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queenhufflegruff's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
What a memorable book. It's very funny and much more light-hearted than I expected it to be, even while being super dark. I loved the romance and liked both of the characters. I didn't feel any major inconsistencies in why characters acted the way they did and made the choices they did. And I found that I didn't know what to expect from the story, which can be rare in a genre with such a strong formula. Excellent read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, and Kidnapping
mamanarwhal's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Cannibalism
kokod's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
celinsters's review
dark
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
How can a romcom book about serial killers falling in love be cozy? I don’t know. But it sure is. The banter was top notch, their chemistry so good… I was kicking my feet and giggling at so many parts. The slow burn got me just the right amount of impatient before letting you have the payoff. I love these characters and hope the next two in the series can follow precedent. So unexpectedly fun.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault
Other content warning I would add that isn’t tagged is moderate nonconsensual voyeurism.sr44v's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cannibalism
bookbysaah's review
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This book is insanely good. I absolutely love that rowan knows from the beginning that she's going to be his💗
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Alcohol
Careful with the ice creamteelii's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
This was a fun book. The MMC was more intriguing and interesting than the FMC. I listened on audible and think that the narrator made me more intrigued to finish this book. Had I read it on my own then I don’t think I would have finished it. The pacing is crazy fast and sometimes confusing. There were alot of time skips and jumps, even in the middle of chapters. Sometimes I had to go back and reread several paragraphs. It’s like a rom-com (the main characters have okay banter back and forth) but if it was Dexter or something lol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
its_ry2004's review
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
ce_gunning12's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
now_booking's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I’m not quite sure what I was expecting when I got into this but I didn’t expect the horror, blood, gore, dark humour this delivered in spite of the synopsis. The premise is that serial killers (whose victims of choice are serial killers) Rowan and Sloane meet when they go to take care of a serial killer. There is instant attraction and they develop a friendship and competition to bag the worst serial killers while falling in love. But Sloane’s past trauma makes her doubt whether she’s loveable and Rowan’s love manifests as worry for Sloane and the couple has to find their way.
This was interesting and in its way darkly humorous. I just think it was a bit too gory and gross for me. Maybe too dark as well and I say this being an avid reader of dark romance. This was dark in a horror way. If you enjoy movies like Scary Movie or think a parody of a serial killer psychological drama might be your speed, this might be your book. As humorous and readable as this was, I did think it was missing a bit of character and plot development - terrible incidents in Sloane and Rowan’s pasts are alluded to, but it is never quite said what these incidents are, the murders are pretty public and bloody and theatrical yet they do not fear being caught by the police or anyone else, there’s no tension or conflict about getting caught in the act and we’re never quite sure why. Indeed the why of the plot is a little shallow and weak where there could have been a bit more depth and robustness to make the reader sit up a bit so that there are 4 years summarized in a quarter page of text messaging and an annual meet up for a gory murder. The relationships between Sloane and her BFF Lane and between Rowan and his brothers are surfacey at best when they could have been developed to give us more insights about Sloane and Rowan as characters and make us care a bit more about the secondary cast of friends and siblings who are clearly going to be important in the other books in the trilogy. The sparing detail provided about the characters does not align with the gratuitously explicit nature of the rest of the book and I think that kept this from being a proper 5 star read for me in addition to the matter of it being not quite my taste. It was a bit too spoofy for me without that character and plot development. That said, this WAS sexy and darkly humorous in a horror movie way and I’d recommend it to lovers of horror, gore and dark romance.
This was interesting and in its way darkly humorous. I just think it was a bit too gory and gross for me. Maybe too dark as well and I say this being an avid reader of dark romance. This was dark in a horror way. If you enjoy movies like Scary Movie or think a parody of a serial killer psychological drama might be your speed, this might be your book. As humorous and readable as this was, I did think it was missing a bit of character and plot development - terrible incidents in Sloane and Rowan’s pasts are alluded to, but it is never quite said what these incidents are, the murders are pretty public and bloody and theatrical yet they do not fear being caught by the police or anyone else, there’s no tension or conflict about getting caught in the act and we’re never quite sure why. Indeed the why of the plot is a little shallow and weak where there could have been a bit more depth and robustness to make the reader sit up a bit so that there are 4 years summarized in a quarter page of text messaging and an annual meet up for a gory murder. The relationships between Sloane and her BFF Lane and between Rowan and his brothers are surfacey at best when they could have been developed to give us more insights about Sloane and Rowan as characters and make us care a bit more about the secondary cast of friends and siblings who are clearly going to be important in the other books in the trilogy. The sparing detail provided about the characters does not align with the gratuitously explicit nature of the rest of the book and I think that kept this from being a proper 5 star read for me in addition to the matter of it being not quite my taste. It was a bit too spoofy for me without that character and plot development. That said, this WAS sexy and darkly humorous in a horror movie way and I’d recommend it to lovers of horror, gore and dark romance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse