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A review by carinascatsandchapters
Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
**Spoilers in review**
This book was a little disappointing in comparison to Butcher & Blackbird. The first book had a significant plot and was VERY out of pocket. Even though I thought Sloan and Rowan were annoying as characters, the plot really drove the book and made it more fun.
I feel like this book had so much potential that it didn’t live up to. I love Lachlan and Lark as characters and felt they were much more lovable than Rowan and Sloan. I love the marriage of convenience trope and while I also love a slow burn….this was a bit too slow. I feel as if the plot was lacking and definitely didn’t drive the book forward at all. It just felt very stagnant.
There was so much potential with Larks crafting. While I appreciate that this book was a bit more tame than B&B I would’ve LOVED to get more out of pocket Lark crafts. The body in the coffee table??? The snow globe??? I loved it.
I also wish we got an actual scene between Sloan and Lark when it came to Sloan knowing about the whole multiple-deleter thing. I don’t really understand why Sloan didn’t know in the first place, but if she was in the dark a good reveal at least would have been more meaningful. The whole text thing about knowing Lark did the fireworks murder and potentially murdered their old headmaster made me so mad. I wanted MORE. I wanted serial killer conspiracies!!
I did love the murder of the headmaster - the gold thread sewing his lips shut? Amazing. The whole eyeball scene also had me laughing over how disgusted they were. I was, however, very mad over Ethel’s death. That murder was the most stereotypical thing that could’ve been done, and for how close she was with Lark the whole thing seemed to be brushed over.
Overall I enjoyed the audiobook and the narrators were really great, but the book for sure fell short of my expectations. I’m hoping Fionn and Rose’s story is more comparable to B&B.
This book was a little disappointing in comparison to Butcher & Blackbird. The first book had a significant plot and was VERY out of pocket. Even though I thought Sloan and Rowan were annoying as characters, the plot really drove the book and made it more fun.
I feel like this book had so much potential that it didn’t live up to. I love Lachlan and Lark as characters and felt they were much more lovable than Rowan and Sloan. I love the marriage of convenience trope and while I also love a slow burn….this was a bit too slow. I feel as if the plot was lacking and definitely didn’t drive the book forward at all. It just felt very stagnant.
There was so much potential with Larks crafting. While I appreciate that this book was a bit more tame than B&B I would’ve LOVED to get more out of pocket Lark crafts. The body in the coffee table??? The snow globe??? I loved it.
I also wish we got an actual scene between Sloan and Lark when it came to Sloan knowing about the whole multiple-deleter thing. I don’t really understand why Sloan didn’t know in the first place, but if she was in the dark a good reveal at least would have been more meaningful. The whole text thing about knowing Lark did the fireworks murder and potentially murdered their old headmaster made me so mad. I wanted MORE. I wanted serial killer conspiracies!!
I did love the murder of the headmaster - the gold thread sewing his lips shut? Amazing. The whole eyeball scene also had me laughing over how disgusted they were. I was, however, very mad over Ethel’s death. That murder was the most stereotypical thing that could’ve been done, and for how close she was with Lark the whole thing seemed to be brushed over.
Overall I enjoyed the audiobook and the narrators were really great, but the book for sure fell short of my expectations. I’m hoping Fionn and Rose’s story is more comparable to B&B.