Reviews with content warning for Blood - Leather & Lark

There are so many things I loved about this one, but something overall was missing for me and I can't quite put my finger on what. This one is for sure less gory than B&B so it makes for an overall "easier" read.

I feel like I wanted more shenanigans from Lark & Lachlan? More chaos? I think that's it. I loved both of them so much and I love Lachlan's protectiveness over Lark and her being the sunshine to his grump. I wanted to give Lark a hug so badly, I'm really glad she found someone she could entirely be herself with. Their banter was great, their utter love for the people they care about was so similar, it truly felt like they each found their perfect match. The plot was engaging and did have me hooked, but I felt like it was a little under developed. I feel like something was missing through it.

The spice, as always, SPICED. I was -- 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 and the bonus chapter!? JAW ON THE FLOOR.

Overall a really fun one, and it may be 100% a case of me and not the book, I wanted a bit more. Still highly recommend this series (check your tws as always!!!) and I am SAT for the next book.

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booksalacarte's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.25

3.25⭐️ 4.5🌶️

Second book
Dark romance
Contemporary romance
Dark rom-com
3 POV
Marriage of convenience

This book was not as gripping as the first. The steaks weren’t super high and it felt like a place holder for the final book. I feel like the character arcs were decent, the story was fine….

The bad guy wasn’t super exciting. There was very little build up, with the 3 chapters in his PoV. I almost wish there had been more… it would have upped the stakes.

But it almost felt like the final chapters were out of order. I didn’t enjoy the whiplash of jumping around in the timeline.

It was a meh for me.

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daisyreads1171's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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lilawsahar's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

The first was better imo. This one really focused on how one of them really fucked up when they first met. I get that he messed up, but they milked it for a really long time. Made the book kind of stale for me. I also didn’t like the audio for this one as much as the first. It was still a fire audiobook but not as good as the first book.

Lark and Lachlan are not friends, not even lovers. But they get married to save the Kane brothers from being killed by Lark’s family. Larks family business has been targeted by a serial killer but they cannot figure out who or why. They are suspicious of the Cane brothers and have ideas to kill them until Lark marries into their family. Now, Lark and Lachlan need to find the serial killer targeting Larks family.

I wasn’t really interested in the serial killer subplot as much as the x-rated smut. Can’t wait until the next book is released.

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jaybis's review

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dark funny fast-paced

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

3.25

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poupimali's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

5.0

**audiobook review**

Lark thrives with glitters in the lifestyle of a musician and serial-deleter.
Lachlan… ah my perfect Irish broody grumpy Lachlan. Yep. Nothing more. Eric Nolan amazingly embodied this Irish grumpy ass who is as hot as smitten.
But the real queen is Ethel. End of.
Nevertheless, Lark and Lachlan’s story can fully be appreciated if you have previously read Blackbird & Butcher. The stories are intertwined.

Hilarious, heartbreaking, plots, everything in this story is perfectly balanced. Brynne is talented like that.
The duet narration is one of the best I’ve heard so far. Everything is smooth with all the emotions and tensions. And the growl… damn.

* Catastrophe Barbie and Budget Batman
* He falls first and HARD
* Attracted strangers to Enemies to Lovers
* Marriage of deadly convenience
* Banter 😂😂😂
* Serial deleter / contract killer
* And yep pizza ruined.
* slow burn > but when it comes to it 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Oh and no one f*cks with Keanu Reeves. That’s a rule. 🫠

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ninahuynh's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

I gotta say, I like and enjoyed this book so much more than Butcher & Blackbird. I think slow burn works well for the couple and the overall theme. It could do without all the "this is a serial killer romance" trope, as it taking a back seat made this love story more fulfilling than it did in the former book. There were parts that confused me, like

maybe it was because I was listening to it in audiobook form so I missed it, but this whole time I thought her onstage instrument is a guitar only to get confused when it says she's using a bow, then later find out it's a cello... for a band?? And I am sure it would have been so obvious to everyone what was going on, cause isn't she also singing too?

and

the whole explanation of who her father and step-father are and their relationship to her mother was also confusing.

I like the fact that there are more dimensions to both character, and yes, of course they have the physical attraction, which we get in like chapter 2, but the story goes into more depth on their feelings and building their relationship rather than just wanting to fuck the other person. I also like that despite being killers,

they're both squeamish about extracting eyeballs xD

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