Reviews with content warning for Medical content - Butcher & Blackbird

This book is plain bad. The characters act like teenagers, they talk like teenagers, and they have the common sense of teenagers. Sloane and her twenty-three year old under developed frontal lobe miraculously hasn’t gotten her serial killer self caught even though she is the least careful person in the fucking world and Rowan - with his dick for brains - isn’t that fucking far behind her.

I couldn’t even enjoy the homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter because they were so poorly executed.

The miracle is that I finished this book. I hate read this book in the hopes of reaching a satisfying conclusion or that someone would make one fucking intelligent decision.

Everything that happens in the plot is so freaking convenient for these two it’s laughable. Some of the writing is just laughable as well. I’m no stranger to the gross, gore, and the transgressive, but trying to make this shit cutesy is places was just plain dumb. (Who labels the ingredients on their own homemade ice cream? Complete with bodily fluids? When they are a cannibal serial killer who has no interest in getting caught?) (Who uses someone’s dead mother a la Norman Bates to give a killer a heart attack and scare them to death? Wtf? That was so fucking idiotic d it wasn’t even satire)

I might read the second book in hopes that Rose or Lark will show up again, because they were the only two remotely interesting characters.

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osbertelsen13's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I've never read a book quite like this. It's my first dark romance and I found it enjoyable

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glitterngin's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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megan_harper's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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janhac28's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

C'était épouvantable. Un des pires livres que j'ai jamais lu. C'était pénible à lire, irréaliste et j'ai roulé des yeux plus d'une fois. À éviter.
Ils niaisent pendant 4 ans et après c'est du sexe bizarre sans arrêt. On ne s'attachait pas aux personnages non plus. C'était du name dropping pour créer un livre controversé.

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gigglybookgeek's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Wow!! This book really had twists and turns. You will really find yourself rooting for these serial k*llers that are friends that have an annual competition. The dual POV with Sloan and Rowan is well done. You will find yourself on the edge of your seat, laughing, rooting for them, possibly gagging a bit (I worked in an OR, so I didn’t bat an eye at THAT scene), and swooning. There are a few spicy parts, and the spicy hits when it’s there!!

It is eventually a HEA book, but sets up the next book nicely. Lark, Sloan’s BFF, who wouldn’t want her as your cheerleader? So, excellent side character development as well. I am digging into Leather & Lark next!

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_alyssar_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wow, what a ride. I thoroughly enjoyed this - not sure if this will be a regular re-read for me because

there is a LOT of murder, with some very gruesome details, including, but not limited to, cannibalism and plucking out people’s eyeballs

. But despite the somewhat gory details, I couldn’t put this down, and am excited to see what comes next.

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snoopysb00ks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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