A review by kaitie_reads
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book. It's not something I'd normally pick up, but the combination of vengeant serial killers, a sweet romance, great spice, amazing banter, and well-developed characters had me hooked. 

The book has very Dexter-like vibes (but it's better) - and follows two serial killers who kill serial killers. It's funny, kind of gross at times (good thing I rarely eat orzo pasta), and the story just has a little bit of everything. It's a fast-paced, slow burn... from friends to lovers. 

Rowan and Sloane are so captivating as characters. Sloane has a bit of an introverted, moody vibe; Rowan has big golden retriever energy, and the way he loves Sloane is absolutely swoon-worthy.

"𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓵𝔂 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓶𝓮," 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝔂𝓼. "𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂? 𝓑𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓘 𝓫𝓮𝓽 𝓘 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓮. 𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓮. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽, 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮. 𝓜𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝔀𝓪𝔂." 𝓘 𝓼𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓢𝓵𝓸𝓪𝓷𝓮'𝓼 𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓼𝓸𝓯𝓽 𝓵𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮. "🥀

If you like dark comedy, well-written spice, a little bit of morbidity, a swoon-worthy MMC, and a book that hooks you from the first page, this is a great pick.
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