source: purchased
rating:★★★★✩.5
from goodreads:
He'll do anything to have her...including lie.
Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman.
He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can’t deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him.
She’s the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can’t solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can’t refuse.
Every monster has their weakness. She’s his.
His obsession.
His addiction.
His only exception.
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Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage.
Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship.
But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms—and house—of the most dangerous man she’s ever met, she’s tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time.
Because despite Christian’s cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she’s with him.
Passionate.
Protected.
Truly wanted.
Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies…and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything.
Twisted Lies is a steamy, medium to slow burn fake dating romance. It is the fourth and final book in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.
my review:
okay besides games this was definitely my favorite. i do feel like it started a little fast because he fell so hard for her and the “relationship” started so fast but it all came together in the end. but i felt like i was reading about two people i didn’t know
. i feel like the other three in the twisted series kind of started off with a back story of each person and who they were (we got that from stella and christian throughout the book) but this one started out with “bam i’m obsessed”, nonetheless it was a page turner and i absolutely loved it!i loved everything christian. i loved him when he was first introduced because he was just so mysterious and you wanted to find out everything about him. he was the reason i was excited about this book because i feel like we really didn’t know stella, but that completely changed and i fell in love with her. the outsider in her own family, can definitely relate. she was the perfect mix of bold beautiful and courageous (in the end) and he just brought that all out of her.
i hate how this ended because i don’t feel like i got closure from any of the books. i mean i did but i have so many questions about each of the couples. WHEN DID THEY HAVE KIDS???? WHEN DID THEY GET ENGAGED??? HOW DID THIS ALL HAPPEN??? HOW DID THEY GET MARRIED??? WHERE DID THEY GET MARRIED??? so many questions!!!
i loved everyone and their story individually but if i had to rank it, games is my favorite, followed by lies, hate and then love. ranking the men rhys will always be my number one, followed by christian and i can’t choose between alex and josh. ana huang is a genius and i definitely want more. i’m looking forward to reading about dante and vivian in king of wrath and any other masterpieces she creates!!
favorite quotes:
“If my thoughts were chaos, she was my anchor.”