Twisted

The Never After Series

De: Emily McIntire

Narrado por: Sandi Hunts, Marcio Catalano

From BookTok sensation Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale reimagining of Aladdin.

She’s his diamond in the rough. He’s her worst nightmare.

Yasmin Karam, daughter of one of the richest men in the world, has never known strife. So, when her beloved father falls ill, she is determined to make his final days his happiest. His last wish? To see her married to a man of his choosing. Except Yasmin’s heart already belongs to someone else. A servant. A street rat. A man her father would never consider worthy.

Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Yasmin strikes a desperate deal with her father’s right-hand man, Julian, not realizing he has his own twisted agenda.

Julian Faraci has one goal: become the most powerful man in the world. He has built a future from broken bones and faded bruises, never caring who he hurt along the way. But when his mentor falls ill, he finds himself on the verge of losing everything, and he’ll stop at nothing to inherit what is rightfully his—even if it means forcing a woman he can’t stand into marriage.

Yasmin is a brat who speaks out of turn, and he’s the villain of her story. But he decides she’ll be his―no matter what it takes to convince her.

Features mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all listeners. Listener discretion is advised.

©2023 Emily McIntire (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Formulaic but such fun!

McIntire seems to have a formula down. I read Hooked first, and this felt very similar to that but with its own flavor. A fun & wild ride but I would have liked a little more separation between those two books. The narration was amazing!!!

Julian MFing Faracai

Omg I don’t know why it took me so long to read this one but babyyyyy it was the sweetest torture I didn’t know I needed!!!! 10s across the board with this one! Loved it better than Hooked!

NAILED IT!

Another Never After book and another time Emily McIntire nailed it!

Twisted is the Aladdin retelling and while not my favorite I have zero complaints about how this all played out.

Yasmin is in love with the servants boy and some day she will be brave enough to tell her dad but that day hasn't come yet and now her father is dying and wishes for her to be married. Yasmin certainly cannot run the family business (not because she can't but because her dad doesn't think it's a woman's place) and now he needs her to marry advantageously so that her husband can keep the business running and protect Yasmin. Julian, her father's right hand man, is rightfully indignant that the man he looks up to as a father figure hasn't once considered HE could take over the business when he passes. In a twisted turn of events Julian and Yasmin end up married. No big deal to Julian, once the father is out of the way it will be nothing to get rid of Yasmin so he can finally have everything he ever wanted. We all know how those plans usually play out.

I shall now impatiently wait for Crossed, The Hunchback of Notre Dame retelling.

Marcio is my new obsession!

I have listened to Hooked and Scarred and out of the three, this one is the weakest. It started out so good when he caught her with Aiden, but it just kinda fizzled out. Also, Julian seems softer and not as much of a villain as James or Tristan for some reason…
I have never listened to Marcio and oh boy i am seeking other books narrated by him now! Sandi is okay, she sounds too old for Yasmin imo.

Loved it

This was a spin on Aladdin’s story and I had my doubts that there would be any redemption for Juilian but once again Emily McIntyre pulls it off!

5 starts for this one

Would recommend to someone starting with dark smut novela. Doesnt have any major triggers and lots of sexy scenes. Enjoyed the narration as well. Will continue down the list of books from Emily McIntire.

Couldn’t believe in their love

The whole story was just odd for me. I didn’t believe their story of falling in love. It all seemed so forced and over worked. Just couldn’t believe in the story line.

I knew I had a thing for Jafar before but Julian is elite

Who doesn’t love a forced marriage, fake marriage, enemies to lovers? Seriously sooo good. Very spicy too

Fun, quick read!

This series is so unserious - just really fun, mindless entertainment.

Loved the narrators - the best in this series I think!

Hang in there !!

It’s a really slow book but it’s worth the listen has a very good ending and great plot twist towards the end I prefer the man’s narration to hers but it’s still a great read nonetheless