A review by bookishwelshie
The Death Club by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

dark funny tense

3.25

Honestly, The Death Club was a pretty decent for me, at times I ended up enjoying  it more than I thought I would. It had a good balance between dark and gritty themes, with some humour and spicy tension between the two main characters. My only critique is does a romance book really need to be *that* long. That’s not going to put me off reading the second one at some point, however. Which means between the two books there is over 1000 pages with these two chaotic characters, Brooklyn and Niall. The story is also told from a third character’s perspective at times too, Mateo. It’s a twisted love triangle, with Brooklyn attracted and intrigued by Mateo as well as Niall. 

If you’re looking for a fluffy, feel-good, romance; this is not it. If you’re looking for a dark romance where the main characters are flawed beyond belief, yet likeable in their own twisted ways, then you have come to the right place.

Niall is apparently a character from another series, called Kings of Quarantine, which I may have to check out in the future. IMO, he was overall more likeable than Brooklyn, her character could be a tad irritating at times - We get it, you are edgy and like to kill lol 😅 

I kept flip-flopping between liking this book more at certain times than others, feeling utterly unable to decide what to rate it. It’s one of those books that I think you have to be in the right mood for, as of course there are heavy themes.

TW:// death/violence, gore/torture, kidnapping/human trafficking, attempted SA/rape