Twisted Game (Filthy Wicked Psychos)

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I’ve got a list with six names on it. Six people who wronged me, who hurt me, who took everything from me. Six people who turned me into the monster I am now. On the night I’m meant to give my body to a brutal Russian mobster, three men storm into the room like dark shadows and kill him before he can claim me. When they drag me from the blood-soaked bed, I’m certain they’re going to kill me too. Long story short it reads more like high school. The drama and the way the characters talk does not lend itself to college aged adults. They sound more like they’re 16. The 3 brothers Malice, Victor (twins), and Ransom (younger) are the male leads. They are tight as a fist not only in business matters but also as brothers. At this point, I am more attracted to Malice, I like how rough, grumpy, and impulsive he is. Victor though he's very jaded due to the trauma he experienced with their father when they are younger. As for Ransom, I would say he's the most approachable. He's sweet, funny, and sexy 😌. The characters are all surface level. Maybe one foot deep? Malice is the typical hot head. There’s really nothing more to him, honestly. Victor, Malice’s twin, has OCD that’s mentioned once by Malice very briefly. Victor’s POV mentions his tics but doesn’t elaborate on them at all. And they’re all the stereotypical OCD tics: counting, obsessively cleaning, germ avoidance. Ransom is the golden retriever little brother that they try to shield from the world. He’s arguably the one who fell first and the hardest for Willow. He’s the one who keeps Malice from killing her at the brothel to tie up loose ends. He’s the one who she has sex with first. He’s the sweetest towards her.

Okay it took me a little longer to finish this book than I usually would. But it was mainly because my mind was really cloudy with work stuff, I think. I had some trouble getting through it at the beginning of the book because it felt really slow to me and not much was happening. But my friend told me I had to keep reading so I did. And I'm soooo happy I continued! Because it ended up being amazing 💖 This is the perfect start to the series, Eva does such a good job at painting a full picture to the story, we slowly start to uncover what’s happened to these characters in their lives leading up to where the book begins, what they’ve been through etc A scary Russian gangster guy is the one who buys her virginity. Before he can do the deed, the 3 heroes burst into the room to kill him (as revenge for that guy killing their mom). They’re about to kill Willow, since she’s a witness, and a loose end they can’t afford. But they spare her, and keep an eye on her instead to make sure she doesn't rat them out - which includes stalking her, setting up cameras in her apartment, etc. Pretty soon, the guys monitoring her turns into each of them getting interested in her. And she can't help getting fascinated by these guys who keep popping up in her life like phantoms, even though she's wary and scared, at first. So this is medium level dark - no dub/ non con, but the heroes DO kind of try to kill her, at first. Since this book is the first in the series, so of course it ends in a cliffhanger, but I already expected that so I'm good. I wouldn't say though that I did not roll my eyes (which I did) because of Willow's actions in the end. I understand females are ruled by emotions since she thought that these guys truly cared for her and she's somewhat developing strong feelings towards them. I also like Willow from the get-go she's the perfect combo of innocent yet badass. You will understand what I mean if you read this book 💁‍♀️. Anyways, I can overlook it for the sake of the plot in the second book. I purposely put off reading this book until the last minute because I knew I would obsess over that cliffhanger (and warning: it's not an easy one, but nowhere near as bad as ROW. Yes, I'm still salty about that. That cliffy almost sent my ass to therapy.🤣) but OMG this was so freaking good!! Willow is a badass, and though she's much softer than the other heroines I've read from this author, she still has such a formidable strength to her that I can't wait to find more about. Plus I have a feeling that a particular someone the guys tried to kill is going to end up being very important to her. The fbi needs to recruit me, ok?I love this trope especially when you pair it with a good “touch her and I’ll unalive you” trope! I mean they kind of go hand in hand, but not always, so I love to see them in the same book! Her stories just feel like she’s a pro. Her prose isn’t anything special, it’s simple and straightforward. But she clearly knows what she’s doing. Her stories flow well, don’t have clunky sentences or plotting, are good at setting up the story immediately (not taking a long time to do it). Her RHs are also good at having heroes with distinctive personalities who don’t all blend together – and, they establish the hero personalities immediately. I never spend a long time having to be like “which guy is which, again?” the way I do for a lot of RHs. They're well paced, I never read a chapter where it feels like nothing happened. No shit but that cliffhanger and plot twist towards the end got me like😭🤯😧. Need me the third book ASAP. I don't know how I'm gonna survive until it comes out ajshjsksksk😩 On a serious note tho, it's safe to say that Eva Ashwood has become one of my fav authors - specifically fav RH author - and I look forward to seeing Willow, Mal, Ransom and Vic's story progress💗 Vic-- he knows what he did. And look, I know he didn't do it to harm her but IM STILL MAD, OK. My heart broke for Willow at the end, because she thought she finally found her place in this world only to be blindsided once more. So this boy has a ton of groveling to do. Now, Willow: I actually really liked her character. Usually the naïve/innocent MC gets on my nerves and I find them annoying, but I didn't feel that with this one. You can see how strong her character is and it just continues to develop throughout the story.

All of this stuff shouldn’t be that noteworthy, but her sheer level of COMPETENCE is rare and stand-out in the genre. In a lot of other RHs by other authors, the writing is chaotic and clunky, stories don’t flow, and it takes quite far into a given story for me to be able to distinguish which guy is which, and what the plot even is. (I’m thinking about poorly written RHs like Pretty Lies, Havoc Killed Her Alpha, Ruthless Crown, Forever Changed Vengeance, etc). There’s so many RHs that feel like the authors have no idea what they're doing, and it feels insulting that they put out such an obviously bad product and expect me to just gobble it up. I love the concept of this story. It wasn’t too long ago that I was a broke college girl myself, not that I was selling my virginity, but you can bet I thought about selling feet pics a time or two! Then you mix in some bad boy brothers in a RH romance and I’m sold! So when I end up desperate for money and out of options, I agree to sell the one thing I have left: my innocence. I can't wait to find out more about who X is and what happened to Willow and her parents in that fire that happened when she was little. I have a hunch that is going to be important in the coming books since it was mentioned so many times, so I am keeping my eyes open to any hints as to what happened there. As for the plot, I'm not giving anything away, but damn I was glued to my kindle!! Eva sure knows how to spin a story in her unique voice and I cannot wait for more!! I told myself I was gonna be a responsible adult and wait until all four books in this series were released before I started reading, but we all know how that turned out, lol. Now imma need her to write like hell because I NEEEEEEDDDDD more of this group!!!I know they said there’s no spice scene until the last 20% which was totally fine with me. however she added a lil foreplay throughout the book but it was the WORST foreplay i’ve ever read. like i didn’t understand what i was reading 🤨. she said he stepped inbetween her legs barely pressed against her but she already reaching an orgasmic high????? SHE WASNT EVEN RIDING HIS THIGH!!! SO HOW DID SHE GET OFF????? MATH AINT MATHING!!!!! I knewwwww she (trying to keep it spoiler free) was dodgy, it took so long for it to come to fruition I was almost questioning myself but I will say that I pretty knew the ‘twist’ from the moment she came along in that sense. I really started loving Vic more, too. I mean, THAT KISS?!!! Holy hell 🥵 I'm happy to see that he's finally letting go a little and I can't wait to see how it progresses in the third book. I wish we got a little more of his POV, though, because I felt like it wasn't much and mostly his chapters were about the technical stuff and X. I was extremely underwhelmed and disappointed by this being so hyped up on BookTok. So much so, that I’m writing my first GR review because of it.

Honestly, I don’t know how to feel about that. Because as much as I refuse to let my walls down for anyone, I’m starting to think these four brutal, dangerous men… And no matter how much I try to deny the terrifying attraction that pulses between us, I know if I don’t find a way out of this tangled web soon… I absolutely LOVED this. I was hooked from the first chapter and I couldn't put it down. I loved the characters, the spice was great and I really enjoyed the story. but that ENDING. the book isn't even out yet and I'm already excited and waiting for the next. Then we get to the actual spice scene and it was decent but like i ain’t feel nothing. it was mediocre at best… built all that tension just to get one spark. NAH HONEY AFTER ALL OF THAT BUILDUP I WANT THE ENTIRE FOURTH OF JULY SPECTACULAR!! I did however enjoy the mystery about the guys’ pasts and Willow’s past - I’m quite sure her parents are alive and we’ll see more of them soon. I’m interested in hearing more about them. The spice was also already there in a BIG amount, which surprised me for a first book, but I did like it. I also liked Ransom at moments, but he turned into a overly cute boyfriend puppy kinda guy, which I didn’t love at all. There were just so many cliches in his relationship with Willow - like drawing her a bath after something sexual, really? - and I just didn’t like most of the cliches. So many things that he said to Willow just made me cringe so hard, so I ended up not loving him at all anymore near the end. I love my guys truly bad and not this kind of wannabe badboy. Mal seems promising in this regard though, hope he’ll stay like that too.It’s giving Madison Kate series vibes but more adult and mature and darker (not exact but if you’ve read that you’ll definitely love this)

The writing was alright, there were some mistakes, but it wasn’t too bothersome. As I said, the steamy scenes were written well, but I do feel like there are some plot-holes and some missing information which could’ve given the characters some depth. Yeah, you’d think so. But it turns out revenge is a messy business, and when I end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, I royally piss off four brutal, twisted, gorgeous men.

Customer reviews

I just love them all, okay? I wish I was Willow because I'd gladly take all three, thank you very much. Preferably all at once 😏😈 It’s hard for me as a women to think that’s how we are being portrait as these “talking air heads” as we certainly are not those.