Title: Twisted Love

Author: Ana Huang

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Page Count: 339

ISBN: B08Y6DCS1Y

Goodreads Rating: 4.42

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. *** 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 brother’s best friend/opposites attract romance with a hint of suspense. It's book one in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone. WARNING: This book contains a possessive alpha/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+.

When I received an email from Ana Huang a little while ago with the request for me to read ‘Twisted Love’, I was immediately intrigued. I read two other books by Ana before, and I definitely enjoyed them. And after reading the book description, I knew this was a book I had to read.

In ‘Twisted Love’ we read the story of Ava Chen and Alex Volkov. Ana is Alex’s best friends little sister. Ava has a very happy personality and always tries to make the best of things. Alex on the other hand is very dark and twisty (see what I did there Grey’s fans? 😀 ). When Ava and Alex are forced to spend more time together they slowly grow closer. But they are definitely two very different people, living two very different lives. Alex isn’t a ‘good’ guy and he doesn’t always have the best intentions. But there is this insane chemistry between them and it’s almost impossible to stay away from each other.

Let’s, start by saying this book was definitely my favorite from Ana Huang so far. Especially while reading the first few chapters, I was crying my eyes out from laughing so hard. There where some hilarious moments between these characters, and I just couldn’t stop laughing. My husband almost got worried when I couldn’t stop. Yes.. it was just really funny.

But next to being hilarious, I also loved the chemistry between Ava and Alex. It was easy to see that Ava really liked Alex from the start. She always sees the best in people. But Alex’s character was much harder to get to know. And I loved how his tough exterior slowly melted through Ava’s influence.

The one thing what I didn’t like in this book was the names Alex called Ava during sex. Sure he was a tough guy, but he was also super protective of Ava and him calling her these names just didn’t fitted in my opinion. And I just don’t think a woman being called those names is necessary at all. But luckily for me, this name calling only really happened in the beginning.

There were several twists in this book, and I definitely enjoyed those and didn’t see them coming at all. Which is something that doesn’t happen to me often.

‘Twisted Love’ was a very romantic, and also suspenseful book that kept me hooked. There is a lot happening, and at times I thought it was maybe a little too much.. but I loved it. I definitely can’t wait to read more books in this series.

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Ana Huang is an author of primarily steamy New Adult and contemporary romance. Her stories range from lighthearted to dark, but they all have HEAs with plenty of banter and swoon sprinkled in. Besides reading and writing, Ana loves traveling, is obsessed with hot chocolate, and has multiple relationships with fictional boyfriends.

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Maureen Bakker

Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always!  Facebook | Instagram