A review by wilybooklover
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

This was very cute, but I felt like it was lacking some kind of character/story arc for the hero. He was great (he BLUSHES) but it would have been even better to get to know him a bit more and give him a bit more of a storyline of his own beyond being Phoebe's love interest. Nevertheless, it was so good to read a hero who was on the shorter side — at least for romance — and actually set some healthy boundaries. I loved that the heroine was fat and just... allowed to be without any kind of plot point revolving around it or her self-esteem. I also enjoyed how prickly and suspicious she was, but then, I am a big fan of grumpy heroines.

I think people who are into true crime would enjoy all the serial killer references more than I did. I had to keep Googling to understand the references (and all the pop culture references too) and it just pulled me out of the story. 

Still, if you like romances with prickly heroines and sweet heroes, this is a good one! Although I would say it leans in the women's fiction direction. Reminded me a bit of Beach Read, but less dramatic/depressing and with much more enjoyable main characters to spend time with. 

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