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Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey
4.25
funny lighthearted 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: Complicated

“Her lips are the color of sudden, painful death.”

What I was expecting from Serial Killer Games:

🔪 silly, satirical rom-com
🔪 cliched kinda cringey moments
🔪 lighthearted with little depth 

What I actually found in Serial Killer Games:

🩸 laugh-out-loud banter
🩸 complex characters that burrowed into my very soul
🩸 a rich and layered story that I can’t stop thinking about

This is your classic office romance, where the temp is clearly a psychotic serial killer and the true-crime obsessed hottie down the hall is surely a maneating black widow. 

This book actually had no business being as good as it is 😂 we all love a silly little rom com so when I saw a book with “temp marry kill” on the front I was buckled in for a twisted little office romance novel.

IT WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT 😭

The backstories of our MFC and MMC are equally intriguing and heartbreaking, it made me ACTUALLY give a shit about them unlike many a romcom 😂

I actually found myself laughing at the banter between the two main characters. As a person in a piss take marriage I appreciate the constant razzing on each other 🤌🏻

Also, not everyone’s cup of tea I know (and mild spoiler warning) but the cool mum representation speaks to me in such a comforting way. Motherhood is weird and wonderful and it’s nice to see a mum who is hot AF, rather than boring and frazzled and tired. 

The premise is just delicious, the execution is perfection - the true crime girlies NEED to add this to their TBR.  

“No one’s ever kissed me like this, like a spider sucking the life from its prey.”