Cindy (leavemetomybooks)'s Reviews > A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage

Two serial killers (Hazel & Fox) who were individually targeting terrible men accidentally meet, fall in love, jet around Europe killing a bunch of creeps together, get married, have a baby, move to the suburbs, and then everything falls apart.

I loved the premise (one of my faves — I can never pass up some sweet, sweet vigilante justice and adding in some hints of romcom - the dream!), but the plot was 99% based on miscommunication, which is pretty much my least favorite thing ever. All of the back and forth of keeping secrets and rather ineptly sneaking around got very tedious and made the middle third or so of the book drag. If you two dummies are so madly in love…. Just. Have. A. Conversation. Blargh.

There were some very funny lines and a healthy dose of snark throughout, and I thought the ending was great, but it overall didn’t quite live up to what I was hoping for.

(2.5 rounded up)

* thank you to Bantam for the NetGalley review copy. A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage publishes in January 2025.