TWISTED HATE

When it comes to Ana Huang books, you know you’re in for a wild ride. But it’s not just the exceptional steam that gets my attention about these books, it’s the depth of these characters, the trauma they’ve suffered and overcome, the strength that’s both obvious and hidden and the relationships they build with everyone else in the books. While Bridget and Rhys are always going to be my absolute favourite of the series, Jules and Josh blew me away. And it’s in part the intensity of these characters and in part the story that Ana managed to tell between all the hate and banter and beautifully explicit sex. Jules Ambrose and Josh Chen hate each other. Everyone knows it, they don’t try to hide it. They are constantly at each other’s throats, they bicker, argue and fight all the time. With them, there’s no holding back. It started when Jules and Ava (Josh’s sister and heroine from Twisted Love) were in college and sharing a dorm. Jules overheard something Josh said about her to Ava and she didn’t hold back on showing him just how little she cares about him. And to Josh, Jules has always come across as reckless and wild, which irritates him because he believes that if Jules is involved, Ava is going to get herself into a whole lot of trouble that he can’t save her from. And over the years, the hate and banter and rage has turned into simmering sexual tension that almost everyone around them can feel, so when they make a deal to enjoy an enemies with benefits situation, neither of them hesitate. Except, the more you sleep with someone, the more you see them for who they are and suddenly all those feelings you thought you never felt before bubble to the surface. I don’t think there are enough words for me to say to talk about how awesome this book was. So much happens in this book that I obviously can’t mention in my review, but what I can definitely tell you is that the sexual tension and chemistry in this book is insane. Jules and Josh spend a good part of the book snapping at each other, and I’m talking proper enemies to lovers situation here. They hate each other’s guts and don’t care about hurting the other person. Words spew out and it’s kinda intense. But, it’s also so well done. I enjoyed their wicked dialogue and the way they push each other’s buttons, I enjoyed watching Jules knock Josh down a peg or two. She’s all fire, and not just because of her red hair, Jules is bada** and she’s not going to let anybody stop her from living her life the way she wants. She fights for what she wants, she’s opinionated and forward, confident and passionate and even though life dealt her a bad hand at one point, she’s come a long way since her traumatising childhood to have something so great, she’s not going to let just anyone take it away from her. Josh, if you’ve read Twisted Love then you’ll know all of this, has been through his own share of crazy things—his father’s gone to prison, he almost lost his sister, he did lose his best friend—and through it all, he had to stand tall and strong and it’s taken a toll on him. Between that and his residency, Josh is basically stretched so thin that fighting with Jules is the highlight of his life. I loved the steam, as I always do with Ana’s books, but the thing that really got me was the slow build of Jules and Josh’s relationship. You know it’s coming, because DUH. But it’s the way it happens. It’s slow and then all of a sudden it just whacks you in the face. And I’m a sucker for romances where he falls first after spending a good portion of the book wanting to kill her. And watching Josh go through the motions of his feelings—denying, accepting, confusion, denying—was an absolute treat. I loved their friendship too and how they leaned on each other when they least expected it, how their lives changed because of the other person and how everything in their lives just made sense with each other. And, now that we’ve met the very delicious hero that gets to charm and win Stella over, I am even more curious about her book. I cannot wait for Twisted Lies, because if these first three books are anything to go by…it’s going to be truly awesome.

Nice book

Josh and Jules are by far my favourite couple. This book has more erotic stuff than the first two and that sometimes broke the reading flow. However, the characterization is to the T.

It was in good condition and the letters are also printed properly.

Page quality and packaging is good

Pages were dirty but overall no problem

The book quality is good, and the book is original. Spicy book and both characters are perfect fit for each other. Love the comebacks and friendly chemistry as well.

"Let another man touch you, Jules, and you'll find out just how easily I can take a man's life as I can save one." This fun and angsty enemies-with-benefits book was definitely amazing as I expected it to be! I really enjoyed the whole enemies part between Josh & Jules. Their jabs at each other were both funny and a little bit hurtful but they were entertaining nonetheless which made their banter top notch!

Sorry but this is the best book out of the twisted series, Josh is perfeeeeect and I love Jules so much, this is the real enemies to lovers .

Jules and Josh 😍 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 🌶🌶🌶 ✔️ enemies to enemies with benefits to lovers ✔️ best friend’s brother ✔️ tragic upbringing ✔️ possessive alpha male ✔️ strong and sassy heroine ✔️ top tier banter I just, brilliant. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve read enemies to lovers, and Ana Huang does this superbly 👌 Jules is the type of woman who wants to put her past behind her and make a meaningful life for herself. She wants to prove that she is capable of becoming the best lawyer she can be. She’s intelligent. She’s sassy. She’s got her friends back. But people judge and define her by her looks, and she is sick of it. Josh is protective and has issues trusting, always wanting to save people which is why he became a doctor. The person who he loves most is his sister Ava… but Ava’s best friend Jules has always been the carefree one in the friend group, always getting into shenanigans. Together, Jules and Josh have never got along… which makes their enemies with benefits arrangement even hotter 🔥🔥 I love them. So much. Each have their own hang ups because of their pasts, and this is what makes them both so unique. Josh’s questionable actions are not good, but they make sense given his history of trust issues and betrayal. Jules feels the need to prove herself, which I can relate to deeply. This book is longer than Ana’s past books, but I love that because I got to see and experience Josh and Jules’ relationship slowly develop over time, and witness how two people with tragic pasts can share their vulnerabilities and fall in love. I only wish I could have seen more of Josh and Jules and their interactions with their friends, that’s what would have made this book perfect.

Jules and Josh just reminded me about a couple I used to know some years ago… 🫣 We were young and stubborn, like them… and we were always getting on fire when together, also just like them. 😂 Luck me I didn’t have a ‘Max’ in my life… and poor of me I didn’t have him at the end… 🤷🏻‍♀️ Seriously, I liked so much the story. Besides Jules’ problems, the story ended in a perfect way. Ana writes with her heart, for sure! I’m looking forward to read about Stella and Christian…

Danke. Alles 100% OK. Sehr zu empfehlen.

Well… Lets start with… I don’t even know where to start This was absolutely unquestionably AMAZING. Like this was so so good and I can’t explain how good this book was built up through out twisted love and twisted games. This is probably the best book with bantering I’ve read. Like DAMN the conversations between them was so good it had me laughing, smirking and screaming. They’re relationship was so fantastic and the way the looked out for each other is dream worthy. Josh being protective and jealous was seriously one of my favorite things with this book. No I seriously loved all of it and as with the two first books the writing was amazing and I have NOTHING to complain about. I’m so excited to read twisted lies and I can’t wait for my copy to show up out side my door, I have devoured every book so far and there’s no doubt in my mind I will devour the last one as well, I even have a feeling it’s going to be my absolute favorite in this series