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Butcher & Blackbird
Ruinous Love Trilogy, Book 1
Brynne Weaver
Sloane and Rowan are serial killers who hunt other serial killers, and once a year they cross paths to compete over the same kill. Friends first. Something else eventually.
Episodic, spread across their yearly meetings, with the heat concentrated in the second half.
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Clocked.
the friend who's disturbingly organized about revenge
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This book is great for
For readers who want their serial killers to have a sense of humor about it. Sloane stages her kills like art installations and still finds time to roast Rowan's technique — this is horror with genuinely great banter.
- wants dark romance that's also, unapologetically, funny
- black cat energy, still looking for a golden retriever
- respects a woman with a system and sticks to it
- tired of grimdark with zero levity — this has both
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