A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing #bookreview #thriller #mystery

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Title: A Twisted Love Story

Author:  Samantha Downing

Publisher: Berkley

Publication Date: July 18, 2023

Page Count:  400

My rating: 2 1/2 stars

About the book:

From the bestselling author of My Lovely Wife comes a reckless, delicious thriller that gives a whole new meaning to the dangers of modern dating.

Wes and Ivy are madly in love. They’ve never felt anything like it. It’s the type of romance people write stories about.

But what kind of story?

When it’s good, it’s great. Flowers. Grand gestures. Deep meaningful conversations where the whole world disappears.

When it’s bad, it’s really bad. Vengeful fights. Damaged property. Arrest warrants.

But their vicious cycle of catastrophic breakups and head-over-heels reconciliations needs to end fast. Because suddenly, Wes and Ivy have a common enemy–and she’s a detective.

There’s something Wes and Ivy never talk about–in good times or bad. The night of their worst breakup, when one of them took things too far, and someone ended up dead.

If they can stick together, they can survive anything–even the tightening net of a police investigation.

Because one more breakup might just be their last…

A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing is a thriller novel. The story in A Twisted Love Story is one that is told by changing the point of view between the characters and does feature an incredibly toxic relationship if that may be a trigger to some.

Wes and Ivy have been on again off again on again off again rinse and repeat since their college days. The most in love couple ever until one or the other explodes and it all ends for them again for a while anyway.

Now Ivy has crossed another line and talked to the police leading them to believe that possibly Wes is a stalker. This in turn brings Wes right back into Ivy’s life yet again but will this be the time that the couple finally gives up the secret they have fought to hide?

I have to say I went into A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing expecting to really enjoy it but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. The thing is it almost felt as if everyone in the book was toxic and there wasn’t really anyone to like at all. But this one also felt as if the pacing was slow to me but on the flip side it would switch from here to there all too often not really getting a good rhythm which threw me off too. Overall I ended this one at the two and a half star range but while I didn’t love it others did so if it sounds interesting perhaps give it a try for yourself.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

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About the author:

Samantha Downing is the author of the bestselling novels For Your Own Good, He Started It, and My Lovely Wife, which was nominated for the Edgar, ITW, Macavity awards in the US, the CWA award in the UK, and the winner of the Prix des Lectrices award in France.