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Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

442 reviews

oksanana31's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

daniellekat's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm sort of shocked at how much I enjoyed this. I loved the gore. I thought the romance was well developed, and the highs and lows in the relationship made sense. The pacing took a minute to get use to, but overall it was used well for the storytelling. I enjoyed the alternating POVs but sometimes I found Sloane to be a bit one dimensional. The writing was solid and the ending was well executed. Honestly, this was fun to read and I look forward to checking out the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Vomit, and Stalking

dairaglynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolute perfection. I loved every single thing about this book. Finished it in 1 day, I just couldn’t put it down.

The story did move pretty fast, but honestly it was kinda nice and it didn’t feel rushed at all. The banter between Rowan and Sloane was phenomenal and their relationship was beautiful. 

It was everything I didn’t know I needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Rape, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, and Stalking

mcdominguez31's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

Dark romantic comedy, good banter, some giggles, Irish accent mmc 🥰, badass fmc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit

mhensley03's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

pages_with_panda's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

 Surprisingly tame + lighthearted for the amount of horror content? I thought it was going to be a lot darker but it was a surprisingly good romance?

The fact that they only killed other serial killers also helped their case...

The first half was very murdery/dark but then we transitioned into a kitchen/restaurant book and honestly that was a bit jarring...I kind of forget they were murderers with how relatively normal their lives were?

The Big Baddie was also a bit out of left field? It didn't seem plausible at all and was just a bit unexpected and not in a good way so I took off a star for that....
Spoiler Rant on the Antagonist:

What kind of cover a lobotomized servant anyways? And he just spent months washing dishes and at a care home as a cover? Just to get closer to them? I feel like there were better ways of doing this...Esp. when it was Sloan's idea to drive him cross-country to give him a job. Also, I felt like he wasn't hinted at or teased at all? He just showed up and that's it?

Will probably pick up book 2

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Stalking

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

CONTENT & TRIGGER WARNINGS from the author: As much as Butcher & Blackbird is a dark romantic comedy and will hopefully make you laugh through the madness, it's still dark! Please read responsibly. If you have questions about this list, please don't hesitate to contact me at brynneweaverbooks.com or on one of my social media plat- forms (I'm most active on Instagram and TikTok). • Eyeballs and eye sockets • Amateur surgery • Skin ornaments • Chainsaws, axes, knives, scalpels—a lot of sharp objects • Accidental cannibalism • Not-so-accidental cannibalism • Questionable use of a mummified corpse • Lobotomized manservant • Ill-advised use of kitchen implements • I'm sorry about the cookies-and-cream ice cream (I'm not really) • Detailed sex scenes, which include (but are not limited to) cock warming, rough sex, praise kink, anal, adult toys, chok- ing, spitting, dom/sub interactions, genital piercings • References to parental neglect and child abuse • Parental loss (not depicted) • References to child sexual assault (not in detail) • It's a book about serial killers, so there's some generally messed-up murder and chaos • Parental loss (not depicted) • References to child sexual assault (not in detail) • It's a book about serial killers, so there's some generally messed-up murder and chaos

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

teelii'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 

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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

vickyg25's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

jmendez's review

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Death of parent