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Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

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lemonwrlds's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

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splattergunk's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-paced

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

1.75

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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jordanlongoria's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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b34n13b's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

this was hard to rate because i liked it and loved the characters but its inconsistent and the timeline is sooooooo slow. literally 4 years of slowness. for sloane being an intricate serial killer who is apparently smart enough to not be caught, she lacks a TON of skill and observational awareness. the whole beginning builds this hyper vigilant woman but none of that prowess is applied?? there’s random, out of characters details that are mentioned and you think they’ll be important, but they’re never talked about again. the whole epilogue doesn’t fit. the whole first half could’ve been avoided with a simple “i like you” something children say but these two grown serial killers couldn’t? alriiiiiight. now in hindsight, this book is a mess lol all that being said, it’s a likable, cute read. rowan is a true yearner which i love

there’s only a few hook up scenes and 95% of the book is spiceless, but what is written is pretty detailed. 🌶️ 3/5

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nlestage's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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tayreads10's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

Gory erotica, but with a whole lot of light-hearted storyline would be how I'd describe this masterpiece. Two serial killers falling in love, what can go wrong? I loved reading about Rowan and Sloane and all of their not so typical "adventures." So excited to read the rest of the series!

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