Twisted Games (Twisted, #2) (2024)

i was gonna write a full review for this but i decided against it in the end. i don't even know how i could expand on what i say.

the time jumps made this all the more unrealistic. it just added to the the telling and not enough showing.

it's basically insta lust. 5% and mans commented that his dick had already gotten hard at bridget. bridget also had a wet fantasy dream about him pretty damn early on. the two spend more time having forbidden sex than forbidden love. so yeah, i'm here to say that THIS IS NOT SLOW BURN. not romantically and not sexually! less than 20% and rhys was already wishing to spend more time with bridget even though like, 10% ago he said he doesn’t get involved in clients personal lives and isn’t their friend or what not. i think one reason people say this is slow burn is because two years pass until rhys and bridget kiss but we don't even see those moments of the two years, so it makes it hard for to believe and accept their feelings. if that doesn't bother you, you might like the relationship more.

all the secret glances and soft touches i was expecting? non existent to be honest. i think part of it also has to do with the slow burn i didn't feel. i would have thought they had their first kiss around, at least, 60% or so, with everything before being full of stolen glances, touches, and moments between them.

in conclusion: i didn’t feel the tension, it’s all sexual. i'm too sappy and asexual to believe on the sexual desire with no emotional connection.

rhys…i expected him to be more broody and cold for how he was described. he had this cold aura, so you'd expect him to follow through with that harsh attitude. but, nothing new. even alex from the first book was more cold. sure rhys fits in the “touch her and you die trope” but he was a pretty big softie from the beginning. he had no character development. he wasn’t mysterious and broody at all. nothing but possessive and jealous tbh. that didn’t even bother me because i knew he was that, but that was it. sure he has a sad background but i literally felt nothing.

bridget has no dignity lmao she’s basically rhys’ dog and it’s funny seeing her give herself up for him. mans literally made her crawl 😭

rhys talks dirty. other than that there’s nothing else about him that was appealing. tattooed and scarred. muscled. NEXT!

and the suspense element was also much better in the first book because there was actually some action. the suspense (can we even call it that?) in this was so badly done compared to the first book. i think i appreciate ava and alex's story more in that aspect because we actually see it unfold and, like i said, there was actually some action. not only that, but right from the beginning, we're thrown into this "suspenseful" act so we go through the book wondering what's happening (even if you know what it was). with this, there was none of it for me.

i liked that bridget volunteers at an animal shelter. my vegan animal loving self just loves everything animal care related.

that's basically it.

eh, i’m excited for jules and josh’s book though!
and stella and christian? with that ending? 👀

OMFG this was so good !!! way better than the first one. this book f*cked me up !! literally my bones were shaking the entire time i was reading this.

Rhys -f*ck !!! he’s a MFing DILF !!! this zaddy could take me anywhere. ok so get this - Bridget is the royal princess, she has some authority, but guess who’s in charge? MFing Rhys!! this guy so f*cking feral over her and it’s the best thing to read

Bridget -ugh i fricking loved her!! literally did some boss ass queen sh*t this entire book!!

the plot itself was so good and enticing. i was genuinely so invested!! if this book were a pole, i’d strip on it !!

so basically, what im getting from this is, maybe the reason im single is because i havent hired a bodyguard who is forced to spend every second with me and care about my well-being resulting in the forced proximity to eventually cause him to fall in love in with me.

if only i had the budget. lol.

↠ 3.5 stars

why does every booktok book read like a 12 year old's first time publishing a story on wattpad

just watch Princess Diaries 2 for a better experience

this book makes me rage. rhys has got to be the most boring f*cking character ever written. personality? non-existent. bland? boring? insanely annoying? present, present and present. i didn’t feel the tension between them at all. the story itself is just so uninteresting that it took me months just to read halfway through.

he is just dirty talking all the time. they do more f*cking than actual loving. it’s not slow-burn. the time jumps was an insanely stupid thing to add? it was all show and no tell so we’re just supposed to imagine sexual tension and build-up in those 2 years of him being her bodyguard 🤨🤨🤨

rhys: "i don’t get involved with clients"
also rhys: *instantly in love and hard for bridget after seeing her for 5 seconds*

this book is just one huge joke. nothing special about mc bridget either. so much anger inside me rn bc of this.

would not recommend. sorry to everyone who actually enjoyed this. i didn’t find anything to enjoy about this book

4,5 stars! The forbidden romance 😍 the slow burn 😍 the fact that she's a princess and he's her bodyguard 😍 the spice 😍 I liked Twisted Love, but I LOVED this sequel.

Rhys is definitely a protective alpha male type which isn't quite my ideal book boyfriend. That's the only reason I gave it 4.5 instead of 5 stars (but that's just a personal taste thing). One thing I didn't expect and really loved was how much princess subplot we got. Outside of the romance, we get a really rich plot of the politics of Bridget's country and the responsibilities and pressures she's under as a princess.

Also, I loved that there's a HUGE reason they can't be together for a good part of the book. No silly miscommunication or a third-act conflict that felt unnecessary. Instead, we get a huge challenge they must overcome, which I really appreciated.

God people on tiktok are such lairs

it is so bad i wanna give you a zero, but that’s not possible, so i give you a one.

rhys supremacy🤭please disregard what i said down below about being conflicted…rhys is perfect and i think about him everyday🙈🦋bridget, boo, sharing is caring🤭🤝🏼

“crawl to me” *insert the nonexistent crawling emoji* rhys🧎🏽‍♀️this book has been upgraded to 5 stars hehe. “to all the girls who said f*ck prince charming, give me a scarred knight” yes, please. 10/10 book dedication. idk who my favorite twisted man is now because the first time reading…it was josh, but now i’m conflicted. i’ll be deciding once i read and finish twisted hate next🤭🤭🤭rhys is literally perfect😩all the other twisted men did something wrong to their women, but rhys did nothing but love and protect his girl🥹i love bridget so much. she’s definitely my favorite twisted woman. she’s so selfless and kind. i loved rhys for her🥺and i especially loved bridget for rhys. guys this man had me weak in the knees like almost the entire book. “even when you’re not there, you’re everywhere. in my head, in my lungs, in my f*cking soul” 😮‍💨oh to be bridget. “careful mr. larsen, or i’ll think you actually like me” he smiles and says “baby, we’re way beyond like”😭😭😭😭are you kidding me??? literally the perfect gentleman. self taught too because we all know his mom is trash. ooooooo i hate her. ANYWAYS back to my baby, rhys. rhys supremacy. guys when he helped her with her little bucket list…….costa rica are you kidding😩ughhhhh like no way this was the same grumpy bodyguard from the beginning of the book. “i take care of what’s mine, and you’ve been mine since the moment i saw you outside your poor secured house at thayer.” she said😭😭😭 “but you couldn’t stand me back then” RHYS SAYS “doesn’t matter. you were still mine. mine to fight with. mine to protect. mine to f*ck. mine to love.”🫠🫠🫠need i say more about this man? if you guys don’t like the first book, dnf it and move on because i promise…this book is so worth it. i will forever protect rhys at all costs because how can you not adore this man?? thank you ana huang for creating rhys🤭🫶🏼

I changed the rating to 4.75 from a 4.5. Here’s the thing—this had all of the makings of a 5 star book EXCEPT for the fact that I found the beginning quite slow. And I fully get that its slow burn, its meant to be that way, but I can’t ignore how i felt when I was still in the beginning stages.

There are TONS of build up in part 1, and the book itself really started taking off for me in part 2. The build up in part 1 is still soooo good, especially looking back at it now. I definitely appreciate it more after finishing the whole book more than i did when i was going through it.

I am so obsessed with Rhys and Bridget, but obviously definitely Rhys because that’s my guyyyyy.

Bearded, protective, HOTTTT, possessive, supports and adores and loves Bridget so much. OOOOOF, come to mama.

Bridget is my favorite from the friend group I think. And I definitely liked this book wayyyy more than i liked the first one, twisted love.

I think the writing improved a ton, and the time jumps were that much easier to follow whereas i felt like it was a little difficult to know how much time had passed in the first book (one of the main reasons I gave that a 4). This one is just way better for me. ITS STEAMIER, ITS SO POSSESSIVE, the tension between them. I’m literally so into it 😂

And I cant stop thinking about Rhys. This man is BEAUTIFUL. All of the qualities i like in my alpha characters.

How part 1 felt for me is mainly the reason this isn’t getting 5 stars because i feel like that’s my first impression and it’s like one of those things where when i was in school, people always told me to go with the first answer when i was taking an exam 😂 so I’m applying that same theory here LMAO

Chef’s kiss, i hope you guys enjoy this when you get to it! Rhys and Bridget are AMAZING. Obsessed!

18+, and spice is about 3.5 to 4. VERYYYYY HOT. And frequent 😏🌶

Am I getting too old and cynical for romances? Say it ain't so!

I have trouble passing up books with the word "bodyguard" in its description (cue "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston). In fact, I picked up the first book of this series solely because I wanted to read this one. The princess and the bodyguard is a pairing as old as time, not to mention absolutely swoon-worthy, and before I cracked open the first page, I was filled to the brim with anticipatory glee for all the fun I was about to have.

And for the most part, I enjoyed the story itself. It was a bit long-winded, but compared to instalove, I'll take a slow burn any day. While this didn't break any new ground and is pretty much what you'd expect from the trope, it was still fun. Rhys the Bodyguard is all like I take security very seriously ma'am, and Bridget the Princess is all like you can't tell me what to do. I'm totally on board with that.

And yet. Yet, yet, yet. I feel like something was missing. Was it better chemistry, more snarky banter? I'm not sure. All I know is what I got felt like a paler version of what it could've been. Or maybe the problem is me and I built this up so much in my head, nothing could possibly meet it.

One thing I do know for sure is that Ana Huang's male characters are a bit too much for me. They're so sexed up and possessive, it's hard to take them seriously. They way they talk and act, you'd think they came straight from the chest-thumping Stone Age. No other man can even look at their women, lest glares and threats erupt from their mouths. They're constantly like, Who do you belong to? Me! And that's more or less verbatim.

And the sex scenes. Ugh, I feel like such an old fuddy duddy for saying this, but they were so frequent and unrealistic in that p*rny way, I was cringing with embarrassment for the characters. I enjoyed the first third of the book so much more simply because there was no sex in it. But the last two-thirds felt like every other scene was dramatic sex, and I was so over it.

It's hard to really enjoy a story if I'm cringing my way through so much of it, and that's what happened here. Obviously, romances are personal, and this is clearly a case where my tastes just don't quite line up with the author's. And there's nothing wrong with that. Plenty of readers love this series; I just wish I were one of them.

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See also, my thoughts on:
#1. Twisted Love
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I felt no chemistry, too redundant, and little cliche if you will.
The time jump was really confusing.

IM f*ckING FREE!!

this was the worst book I've ever read. I hated every. single. thing. about this book. it's unnecessarily long, I wasted my time. i should've dnfed this as soon as I started reading it.

y'all lied when you said this is better that the first one, because no baby it's NOT.
in twisted love you can feel how alex is falling for ava. meanwhile, in twisted games, I literally can't feel the love between bridget and rhys.

rhys's entire personality is being a jealous and possessive asshole. I hated him, he's the worst book bf ever bro I'm not joking. mr larsen didn't even have a character development, he's so boring. I hated him.

bridget, I really like her, I have nothing against her, she just wasn't my favorite. and I was really excited for her character, but she wasn't for me.

I enjoyed and appreciated ava and alex's story way more. i hated alex in his own book but LOVED him in this one.

I gave this 1 star because of jules and stella (& christian) if it weren't for them, I'd give it 0.

worst book I've ever read, but I'll continue the series for jules and stella. and also for ava, bc I love her.

3 stars (max)

Plots wise I loved this book! It made sense and the so called plot twist wasn’t out of the blue if you think about it. It made sense. It was a save plot line.

I like Bridget. She is probably my favorite girl of the group because of how she holds herself but wow Rhys did indeed make me cringe almost all the time. Sometimes I was weirded out by how possessive he was and just how Bridget did anything he said.
The growling and crawling just isn’t for me. These men are just weird.
I also liked Christian in this book as well as a lot of the other side characters so this book was really pleasant to read and it wasn’t too fast but also not too slow.

Twisted Games is LIVE and FREE to read in Kindle Unlimited! I am so excited for you to meet Bridget and Rhys, and I hope you love them as much as I do!

Here's what to expect:

✔️ Forbidden princess x bodyguard romance
✔️ A possessive, dirty-talking alpha
✔️ 10-year age gap
✔️ Mutual pining
✔️ Forced proximity
✔️ Slow burn with angst and STEAM 🔥

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A princess and a bodyguard sign me up. I really hope this is good because you all have raised the bar high 💕💕💕

123456789/5⭐️

Rereading my favourite twisted book AND favourite romance book has to be the best decision I’ve made in a while… like the joy and happiness I felt while rereading this is surreal!! Rhys and Bridget will always be one of my favourite couples of all time and I honestly can’t get enough of them!!

First of all, this book has one of my favourite (but also one of the most painful) tropes of all time in it: Forbidden love!!!
This alone already had me hooked and in love but the way it was executed… COMPLETE AND UTTER PERFECTION!!!!!
The secrecy, the tension, the pining, the chemistry.. UGH it was just all soooo good and so well written!!! The way they both wanted one another since the beginning.. I was MELTINGGGG!!!!

The way the forbidden love trope was mixed with the bodyguard x princess trope made it even better!!! The vibes and settings in this book were absolutely immaculate!! From gorgeous Costa Rica to a stunning castle ugh I LOVE IT!!! I honestly need more books like that with that sort of setting, it’s just so… romantic!!!

Speaking of romantic, THESE TWO ARE DEFINITION OF SAID WORD!!!!!!
I was literally squealing, giggling, kicking my feet, twirling my hair and blushing like a goddamn tomato!! They were just so adorable!! They had everything they needed to have! Banter, chemistry, tension (romantic and sexual), cuteness, jealousy, spice and MOREEEE!!! They’re just so perfectly written I could cry!!!

The way they’re also each others’ rocks?!?!
Like Rhys being able to be himself and open up to someone for the first time and feeling so comfortable and feeling AT HOME with Bridget, made my heart beat a million miles per second!!!
Same the other way around!! Bridget feeling so at ease with him and actually being able to lean on someone and getting supported by Rhys… It was just so endearing to see them both act so sweetly with each other! No (pure) romance book couple has ever lived up to their love (if you ask me)!!!!!

Rhys is also the most perfect man ever!!! He’s definitely the best Twisted man and he might not be YOUR favourite but you can definitely admit that he is THE BEST out of all the Twisted men! Like the way he stood by Bridget no matter what, fought so strongly for their love and is willing to give up everything just to see her happy?!!! I’m crying, screaming…
And HE DOES NO WRONG!!!! He didn’t need to grovel because HE IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE (if it isn’t obvious enough I’m pretty much in love with him lol)

Anyway.. besides the romance, I loved the sub-plot of politics and monarchy! It was amazingly involved into the plot and just shows how corrupt the system can be (most definitely not only in fiction).
Seeing Ava and Alex again, happy and together, was also so pleasing to read about and seeing the other characters as well was so endearing!

Let’s just say I loved every second of this book and if you haven’t read it yet… GET TO IT NOW!!!!! It is worth EVERYTHING!!! Even if you may have disliked the first book, definitely give this one a try!!

Overall, this will most likely always be my favourite romance book and Ana Huang book ever and I’m so glad to have read it not only once but twice!! And I’m already looking forward to rereading it again sometime in the future! I also can’t wait to reread Twisted Hate tomorrow!!

➷ 5 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠

"𝑖'𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒. 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒. 𝘩𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑖 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠. 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖'𝑑 𝘩𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑, 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑖 𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑜𝑛 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡𝑠. 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡𝘩𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝘩𝑜𝑤, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑠𝘩𝑒'𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑖 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛"

- did i stay up past midnight to finish this book? yes. did i regret it? no.
now how on earth do i put all my love for this book in this review?
ladies and gents, this is gonna be a hard one..

- this is a beautiful story about forbidden love between a royal princess and her bodyguard
i felt every single emotion reading this book, but i mostly sad bcz of rhys and bridgets past. did i mention that its heartbreaking? bcz it is.

"𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑖 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠. 𝑖 𝑎𝑚 𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑝𝘩𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑚. 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝑖 𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒. 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑"
"𝘩𝑜𝑤'𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑀𝑟. 𝐿𝑎𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑛"

- rhys larsen: GETTING ON MY KNEES RN. I WOULD CRAWL FOR YOU TOO. (iykyk)
apart from him being smoking hot, the way he legit fought for bridget just gave me butterflies the whole damn time, i was giggling and kicking my feet the whole damn time, we love rhys!
(i also want rhys to take me to costa rica.*wink wink*)

“𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑀𝑟 𝐿𝑎𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑛, 𝑜𝑟 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒."
“𝐵𝑎𝑏𝑦, 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒.”

bridget von ascheberg: your royal highness, i admire you in every way possible.
i loved her character and role in this book so much, but what broke my heart the whole time was her carrying the guilt of her past, i was legit crying whenever her past was mentioned.. LIKE ITS NOT UR FAULT I SWEARRR

- overall, this book was very fast paced, the characters were chefs kiss, its just smth abt ana huang's writing thats so addicting. like i was literally binging the whole damn book.

actual rating: 1.5 stars

|| 1.0 star ||

This was insta-lust; nothing more. There were also constant, non-stop time jumps that made it completely impossible to actually see any (supposed) development between these two: It��s all tell, and no show. We never really went into detail in any conversation or situation: we literally glanced over everything.

Also, Rhys was the most bland hero ever and Bridget had no personality either. All of their interactions honestly bored me to tears or simply just pissed me off. They had no chemistry at all.

Part of me wanted to push her away from me, and another part wanted to drag her into my arms and keep her as mine. Except I couldn’t. Bridget was too young, too innocent and too off-limits, and I’d damn well better not forget that.

So all in all, there simply wasn’t any depth to be found here, and neither did I see any actual love between them. Once they actually got together all they ever did was have sex. They had no emotional intimacy whatsoever.

“Remember. In public, you’re my princess, but in private, you’re my whor*.” His other hand reached down and pinched my swollen cl*t until I squealed, and the beginning tremors of an org*sm rocked through me. “You’ll do what I say, when I say it, and you’ll take my co*ck however I want. Won’t you?”
“Yes,” I breathed.

And don’t even get me started on the dirty talk or the weird power dynamics between these two during sex… Every time they were together in an intimate way I just had to cringe.

“Keep your underwear, gloves and heels on, and crawl to me.”
My breath gusted out in shock even as my core spasmed at the order. I’d never crawled for anyone in my life—while I was all but naked, no less. Even if I wasn’t the future queen, it would be degrading. Humiliating. Depraved. And I’d never been more turned on.
I sank to my hands and knees, and I began to crawl.

Lastly, the plot in this book was seriously as uninteresting and boring as humanly possible. I genuinely couldn’t care any less.

'Twisted' series:
1. Twisted Love - 3.5 stars
2. Twisted Games - 1.0 star
4. Twisted Lies - 2.0 stars

"I suggest you stop looking at me like that, Princess, unless you plan on doing something about it."

I am so glad I LISTENED to you all and gave this series a second chance bc RHYS LARSEN WAS WORTH IT!!!! Yes, it was cliche and tropey, but ask me if I care?!! NOT EVEN A LITTLE BC THAT sh*t WAS HOT! I loved the slow burn, the bickering, the banter, and then the absolute obsessive possessive man beast that is Rhys Larsen had me squealing. And Bridget, is my kind of girl! She has a SPINE and Rhys was not just going to talk to her any kind of way and I LOVED her. But their relationship was so balanced! It was hot but also sweet and endearing and supportive. I loved how they respected each other and were supportive of each other.

I am actually really excited to read the other books now, but I don't know if another couple can beat Rhys and Bridget, they set a pretty high bar for me!

2023:
rhys, me puedes pedir que gatee cuando quieras.

2021:
yes yes yes
necesito maaaaas
el tercer libro me emociona demasiado !!!

Rhys Larsen🧎🏻‍♀️that’s it. I’m beginning to think each character named Rhys is superior at this point. I was completely hooked even though the beginning felt so slow (it is a slow burn) but it picks up soon enough. One of my favorites in the twisted series — just think The Princess Diaries but with smut and a hot ass bodyguard 🥵

I still cant get over the fact that how the f*ck this series is so hyped 💀...especially when there are better..WAY better and sexier books than this

❝In Costa Rica, you asked if I'd ever been in love. I said no. Ask me again.”
"Have you ever been in love, Mr. Larsen?"
"Only once."
"And you, princess. Have you ever been in love?"
"Only once❞

【 Bridget Von Ascheberg 】

I LOVE HER SO MUCH SHES SO BADASS 😩
Bridget was literally everything I want in an FMC. Smart, kind, Down to earth (giving her statues) funny, talk back to him, have a backbone. Passionate.And above all that? So f*cking strong.
I love characters who have issues and deal with a lot of things but on the outside they put mask.

❝The message: in control and ready to take over.
The reality: a complete mess.❞

You see what I’m talking about?
The way she handled everyhing life threw at her was mesmerizing and she was really young! the way she switched to queen mode in a couple of months so she wouldn’t back down? So good.

❝Somehow, somewhere along the way, I'd grown into my new role. It would take a while before I was fully comfortable with it, but I was getting there❞

Y’all I know we all love it when the guy is overprotective of her. But it hit different when she’s the one doing it ✋😩 changing the law for him? Bow down to Bridget.
I hated how everyone was there for Ava to comfort her but Bridget had non of her friends at her side ☹️

【 Rhys Larsen 】

❝Gray storms against blue skies❞

Okay yall please don’t kill me ✋😭 his personality is just beign hot and good in bed, he was boring but The way he’s down bad for Bridget? The way he talk about her in his dialogue? Heart eyes.

❤︎︎

❝Even when I was pissed at her, I wanted her❞

❤︎︎

❝I loathed it. Loathed her, for tempting me this way. Loathed myself, for not having more self-control when it came to her❞

❤︎︎

❝I'd rather you hate me alive than love me dead❞

And the spice? I have inappropriate things to say 🫢

❤︎︎ 𝑆𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙. 𝑆𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒.
“𝐹𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑒," 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑑. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛.
"𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑒."
"𝑆𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠."

❤︎︎ "𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐, 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑒."

❤︎︎ "𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑛," ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒. "𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒."

Y’all crawl to me is dedicated for zade and zade only but I’ll give this MF the pass 😩🤌

❤︎︎ 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑥 𝑖𝑡.

Can we talk about Steffan? 😭 he’s such a sweetheart and I’m happy Bridget changed the law and he married his girlfriend 🫂

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❥ This author write addictive books. When I read twisted love a year ago I finished it in 2 days. And this one is way much longer so as a slow reader I thought it’s gonna take me days. But I finished it in one setting.
So yeah the writing was horrible ofc ofc. But addictive AF.

❥ Slow burn to the MAX and I’m here for it. It took them years to let go for their emotions and attraction and I love it. I read a bodyguard Romance in December but they fell in love way to quickly. And I’m not saying it should take all couples years to fall in love I just liked that it happened in here. Well executed and all that…
So I loved the slow burn. I don’t think there was filler scenes. Every chapter was good for the plot or the build up tension.

❥ Now the plot was messy 🫣 (it’s typical thing for this author atp) Rhys having suddenly some royal blood was NOT IT.
I think the part about her assistants betraying her was a lil realistic so I’m not complaining about it I just hate the Rhys part 💀 and I’m not gonna lie the book don’t deserve the hype that it have. Yes I love Bridget. Yes Rhys was hot and the spice was really good. But still nothing special giving the hype that it have. I lot of ppl hate twisted love just like me but I’ve rarely seen ppl hate on this one so the expectations were unreachable 💀

❥ Now her friends: Ava was bland as ever as expected, everytime Alex was mentioned I Rolled my eyes. Jules fun as ever and that scene at the end where she disappeared with josh? 👀
Christian Was the star for me, he’s twisted and insane and I’m sooo intrigued by him 🤭 and the way he was eying Stella at the end? I can’t wait. They are the reason I wanted to start the series so I hope I love them.

I really f*ckin enjoyed this!

I wasn’t expecting it to go this way, since the first 40% or so of the story felt a bit meh. But I was anticipating this story since the first book came out. I was already rooting for Rhys and Bridget.

The writing and some of the plot points slightly bothered me though. It bordered on cliche/cheesy at times (for my taste) and the writing wasn’t as polished as I would’ve liked. But I can see the potential Ana Huang has, because she definitely knows how to write a good story. I could not put this down once I got started!

The time jumps was another element that bothered me. Whilst they were necessary to the story, I did not like the way it was handled initially. It interrupted the flow of the story for me. There was no natural progression into the time jump - it was just abrupt and the reader was just expected to go along with it.

Despite all that though, I really liked the characters. A lot. I liked how this story progressed. The forbidden element was really honed in on, the angst was beautifully torturous, I loved that Bridget really took on the role of being a future queen. I wish we had more of that. And I loved that the age-gap wasn’t an issue. I mean, they had bigger sh*t to deal with but it never felt like a hindrance because our two main characters were so in tune with one another. Plus it helped that Bridget was actually mature.

I just really enjoyed how this wrapped up overall. It got better and better as I read on.
And don’t get me started on the steaminess. Lord…

Bodyguard romances are definitely becoming a book-kink of mine. I want to read more books that include this particular trope.

3.25 stars 👑

Well, I liked this better than I expected. Going in with lower expectation was definitely the right choice so I ended up liking this a bit better than the first book.

This book felt a lot less insta-love than Twisted Love. That book was just too fast for me…the characters fell in love faster than I could give a sh*t about them so this book did much better at that. It’s still a bit fast, but in the book it’s technically not fast since this occurs in a 3-4 year time frame. What this book is, is insta-LUST to the motherf*cking max. Our hero, Rhys Larsen, literally says in his inner-thoughts that he got a hard-on for Bridget (h) the first time he met her.

I’d guarded plenty of beautiful women before, but when I saw Bridget in person for the first time, I’d reacted in a way I never had for my previous clients. Blood heating, co*ck hardening, hands itching to find out how her golden hair would feel wrapped around my fist.

Well alrighty then 😃

This book sorta gave me vibes from The Bodyguard aka one of my favorite movies of all time. Especially since Bridget didn't like how Rhys was trying to change the way she lived her life. Like increasing her security and forcing her to not go to certain events because he didn't think he could do to keep her safe

Or even Bodyguard, the tv series

Imma be honest, I really liked Rhys. Is he super overbearing, overprotective, and constantly jealous? Hell yeah, but it kinda makes him spicy. His inner thoughts, before they develop a relationship, consist of him lusting over her and getting jealous if a man even looked at Bridget

exhibit a)

If Bridget were anyone but my client, I’d drag her into the bathroom, bend her over, and spank her ass raw for her insolent tone.

A muscle flexed in my jaw as Bridget’s laughter floated over, joined by Steffan’s deeper laugh, and the urge to murder someone—someone male with blond hair and a name that began with S—intensified.
What was so f*cking hilarious, anyway?”
…
"They make such a cute couple,” the reporter next to me, a curvy brunette in a bright pink suit that hurt my eyes, cooed. “Don’t you think so?”
“No.”

I also loved that he wasn’t with another women at any point after him and Bridget met. I loathe when a hero likes the heroine and chooses to f*ck around with other girls…like what was the reason.

There’s also some super cute and sweet moments between the two of them. Like when Rhys doesn’t allow Bridget to go to a festival because he didn’t like the security of it so he builds an indoor “festival” in her house. He put up a tent, put out snacks and had the festival playing live on the TV. The cutest part is that he lied and said her friends put it together, but it was all him 🥺

→Bridget and Rhys confessing their love for each other-

“In Costa Rica, you asked if I’d ever been in love. I said no.” I lowered my head until our foreheads touched and her lips were scant inches from mine. “Ask me again.”
…”Have you ever been in love, Mr. Larsen?”
“Only once.” I slid my hand up from her neck to the back of her head, cupping it. “And you, princess. Have you ever been in love?”
“Only once,” she whispered.

→THIS SPEECH. RHYS STOP ✋🏻✋🏻✋🏻-

“You filled a part of my soul I always thought would be empty, and you healed scars I never knew existed. And I realized…it’s not that I didn’t believe in love before. It’s that I was saving it all for you.”

Now, as far as the smut goes…PHEWWWW. The dirty talk was so f*cking good by both Rhys and Bridget. Like I genuinely was surprised sometimes by the sh*t they said to each other.

“Remember. In public, you’re my princess, but in private, you’re my whor*…You’ll do what I say, when I say it, and you’ll take my co*ck however I want. Won’t you?”

“Spread your legs wider. Let me see that pretty puss* dripping for me.”
→He said this right after he made her wear a vibrator to a meeting with the King (her grandfather) and Parliament 🤪

Can I just say something…WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE TIME JUMPS. Y’all know this, I HATE time jumps with a deep f*cking passion. For there to be a TWO YEAR time jump

Also, Bridget’s brother Nikolai is a selfish POS. The way he just put everything on Bridget’s shoulders was so sh*tty. I can’t believe Bridget wasn’t angry as hell that her entire life was uprooted because Nikolai wanted to think about himself 🙄

twisted series
↠ #1 twisted love — 2 stars
↠ #2 twisted games — 3.25 stars
↠ #3 twisted hate — 4.5 stars
↠ #4 twisted lies — 4 stars

OMFGGG. These just keep getting better, I’m obsessed with this series 😭

If PLEASURE why GUILTY?? 🤔🤔

This book was much better than Twisted Love. Was it a good book? No, I wouldn't say so. After comparing this book to her King of Wrath, I've come to a conclusion that Ana Huang improved her writing A LOT. The writing style was much more lacking in this than the storyline itself. Putting that on the side for a second, I must point out, even though I had so much uni work to do and I haven't been in a reading slump as big as this one like ever???, being able to finish this in a reasonable amount of time and more importantly, being able to enjoy it is a win for me AND THIS BOOK.

The first installment in this series, Twisted Love, was a huge let down for me back when I read it and I made a decision not to continue reading this series. But the plot does TWIST sometimes (pun intended) and I decided to give it a second chance. And I must confess, I'm glad that I did. Already knowing what I was getting myself into (a light fast-paced read) and not expecting too much, I found it really enjoyable. The book had its flaws, mostly in the character department (and if you've been following my reviews you know I'm a character-driven-book enthusiast) but in some other aspects too.

As I mentioned above, writing style in this was objectively bad. There weren't, dare I say any???, good quotes, everything felt rushed and bland, just a very amateur approach to writing romance, especially ADULT romance. I keep pointing this out in many of my reviews, but I HAVE TO REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN.
Making. your. characters. 34 (or giving them any adult age idc). and. having. them. participate. in. explicit. sexual. activities. doesn't. convince. me. they're. adults!!! I can't stress this enough.
I know that this series is insanely popular and it has a huge fan following, RHYS AND BRIDGET ACT LIKE CHILDREN, argue with the wall.

The thing that bothered me the most, however, wasn't the writing, it was the TIME JUMPS. This was insane. I felt like this book was just a bunch of one-shots (by that I'm not talking about the smut but rather emphasizing how uncoherent the story was, it felt like a collection of short stories about the protagonists) and absurdly huge time jumps in between. Often times, I found myself really enjoying the story and the progression of it and then boom, A THREE-MONTH TIME JUMP that provided nothing but gave the author a chance to move on with the next plot point without building any relationships between the characters.

The politics was also ridiculous but didn't bother me too much. I'm not a fan of politics in general and if I were, I wouldn't be reading Twisted Games, I would read a book on the royal family or whatever. Yeah...

Believe it or not, this book also had some strong points. It was fast-paced, it was enjoyable, it was addicting, and it was a huge improvement compared to Twisted Love. I found myself rooting for the protagonists, gasping at the plot twist etc. It definitely motivated me to continue reading this series in hopes of finding an installment that I like the most.

THE CHARACTERS
BRIDGET ahhh my princess. Without spoiling anything about the changes in Bridget's life apart from the obvious, I must say that I really like this woman. That's not news, I like all Ana Huang women, the men are the problem for me. I liked Bridget more than I did Ava, her chapters were a breath of fresh air. To be completely honest with you, I liked her a lot, but I can't really explain to you why because she didn't have much substance, just like the rest of the character cast. Rhys painted her from a whole different perspective, but I loved her descriptions as much as I did reading from her POV. I wish we got more explanation on her career, I would love to have seen her do something unrelated to her romantic relationship. Also, her relationship with her brother Nikolai wasn't the best, having her trauma bond with him would make this book so much better in my opinion.

RHYS was the reason this book wasn't rated lower and the reason for me to believe that Ana Huang has potential after all, just how Alex was the reason I hated the first book. Rhys was just so much better than Alex, even though he had his red flags (I talked about that in the updates). I'm not a fan of his relationship with Bridget, especially the portion of the story while they weren't romantically involved and he was just her bodyguard. He was jelaous and stupid??, bossing her around, telling her "everything he does is for her best" and using that as an excuse to be an absolute asshole. He forgot his place so many times that I had to remind myself he was her bodyguard. Changing that portion of the story, seeing his submissive side would make this story better BY A DEGREE (once again, argue with the wall). However, seeing Rhys's character development gave me peace and comfort, I loved his banter with Andreas and hints of a relationship with Nikolai.

That's all for this review. Thank you for reading, 🤟❤️💋