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A review by pages_with_panda
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-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? It's complicated
4.0
Surprisingly tame + lighthearted for the amount of horror content? I thought it was going to be a lot darker but it was a surprisingly good romance?
The fact that they only killed other serial killers also helped their case...
The first half was very murdery/dark but then we transitioned into a kitchen/restaurant book and honestly that was a bit jarring...I kind of forget they were murderers with how relatively normal their lives were?
The Big Baddie was also a bit out of left field? It didn't seem plausible at all and was just a bit unexpected and not in a good way so I took off a star for that....
Spoiler Rant on the Antagonist:What kind of cover a lobotomized servant anyways? And he just spent months washing dishes and at a care home as a cover? Just to get closer to them? I feel like there were better ways of doing this...Esp. when it was Sloan's idea to drive him cross-country to give him a job. Also, I felt like he wasn't hinted at or teased at all? He just showed up and that's it?
Will probably pick up book 2
The first half was very murdery/dark but then we transitioned into a kitchen/restaurant book and honestly that was a bit jarring...I kind of forget they were murderers with how relatively normal their lives were?
The Big Baddie was also a bit out of left field? It didn't seem plausible at all and was just a bit unexpected and not in a good way so I took off a star for that....
Spoiler Rant on the Antagonist:
Will probably pick up book 2
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder
Moderate: Torture and Stalking
Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
CONTENT & TRIGGER WARNINGS from the author:
As much as Butcher & Blackbird is a dark romantic comedy and will
hopefully make you laugh through the madness, it's still dark! Please read
responsibly. If you have questions about this list, please don't hesitate to
contact me at brynneweaverbooks.com or on one of my social media plat-
forms (I'm most active on Instagram and TikTok).
• Eyeballs and eye sockets
• Amateur surgery
• Skin ornaments
• Chainsaws, axes, knives, scalpels—a lot of sharp objects
• Accidental cannibalism
• Not-so-accidental cannibalism
• Questionable use of a mummified corpse
• Lobotomized manservant
• Ill-advised use of kitchen implements
• I'm sorry about the cookies-and-cream ice cream (I'm not
really)
• Detailed sex scenes, which include (but are not limited to)
cock warming, rough sex, praise kink, anal, adult toys, chok-
ing, spitting, dom/sub interactions, genital piercings
• References to parental neglect and child abuse
• Parental loss (not depicted)
• References to child sexual assault (not in detail)
• It's a book about serial killers, so there's some generally
messed-up murder and chaos
• Parental loss (not depicted)
• References to child sexual assault (not in detail)
• It's a book about serial killers, so there's some generally messed-up murder and chaos