Review: Butcher and Blackbird - Brynne Weaver

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Review: Butcher and Blackbird - Book #1 The Ruinous Love - Brynne Weaver -August 2023

As soon as I saw this book, I was taken in by the cover as it sounded amazing. Then opening the pages and reading the first couple which were filled with the best trigger warnings, I knew I was going to be in for a crazy-filled ride. To sum it up in a sentence - this is Bonnie and Clyde with comedy and dark humor. The book starts with two serial killers known as The Orb Weaver aka Sloane and The Butcher of Boston aka Rowan meeting at a killing. Rowan was ready to do some killing but found that Sloane had got there first. The pair connect and then to up the ante, Rowan suggests a competition - they will be each given a serial killer to track down and kill - the first to succeed wins bragging rights or whatever the other proposes as a prize. The competition starts as something fun, but throughout the novel -we see Rowan and Sloane having sparkling serial killer chemistry and the romance starts to blossom, but can these two serial killers survive romance and a HEA? This book has some crazy twists, serial killers with cannibalism on their plates and chainsaws and crazy mum attachments. In parts of this book, the main female character reminded me of Eclipse Anderson aka Lips from J.Bree's Hannaford Prep series. I can see Lips as a teenage version of Sloane.  The second to last chapter of this book was also an OMFG twist as I didn't see that coming. If you are in the mood for a book that is dark but comedy in places then Butcher and Blackbird is the read for you.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/47P1UtD








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