Review: Love & Other Killers

 

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.

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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.

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