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Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver

170 reviews

nakole's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

𝓛𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓛𝓪𝓻𝓴
Book 2 of The Ruinous Love Trilogy
By: Brynne Weaver @brynne_weaver
Dark Romance

𝒪𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓁𝓁 4/5
𝒮𝓅𝒾𝒸𝑒 5/5

𝑅𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌:
Lark being a DIY queen and the interactions that occur around those projects is just amazing

I WANT ETHEL TO POSION ME WITH HER MUFFINS SO I CAN THANK HER BECAUSE SHE IS SO FUCKING AWESOME

Okay but it’s soooo sweet and cute. Nothing I ever thought I would say about this book (or B&B) for that matter but it definitely is.

*SPOILER*
Also, here’s the big question that is now a hot topic at work: Does a human body drowned and encased in epoxy resin to make a coffee table preserve a body or does said body still decay?

𝒜 𝐹𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒬𝓊𝑜𝓉𝑒:
“This is real to me, Lark. I know I promised I wouldn’t let you go, but I was wrong. Because this decision is more important than me keeping my word. And for what it’s worth, I hope you choose me, in whatever way that needs to be. I’m asking you to stay with me. But I want you to choose what’s right for you.”

𝒯𝓇𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓈:
Marriage of Convenience; Hate to Love; Banter; Soft for her; Touch them & die; GrumpyXSunshine; He falls first; Kills for them; Dual POV; Dark RomCom; Crafting, but make it mvrdery; Feminine rage, but make it sparkly; Groveling, but make it psycho

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kas_the_crow19's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-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

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readwithria's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny 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

Leather & Lark was such a fun book!

I feel a little weird describing a dark romcom about serial killers as “fun,” but that’s exactly what it was. I never wanted to put it down, and even when it got dark and twisted I knew there would be humor coming my way soon!

Lachlan and Lark are so cute together, and I completely believe why they hate each other so much at the beginning of the book. The forgiveness, and eventual “I love you,” feel earned.

Read this book if you love
🩵 marriage of convenience
🩶 touch my spouse and I’ll kill you
🩵 muffins
🩶 hate to love
🩵 best friend’s brother-in-law
🩶 slow burn

Make sure you read the content warnings listed at the beginning of the book - they are extensive.

I’m looking forward to Fionn and Rose’s book! 4.5 stars

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taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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taylorgabs's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Okay, so I will start by saying I had such high expectations for this book. “Butcher and Blackbird” is one of my favorite reads of the year, and it was a perfect 5/5 star. I know many people were disappointed by this sequel, and I was too, but I still enjoyed it! It wasn't as perfect as the first book in the series, but I still fell in love with Lark and Lachlan. My only negative was that it felt like we forgot that someone was hunting them for half of the book. I love that we had such a beautiful love story, but it seemed that unlike “Butcher and Blackbird,” we didn't have an even love story and a mystery/murder plot. However, the spice in “Leather and Lark” was superior, I will say.

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jenjenb88's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I listened to this on Audible and the dual narration was great. I didn't love the characters and writing though.

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anniesbooknook's review against another edition

4.0

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

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sparklingpynk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

I must begin with saying that I thoroughly enjoyed the narration of this! These two did an amazing job.

The book itself is a weird mix of funny banter with lots of graphic murders and some pretty spicy scenes 😅 There were some killing/murder scenes I skipped through because of how graphic the depiction is, but kudos to the author for finding a great balance with adding in a great mix of many romance tropes. Certainly not something to go into reading without understanding all the triggers in this one. But overall I quite enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

Which btw, these are stand alone stories and having started the series with the second book I don't feel like I missed a lot from what happened in the first book. There's just enough information in this one to make it feel like you don't have to read the first book to understand what is happening.

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sienasummerrreads's review against another edition

2.0

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

What happened? I devoured the first book Butcher and Blackbird in 12 hours. In this, I was daunted by the long chapters, took me eight days and I fell asleep reading it. I only laughed twice and I was bored. This felt like a FanFic version of Butcher and Blackbird if written by a fan to put it lightly.

Warning: Potential Spoilers / Brief Mentions
I didn’t feel anything for the characters. Lark was very up and down and the whole time Lachlan was after forgiveness from Lark. For what throwing her in the trunk of the car at the start of the book or for her being put in the marriage of convenience position? She is a serial killer. She is tougher than that. Yes, she may have fear of confined spaces and trauma from her past but I don’t understand why he needed the forgiveness which lasted until around the 70% mark. Why were there two weddings in a row?! Don’t get me wrong I loved seeing Sloan and Rowan's wedding but I didn’t expect the next chapter to be Lark and Lachlan. I get why they had to, it just felt odd. When Lachlan found out about her being a serial killer he was shocked. I don’t understand why it was a big deal as he is a contractor killer anyway. Let’s talk about the “Sleep Retreat” Apparently Lark doesn’t sleep well at all and I don’t recall it being brought up before this chapter. But Lachlan took her there and told her to spend the weekend, it’s okay to shut off and get some rest. Tell me why she is going when someone close to her is in hospital and a lot is going on. But to top it off, later that night Lachlan snuck her out and let her end someone who haunted her past?!? What was the point of this chapter why send her, if you were sneaking her out? The presents they gave each other. I was laughing at how ridiculous Lachlan’s was. Like come on it was so whack and the circumstances made no sense. Why that particular moment to get him to turn it on? Wild. I think I would have liked to see this played out very differently. Don’t even get me started on the amount of time “Feckin” or “Christ Jesus” was said it was frustrating. Conclusion I wasn’t fussed about the storyline plot or characters. In all honesty, I would have DNF’d if I read the physical or E-Book version by itself. The only thing that kept me going was the audiobook narration that kept pushing me through.
Let’s hope the third book is better.

Genre/Type: Dark Adult Romance 18+
APK: Physical and Audiobook
Pages: 416
Audiobook Length: 12hrs 15mins
Narrators: Eric Nolan and Samantha Brentmoor - Duet
Rating: 🌟🌟
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Series or Stand Alone: Second Book In The Ruinous Love Trilogy
Tropes or Themes: Hate To Love, Marriage Of Convenience, Slow Burn, FMC Serial Killer, MMC Contract Killer, Jealousy, Claustrophobia, Violence, Torture, Gore, Blood, Death, Medical Content, Playlist, Sexual Content, Praise, Dirty Talk, Rough, Degradation, Dom, Sub, Mistress, Toys, Pegging, Impact Play, Breath Play, Public Play, Shower Scene and Mirror Scene
Mentions: Terminal Illness and Sexual Assault
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lau_library's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

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