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Sam just fell flat. He is that overly nice and supportive guy and that for some reason made Phoebe think he was a serial killer (which obviously from early on- he wasn’t) but he and Phoebe were together for maybe a few weeks? And he brings up marriage. Maybe, let’s slow down there. I would go as far as to call this book a cozy romance. There is no high drama here. Phoebe falls in love, reconnects with her brother and an old friend, also gets a cat. The only conflict is that Phoebe is a bit of a cynic and is not entirely ready to open up to other people. Her voice, dry and funny, is what drives the story, and I enjoyed it (and her) quite a bit. I also love a kind, emotionally secure love interest. There is one here. Turns out that reading nothing but true crime isn’t exactly conducive to modern dating - and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she’s used to suspecting the worst. Do you know when you disappear into a book? You, your surroundings, everything, ceases to exist? This book was that for me' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Thanks to the author and publisher for giving me a free advanced digital arc in exchange for a review! Words are honest and mine as always.
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The fast-paced plot is alternately hilarious and touching, and readers won't be able to put it down. True crime is an incredibly popular genre, and this book is a must-read for crossover romance fans.-- Library Journal (starred review)
Meanwhile, I felt restless and pent-up and like if I didn't have him inside me right then I would explode. Thanks to the author and publisher for giving PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analyzing the genre in her dissertation—if she can manage to finish writing it. It's hard to find the time while she spends the summer in Florida, cleaning out her childhood home, dealing with her obnoxiously good-natured younger brother, and grappling with the complicated feelings of mourning a father she hadn't had a relationship with for years. Phoebe is mourning her father, they had a disconnected relationship. She is moving into her childhood home for the summer, getting it ready to sell. All the while side eyeing all the neighbors. She is so often reading about grisly murders and crime that she can't help feeling a bit paranoid about strangers! Any one of them could be a potential serial killer! It's criminal how much we enjoyed Love in the Time of Serial Killers, the perfect pairing of intrigue with utterly charming romance and a deeply relatable story of how sometimes life's most complicated mystery is how to open your heart." --Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of The Roughest Draft
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You're so beautiful," he murmured against my mouth, his hands still in my hair as he kissed me. This kiss was different from the ones in the pool, somehow--- slower, more exploratory, as though he had all the time in the world and he wanted to spend it with me. I can see why you'd doubt relationships, and family, and love," Sam said. "It sounds like a tense way to grow up, and I'm really sorry you had to go through it. But, Phoebe, your parents were just two people. Ted Bundy and whatever his girlfriend's name was were two people. Hell, Bonnie and Clyde stayed together until the bitter end, and even they were only two people. You can't extrapolate your worldview from such a small data set.” It doesn't help that she's low-key convinced that her new neighbour, Sam Dennings, is a serial killer (he may dress business casual by day, but at night he's clearly up to something). But it's not long before Phoebe realises that Sam might be something much scarier - a genuinely nice guy who can pierce her armour to reach her vulnerable heart.True crime is especially interesting, because it tends to reflect and shape our cultural attitudes toward crime in general. You look at how the genre has morphed in the last sixty years, even, from the way Truman Capote made it more literary in In Cold Blood to the more sensationalistic, hard-boiled accounts written in the eighties and nineties, to how personal and nuanced Michelle McNamara gets in I'll Be Gone in the Dark. And then it's like, who's writing these books? What relationship do they have to the subject going in, or what relationship do they form as they go down this dark rabbit hole? How do they choose to present the information, and how does that affect the way a reader might feel about? Does that change how 'true' the books are, really?” He reached up to gently pull the elastic from my hair, combing his fingers through the waves as they splayed over my shoulders. Even that massage on my scalp felt good, and I closed my eyes, swaying into him.
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DNF @43% I considered pushing myself to finish this because I had a review copy, but I'm more than far enough through now to know that this just isn't a book for me. Something about the main character just rubs me wrong and I can only really see her getting more on my nerves the deeper through I get. If you enjoy true-crime and pop culture references, this may still work for you!! But it was not for me and that is okay lol I don't regret any of it... Not the last few weeks not today... I don't regret giving you my heart, Phoebe. I just wish you'd taken more care with it.” Also REFRESHING was that both Sam, and her “hopeless romantic video gaming brother” Connor -were both genuinely “good guys”! I think the editor could’ve pushed for more an arc for him, since this was ultimately sold to readers as a romance. It didn’t really impact my enjoyment because I liked the story and I liked the growth of Phoebe and I loved the HEA. Sam did have his moments—hello bossy Sam taking care of Phoebe kink—but it could be a way to increase the romantic tension and add depth to the relationship as a whole.For a book that focuses a lot on trauma- (but got overcasted by labeling it as a rom com) Phoebe needs therapy. I still don’t think she is ready for to be in a relationship quite yet and quite frankly, the confession out of end seemed a little rush.
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