Twisted Love by Ana Huang : Book Review

Book review

Twisted: love

By Ana Huang

Twisted#1

He has a heart of ice…but for her, he’d burn the world.

Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can’t escape.

Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.

But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:

A crack.

A melt

A fire that could end his world as he knew it.

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Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember.

But despite her broken past, she’s never stopped seeing the beauty in the world…including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn’t want. 

Her brother's best friend.

Her neighbor.

Her savior and her downfall.

                                       

Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen- but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both… and everything they hold dear.

Twisted Love is a contemporary brother’s best friend/grumpy sunshine romance. It’s book one in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

WARNING: This book contains a possessive antihero, explicit sexual content, and profanity. No cheating or menage, but if you’re looking for a traditionally sweet, loveable hero, this is not the book for you.

Recommended for 18+.

“She felt like heaven to my hell, the closest I’d ever get to salvation, and yet I still wanted to drag her into the depths of Hades with me.”

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Twisted Love Plot- Twisted Love Summary

Twisted Love tells the story of Ava Chen, a sweet and loving young woman. Ava is a charming girl with an overly protective brother, Josh Chen. When Josh moves to another country, he entrusts his small sister to his best friend. Alex is a cranky genius who agrees and moves next door to Ava. Does Ava Chen, Alex's best friend's sister, thaw Alex Volkov's stone heart when their lives get intertwined and something begins to ignite in Alex's heart for the first time in his life?

My Views on Twisted Love

It was my first time reading a novel written by Ana Huang. I was unfamiliar with her writing style, so I went into the twisted series with no expectations, and it turned out to be the best thing I have read in a while.

Twisted love is everything a romance fan could want. Ana outperformed in every chapter. The plot has a mafia vibe to it. However, in a good way.

Alex is a handsome clever affluent dude who looks after his best friend's little sister. Their first interactions aren't all charming and flattering, but as the novel unfolds, we get to see a new side of Alex.

The work contains numerous steamy sex scenes left to the reader's interpretation. But I had fun with it. (Some were even relatable, wink.)

Overall, the plot is well-connected. We witness everything as the past is acknowledged, corresponding with the main characters' current tragedies.

Although the plot twists were practically foreseeable, the climax nonetheless took me by surprise. Alex's decision to let go of Ava after that unforeseen revelation made sense, but I felt awful for Ava. It was almost amazing to see Ava refuse to forgive Alex easily; when you love someone so profoundly, you fall into the habit of readily forgiving them, but Ava held up for herself until Alex actually worked his way up to recover her trust. That really impressed me. The finale was generally satisfactory, albeit predictable, but I never saw Alex singing in public coming. Just men written by women.

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Overall ratings      4/5