Author: Brynne Weaver
Series: The Ruinous Love Trilogy Series book #1
Category: Dark Romance
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
"Being a serial killer who kills serial killers is a great hobby...Until you find yourself locked in a cage." - Sloane
Based on the warning alone at the beginning of this book I read before I even wrote this review, I knew I was in for a wild ride. I don’t consider myself squeamish, but I admit I was a tad worried when eyeballs were mentioned. I'm happy to report that any misgivings were quickly cast aside, this book is a murderous joyride of frenzied fun!
Sloane was a complex character, outside of her obviously dark hobby of killing, there was a lot of trauma she was clearly trying to mask in her everyday life. Murder was an outlet for her, and although her art was composed of body parts, I could see the reasoning behind it. I thoroughly enjoyed her banter with Butcher, despite the gruesome topics I was laughing at their antics and humor.
"'I didn't gouge them out, Butcher. I plucked them. Delicately. Like a lady.'" - Sloane
I adored Rowan, he fell hard and wasn't upset about it in the least. Their relationship was a slow progression, from enemies, to tentative friends, to best friends then to lovers - and throughout it all Rowan kept Slone at the forefront of his thoughts. They were so similarly broken but in different ways. Rowan never wanted to fix her, just embrace her jagged edges and celebrate her chaos.
"She's everywhere, in every drop of my blood, in every spark of thought, and I want to fucking destroy her for it. To shatter her just like she's broken me. Because she brings me to my fucking knees. I want to ruin her so that she's mine, my beautiful disaster. My wild creature. My goddess of chaos." - Rowan
Sloane and Rowan's chemistry was off the charts and their slow-burn love story kept me on the edge. It took 60% of the book before Rowan and Sloane finally fell into bed together and damn, it was worth the wait.
Butcher & Blackbird is a spicy romantic comedy in essence, just with murder and plenty of blood. This is the first book in the series and I can’t wait to read Lark's book next.
Tropes and Themes: Slow Burn, Serial Killer, Dark Romance, Friends to Lovers, Mystery, Touch Her and Die.
Blurb
Every serial killer needs a friend.
Every game must have a winner.
When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match?
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