Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

60 reviews

megad_06's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I adored this, absolutely devoured the story. Two serial killers who kill other serial killers have a chance encounter, make a "game" out of their "hobby" and fall in love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Cannibalism, Stalking, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Rape, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

emsbookienook's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Mental illness, Gore, Death, Blood, Murder, Sexual violence, and Stalking

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Vomit, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Stalking, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cannibalism, Torture, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence

izzyw13's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

lonelygh0st's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

In the best way possible, what the fuck did I just read? 

I saw a few things online that piqued my interest, I’m so glad I picked it up. As an avid enjoyer of all things grotesque, macabre, & morbid I was IMMEDIATELY enraptured by this book. I mean who else wouldn’t be like “fuck yeah I’m in” at the first mention of a rotting corpse. 

The premise, to me, was unique and fun while also allowing for some interesting characters and sub plots. I usually don’t enjoy books with split POV’s but I must say this really worked, like REALLLY worked for storytelling. 

I would 1000% recommend this, however it’s not for the faint of heart. Yes it is very much a dark rom-com but it is DARK. Don’t get me wrong I was laughing and blushing the whole way but when serial killers are involved, yikes. Very much read the triggers before diving in. 

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5  / 5 

I kept hearing things about the infamous “ice cream” and I’m not okay, like part of me knew but also I was UNPREPARED. 
I LOVE the “obsessed from the start” trope. It has me in a CHOKEHOLD!
Also Rowan’s POV for their first time… immaculate.
Really hated the “I have to break your heart to save you” shit it just feels icky but I fucking knew we couldn’t trust David.  

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Minor: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

kaitie_reads's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book. It's not something I'd normally pick up, but the combination of vengeant serial killers, a sweet romance, great spice, amazing banter, and well-developed characters had me hooked. 

The book has very Dexter-like vibes (but it's better) - and follows two serial killers who kill serial killers. It's funny, kind of gross at times (good thing I rarely eat orzo pasta), and the story just has a little bit of everything. It's a fast-paced, slow burn... from friends to lovers. 

Rowan and Sloane are so captivating as characters. Sloane has a bit of an introverted, moody vibe; Rowan has big golden retriever energy, and the way he loves Sloane is absolutely swoon-worthy.

"𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓵𝔂 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓶𝓮," 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝔂𝓼. "𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂? 𝓑𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓘 𝓫𝓮𝓽 𝓘 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓮. 𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓮. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽, 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮. 𝓜𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝔀𝓪𝔂." 𝓘 𝓼𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓢𝓵𝓸𝓪𝓷𝓮'𝓼 𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓼𝓸𝓯𝓽 𝓵𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮. "🥀

If you like dark comedy, well-written spice, a little bit of morbidity, a swoon-worthy MMC, and a book that hooks you from the first page, this is a great pick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

augustboymama's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It’s amazing written with fantastic characters. The sex was WAY too much for me. I’m just not that kinky I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Torture

It’s very graphic. You have been warned.

redheadbookgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

*Alexa, play knives out by Radiohead*

To set the scene… the dedication for this book is— ‘𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 + 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 “𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦? 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧!” 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮’. 

If you can get past the dark premise of this plot, don’t mind a CW list longer than your arm (a lot occurs off-page) and love a dark + gritty book, this is the book for you. It’s unhinged. Hilarious, steamy, witty + unique, but still completely unhinged. I LOVED it. I was super intrigued after seeing how much @hollyreadit loved it. It was such a pacy + fun read, unlike anything I’ve ever read before. 

Sloane + Rowan were brilliant characters. They’re serial killers but.. they’re good serial killers, and their friendship + subsequent romance is actually really freaking sweet. Not to mention spicy! I loved them both + the side characters were all flawlessly written too. 

If you’re a thriller girly looking to delve into the romance genre.. this is the perfect book for you! It’s the perfect blend of the two genres. I cannot wait for book #2 LEATHER & LARK, coming in June! 🫶🏽

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Torture, and Violence

sacrill's review against another edition

dark fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Cursing, Blood, Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

karapillar's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Stalking, Blood, Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Cursing, Mental illness, Confinement, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence