Reviews

Marrow by Trisha Wolfe, Brynne Weaver

jxsytrw's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

whatsemmyreading's review against another edition

3.0

I loved Butcher & Blackbird, so I had high hopes for this book. But it just didn’t live up to them. It suffered from a couple of the things that annoyed me about B & B (namely it could’ve really used another round of edits - words were mixed up, like complement when compliment was what was meant) and a lot of its own - I just really had trouble connecting with the characters. I was tempted to DNF around the halfway mark but held on and finished it. The ending was nice, but there just wasn’t much drawing me in, making me want to flip pages.

daniellereadsspice's review against another edition

4.0

After reading the description and knowing Trisha Wolfe is one of my favorites authors (i'm new to Brynne Weaver but will definitely be reading more from her now) I knew I had to read this and was so grateful to get an ARC. Basically, if you like dark romance you will love this book. It is depraved and dark in the best ways. I love that both the FMC and MMC are professors- one a forensic anthropologist and the other a wildlife biologist- and serial killers. It is definitely a plot driven book and honestly took me awhile to get through the plot building of the first 25% but after that I did not put this book down. I love the psychological aspect of the writing and you could tell the authors did their research.
There is spice involved and being a smut connoisseur i've basically read it all- but this book had some...situations I have yet to read. The main characters were definitely dark but their backstory was honestly heartbreaking - but yet there were some swoony moments. For example, he breeds a type of flower for years to match her exact eye color. COME ON

Definitely check your trigger warnings but if you're into the debauchery GIVE THIS A READ.

georgiacaz96's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jhna04's review

3.75

Freaky dudes

humphrey_hedgy's review

2.5

mehhhh
I had very high hopes considering how much I enjoyed Butcher and Blackbird...
I couldnt feel the chemistry between the couple, and it all just kinda escalates and the main characters just accepts it very quickly.

kaleighreadsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

Tropes:
- dual stalking
- h & H both serial

melissaeck's review

dark tense

3.0

mclaugam195's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

crazy_as_a_fox_kit's review against another edition

4.0

Rival serial killers scientists, one born, one made — definitely check your trigger warnings — this book is com-lately cooked, it is so wrong in so many ways but was well written and followed an intriguing storyline — i found myself hanging from every word and unable to put it down — the romance between the fmc and mmc worked well as they are both as unhinged as each other and if you look past their murdery and stalkerish habits would make for a rather sweet love story — wouldn’t change it for the world though as cooked books is kinda my jam atm — i thoroughly enjoyed this book, there was just the right mix of intellectual subject matter, mystery and unhinged passion — there isn’t a hell of a lot of spice in here and what is in there is so far from what’s deemed socially acceptable that you 100% need to check your trigger warnings for this one — one scene in particular also had me questioning my morality and thinking what the actual fuck did I just read and why am I reacting this way — if there was ever a romantic way for 2 twisted as fuck people to find each other and live happily ever after, it’s written in this book.