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Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
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
4.0
Two serial killers meet in another serial killer's home.... (there's a joke there somewhere). Sloane and Rowan have a chance meeting and form an unlikely bond between rival serial killers. The two hunters meet yearly in an annual game of blood and torture that pits them against the most dangerous (and disgusting) monsters in the country. As their friendship develops into something more, old fears and feelings, and people from the past crop up that could decimate their newfound love.
Honestly, it was hard for me at times to get past the fact that they were serial killers (my brain: serial killers = bad). That being said, I came to love how this book kind of turns all that on it's head and ensures that the victims are horrible people and Rowan and Sloane are really just vigilantes (with childhood trauma). Butcher and Blackbird was really fun to read and I loved the banter between them, and how thoughtful Sloane was and her internal dialogue/struggles. Ultimately, it was a super fun, unique romance if you don't mind a little unintentional (and some intentional - though not by S&R) cannibalism and torture.
Honestly, it was hard for me at times to get past the fact that they were serial killers (my brain: serial killers = bad). That being said, I came to love how this book kind of turns all that on it's head and ensures that the victims are horrible people and Rowan and Sloane are really just vigilantes (with childhood trauma). Butcher and Blackbird was really fun to read and I loved the banter between them, and how thoughtful Sloane was and her internal dialogue/struggles. Ultimately, it was a super fun, unique romance if you don't mind a little unintentional (and some intentional - though not by S&R) cannibalism and torture.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Cannibalism
The cannibalism is not perpetrated by the main characters - (it almost is, although accidental). It becomes a joke for the rest of the book.