Twisted Games: Book 2 in the Twisted Series

Intro

Princess and Bodyguard. Employer and employee. All the power and none at all. Ultimate attraction, but they can’t be together.

When Princess Bridget von Ascheberg of Eldorra’s longtime bodyguard Booth goes on paternity leave, she hopes for a replacement who can be as kind as he is and share the same type of bond that the two of them have. But when Bridget meets her new bodyguard Rhys who turns out to be the exact opposite of Booth, she is infuriated. Rhys Larsen is the most ungrateful person Bridget’s ever met, and she is convinced he is the worst person to ever exist. Unfortunately, he is also the most breathtakingly gorgeous person Bridget has ever laid eyes on. As Rhys shadows Booth to get a sense for Bridget’s lifestyle, he becomes increasingly more annoying, and Bridget’s unlimited sarcasm doesn’t make it any easier for Rhys either. The stricter Rhys is about guarding Bridget, the more Bridget starts to see little glimpses of his past which allows her to develop a soft spot for the part of him that shares his life with her. Most of the time she considers him the most arrogant person alive, but when he opens up to her, it makes her even more attracted to him, and she is then compelled to share parts of her life with him. As they begin to be more vulnerable with each other, their attraction grows, but they are constantly reminded of how they could never possibly be together since Rhys is a bodyguard and Bridget is a princess. Nevertheless, through the many restrictions their love grows stronger even though the two of them know they have every possible reason why they shouldn’t be doing this. When there is an unexpected change and Bridget finds herself the heir to the throne she never thought she would rule, she and Rhys must make the hardest decision: either they defy an entire country to be together or they face the biggest and most destructive heartbreak.

How I came across the book

When I finished Twisted Love, I was so in shock and amazed by the entire book. I was convinced it was the best book I had ever read and I was just obsessed with it, so obviously I had to read the next one. The fact that Twisted Games could somehow be even better than Twisted Love is just crazy. I loved this book so much and I was in awe of the level of detail and emotion. This book made me cry at the end and my brother was just standing there as I was finishing it and he must have been so weirded out to just see me reading this book and sobbing my eyes out. I don’t actually think I have ever cried because of a book before reading this.

Other books by the author/In the series

Twisted Games is the second book in the Twisted Series, along with Twisted Love, Twisted Hate and Twisted Lies. Ana Huang has another series called the Kings of Sin series which I currently have not read.

The Good

• when Rhys and Bridget meet for the first time and they automatically dislike everything about each other and Rhys’ annoying personality outweighs how attractive he is to Bridget

• the longer they spend with each other the more irritated they are by each other but that only strengthens their attraction to each other

• IN THE DRESSING ROOM WHEN BRIDGETS DRESS GETS STUCK AND RHYS HAS TO COME IN THE ROOM AND HELP HER TAKE OFF THE DRESS AND HE IS TOUCHING HER BACK AND SHOULDERS AND THERE IS SOOOOO MUCH TENSION

• when Rhys comes back to the palace just to see Bridget even tho he is not allowed to and the first time they meet is awkward but they cant deny that they miss each other

• WHEN THEY HAVE TO START SNEAKING AROUND THE PALACE

• WHEN THEY BROKE UP BUT BRIDGET REQUESTS TO HAVE RHYS AS HER PERSONAL BODYGUARD AGAIN

• WHEN RHYS AGREES TO BE BRIDGETS PERMANENT BODYGUARD WHEN SHE BECOMES QUEEN

• WHEN THE ROYAL MARRIAGES LAW IS PASSED THAT BRIDGET AND RHYS ARE ALLOWED TO GET MARRIED

• when Bridget’s grandfather/the king says he supports Bridget and Rhys together and the plan for the royal marriages law bc he knows she will be a good queen and even tho he is her king he is also her grandfather and just wants her to be happy

• WHEN SHE GOES ON A DATE WITH ANDREAS ONE IF HER SUITORS AND SHE GENUINELY LIKES HIM SND THEY WALK IN THE GARDENS BUT RHYS IS ALWAYS THERE AS HER BODYGUARD AND HE SHATTERS A VASE IN THE GARDEN WHEN BRIDGET AND ANDREAS ARE ABOUT TO KISS BC RHYS WANTS TO BE THE ONLY MAN THAT BRIDGET KISSES BUT SHE HAS TO FIND A MATCH EVEN WHILE SHE AMD RHYS ARE SNEAKING AROUND

• WHEN THEY HOOKUP IN THE LIBRARY AFTER BRIDGET FINDS A BOOK BUT THEN THE VIDEO IS SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC

• Bridget’s bucket list in costa rica WHERE THEY HOOKUP FOR THE FIRST TIME

• WHEN THEY ALMOST HOOKUP BUT THERE IS SO MUCH TENSION BETWEEN THEM BEFORE RHYS STOPS HIMSELF

• AT THE VERY END OF THE BOOK AFTER THEY GET MARRIED WHEN RHYS SURPRISES BRIDGET BY BUYING THE HOUSE IN COSTA RICA WHERE THEY FIRST GOT TOGETHER

• the plot twist that Andreas’ dad is also Rhys’ estranged dad who left him and his mom so they are brothers and Bridget helps Andreas and Rhys tolerate each other

• when Rhys admits to Bridget’s uncle (his dad) that he is his forgotten son and he will never forgive his dad for leaving him and his mom and the dad is dumbfounded and protesting but Rhys is too upset and leaves

• AT THE VERY END OF THE BOOK WHEN THEY ARE MARRIED AND IN THEIR OWN HOUSE ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR AN EVENT RHYS SAYS ITS JUST YOU AND ME AND BRIDGET SAYS THE SAME THING AND THIS MADE ME CRY AHHHH ITS SO SWEET THEY FOUGHT AGAINST AN ENTIRE COUNTRY TO BE TOGETHER AND NOW THEY FINALLY ARE

• FORBIDDEN LOVE TROPE AHHHH

• WHEN BRIDGET AND RHYS STEP ONTO THE BALCONY FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ROYAL MARRIAGES LAW TO BE REPEALED AND SHE SAYS THAT LOVE IS SOMETHING ALL THE CITIZENS OF ELDORRA CAN RELATE TO AND HER BROTHER ABDICATED FOR LOVE AND THEN WHEN BRIDGET GETS OFF THE BALCONY SHE TELLS RHYS TO KISS HER LIKE THE WORLD’S WATCHING AND HE DOES AND THEN HE KISSES HER AGAIN AND SHE SAYS THAT THE FIRST KISS WAS FOR THE WORLD AND THE SECOND KISS WAS FOR THEM

The Bad

• when Rhys and Bridget have to break up because she is a princess and he is a guard and they can’t be together because of the royal marriages law

• when her grandfather tells her she has to marry Andreas, her super annoying and misogynistic cousin if she fails to find a husband

• The plot twist when the sex tape of Bridget and Rhys in the king’s library gets released to the public and is all over the news that Rhys and Bridget are together

• when it is revealed that Elin, Bridget’s best friend and assistant, sent the video and she gets fired

• how Bridget’s whole family explodes when she tells them that the relationship presumes by the public between her and Rhys was real and they get all upset and demand they breakup but THATS NOT FAIR BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT’S THE LAW OF THE COUNTRY AND SHE’S A PRINCESS SHE NEEDS TO FOLLOW WHAT SHE WANTS IN HER HEART AND NOT BE LIMITED BY STUPID LAWS ANS THE ROYAL MARRIAGES LAW IS STUPID ROYALTY SHOULDNT BE FORCED TO MARRY ONLY ROYALTY RVEN THO THEY ARE ROYAL WHO THEY MARRY DOESN’T HAVE TO BE SUCH A SCANDAL FOR THE COUNTRY IF ITS NOT SOMEONE ROYAL BC ITS NOT OTHER PPLS BUSINESS IF U MARRY SOMEONE THATS NOT TRADITIONAL AND YOU SHOULDN’T CARE IF YOU AREN’T THE ONE IN THE MARRIAGE

Who else would like this

Fans of the forbidden love trope and are obsessed with men who would break all their rules for their women. Also people who can’t get enough of two characters doing absolutely everything to be together.

Rating: 10/10 even better than the first book which I didn’t think was possible and then I understood. I thought it was really sweet how we got an inside glimpse at the relationship between Bridget and her grandfather behind closed doors. I was crying at the chapter when she visits him in the hospital and calls him Grandpa, and she explains that is only a name she calls him when she is alone because to the outside world he is her king, and they treat each other so well and kindly. When Bridget heard the news that her grandfather was sick and in the hospital she cares about him so deeply and tries to prevent him from doing daily activities so he won’t have another heart attack, and even when he is in the hospital he tells her jokes and try to make her laugh even though he knows how worried she is for him. This made me cry because it reminded me of the relationship that I had with my grandfather, and I appreciated the detail of complex family dynamics in this book.