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A review by b00kh0arder
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
4.0
Pheobe Walsh has been obsessed with true crime since she was a teenager, to the point where
she’s analysing the genre for her PhD dissertation. At least, that’s what she’s supposed to be
doing. Spending the summer in Florida clearing out her childhood home after her father’s
death, it’s hard to find the time between dealing with an cheerful younger brother and trying
to parse her feelings for the father she didn’t have an easy relationship with.
Then there’s her neighbour: Sam Dennings. Observing his comings and goings, Pheobe’s
low-key convinced he’s a serial killer, or at the very least that he’s up to something
suspicious. But it soon becomes clear that Sam might be something even scarier: a genuinely
nice guy who can break through the walls she’s erected around her heart. How do you learn
how to give love a chance when you’re used to suspecting the worst.
True-crime obsessed protagonist aside, if you’re looking for something more on the stabby
side, you’re going to be disappointed. But if you’re after a something with a teeny bit more
edge than the average rom-com, Love in the Time of Serial Killers will likely be for you.
Thompson creates characters and relationships – both familial and romantic – that ring true
and writes scenarios that move the story along in an entertaining and entirely satisfying way.
One for lovers of the genres and newcomers.
she’s analysing the genre for her PhD dissertation. At least, that’s what she’s supposed to be
doing. Spending the summer in Florida clearing out her childhood home after her father’s
death, it’s hard to find the time between dealing with an cheerful younger brother and trying
to parse her feelings for the father she didn’t have an easy relationship with.
Then there’s her neighbour: Sam Dennings. Observing his comings and goings, Pheobe’s
low-key convinced he’s a serial killer, or at the very least that he’s up to something
suspicious. But it soon becomes clear that Sam might be something even scarier: a genuinely
nice guy who can break through the walls she’s erected around her heart. How do you learn
how to give love a chance when you’re used to suspecting the worst.
True-crime obsessed protagonist aside, if you’re looking for something more on the stabby
side, you’re going to be disappointed. But if you’re after a something with a teeny bit more
edge than the average rom-com, Love in the Time of Serial Killers will likely be for you.
Thompson creates characters and relationships – both familial and romantic – that ring true
and writes scenarios that move the story along in an entertaining and entirely satisfying way.
One for lovers of the genres and newcomers.