I love how this is insta lust and they don’t even try to pretend otherwise. They went straight into it, with a sprinkle of family drama on the side. I have missed reading this kind of drama.

I have to say, Amerie Cross is not a good person. She is the worst kind of family member to have. She and Janelle did not resolve anything at all. But Janelle and Rome are cute ☺️, even though they have a lot of cringey conversations 😅. I love how Janelle stood up for herself, and how Rome always tries to help. I hate docile men.

Janelle also has to be an angel to attend that wedding and give that speech after everything that happened. I bet that marriage is not going to last.

Anyways, I had fun.

Came into this expecting the depth that I was fed in the mindfu*k series as they are both women serial killers enacting revenge in a way. But this was a bit of a letdown. And I have the physical copies of the series 🤧.

The first thing was the insta lust in the worst scenario possible. Then the plot is not well fleshed out in my opinion. There are too many time skips and we are not allowed to fully immerse in the growth of the relationship. Their vulnerable sides are difficult to reconcile with them being serial killers. It just doesn’t track. Their motives were not strong enough either for the atrocities they commit. Not enough effort was put into the murder scenes. It just feels like all this nastiness was included for shock value but not well thought out. They leave too many loose ends for supposed successful serial killers. The author didn’t make me believe they were serial killers. She just told us they were and expected us to accept it. Also, how their killing activities merge with their daily lives was not properly explored. They just went about their daily lives like nothing was happening. No suspense, nothing. An almost run in with the FBI could have added more thrill, a little escape plan and almost caught moments, but this was just not exciting. What is their behavior amongst colleagues? How are they able to hide these hideous parts of them? We were not given any of this info.

It felt like the setup was about them doing something together every year, and the author just swapped the activity for murder. But it just feels ridiculous, especially considering how heavy the subject matter is 😪. I think the story would have sold me a little more if they weren’t serial killers going on vacations to kill. Their game didn’t feel as serious and heavy as what they actually do is. And they just randomly started a restaurant? 🫠🫠.

I heard the similarities between this book and the mindfu*k series and I was sold. I am never trusting blindly like that ever again. It is a great premise that was unfortunately poorly executed.