Reviews with content warning for Medical content - Butcher & Blackbird

where are the cops in this town? They keep leaving what I feel like is a HEAPING paper and DNA trail at all of their murders. Naming your restaurant BUTCHER AND BLACKBIRD is a crazy thing to do if you’re trying to avoid detection. Having sex at a murder scene is a huge pool of DNA I fear. I wish there was more description dedicated to how they clean the murder scenes up to avoid detection.

A bit less based in reality than Lights Out, but still fun and lots of banter. Time jumps irked me though as I felt it took away from time we could have been getting to know these characters separately. I still don’t know what Sloane does for work.

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bookdragon_britt's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-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

5.0

Yes. Yes. Yes. I was sucked in by the trigger warnings alone. Accidental cannibalism say what?!?
Serial killers hunting bad serial killers (think Dexter) who are hilarious, dark, and yet vulnerable all at the same time. Plus they’re both obviously smoking hot 🌶️

Don’t read if you have a weak stomach, or if you ever want to eat cookies & cream icecream again.
Definitely read if you love spice, killers, and a weirdly hot romance.

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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teelii's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

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

3.25

This was a fun book. The MMC was more intriguing and interesting than the FMC. I listened on audible and think that the narrator made me more intrigued to finish this book. Had I read it on my own then I don’t think I would have finished it. The pacing is crazy fast and sometimes confusing. There were alot of time skips and jumps, even in the middle of chapters. Sometimes I had to go back and reread several paragraphs. It’s like a rom-com (the main characters have okay banter back and forth) but if it was Dexter or something lol

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thisteachreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

My god, the hold this book had on me! I’m not sure what it says about me that some of my only 5 star reads have been dark romances, and both of Brynn Weaver’s books in this trilogy so far are on this list.

First of all, where can I find a Rowan Kane of my own because hot damn, any golden retriever of a man that falls hard, fast and would kill for you is a keeper!

The banter between Rowan and Sloane is just so friggin funny and

despite the trigger warning and everyone else being so grossed out by the semen ice cream, I was somehow less shocked after he had just eaten a piece of human ass… ???

Once again, I have to INSIST you listen to the audiobook version of this one. It is a literal masterpiece and I looked like a straight up psychopath walking my dog and giggling like a school girl to this book. And the way I did a happy wiggle when I heard Rowan say “feckin’ eegit” (I listened to Leather and Lark first) must have made me look truly insane.

Seriously - do yourself a favour and pick this one up. Listen to the audiobook and friggin DIE when

Sloane (Lucy) and Rowan (Joe) finally get together and have the most spicy bathtub scene everrrrr - god the passion!

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transcendent's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

İ didn't go into this expecting anything good, it was released in the peak of slop romance novels that were just pushed on social media as easy reads with no substance but I disagree!
To take a fanfic term: I think that this is P WITH P, the dark comedy really coming in clutch alongside the well thought out plot and characterisation of Butcher and Blackbird making it a very fun read, which I feel as if I've been missing from my neverending rotation of books!

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dark funny medium-paced

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

3.75

I can appreciate this author’s commitment to the serial killer bit. A little cringey at times but also really funny - this was unexpectedly good.

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4.5

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