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Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver

6 reviews

laneelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Genuinely one of the best romances I've read in a while. Not as dark as B&B, but still dark so check trigger warnings. Serial killer x contract killer. Lachlan Kane is a cinnamon roll with hardened edges to survive and I love him.

The way Brynne Weaver gets into serial killers' heads -not just the main characters who do what they do for a reason, but the actual psychopaths that are also in the story - it's very impressive and incredible how realistic it is.

Tropes: arranged marriage, hate to love, nicknames, banter! he falls first

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cancer, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Rape, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Torture, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

em_h_ma's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Loved this book almost as much as the first one. Would have loved more killing though (didn’t ever think I’d say that). The characters were cute but I found there attraction to each other as husband and wife happened all f a sudden and didn’t match the pace of the story. Can’t wait for Rose and Fioon’s story.

Lark is Sloan best friend and singer. Lachlan is Rowan brother and contract killer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Body horror, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty

dovahkiin_shea's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Grief, Rape, and Cancer

nickydubs3's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Rape

dani_reis's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Sexual assault, Torture, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

blchabot's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

I was so excited to find out I was approved for an eARC of Leather & Lark via NetGalley as I was chomping at the bit for June 4th to get here.

Leather & Lark picks up shortly after the events of Butcher & Blackbird and features the best friend of Sloane, Lark Montague and the oldest Kane brother, Lachlan.

What starts as a marriage of convenience, or more accurately, a marriage of protection, slowly builds into something neither Lachlan nor Lark can really comprehend.

Someone is killing off members of Larks shady family and there's the shadowy Phantom from the end of Butcher & Blackbird skulking around.

I loved every minute of this. The banter between Lachlan and Lark had me laughing out loud. There were some special guest appearances of The Boston Butcher and The Orb Weaver, and Fionn and Rose (forthcoming Book #3: Scythe & Sparrow) and some really incredibly well written raw moments.

These two characters truly could not stand each other in the beginning, and rightfully so once you find out why. It was so gratifying to watch them slowly realize they have a lot more in common than they realize and that when someone truly sees you? Nothing can beat it.

This story revolves more around Lachlan and Larks relationship and the murder subplot really took a backseat with this one. Slow burn, Mutual pining and murder galore. If you liked B&B, you'll love Leather & Lark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Cursing