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Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

4 reviews

spacecadetlav's review

adventurous dark funny 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

5.0

I had so much fun with this book! The banter was so cheeky, it had me giggling while kicking my feet. I usually don’t do a ton of gore but the choice to go dark comedy made it thrilling in a way that didn’t feel excessive. I’m hyped to read the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

imnot12yo's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.5

I had a surprising amount of fun reading this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Cannibalism

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Trafficking

im_eebee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Idk. It was good? But nothing to write home about. The characters were funny together, but I don’t feel an attachment to either of them. Maybe I’d pick up the next book in the series because I think the concept is pretty original

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

booksalacarte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful lighthearted tense 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

3.75

Butcher and Blackbird- 3.75⭐️ 4🌶️

Contemporary romance

Dark romcom

Dark romance

Dual POV

He falls first

Slow burn

Open door spice

If you ignore the trigger warnings, that on you… cause they aren’t satire.

This was surprisingly a good read. I mean it was out there, with serial killing serial killers falling in love. But it followed the normal contemporary romance formulas. The flirty banter was good. The tongue in cheek silliness was really what made this story stand out. It’s a book that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and I appreciate that.

I find it interesting how actual little we know about the pasts of the main characters. We got brief overviews, and the internal dialogue just lets us assume their histories or “SK origin stories” were bad, and moves on. I don’t know if that is enough for such defined characters or not. It was a little flippant, like an offhand remark, only it was both characters “why”. 

Other than that, this was a great funny, messed up, dark romcom. The similarities to the show “Dexter” is obvious.

I can’t wait to read the next book in the series!

Thank you NetGally anx Zando for an Advanced eReader Copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail