In the first book, Butcher and Blackbird, Sloane and Rowan are serial killers who fall in love. Leather and Lark follows Sloane’s best friend, Lark, and Rowan’s older brother, Lachlan, who is a serial killer and contract killer, respectively. Interesting group of people. I have to wonder if everyone they know is a killer. I am starting to think so. Anyhoo, Lachlan and Lark get married in an attempt to save their brother and friend. You see, Lark’s family is into organized crime, and someone is targeting their business, and they think it’s Lachlan. In true Mob fashion, they have no problem targeting his family. So they get married. Lark’s family wouldn’t dare go after her husband. Kind of slim reasoning, but however to get the plot rolling. This book was fine. Lark is a fun character. It’s not as focused on murder as the first book, but there are some fun death scenes. I liked Butcher and Blackbird better. It was just easier to get into. It wasn’t that this book was slow, but I wasn’t as interested in Lachlan and Lark as I was in Rowan and Sloane. I think it’s because I didn’t really find Lachlan all that interesting. He fits the noble hero role, who will do what it takes to protect his family, even if that means committing murder for hire. Lark is similar in that regard. It is her idea that they get married to protect Sloane and Rowan. Not a bad book by any means, but not as exciting as the first.
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What I’m Listening to Now: Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver Read by: Samantha Brentmoor and Eric Nolan

I have been on the waiting list for 4 books for months, and now they have all become available in the past two weeks. So I have to double up on my books. I am almost done with Katabasis, and I started reading Leather and Lark during work yesterday. (a benefit of working from home). I don’t think I could have picked two different books to read at once.
Review: Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
This book was cute, if you can call a book about serial killers who kill other serial killers who fall in love. Sloane and Rowan are killers. However, they hunt other killers. It is a form of vigilantism. Going after people who have victimized other people who can’t defend themselves is an interesting moral code, but really, they do it because they like it. It gives them a rush. After a chance meeting, Rowan proposes a game. Once a year, they will meet up and hunt the same person. Whoever gets the kill first wins. Their banter between the two as they mock and goad each other is fun. They are attracted to each other from the moment they meet, but it shouldn’t surprise you that people who kill people for fun are not the most sociable or had a happy childhood. For years, they have played these games and ignored their feelings for each other. Once they do open up, the floodgates open, and oh boy, it gets spicy. It does take almost 2/3 of the book to get there, but worth the wait. It was a fun read, and I am looking forward to reading the next book that follows Rowan’s older brother and Sloane’s best friend. It’ll be a while before I can read it because it’s a long waitlist at my library, but I have other books to read in the meantime.


