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Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

25 reviews

mary_catherine's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

miciahsreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Rape, Alcohol, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping

laurenexploresbooks's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

This work has charming banter, steamy scenes, and a HEA. I think the relishing of murder and violence even against serial killers with details just personally was unappealing to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Abandonment, Violence, Child abuse, Torture, Stalking, Medical content, Gore, Cannibalism, and Body horror

evren219's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Medical content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Mental illness, Abandonment, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Grief

Minor: Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Physical abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Animal death, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

two serial killers fall in love and become a serial killing team. They only kill other serial killers/bad people.

gokcemreb's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Murder, Stalking, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

dalenora's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted 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

4.5

FIILLLTHYYYYY! But in a good way. Probably not for everyone, but if you read the content warnings on the first page and go “ooh! Fun!!!” It’s probably for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gore, Sexual harassment, Murder, Cannibalism, Violence, and Sexual content

blissfullyhannah's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

holy mother of fuck that’s was the most insane last 47% of a book i have ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual harassment, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Excrement, Torture, Stalking, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Murder, Kidnapping, Slavery, Death, Vomit, Body horror, and Sexual content

daphneck's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

_lilian_m's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Cannibalism, Cursing, Violence, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, and Gore

robinwritesallthethings's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

What It’s About: When one serial killer who only kills other serial killers rescues another with the same mandate, they decide to play a game to see who’s the best at their dark vocation. But even serial killers can fall in love. It’s just a little more dangerous when they do.

Spice Level: Off the charts dirty and off the charts hot. Like, you have to wait a while for it, but it is so worth it.

Realism: It seems ridiculous to talk about realism in a serial killer romance, but honestly, this story is more realistic than a lot of romances I’ve read. I love how even though the characters are unmatched killers, they also both have insecurities that hold them back in many ways. And I was stoked that the author addressed cleaning up all the evidence these two leave behind, which I find often gets skipped over, but seems rather crucial, considering.

Trope Alert: Friends to lovers and I’m pretty sure a bunch of other ones that didn’t exist until now, but are awesome.

Trigger Warnings: Okay, this is a book about murderers, so there’s, you know, a lot of murdering. Specifically, though, if you don’t like gory stuff having to do with eyeballs, skip this one. Um, what else? Cannibalism. Those are the two really big ones. There’s a list of more at the beginning of the book, which was very nice, but also very enticing, at least for me.

Final Thoughts: This was one of those books I didn’t know I needed. A friend asked me to read it because it was blowing up on TikTok and she wanted to know if it was really as good as everyone was saying, and I can now confirm that it is. It’s unhinged, funny, emotional, sexy, and so romantic. It takes huge talent to pull off a combination like that. I bet even Brynne Weaver’s grocery list is tantalizing. As long as none of the triggers she lists turn you off, you should read this book. Just do yourself a favor. I cannot wait for the second one.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

If gore specifically involving eyeballs turns you off, do not read this book!