I first read Ana Huang's Kings of Sin series first where Christian is a reocurring character, so I'm glad I finally reached his story.  Stella Alfonso is an Instagram influencer, model, and aspiring fashion designer. When she needs to up her follower count to secure a luxury brand partnership, she decides she needs a fake boyfriend. Enter her neighbor/landlord and cybersecurity expert Christan Harper. He agrees to be her fake boyfriend in exchange for her coming to events with him. But his company has a mole selling information to his competitors just as Stella has a stalker reemerge after years away. As they rely on each other for support, their feelings grow less fake and put the entire ploy in jeopardy. 

Such a good close to the series. I loved getting a chance to see the other couples all interacting with each other. And with the epilogue getting to see their children interact was so freaking adorable. Stella and Christian are definitely my favorite couple out of this series. 

This book was the longest one in the series, which obviously leaves so much to talk about in this review. I'll start off by saying this: I absolutely adored this book. I walked into it with absolutely no spoilers about the content which made it all the more impactful. 

Not many books have made me cry, but this one got me - not as hard as Twisted Games, but it still brought some tears to my eyes. 

Stella and Christain are both... Interesting, to put it simply.

The whole ending sequence with Stella finding out about Christian's obsession and lowkey finding out that he murders people in his free time was... Something. I didn't mind it much, but it bothered me a bit that Stella just... Accepted it because she loved Christian. Considering that the book spent a lot of time establishing the depth of Stella's morals, it was kind of sad to see her just accept something like that (though I can't argue for the sake of the happy ending and the warning that this was the darker of books Huang has written).

Onto my opinions about Christian. I liked Christian for what he was. I'm not super into dark romance (maybe I just haven't found the right book), but I think for him being darker than the other male leads, it made sense. He was really only 'dark' in the sense of murdering people and torturing them, but other than that it wasn't super dark. Yes, he did illegal things. But don't most rich men in romance books? It was really cool to see Christian inside of his own book rather than within the context of the others as it really lets you see his character shine through. He's a huge softie at heart, as much as he tries to deny it. Christian and Josh are very similar in the kink department, except Christian is Josh on steroids. Nothing was sensual about the sex scenes in this book, and I was very much digging that. I liked how it was able to represent another side of intimacy while making it a space where it wasn't weird or out-of-the-ordinary. If super BDSM stuff isn't for you, then I'd say skip over the intimacy.

The pacing of this one was a lot faster than the other books. The added pages helps to tie everything together while also giving readers new content about the rest of the Twisted couples. It's very BDSM, so be warned. I think it was a satisfying conclusion to the series and left no questions to be answered with everybody getting their happy ending. 

TLDR; This is my second favorite book out of the series. The relationship dynamic between Stella and Christian was refreshing and was enjoyable to follow. It plucked my heartstrings a few times- through tears and laugher. 

Spice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Christian was HOT and Stella really grew throughout the book. Their relationship was easy to follow and fall in love with. One of the reveals was a little predictable and there were a few times where I felt the book lulled a bit but overall really enjoyable and I’d read again.

WHOOHOOO FINALLY FINSISHED

Before we get into this, I just want to say a few things:
1. this will probably contain spoilers.
2. this is actually 2 reviews, one of the book and one of the series as a whole

Twisted Lies Review
Ok so in this book, Ana Huang proved to me that she can, in fact, write. At least a bit. This was the best book of the series by far. Especially with the romance. This time, the protagonists Stella and Christian had chemistry AND they were a good match, which I found surprising considering how one of the above was always lacking in the other books.

STELLA
Stella Alonso is my fav Twisted girlie. I can relate to her so so much and she was authentic and it felt like the writing stayed true to her character throughout the book. I didn't like how she suddenly became this helpless woman after she and Christian started dating. She was such a girl boss, and then all gone.

CHRISTIAN
Christian Harper is great, I just think that he thinks too high of himself. The dude thinks he is this monster and I feel like he didn't act like how his inner monologue made him present.

PLOT
This is actually the point where I have to take away the most stars. The plot felt so so so slow, and then, at the ending, it was utterly rushed. There was the stalker, and he was mentioned every once in a while, but no suspense or angst was created, which I found quite sad as there was so much foundation and opportunity to build on. Also, the revelation? So so badly done.

Julian

being the stalker just didn't do it for me. The explanation was so weird and so underwhelming, when you could have done so much more. I didn't even remember who he was when I first read his name.

Overall, I'd give this a 3.5/5.

Now, for the series:
I like the concept. A friend group with their own stories, each story being intertwined, is a really good idea. A few things I didn't like:

1. THE LANGUAGE
literally. So many examples, but I'll make this short. HOW IS AIR SUPPOSED TO SHIFT? Literally. Just say something like "the atmosphere shifted". So many icks, istg. Also, the vocabulary of Ana Huang doesn't seem to be really big. All of the men described their woman the same. "Lush lips", "silky hair", "soft skin", "intoxicating smell"... please Ana just think of some more creative adjectives to describe a woman. 

2. THE STEREOTYPES
While I live on romances with more dominant male characters, this was a little too much sometimes. Why does the girl have to have long legs, "lush lips", a curved body,...? Can we get some more diversity please?
Also, Christian only having male employees do his "dirty jobs". Why can't a woman clean up a dead body? 
Why can't we have a man crying? Why do the girls all wear fucking dresses all the time??  IT'S 2024 FOR GODS SAKE PUT SOME DIVERSITY IN YOUR WRITING. 
Also, why is everyone successful and rich? Life isn't like that. We have a lawyer, a doctor, a bodyguard, a fucking queen, a high end designer, a security CEO, a billionaire, and a top notch photographer? It doesn't really make sense. Why can't some of them fail? And why are the men already successful why the women have to earn it? Maybe write a man who has to pray he passed his exam and a woman who doesn't give a shit about money bc she's rich as hell. SWITCH. IT. UP.

3. REPETITIONS 
No bc this whole series felt so so repetitive. She meets a guy, doesn't like him, has a business arrangement with him, she falls in love, he doesn't like to admit but he loves her too, then, a betrayal or something that breaks them apart for a while, makeup sex, they marry. The end. 
I also don't really know the difference between the guys. They are all supposed to be cold, but have a soft spot for their woman, they smell masculine, they radiate "raw" masculinity (whatever the hell that's supposed to be), they are all dominant in bed, and so on. As I said, give us some variation please. Maybe write a guy who is also fine with being submissive. Maybe write a character who is bi. Really. Writing has no limits, and still you decide to fill FOUR BOOKS with the same content just in different fonts.

Overall, it was fine. Nothing special, nothing extraordinary, but I did expect that. I won't read it again, but I guess it was nice to make time pass. 
I'd give this series as a whole 2/5 stars. 

Also thank you for reading this because this is probably the longest review I've ever written. Love y'all and keep reading<3

I'm so happy I finished this series. 2/4 books I almost dnf'ed and 1 I actually dnefed. It was so stretched out for no damn reason. I loved the charachters but i just didn't care for the story. It was just a repetition of the other books. Just bad