Twisted Love

Twisted, Book 1

De: Ana Huang

Narrado por: Cindy Kay, Aiden Snow

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.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Ana Huang (P)2022 Tantor

Reread #3

This is my third reread but first in audio format.
I’m not a fan of Ava’s voice.. She sounds like she’s whispering loudly.
I also wished they’d use Aiden for all male lines (even in Ava’s POV) and Cindy for all female line (even in Alex’s POV)
I still very much love this book tho and can never get tired of it!

WHY DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG TO PICK THIS ONE UP!

4/5 ⭐ OVERALL
3.5/5 🌶 STEAM

“If you wanted, I would burn down the world for you.”

If you enjoy:
- Dark Romance (light)
- Brother's Best Friend
- Protective Hero
- Steamy

I finally listened this super popular book and man was the hype real! The narrators did an amazing job and I would definitely recommend the audio. They truly brought the story to life in a spectacular way!

As for the story, it was so so good! I enjoyed this one immensely. I'm a sucker from some dark senses so this one was right up my alley. Alex and Ava were perfectly written for each other. Their chemisty was through the roof. I loved their interactions and those steamy scenes... 🥵!!

The plot was good. A little predictable, but not enough to where I was losing interest. The characters alone make you want to keep reading, or listening. But, the storyline was interesting nonetheless. With Alex wanting revenge on for his family and Ava's traumatizing childhood coming to light, I'd say it'll keep you invested. Along with the beautiful love story, it was a solid 4 star book for me!

Happy Listening!! 💙

Love the story but the narrator…… ruins it.

The voice and the weird whispering but yelling whisper… the worst. Also chapter 14 I’m 100% positive I kept hearing her stomach growl during the narration….

FMC narration needs redone

I normally can tune out annoyances with narration as the story goes on. The issue I had with her is that she had this constant feigned shock reaction to evvvvverything. She constantly sounded like she was hiding under her blankets and whispering this book at us as if someone might hear her. When she would pause between sentences you could hear her throat and stomach gurgling. This became even more prevalent around chapter 10-14. I finally gave up at chapter 14 and returned the book. I’m going to go finish this on KU. The story has promise and I wish I could have still enjoyed the male narrator but she really ruined this.

Good ... But

Great story. Good story. It took me a minute to get used to the woman who narrated the book.... all the whispering threw me off.

Alex and Ava Give Me LIFE!

I saw a review of this on bookstagram and was intrigued. I had some credits to burn and thought, "Hmm, well this will take care of one of them. No way I'm getting all four of them, that would waste too many credits!"

Guess what? I got all four of them.

When I say I loved this book, I mean I LOVED this book. So many authors claim to write morally grey main characters but really they're just grumpy characters who turn into softies once they meet the girl. Not Ana Huang. Ana Huang knows morally grey. Ana Huang writes morally grey characters. You will be shocked by their actions. You will be shocked by their internal dialogue. You will be shocked by things they say. And you will love every second of it.

Twisted Love is the perfect name for this book. Ana TWISTED me into absolute knots with this one. I laughed at the girls (iykyk), I cried (again, iykyk), I screamed in frustration, I gasped at some of Alex's actions (good, bad and extremely sexy) and then I went back for more because I LOVED it.

And the audiobook? Honestly, I thought if I liked it, I might just get the others in print form. But there was no way I could NOT get the rest of the series on audio after falling in love with Alex and Ava on audio. These narrators gave so much LIFE to these characters. I felt like Cindy was Ava and Aiden was Alex. Sometimes when I'm listening to audiobooks, the fourth wall breaks for me and I think "Wow, this must be so awkward for these folks to read" or "That is not at all how that should probably be read." In the almost 11 hours of this book, that did not happen once. The nuance, the expressions, the gasps, the growls, the exasperation, the sneers, the smirks - you can HEAR and FEEL it all.

Do you like dark romance? Do you like morally grey characters? Do you like sunshine vs grumpy? Do you like billionaires? Do you like spicy (and I do mean SPICY) scenes?
Do yourself the biggest favor so far in 2023 and GET THIS BOOK on Audible. You will not regret.

If you love Korean dramas, you’ll love this.

I really loved this. The story, the narrator made the impressive reading so much fun! A great way for me to reread and annotate!
I love Ava and Alex so freaking much. Thank you Ana for giving the Asian girlies spicy romance rep

Omg!!! Yes I needed this!!

I absolutely loved this story the audio brought it to life for me!!! And let’s just say Alex is definitely my new book boyfriend. This story was everything I loved how he always made sure that she was protected that’s MF sexy as hell!!!

All of thw Ana Huang books are just the best

I don’t want to spoil what happens but Alex Volkov is my favorite chatacter of them all. Of all of the books i sugest everyone buys this one. It is not just about love but about family too.

Aiden Snow voice?? Good GOD!

I don’t even care if the book is good (it was good) but Aiden Snow’s voice??? Good heaven, just perfection, I could listed to any book with that voice in my ears. He just made everything 100% hotter.