Review by lovelymalrin - Butcher & Blackbird

lovelymalrin 's review for:

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I went into this book knowing nothing about it, and the trigger warning page at the begging of the book made me double take and wonder what on earth I'm getting myself in to. Honestly it wasn't as bad as it sounded, just a little bit squeamish with the gory parts.
Anyhoo for most part I enjoyed, though I did have one main problem with the book that is just a personal preference. We've been given a badass killer of a woman who hunts down monstrous men and then made her a sub in a dom/sub sexual relationship. It was all consentual and they were both happy and I'm not saying it's not necessarily unrealistic, just that I think it's a missed opportunity. I think she should have been the dom or that they could have at least role reversed. I'm not a fan of the super strong independent woman just needing the right man to make her submissive trope.

Content Warnings