The Dark Romance Series Booktok Won’t Admit is Mid

A spicy take I’d never say on main but you’re here so I’m trusting you

Listen, I love a morally gray character, it’s *literally* my entire personality. I want them ruthless, unhinged, dancing that thin line between villain and lover. I want them to have actual, bone-deep flaws, the kind that makes me question my sanity, not just smirk and call it "spicy”

so today, I have to say something that might get me cancelled on BookTok:
I think the entire Twisted series by Ana Huang was mid.
(deep breaths. I know)

It’s not that I hated it, it’s that it didn’t give what it promised.
Everyone talks about these men like they’re red flags, but be for real right now, they’re more morally beige.

There’s a difference between "I’ll burn the world for you" and "I’m vaguely mean to everyone except you because that’s hot, right?"

And to me, the Twisted series never actually went dark. It tiptoed to the edge but it pulled its punches to stay palatable for the masses.
It was like a TikTok-filtered dark romance: predictable. a little smutty. safe. And ultimately forgettable.

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