Butcher and Blackbird | 
Up next…recently read this author‘s new book and it was so much fun! #bookspinbingo
pickToo bad the male narrator is apparently a garbage human being, bc this audiobook was fun. I‘m rereading so I can finally get to Scythe and Sparrow, so after MONTHS wait, I liked the audiobook. Now to wait for Leather and Lark.
4.5 stats | #romance #darkromance #hauntedshelf #screamteam #twowitches #twowitchessamhain
pickEven with all the trigger warnings, this book was fire. If you can‘t handle the trigger warnings, don‘t listen. Not what I thought it would be but so much better. Couldn‘t stop!!
pickThis book is amazing, and beautifully narrated. But it is rated R due to spice, language, and gore/murder.
By some miracle I‘ve been pulled out of my slump and I‘m about to read my 3rd book in a 2-week period after not touching books in months. Here we go!! #butcherandblackbird #brynneweaver #paperback #library #romance
#Vigilante 🩷🖤☠️🖤🩷
#CharacterCharm 👸🏻🤴🏽🕵🏻♀️👩🏻🔬👩🏼⚕️🧑🍳👨🌾👨🎨👨🏻⚖️🧝🏻♀️🧚🏼♀️
#BookNerd 🤓📚💙
pick4.8⭐️ I loved this! I honestly don‘t know what‘s wrong with me, but multiple times throughout the story, all I could think was “ OMG, how cute!” Only thing I would have changed was with the plot twist at the end of the book. Didn‘t mind the twist, but I did mine that we just breezed by it after the fact. Could‘ve used a little more closure on that, but besides that, freaking amazing! 10/10 recommend, but please read your trigger warnings.
"I renounce my wicked ways."
"That's a shame. I bet I would like your wicked ways."
My nightly reminder to take a break and pet Dexter 🐶
#DogsofLitsy
bailedDNF at 31%
I don't get the hype or why this even has a mainstream publisher. Was it popular on Booktok or something? You can find better self-published books on KU. Dark? Please, there's zero depth or emotional attachment so it doesn't feel dark. Romantic? The courtship is more painful than the torture scenes. Comedy? A light tone and irrational characters isn't enough to make it funny.
#HailTheBail
pickI honestly could not conceptualize what this book would be like from the (completely accurate) description. I thought it was going to be a splatterpunk smut fest & while when it was spicy; it was absolutely filthy… that was such a small part of the book. It actually had a lot of heart, charm & wit right along side the accidental cannibalism.
“‘You might be psycho,‘ I say with a grin as her eyes narrow, ‘but you‘re my psycho, and I‘m yours. Got it?‘”
#April2025
pickI had avoided this book because it wasn't sure I'd like the graphic nature of a serial killer story. Somehow the author humanized the characters and writes a fantastically funny and engaging plot without the reader becoming too horrified. I'm going to read the sequel, and for me, a serial first book reader, that's a compliment.
pickI have some issues with the male narrator, but that is in no way the author‘s fault. The books was AMAZING! It had this snark, with just the right amount of tension. Even when it seemed like their HEA had arrived, she threw another corkscrew (literally and figuratively) in there just to keep things interesting.
#BrynneWeaver #ButcherAndBlackbird #Butcher #Blackbird #RuinousLoveTrilogy #Audiobook
Whoops, almost forgot this one after I stopped to eat. Change the damn oil!
#BrynneWeaver #ButcherAndBlackbird #Butcher #Blackbird #BMW #RuinousLoveTrilogy
She has a BMW and she hasn‘t bothered to change the oil? If I had a BMW, that car would want for NOTHING! Nothing, I tell you!
#BrynneWeaver #ButcherAndBlackbird #Butcher #Blackbird #BMW #RuinousLoveTrilogy
Another rec from my book bestie!
#BrynneWeaver #ButcherAndBlackbird #audiobook
pickSpent today listening to this brilliantly filthy & gory audiobook romance. When they say “trigger warnings” they mean TRIGGER WARNINGS!!! Sloane spends her free time hunting down serial killers & taking them out in creative ways. But when a job goes wrong, Rowan rescues her from a tsunami of maggots & dares her to a yearly game of who bags the killer first. Funny, steamy & sweet, but above all, bloody. #20in4 #readathon #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew
pickThis book is unhinged. 😍
I‘m a day late, but here is my January and February favorite books. Angeline Boulay continues to blow me away with her books and after reading Butcher and Blackbird I discovered I enjoy dark romance (though I would like less sexytimes, more dark stuff). #12Booksof2024
pickI enjoyed this for the dark humor but I definitely get why this won‘t be for some people. Lots of body horror and murder details as you would expect in a serial killer romance. I picked this up based on the cover and the premise.
Started this today while taking my grandma to an eye doctor appointment. So far it‘s as fun as the authors dedication/content warnings implied.
pickNot exactly my usual cup of tea, it gets pretty gory and is spicier than my normal read…but I still read it in about 24 hours. I‘m a sucker for a good love story. And two psychopaths who find each other and fall maddeningly in love fits the bill. Book #109 in 2024
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️3/5
Wasn‘t really a fan of this one I know everyone loves it but I just wasn‘t sure where the plot was going. 🤷🏻♀️
The audiobook narrators did a great job!
" Being a serial killer who kills serial killers is a great hobby......"
Based on the TWs, the dedication page and the first sentence, I know this is going to be an interesting read. What have I gotten myself into?
#FirstLineFridays #FridayNightBookclub
pickI have to admit I was terrified to read this book! I heard about the long list of triggers & warnings. I was pleasantly surprised how much I loved this book! Yes, there were parts that made me grossed out & parts that made me question myself for liking this book, but the banter between the main characters & the spicy parts of the book made up for all the not so enjoyable parts! Highly recommend, but read those triggers before diving in!
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pick#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024
I‘d just started this in October & wanted to finally finish it since it was a #Roll100 pick clear back in May that I never got to.
I give it a pretty soft pick—I wanted more humor, less angst & more background on the killers they kill & growth from the characters. It‘s dark & pretty gross in parts with likable characters, but it felt hollow to me. Still, I already bought Book 2 on BOTM, so I‘ll probably read it.⬇️
I‘m getting paid to read at work (while internet is installed in our new office after a fight with the customer service team so I‘ve earned it).
Happy Friday!
pickWhoa. That was #dark. And surprisingly funny. Lots of violence and gore and 🔥🔥🔥 scenes. Couldn't put it down once I got going. Definitely a #bookrecommendation for those who like their romance a little twisted. Also, it's kinda hard to tell, but there's definitely #blood on the cover.
#bookscavengerhunt #hauntedshelf #bookspin #TeamFlerken @PuddleJumper
so-soThis is a romance book with serial killer trappings. That aspect is treated like a quirky part of their personality rather than a driving force in the book.
When it is featured it's gory for the sake of being gory and disturbing. I would have preferred to focus on how they found them, verified they were killers etc Rather than the violence but that's a personal preference.
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👍Omg! I really loved this book. The dark romance was cute and the violence was graphic but not like throw up like Rowan graphic. Also told my friend about the cookies and cream ice cream, reaction was priceless lol :) 👍
My #CastTheDie books for #HauntedShelf
The tagged book was my lucky pick.
Hoping to get all 4 of these read this month!
Team #Flerkin
My #CastTheDie list for #HauntedShelf is made up of all seasonal titles & mostly ARCs & #BOTM so I might get more of my massive piles of each read! 😉
I made the tagged book my lucky pick because it‘s been on my #TBR for ages, was a #Roll100 pick I didn‘t get to & I own the second in the series too. Can‘t wait to see what the dice say! 🎃👻
Team #Flerken
bailedNot for me!! V graphic in a trying to be funny way, but it was just gross. Both sexually and violently explicit, including some of my least favorite 🌶️ language. Wasn‘t my type!
pickThis was a #blamelitsy read but hilariously was something a coworker was reading at the same time and so has now become an office by-word. I liked it! Dual narrators, good banter, fresh premise. Did I mention the male narrator has an Irish accent in the audiobook? 😂
About serial killers who kill other serial killers and fall in love via a serial-killing-competition, so consider for your October reading pleasure if you need some raunch.
pick⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book was different! I loved the narrators for the #audiobook version and feel they added a lot to the entire reading experience. From the git go, with the trigger warnings, it was quickly obvious that this was not a book for the faint of heart or the prudish. It would include lots of violence, loads of sex, plus an immense amount of descriptive and explicit language. And that it did, in addition to heaps of snarky humor! ⤵️
pickThe banter and romance were good, but the plot was meh. I didn‘t seem to love it as much as many other people, but I did still enjoy it, mostly. I‘d like to read the other two at some point, but I won‘t be rushing to them.
pickI hesitated on this book because of the hype it received… well I can now say I really shouldn‘t have.. it was a great plot with really good characters … I enjoyed reading it and look forward to the other book in this series … also I really hope that Austin Butler plays Butcher in the movie 🤗
I only read one of my own physical books this month 😞Hopefully August is more.
#JulyReCap
#ReadMyShelves
I would like to formally introduce my new hammock chair; currently holding my next read just in case I ever get to start it tonight 😤😜!
