Twisted Love (Twisted Series Book 1) by Ana Huang

Golly gosh darnnit. I swore to you guys I would start the last book of the Off-Campus series, The Goal, after I finished Twisted Love, but I’m literally hooked so hard I can’t let this series go. I swear, I really wanted to follow through on my promise, but I’m just so in love with this new series and I have to see where it goes.

So, like I explained in my book review of The Score, the Twisted series has been on my TBR for so long and I’ve also been seeing lots of stuff on my socials saying it’s a great read, so I just had to check it out. Anyway, I did, and I’m so pleased with it so far, I’m definitely going to continue—sorry Elle Kennedy, I also loved your series!

The Twisted series, as far as I can tell, centers around a girl friend group, which is a pleasant change from the Off-Campus series, which centered around the main hockey boys and their respective love interests. I love the group and they’re all such wonderful girls as far as I can tell. But, Bridget is definitely my favorite. As I suspected, I’m currently loving her POV and story in Twisted Games. Shhhh!

Back to Twisted Love, Alex is definitely the most intense and psychopathic love interest I’ve ever encountered, but that somehow makes his adoration of Ava so much better. It’s a brother’s best friend story with *steamy* scenes that totally left me speechless. No literally. I read the most steamy section late at night (ofc) and I was shocked. As y’all know, I’m not the biggest fan of smut, so it was definitely not a draw, but I’ve never read the kind of smut that was in Twisted Love. Highly recommend a trigger warning.

Ava is the first friend in the group we follow and she seems sweet so it’s awful all the stuff that happened to her, but I’m so happy she has friends like Bridget, Jules, and Stella. Alex, on the other hand, really puts the cold and hard in the rich, corporate boss. He’s such a powerful guy, not just physically, but also emotionally—he never lets anyone see his history or feelings. But, Ava slips beneath the surface when the two start spending more time together while Josh, Ava’s brother and Alex’s best friend, is away.

Such a great book, but definitely some trigger warnings. Not just smut, though that felt so dirty I feel like I can never walk into a church again, but also with blood and language. So, yeah, have a fun read!

Genre: romance, dark, fiction (not even going to consider Y/A—that’s how dirty this book is!)

Age: 16+ (honesty, older, but I can’t condemn myself)

Rating: 9/10