Title: Love & Other Killers
Series: Ruinous Love
Author: Brynne Weaver
Release Date: August 12, 2025
Serial killers versus serial killer in a hot and twisted novella about family games, true love, and competitive carnage by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ruinous Love Trilogy.
It’s the annual hunt for Sloane and her vigilante family of serial killers. Track the most cold-blooded psychos imaginable and take them down. This summer’s prey is Allan Munster, a churchgoing chicken farmer who slaughters more than fowl. The rules of the hunt: divide into teams, devise a strategy, and make a move—the more cutthroat the better. May the best team win. The players are closing in. All eyes are on Munster. But there’s a hitch in the family sport this year. Someone might be watching them.
You guys I have been struggling -between the book slump, summer vacation & being sick off & on - I just haven't gotten as much reading on (i.e. hardly any at all) all summer 😫😫
So I was sooo glad when this dropped bc not only was it a short, easy read but I loved the Ruinous Love trilogy & loved seeing those characters again.
And while this *can* be read as a standalone I *do* recommend reading after the trilogy since it features all the characters from the trilogy you may love & sets up for the new books coming out soon.
It's that time again, it's Rowen & Sloane's annual August Showdown - yes the crazy duo has an annual game where they hunt other serial unalivers. But this time the rest of the family joins in!
It was a short,fun read perfect to end our summer & start spooky season with, & I loved seeing Rowen & Sloane again.
4.5 ⭐ out of 5⭐.
2 🌶️ out of 5🌶️.
Tropes:
• dark romance
Trigger Warnings:
- chickens eating...
- references to abduction/kidnapping & confinement
- eyeballs (bc duh)
- references to cannibalism
- references to ice cream
- language & open door sex scenes
- vague references to childhood trauma & child assault
- dismembered bodies
- violence & murder
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Brynne Weaver is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ruinous Love Trilogy and the Seasons of Carnage Trilogy. She’s a fan of velociraptors, the Alien movies (well, most of them), red wine, and wild adventures, and can relate nearly anything you say to a line from the movie Hot Fuzz.
