Twisted Games
"Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larson has two rules:
Protect his clients at all costs.
Do not become emotionally involved, ever.
He has never once been tempted to break those rules… until her.
Bridget von Aschberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She’s nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed.
Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he’s faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her, take her.
Because she’s his. His princess. His forbidden fruit. His every depraved fantasy.”
Twisted Games by Ana Huang was such a fun read. The plot was sensational, and at times very scattered, but it was a cute read. It was a steamy, easy break from the series I’m currently reading alongside it.
I thought that Rhys lacked complexity. I thought that we only learned just enough about him to fulfill the part of brooding man that slowly softens as his walls come down for one special person. Bridget is a little more complex than that and is very much so the main character, despite the perspectives in the book being split between them.
I don’t think anyone goes into these types of novels with the expectation that it will not follow a trope. That is part of the fun!
I just wish I could’ve known a little bit more about him.
Other than that, it was an easy one to devour. I love a story where love conquers all. The two protagonists were alone in the world until they found one another. That’s something I can empathize with; I found it very beautiful.