise and degradation kink. *fans self*
Sadly this is the end of the series. And what a journey is has been. Seeing all the characters in this book literally had me sobbing. Especially Alex being a total softie for his daughter 🥺 I'm going to miss all of them SO MUCH.
HOWEVER, I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH DANTE RUSSO AND I'M SO READY FOR HIM!!!!!! -
christian took one look at stella and decided to rent her a penthouse basically for free?????&&?&? AFTER ONE LOOK yeah lmao my man down bad 😭🙏
cant wait for him to serve boy obsessed
update:
this was everything i wanted and more. christianstella gave me so much buzz just like i expected but rhysbridget will forever be my #1
“Darkness was always drawn to light, but I wasn’t just drawn to her; I was fucking obsessed.”
christian alister is a #REALMAN i knew he was going to serve boy obsessed morally gray ceo billionaire like no other and i wasn’t disappointed. the fact that he became obsessed with stella after one encounter after which he kept her lost ring in his pocket for 5 years ??? yeah insane man behavior. writing her letters for every day they’ve been apart? probably the best thing that ever happened to me, that trope will always be famous and loved by me.
stella alonso my princess and second favorite girl right after bridget <3 i just loved watching her grow more and more confident throughout the book, she’s such a strong and interesting character. like no wonder christian was obsessed with her i am too.
the epilogue was just perfect they’re my family and my best people forever🫶🫶🫶
ps. @ ana huang i need novellas with the kids immediately -
Christian Harper was kinda cute with how he was obsessed with Stella and all, but have you met the OG obsessed, cold & calculated man named Christian Allister? If not, it's about time for you to read
The Maddest Obsession. It's waaaaayyyyy shorter, has no plot and that's better than having this weird stalker plot imoand has better writing. -
I’m sorry but this book was all bark but no bite for me
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I just finished reading this and IN LOVEEEE
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twisted lies: 3/5 stars
WARNING: this is going to be harsh.
So… I had quite a few issues with this book. But by the end— it didnt necessarily win me over, but it did however change my views on the characters… just a bit.
Again; I have absolutely nothing bad to say about Ana Huang as a person. Her books have done amazingly well, and are so widely loved— its absolutely amazing, and I’m very happy for her. She seems incredibly sweet— but her writing is just not for me.
Now that I’ve completed the twisted series, I know that I will not be reading any more books written by this author. I simply don’t enjoy the way the characters are written, the plots, or writing itself.
To make this as clear as possible; I discuss some main issues I had with this book (I actually think I overanalyzed this entirely too much) but that doesn’t mean I’m in any way shaming anyone who enjoyed any of this. I am going to talk about bigger issues that I found in this book— and that does not and should not invalidate your thoughts on it. Good or bad. Taste is always subjective, and I simply didnt enjoy this book.
This is both a twisted lies review, AND a series overview. Now that I know everything there is to know… so, be prepared because this is an essay.
To start off the twisted lies review, I’m going to talk about Stella.
I found Stella so incredibly boring. She didnt have anything that defined her as a character besides existing for Christian’s satisfaction. She had no depth. (This is my complaint with most of the twisted girls, which I will explain soon) but her character was so bland. She had anxiety— so there was that. I found the anxiety topic to be a bit scattered. Like it was mentioned a LOT in the beginning, but then it kinda just faded. So, she had insecurities and anxiety, and she was nice. That’s literally all that I can remember about her entire character. Besides the excessive blushing, butterflies, and getting tuned on because Christian was around her.
There were parts of the novel where she became physically aroused because christian sat next to her in a car. In public, she audibly moaned because Christian lightly brushed the side of her neck. She moaned out loud in an art gallery because he stood behind her. There was a scene where she literally got winded— “The memory of my encounter with Christian slammed into me with such force it knocked the breath out of my lungs.” I am gasping for air at the memory of this. All because she remembered the way christian kissed her neck, she acted like she was just kicked in the chest. A direct quote from the book is “I was seconds away from unraveling, and Christian had barley touched me.” Like… are you for real right now. Yes this is fiction, but do you realize how outstandingly over exagerated this is? You’re telling me this girl is on the brink of an ORGASM because he stood behind her and touched her stomach? I’m being so dramatic here but this raises the expectation that women should be easily pleased by the bare minimum. As if this is meant to feel so good she starts writhing on the floor of an art gallery— for what?
Again, the fact that this was so far fetched made this laughable and cringe worthy.
She danced in the living room and screamed when she realized christian was standing there. She let a spoon fall out of her mouth and let ice cream drip all over her face, and shirt. She called Christian “grumpypants”, and she carried around a stuffed unicorn and only addressed it as “mr. unicorn”. She said things like “movies, ice cream, and internet. What more could a girl want?” She would tell christian everything in the world there was to know about her, then she would pout when he didnt tell her stuff about him. She would get a “heady rush” when she spoke a word to Christian.
None of these things make her cute, or give her a personality. She just really irritated me. I feel like I’ve babysat 7 year olds who acted like this.
So, the same thing I said for the other twisted women: I don’t have much to say about Stella. Because she really wasn’t a bad character. She was just so poorly written. I didnt enjoy reading about her, I didnt care about her— she had absolutely no structure or real character, whatsoever.
The more I read these books, the more I realized how much all the characters lack actual personality, especially the women. Their only personality traits revolve around the men. Which I get into a lot more a little ways down this review.
Now to discuss Christian. Christian had a bit more personality, but it just wasn’t good. The amount of times he claims Stella to be “his” was almost as often as Stella blushed. Christian was grumpy and broody— but he wasn’t necessarily icy. Which I actually didnt mind. But in the end— Christian can be summed up to a few words as well; obsessive, sarcastic, possessive, rich, dominant. This book warned me in the beginning that he would be a dominant, alpha hero, so really, its my own fault. But my dislike for this book goes much deeper than the actual tropes itself, its the way it all is written.
I did however LOVE that he wrote letters to Stella during their time apart. I love letters in books. They get to me every single time. And I thought christian writing letters to open himself up to Stella was really sweet.
Unfortunately, he didnt open up until the end of the book, and of course, there were only 4 or 5 short letters that the reader got to see. But there were 20ish letters in total— so, I’m a little upset there wasn’t more. Especially because those letters were literally the only way to know christian. Because he didnt talk about himself at all for the first 500 pages.
To talk about this plot, this “stalker” plot was so boring. It reminded me of the blackmailer plot in twisted hate (which I also hated and found incredibly boring). this book was fairly long for a regular romance— and it actually did the opposite effect that twisted love (book one) did. Unlike twisted love, this main drama plot point went on for too long. It wasn’t the pain plot of the book, so it wasn’t brought up enough to be super interesting or seem important, but it was brought up just enough that I couldn’t wait for it to just be over. I know Christian owns a security company— but why didnt they get the police involved? Now that I think of it… none of the issues in twisted love, twisted hate, and now twisted lies were handled in any normal or proper way. Why didnt Stella contact ANYONE when she first found out she had a stalker? And when he broke into her appartment and Christian couldn’t find the footage of anyone leaving the building— why didn’t they get the cops involved then? These characters just have over the top, unrealistic scenarios that they handle like children.
Not to mention the fourth quarter break up (which literally happens in every single one of the twisted books)was because he was so obsessed with her after seeing her five years ago— where they didnt even speak?? That’s terrifying. Her finding binders of information on her in his house, that she was living in? Especially when she’s already so terrified about her stalker. I don’t understand how you can come back from that. I talk a bit about the power imbalance between these characters— and it really shows in this book.
Im not even going to get into a discussion about this smut because I know this is an aspect where I’m particularly picky— and where taste ranges a lot. So if you liked this smut, then I’m really glad you did. But I just couldn’t stand it.
The full body cringe that I had whenever Stella was stuttering, slobbering, and begging for christian — I couldn’t deal with it. i read the first two smut scenes, but I actually had to skip over the remaining ones because they just made me physically uncomfortable. I hated the degrading kink— him calling her a slut and a whore in bed just doesn’t do it for me. There was nothing desirable about this.
The fact that the smut is so similar in every book didn’t make anything better.
Alex was very dominant, and Ava was very submissive.
Rhys was even more dominant, and Bridget crawled around on the floor.
Josh was extremely dominant, and Jules got choked while she begged for it.
Christian was dominant, and Stella cried and begged while he called her a slut.
Its fine to have a preference, but by the fourth book I was so sick of reading the exact same fucking thing over and over. Would it have hurt to have switched it up, even a little bit? Seriously, I talk about this book being repetitive; but it is literally the exact same as all the others. In every aspect.
There were so many small parts of the book that I noticed and just really hated. Like christian telling Stella he doesn’t want any men looking at her, or touching her. And if they do, Christian will kill them. And Christian wants to be able to touch Stella, and if he can’t; then he will die. Those are his exact words. So, I don’t know if that was meant to be attractive or romantic, but honestly— it just sounded like manipulation, possessiveness, and obsession to me.
This is just ONE of the MANY small issues there were with this relationship, power dynamic, and book as a whole.
The last 12% of the book definitely wasn’t as intolerable as the first 88%, but that unfortunately wasn’t enough to save it for me.
However, the ending of this book (the epilogue especially) was cute. Again, since this is the twisted series, it was fairly unrealistic, but it was still sweet. If I liked these characters more, I definitely would’ve loved the epilogue. But it was just… fine. -
nobody is more surprised than me that my most anticipated read from this series ended up being my least favourite
i got so bored that i started writing down everything i hated, so here’s my list:
- kinda hate their relationship
- plot was boring
- don’t give a fuck about the stalker
- influencer..? boring
- plot twists were anticlimactic
- “if i can’t have you, no one can” r u guys seeing this corny ass line
- so repetitive. how many times have we heard “if another man touches you, he dies”
- had to skip the smut i was so bored
- too fucking long. why was it 600 pages
- how did i like the four scenes with rhys in them better than every other scene in the book
but i also wrote the things i liked (there’s only two):
- he kills guys that wrong her 😌
- their banter >>
in conclusion, i’m bored, tired, and so glad this book is over. i was lowkey tempted to buy the series to have physical copies but over my dead body am i putting twisted lies on my bookshelf
Twisted Love ★★★
Twisted Games ★★★½
Twisted Hate ★★★ -
Did I misread or something because it was redundant and cliche. Execution was terrible. I read the word whiskey too many times and ended up skimming. Every time Stella met with Christian,there is the word whiskey 🥃
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Okay I didn’t hate it. It was just never ending. Like if it shaved off 100 pages I would’ve loved it more.
The first half of the book was amazing. Loved it. It had everything I wanted; broody and grey mmc, passionate and cute fmc and there were the small moments. I have so many highlights in the first half it’s ridiculous. I really thought it was going to be a solid 5 stars( I even called it to my sister)
Butttt where did it all go?? After that 65% mark it started to get so… flat. My sanity was literally hanging by a thread. I thought okay maybe the stalker will spice stuff up yk?
But then ummm… ?? What was that?!
*Spoiler*⚠️
Christian got just plain boring toward the end. He ended up killing this guy that touched Stella’s ass and goes back to Stella but doesn’t tell her what he did.
How is this open love if he’s not shown her every dark facet of his life??
Towards the end of the book she says she realises what a bAd BoY Christian is and that he’s capable of BaD tHiNgS *yawn*
LIKE COME ON. He should’ve shot a guy in front of her. I’d love to see Huang work through that scene. I feel like she took lots of easy routes to get through the problems.
Anyway, I had these theories for who the stalker could be:
Theory 1 - the concierge, Lance?
Theory 2 - the one guy who commented on Stella’s picture of her in the green dress with Christian’s hand on her thigh, Brycefitness. The guy he was about to crush with a barbell but didn’t??
Theory 3 - that one guy she went on a date with???
And who does she choose??! SOME RANDO GUY IVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF!
There was supposed to be at least some kind of sprinkling of hints throughout the book right?! Wrong.
This was just shoved in our face like BOOM! He’s the guy and you have to accept it. And his backstory was explained so intricately. Like?? Where was all of that in his letters? Why was he not reminding her of the fact that he knew her? The guy did such a poor job at stalking so he gets a big fat F. Oh well, at least he took care of his grandma 🤷🏻♀️
The only redeeming factor was how badass Stella was when she ripped the guys flesh out WITH HER FUCKING TEETH. I read and reread that part so many times because I kept thinking wait did i actually read that right?! THAT made me scream with pride.
I will say that even though I wasn’t interested in the whole plot to his rivalry and stuff but that betrayal kind of hurt bc I actually liked Kage. I was genuinely shocked from this more than the stalkers identity which is a damn shame.
*Spoilers Finished*
That epilogue was so cute though. It was such a nice ending to the series and I really loved how all the banter didn’t stop as they got older.
I’m so upset that I didn’t love it because they were my babies. They still are but not my favourite lol.
𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:
The new series sounds so interesting. And why does she keep describing Dante as this guy who’s not traditionally handsome like?? No give me handsome. Thank you. (I’m joking)
𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀: 🎧
Masterpiece - Cloudy June
Die for you - The Weeknd
𝗙𝗮𝘃 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:
💛“Green eyes. Green dress. Symbolic of life and nature.
Green.
Apparently, it was my new favorite fucking color. ”
💛“Butterfly?”
~I don’t love it but I don’t hate it
❤️“Because I don’t want to be jailed for murder if anyone touches a hair on your head.”
💛“There were no unimportant details when it came to Stella.”
❤️“Some photos were worth a thousand words. This photo said only one. Mine.”
💛“No profile photo, no bio, no followers. One following.”
~🤭
💛“Rhys Larsen used to be my top bodyguard until he fell prey to the disease people called love”
~lmao
💛“She thought her rent at the Mirage was low? That was nothing compared to how she lived rent-free in my fucking head. ”
~awwwh
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[Before Reading]
When this book comes out, I’m not holding back. I will be UNLEASHED.
(Btw the guy on the cover is not it. I’m sorry.) -
I’ve been reading this book for 10 years and I’m only now hitting the 50% mark lmao
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Legit the couple i’m most excited about -
This is a 2022 version of 50 shades of grey (minus THAT room and some behaviour deary me) and no one can convince me otherwise
But i somewhat enjoyed it?
Rich CEO that is boarderlie OBSESSED with a girl. Like almost stalker level obsessed.
The girl he is obsessed with is not that special at all.
Stalkers, theres always a fucking stalker
BETRAYL UGH THE DRAMA *rolls eyes*
i really did think this book was mediocre, the epilouge was the best part of the book for me because of Alex and Ava lmaoo.
We were just missing the tension but i will say the book was better at the end bit
I was wanting so much but i just didnt get it, which is sad. I really hope that Anas next book is a masterpiece. -
Review to come
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This book is perfection!! I was finally able to finish this book and O M G! First of all, I can’t believe this is the last book😭 but… it was definitely the most perfect ending. This book is about Stella and Christian. Stella is a hardworking girl boss she’s an influencer and Christian is the grumpy ah owner of a business. The chemistry between these two characters was so perfect! And to top it all off this book has fake dating, forced proximity, and it’s a sloww burnn🔥 Definitely my favorite book from the twisted series. If you haven’t read this book or this series then don’t walk… RUN 🏃♀️
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10/5 ⭐️
twisted lies was everything and more. the perfect book to end the twisted series which has became one of my comfort series. stella and christian are to die for. these two had it going from the very start. the banter, the tension, the romance, the possessive hero 😩 everything about this book was absolute perfection. christian and stella are forsure a new favorite couple. these two are soulmates. i actually cant believe it’s done. i love the twisted series & these characters with my whole heart. i am so sad to have finished 🥺.
and thank you to ana huang and her team for the ARC 🤍 forever grateful for the opportunity 🥹🫶. -
It's finally over, like this is almost 600 pages that's way too long especially when you don't plot. I love obsessed boy trope but, if you just keep telling me he is "obsessed" so when know then it get annoying, simply show it in action readers can tell. This is first time I read marriage of convenience being about getting clout.
Christian and Stella as couple are bland as they can get. Only reason I'm giving it 2 stars is Josh and I like friendship between characters.
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4 stars 🦋
okay, this was good, probably the best book in the series if i wasn’t biased towards josh but something just didn’t hit.
christian’s (H) lie and the stalker reveal were anticlimactic af and it wasn’t cause they were predictable. the lie could have been better like idk him revealing to stella (h) that he ruins people’s lives over something as trivial as a parking spot 🥲😍
and when the stalker was revealed, i was just like—
followed by—
i proceeded to search the stalker’s name to see what scenes they appeared in and I WAS STILL CONFUSED. SIR, THIS IS MCDONALD’S, SO WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!
the book didn’t feel like it dragged at all, despite it being long af. definitely helped that this was a slowburn because if it wasn’t...i would have dipped ✌🏻
the praise kink and dirty talk was top notch. not many people do it like ana huang
➞ ❝That’s it, sweetheart. You can take it.❞
➞ ❝You did so well,” he murmured. “Such a good girl.❞
➞ ❝When I tell you to scream, I want you to fucking scream. Or I’ll bend you over and spank your ass raw until you beg me to let you scream.❞
➞ ❝You’re dripping all over my cock, sweetheart. Look at you.” He swept his thumb over my damp cheek. I was a mess, my face streaked with tears and my body trembling with lust. “An angel about to come from being fucked like a whore❞
or should i say 'my coochie’ 🤔🤭
the romance was honestly cute af, the book just wasn’t HOT. i believe there was only 3 or 4 sex scenes in the entire book and it just felt a little lackluster in that department. not that I want a book to be filled with them, but it creates some action and makes the story more enjoyable. i loved how big of a simp christian was and how he pretended like he wasn’t. poor baby 🥰
➞ ❝I’ve never wanted someone more, and I’ve never hated myself more for it.❞
➞ “I didn’t realize you noticed what I was wearing.”
❝I notice everything about you.❞
➞ ❝Touch another man, he dies. Let another man touch you, he dies. Tell me I can’t touch you...And I will fucking die.❞
➞ ❛You will always be my first, last, and only love.❜
i was worried about how i would feel about stella since i felt she was severely underdeveloped in the previous 3 books, but she was actually really cute! also, i liked ‘butterfly’ as a pet name, sue me 😴
oh, best epilogue i’ve ever read HANDS-FUCKING- DOWN 😤 99% of the time i skim epilogues cause i’m lowkey over the book at that point, but i found myself wishing the epilogue would never end ☹️
i keep seeing people complain about the sterotypical “girl gets pregnant and finds happiness at the end of the book” BUT I COULDN’T CARE LESS 😚 i was so happy how the epilogue played out, literally couldn’t ask for better
the series
as far as the twisted series as a whole, it certainly wasn’t perfect, but the journey was so fucking fun.
don’t really care to rank the twisted women because they’re honestly forgettable af 🫣
now, for the important part...my ranking of the twisted men
josh > christian > rhys > alex
other opinions are appreciated, but not accepted 💋
twisted series
↠ #1
twisted love — 2 stars
↠ #2
twisted games — 3.25 stars
↠ #3
twisted hate — 4.5 stars
↠ #4 twisted lies — 4 stars -
3.25 stars
is it just me or do the climax to any of the books in this series make no goddamn sense. ana huang, what an amazing brain you have
→ exhibit a:
a murderous uncle followed up by an alex volkov acoustic performance no one asked for
(the case is closed there but let's proceed)
→ exhibit b:
the joshjules art heist. i'm sorry but you had to be there
→ exhibit c:
this freaking book 🤣🤣🤣
so this entire book christian is going on about all the blood on his hands, how it would be blasphemous to touch stella and sully her w his darkness. but the math aint mathing cause i haven't witness a single drop of blood the entire first half of the book and sir-
mans was just committing a bunch of cyber crimes before he went nap nap and ahem, HASN'T TOLD A SINGLE LIE WHEN THE NAME AND THE COVER IMPLIES.... LIES. then finally at 70% he kills someone and i'm over the moon like wow ✨🧚🏼♀️🌈😌
but i also thought all of this 'blood on my hands' 'i dont deserve her' talk would lead to something..... idk, useful. logical. important 🤡 i should've known ana huang would never let me have that peace
ana to me:
instead of the climax being that this innocent, pure, overly moral girl would discover her boyfriend was idk.... A FUCKING MURDERER and that she might idk.... HAVE SOME FEELINGS ABOUT THAT?? she just discovers he has a bunch of files on her going super in depth into her life instead🧍🏽♀️and i get why she'd be freaked out but girl, the man owns a security firm and has been trying to find your stalker for months. files seem like par for the course but maybe that's just me tho 🥱🚬
anyway, best parts of the book:
→ boy obsessed trope. christian was NAWT playing around
→ the way he had an instagram account w no photo, no followers, and only following stella so his entire feed is filled w her. sorry but that's the stalker energy i want
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I honestly have not one bad thing to say about this book. IT WAS SOOOOO GOOD 😭😩. Mr Christian Harper is definitely a new favourite book boyfriend of mine FOR SURE. This was honestly the perfect way to end such a good series 😌
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5/5 ✰
- thank you valentine pr & ana for this arc!
i knew from the start that christian was going to be my fav, and i was NOT wrong.
with tropes like fake dating & the one bed trope, this book will NOT disappoint you, once again, ana has surmounted any and all expectations. not only was stella & christian’s relationship written SO WELL, but it was equally entertaining & intriguing!
the plot had me hooked from the start, with both characters having their own problems, history and obstacles. this may be my fav twisted book <333 & the way it all ties up at the end ?? PERFECT.
christian is the definition of possessive which COULD be a red flag, but all i’m seeing is GREEEEN. his love for stella is unreal, i love these two SO MUCH. the way his character develops is incredible.
as for stella, her story was amazing. we’ve only seen small snippets of her till now, and after reading this i realized we had only scratched the surface. her character carrie’s so much depth, i love her SO MUCH.
i cried during THAT scene. once again, ana has played with my emotions.
as a final goodbye, goodbye twisted family <333 -
stella, the most kind and calm of all the girls and christian, the dangerous and lethal CEO of the elite organisation. yes, they are my favourites.
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Have we all read the same book?
