Panenky & dýky

Serial Killer Book Club #1

by D.L. Darby, Petra Manišová (Translator)

Měří metr a půl, miluje růžovou, huňaté věci a… porcování chlapů. Přes den je usměvavá novinářka, která zbožňuje svého pekelně ošklivého psa a píše senzační články o řádění záhadného sériového vraha. V noci se mění v „Panenkového vraha“. Jenže jejím největším rivalem není policie, ale nesnesitelně sexy kolega Wrenley. Dokonalý džentlmen, který je okouzlující ke všem kromě ní. Když se Dove rozhodne Wrenleyho, ve svém vražedném alter egu, vyděsit, spustí zvrácenou hru plnou černého humoru, slovních přestřelek a nebezpečné přitažlivosti. Dokáže tahle kapesní vražedkyně uchránit svá tajemství, když to mezi nimi začne spalujícím způsobem jiskřit?

Genres: Dark Romance, Romance, Dark, Enemies To Lovers, Serial Killer, Forced Proximity, Audiobook

288 pages, Paperback

Published August 28, 2026

About the author

D.L. Darby lives in Anchorage, Alaska, with her husband and dog.

By day, she’s a hairstylist, and by night, she’s continuously drafting new ideas on her “murder board” at home. While she writes across multiple romance sub-genres, you can always expect to find spicy alpha males and strong-willed women with a flair for dramatics in her stories.

Reviews

[kimberly ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡.]

‎❝ sometimes monsters are just broken people, hiding their scars from a world that has hurt them. ❞

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ my brain thought we were getting "workplace rivalry with a side of morally gray." my brain was wrong. this is workplace rivalry with a whole-ass secret vigilante identity tucked into an cute little hello kitty purse.


₊˚꒰ 𖧷 ꒱ ⊹ i. plot and characters. ₊˚⊹ ꒱
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ imagine a woman who could absolutely win employee of the month, but also has the vibes of a decorative porcelain doll that might stab you if you breathe too loudly in her vicinity. that is the energy here. dove carroway is out here balancing a professional life that says "i have a linkedin profile" and a secret life that says "i have a dagger, a mission, and a list of men who should fear god and women’s rage." and honestly? good for her. by day, she's a pink-obsessed media journalist, writing splashy articles about the city’s infamous vigilante serial killer, the baby doll killer. by night, she's the baby doll killer herself, putting abusers through the permanent hr process for preying on kids and teens. it's girlboss, gaslight, gut a predator.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ meanwhile, our boy, wrenley campbell, storms into the newsroom as the new golden boy. he's annoyingly compotent, charming to literally everyone but dove, low-key obsessed with the baby doll killer and determined to get "his" big story about her. so of course he becomes dove’s direct work rival, accidentally makes her job harder, and does not realize his mysterious murder crush and his irritating coworker are the same five-foot war crime in pretty glittery heels.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ we get workplace rivalry, serial killer logistics, and a serial killer book club. yes, there is literally a serial killer book club™ featuring other murder weirdos like bunny, and it somehow manages to be both unhinged and wholesome at the same time. also, "snacksidental cannibalism" means jerky is ruined forever.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ things escalate when their professional beef hits too close to home. wren starts digging into the baby doll killer. dove realizes his investigation could expose her and solution? obviously show up in his world as her masked alter ego and attempts to terrorize him into backing off, because communication is for emotionally healthy people.


₊˚꒰ 𖧷 ꒱ ⊹ ii. romance. ₊˚⊹ ꒱
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ the romance is workplace rivals to lovers with a dash of he falls first, obviously. one minute he's like "i will expose the baby doll killer," and the next he's two steps from making a vision board titled "reasons i'd let her ruin my life."

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ dove, meanwhile, is an absolute chaos cocktail of pink lip gloss, clinical levels of compartmentalization, and deeply rooted childhood trauma that fuels her kill list. i did like how their trauma actually matters to the plot instead of just being "tragic backstory flavoring," watching them slowly peel back layers instead of insta-dumping secrets, and the way wren is obsessed with the idea of the baby doll killer before he realizes he's been arguing with her in the office all along.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ but sometimes the relationship speed was giving "we went from arguing over emails to emotionally entangled homicide-adjacent soulmate vibes in 0.2 business days." did i still eat it up with a spoon? yes. am i allowed to complain anyway? also yes.


₊˚꒰ 𖧷 ꒱ ⊹ iii. conclusion ₊˚⊹ ꒱
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ why is it 3.5 stars and not a full slay? because i am a hater with a heart and lovingly judgmental. the romance slaps. the banter is actually funny, the longing feels earned, you get why they cling so hard to each other. wren is deliciously obsessed in that "golden retriever who will absolutely maul someone for you" type of way.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ however, there are places where it feels like one honest conversation could’ve undone a chunk of angst, but then, we’d lose half the pining. also, a little peeve i had was that wren’s world feels very dove-centric. she gets friends, book club, murder hobbies, and he mostly has...? the gym? and being in love with her. i wanted slightly more independence for my boy.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ so, not quite a perfectly balanced romance arc, but deeply entertaining and emotionally juicy enough that i still inhaled it. also, this may be the longest review i've ever chaotically written??

— 3.5 stars. ⋆˚☆˖°.ᐟ


.° ༘🎧ྀི⋆ favourite quotes 🖇₊˚ෆ
“i wanted our first time to be monumental—memorable. i suppose having a rapidly cooling body stuffed like a sausage in a prickly, coarse casing next to us fits the bill.”

“i will her to look at me, sending every desperate wave of choose me energy across the bar.”

“my songbird doesn’t want to kill me. he wants to kill for me.”

“don't worry, residents of wren’s apartment building. i’m not a burglar—just a serial killer here to scare the shit out of my annoyingly gorgeous work rival.”

“our friendship is the literal sense of ‘we listen, and we don’t judge.’ we just ask where to show up with our shovels and often wait for each other after a kill to be a shoulder to lean on.”

“and sometimes you just need to bond with your girlfriend by murdering someone together.”


‎── ⟡ ˙ 🪻༘ ₊ main tropes. ‎
⟢ rivals-to-lovers
⟢ workplace romance
⟢ revenge
⟢ forced proximity
⟢ she’s the masked serial killer
⟢ touch him/her and die
⟢ feminine rage
⟢ pink-obsessed murder gremlin


⌗ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎started: 12.08.25 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⌝
‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⌞ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎finished: 12.19.25 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ✦


₊˚⊹ ᰔ pre-read:
⤿ y'all know how much i love butcher & blackbird that i had to get my gremlin hands on this book, too

[Momma Eureka]

I picked this book up thinking it was giving Butcher and Blackbird vibes, even the TW was similar, but honestly that’s where the similarities stop. I still liked.
This book follows the Baby Doll Killer, she is a serial killer that dresses up as a doll will cute little sleep dress and wigs and a doll mask. She only kills pedophiles and she sometimes sends the videos to the police to show them who she killed and why.
Than we have both reporters that only want to write about her, one is Dove the senior reporter, the one that has the scoop on the Baby Doll Killer and she is the equivalent of if a unicorn had babies with glittering cotton candy. She is a sparkling cloud of pink, a Elle Woods of journalism, she is always in a good mood and everyone can’t help but love her.
Here than comes Wren, he is the asshole grumpy INSANELY gorgeous guy that moves in to work in the same place and “thinks” he can just walk in a charm his way into take Dove’s job right from under her feet because he is a man and he is handsome he thinks he can do it, almost like he thinks he is entitled to it. Typical man mentality… 🙄🙄🙄
But he wasn’t expecting the storm of glitter and sugar cookies sunshine that would hit him hard where it counts.
So we have workplace rivals romance, we have serial killer, obsessed man (with the doll but also Dove even when he doesn’t want to be), they pull pranks on each other. The thing I didn’t like is that Wren was pretty mean towards Dove in the beginning and I kept waiting for her to hit him HARD and she never did and he deserved. I love bully romance and dark romance, I read the most unhinged books with literally unforgivable MMC’s but I love when the FMC hits back, when she has fight in her and spunk, when she makes them work for and grovel. Because who the fuck likes a doormat ? 😡 she is not a “doormat “ per say but she also doesn’t give the lesson he needs it and that bothered me. I also didn’t love him, I like her wayyyyyyyyyyy more, he was too weak in my opinion. I can’t actually wait to read Bunny and Hunter’s book when it comes out, this one seems like she will have more fight in her. Overall it was good, I liked.

[Kayla_Wilson]

4.5 stars rounded up! At first I thought this was going to turn into another Butcher & Blackbird between the cover and the trigger warning list. But I was wrong it’s definitely different. But if you did enjoy Butcher & Blackbird you need to read this asap!

[ya.]

Ця книга наче ковток свіжого повітря. Тут все що я люблю: жарти, чорний гумор, одержимі головні герої, прихована особистість, колеги по роботі і цей список можна продовжувати. Двома словами 100% попадання.
Я навіть не хотіла дочитувати, а другу книгу я навіть не знаю як дочекатись😍
Мені в ній сподобалось абсолютно все, я і сміялась і закочувала очі і кричала тут на всю хату, мені було і смішно з головних героїв і хотілось плакати моментами за їхнє минуле і за їхні травми. Але як не крути книга афігенна, однозначно в моєму топі.
Ще страшннно сподобався стиль написання авторки тому треба придивитись і до інших її книг🥰

[BookishKB]

3.5 ⭐️

I’m conflicted on how to rate this book. I really enjoyed the first 50% of the book but around 50% in it started to drag. And honestly felt super repetitive. But at that point I was still enjoying the book. Right until the ending. It made me so uncomfy and nauseous. It kinda ruined the book for me to be honest.

[Paula Valadez]

No es un libro para todo el mundo, tiene muchas escenas gráficas (y unas que me hicieron enojar 😑) pero era lo que yo esperaba y quería en este momento, que me mantuviera con los ojos abiertos por el que pasará 🤔

Si te gustó «Butcherd & Blackbird" probablemente este también te pueda gustar ☺️♥️
🫵LEAN BIEN LAS ADVERTENCIAS ☝️

[Dora Koutsoukou]

The premise was really intriguing!

However, there were some things that had me second guessing.
The hero was either troubled or hesitant as to accept the heroine’s sexual advances.
Moreover, she reminded him of his mother and that was a point that put me off. While his background had not fully unraveled at that point, it was clear that he was abused by his mother.

Dnf @ 44%

[Yevheniia Briulo]

It’s a very fast-paced, light, and easy read that hooks you instantly. It makes you go through an emotional rollercoaster, like from feeling deeply sorry for the characters to giggling next minute.
It has good storyline, funny and catchy dialogue and I really like all the main characters.
I absolutely loved Dove and Ren’s passionate bickering and sexual tension, as well as the "bloody Barbie and Monster High" dynamic between Bunny and Dove.
What I didn’t like:The spicy scenes had zero chemistry. It felt like the author just randomly pasted them in without any real emotion or passion just to attract readers ("I'm inside, I'm coming" style). Also, the characters' traumas were handled very superficially and needed way more depth.
Overall, it was a good read, but not quite enough.

[↻ ◁ Nour ▷ ↺]

1.5/5⭐
يا إلهي يا إلهي أم بطل إغتصبته لما كان طفل 🤢 كل ما أحول أنسى ترجع صورة تتركب في دماغي و حرفيا مش قادرة أكتب ريفيو حاسه راح أستفرغ 🤢🤢🤢
كتاب عبارة عن جزيرة أبستين بطل رينلي و بطلة دوف لثنين ضحايا إغتصاب وهنن أطفال رينلي على يد أمه و دوف على يد أستاذها
دوف واجهت ماضيها وقتلت مغتصبها وتحولت وهي بعمر العشرين إلى قاتلة متسلسلة تستهدف مغتصبي الأطفال.
أما رينلي فظل سجين أهواله عاجز عن المواجهة أو حتى محاسبة أمه مستسلم لسيطرتها ولذكرياته يلي حطمته يعني كانو لثنين ضحية لنفس فعل لكن كل واحد واجهه ب طريقة مختلفة ... حبيت شي ذا قوة دوف كيف رفضت أن تكون ضحية إلى الأبد وشكلت حياتها بيدها .. نسوان 🔥🔥🎀
بينما رينلي ظل حبيس الماضي وصار جثة هامدة يعيش على هوسه بشخصية القاتلة المتسلسلة “Doll”(يلي هي دوف بشخصيتها ثانية) ويشوف فيها إلهة لأنها انتقمت لكل من عاش الرعب نفسه.

في البداية حاولت أحب شخصية رينلي لأنه بانلي ضعيف ومستفز بس لما عرفت شو يلي عاشه حاولت أتقبله ومع ذلك الموضوع كله كان ثقيل نفسيًا خاصة إنو محور الاغتصاب كان حاضر طول الوقت لدرجة حسيتو لعب على أعصابي وخرب متعتي بالقراءة.

نرجع للقصة… أنا شخصيًا ما حبيتها كثير صحيح أنا أحب البطلات رماديات أخلاقياو القويات وأحب فكرة الشخصية المزدوجة أو القاتلة المتسلسلة بس هون الموضوع كان حساس زيادة عن اللزوم بالنسبة لي كل ما أقرأ مشهد يرجع خيالي لنقطة الاغتصاب خاصة انو أبطال لثنين مرو بيها فصرت مش قادرة أستمتع أبدًا.

شخصية دوف كانت بين وبين… حبيت فيها أشياء وما حبيت أشياء. عجبتني قوتها وطريقة تشكيل حياتها و أفكارها وهوسها بلون وردي وكذا كانت جدا فيمني (مع انو حسيت شوي مستهلكة فكرة ذي بس عديتها) و جانبها ثاني من شخصية doll و قتل ضحاياها و فضحهم وما حبيت بعض مواقف يلي صدرت منها خاصة لما كانت ذل نفسها ل رينلي عشان ينام معها فعل هذا كان مهين بشكل يفشل خرب قصة ومتناقض مع شخصيتها لذلك ما قدرت أرتبط فيها بشكل كامل.
أما البطل فما حبيته نهائيًا بغض النظر عن معاناته صحيح كان يقدس البطلة بس كان مهنز وبده تسيطر عليه وهذا النوع ما يعجبني أنا أحب بطل يقدسها بس يكون ألفا وقوي بنفس الوقت ... مش مستسلم و طايع ليها بشكل ذا لدرجة هي تبادر وهي تنتقمله وهي تعمله شغلات كثير حتى ضرب زي رجال مش فالح فيه عنده طاقة أنوثة تفجع ههههه ما حسيت برجولته لدرجة في بداية كنت أشك انه ألوان خاصة أنو يمدح شكله كثير ههههه وربي مصيبة أستفزني بشكل لا يطاق دوف تستاهل واحد قوي مش طري زي بني أدم هذا..
بداية الأحداث كانت نار حرفيًا عشقت الكتاب بأول الفصول بس بالنص تبخر كل حماسي وبردت منه بشكل كبير ووصلت للنهاية وأنا منزعجة أكثر من إني مستمتعة.. وبالأخير ما عندي غير أقول للكاتبة حسبي الله فيك… من كل القصص اخترتي هالموضوع المقرف 🤢
وحسبي الله ونعم الوكيل في كل مغتصب… الله ينتقم منكم ويعذبكم على أفعالكم.
أملي في كتاب هانتر وباني يطلع حلو 😭

[Jen Baldwin]

Had to come back to not only lower the rating, but to say....THE AUTHOR not only commented on this, and messaged me on TikTok....as you can see, her little girl cronies are also attempting to ....actually, I don't know what they're attempting. 😂🤣 I guess the author has since removed her comment. So, if you want to be stalked by an author and her flock....just give an HONEST review, and BOOM, they're OBSESSED.

We just going to skip over the fact that the FMC feeds her dog human d!ck meat?!?!?!?

Came back to add, I pre-ordered this book, and the cover doesn't close. Apparently, no one noticed the cover of this book standing straight up while they were wrapping it. (That's what I was told anyway).

[Destinyreads]

10/10 ⭐️ 3.75🌶

“Sometimes monsters are just broken people, hiding their scars from a world that has hurt them,”

triggers: child grooming, loads of death, family trauma, cannibalism, domestic violence

oh how I absolutely ate this book up and left no crumbs, I adored both dove and wrens stories. this book was so much more than just a smutty serial killer romance, it had so many Underneath layers that make it so easy to pick and sort through.

Dove Calloway, in her all but very colorful pink world has been known for her eccentric style and raising an entire news firm back from the dead, but really it's her captivating stories of "the babydoll killer" and what makes it even more interesting is her literal connection to her. but I won't spoil too much.

Wren Campbell, a brooding but walking charmer who gets ladies to usually fawn over his ridiculous smile except one, who wants to desperately fall so hard, but what demons is he hiding and can dove truly trust him with anything? is it just for an exposé piece or is there something more. Guy who moved just to uncover secrets about the infamous doll killer only to be head over heels in admiration for her strength to be taking down guys who prey on children only to hope she'll help him with his own? we shall see..

this book had such heavy triggers but the characters both took each other and healed the parts of one another that neither had caused but of course it's better to heal with someone who understands than without and that's exactly what they did. I loved their chemistry and the non stop banter had me giggling out loud, I definitely loved this a lot and it for sure reminded me a ton of butcher and Blackbird. I most definitely enjoyed this author and this book and I cannot wait for the second one to come out.

[Migeldy Mauri]

Say what now???

This book felt like B&B evil twin that got dropped on its head and raised by Reddit. No structure, no romance, just pure pink chaos.

Dove (our FMC with a PhD in daddy issues and zero self preservation) is out here serving her dog jerky made from a man’s… 🍆
I am not okay. That’s not dark romance, that’s a cry for help in paperback form.

Look, I love morally gray girlies. I’m here for murder, madness, and accidental cannibalism (not feed your whole office type like Wren did) if it serves the plot. But this? This read like it was written at 3AM by someone who lost a bet and hit publish before sobering up.

[Liz | thebohobookblogger]

If you read Butcher & Blackbird and you need a quirky dark romcom, look no further! This book is funny and dark with justice served.

[Megan Medina]

Absolute FIRE!! I loved the entire book from start to finish(even the doggy treats LOL) It was funny, engaging, great plot line, great characters all around, and honestly a perfect palate cleanser. While I loved this book for the good times, I want to say thank you to the author for not ignoring Wren. His past trauma was so beautifully written and not glossed over. In so many books, the FMC who is trauma ridden, is being saved by her MMC but this was the reverse. Yes, Dove also had trauma but as Wren said “men aren’t the only ones who abuse children”. I loved Wren’s entire story, that his past and healing from it was highlighted.

[That Lady Reads]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️

Absolutely fabulous. Audio was excellent, Lucy rivers and Aaron Sherlock never let me down 🩷 such an amazing pairing and the bonus scene between Bunny and Hunter 🤤🤤🤤 - oh lord! I am diving under carriage first in their book 🤭💜

[Smutty Little Books]

Dark romcom with a female serial killer? Sign me up! I loved this book from start to finish and completed it within one sitting. Dove is quirky, meticulous, and obsessed with pink and while that isn't my typical MO, I loved her. She is giving Elle Wood's vibes but more bada**. I also love an arch nemesis type relationship and Dove and Wren together were full of banter and this book ended way too fast for me because I was having such a good time. If you like books that give Butcher and Blackbird/Lights Out vibes, this book is definitely worth a read.


- Vigilante Serial Killer
- Feminine Rage
- Forced Proximity
- Enemies to Lovers
- Opposites Attract

[Christine]

I thought the ice cream scene in Butcher and Blackbird was wild, the jerky scene in this book tops that! A cute serial killer romance where the FMC is the killer and the MMC is the ‘damsel in distress’. I had a fun time reading this one!

[Lenagoddelus]

2,5⭐️

Tenía muy buena premisa y le tenía muchas ganas, pero meh 🤡.

[Tay_is_reading_again]

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️


I had some trepidation picking this one up because the cover and TW were so similar to Butcher & Blackbird (one of my favorite books of all time). Thankfully, there truly were no similarities other than the cover and the accidental cannibalism trope.

I really liked Dove and her motivations for being the Baby Doll killer. The two sides to her made her a deeply interesting character beyond the initial Elle Woods or Sabrina Carpenter outward personality.

Wrenly is a deliciously obsessed MMC. Except he’s obsessed with Dove’s serial killer alter ego and can’t stand Dove when they first meet. He also had a surprisingly complex back story and fantastic character arc.

The spice in this book also spiced hard!

[andrea.el]

this was funn 💕

[Julia]

It was okay, except for those stupid bird pet names. What is this, a zoo?

[Emmareads]

1.5⭐️ 2🌶️
I'm sorry, but this has to be one of the worst books I've ever read. I genuinely want to erase everything I just put myself through. 😂

First of all, the plot was incredibly boring. Nothing actually happened. The main characters spent most of the book arguing at work and pulling childish pranks on each other, yet somehow they were also insta-love deluxe. And after that? There was basically nothing else going on.

And Wren... Jesus Christ, what kind of MMC was that? He was the biggest dork imaginable, but then every now and then he'd suddenly become ridiculously possessive and start throwing punches. It felt like he had two completely different personalities????

And don't even get me started on the whole situation with Wren's mother 🤮. I really hated that part. It gave me the biggest ick and completely ruined any chance this book had of redeeming itself. I can usually handle some pretty twisted storylines, but that was way too much for me.

The one thing I actually enjoyed was Dove's little side hustle. That was fun and probably the only aspect of the book that managed to keep my attention. 🤭

THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS BOOK IS THAT IT'S FINALLY OVER.

[Samantha Baca]

I knew from the moment I saw the cover that I wanted to read this book. Then I started seeing the teasers for it and became obsessed with needing to read it as soon as possible!

This book had everything I want in a romance including a
sassy, feisty heroine who knows what she wants, witty banter, and hilarious shenanigans. It was the perfect blend of dark elements with romcom vibes, making it the perfect balance with some of the trauma it covered.

I’ve never rooted harder for two characters more than I did for these two. This story was amazing and I stand by my statement that this book belongs on every bookshelf in every book store. It absolutely deserves the attention it would get with new readers falling in love with it once they start reading it.

Seriously— go read it. While I’m sure you’ll love it, I don’t know that anyone can love it as much as I did.

[Sorina§]

Enjoyment:⭐⭐⭐⭐
Writing:⭐⭐⭐
Characters:⭐⭐⭐
Plot:⭐⭐⭐⭐
Romance:⭐⭐⭐.5

I didn't like how the MMC treated the FMC in the first half of the book, nor how the FMC reacted to the treatment.

I also really hated that the author chose to make the FMC "uncannily" resemble the MMC's mother. It would have been enough to make the point come across with them both just being blonde with blue eyes, no need to make it this weird.

I'm not the biggest fan of the insta-lust from the beginning of the book either, but besides that, it was pretty entertaining.

[tane'a]

4.5⭐️

[noémie]

couples who murder together stay together

[Aubry]

2.5⭐️ I want to start off by saying that I loved the “reverse” theme considering we’re probably (mostly) used to serial unalivers always being male. It was a refreshing new take on the MC being female. This book popped up on my socials recently and immediately jumped to the top of my TBR—cause’ if you know me, I’m quick to jump on any read involving a masked MC.

With that said—realizing this review is in the minority—I didn’t think the story brought anything unique to this trope. Wait—unless we’re counting beef jerky. Cause’ first time for everything. Gag. Funny gag. But still gag. Anyway, a generally predictable story that just didn’t have that spark I was looking for. Is this the start of a series? Yes. Will I still read the next book(s) in said series? Also yes.

[Ashley Arca]

Absolute, utter perfection.

Dolls and Daggers had be gasping, laughing, and turning the page. It’s UN-PUT-DOWN-ABLE- and don’t come at me for that not being a word.

Dove is the personification of bubble gum pink. In my head she’s a perfect mix of Sabrina Carpenter in TASTE and Dove Cameron as Mal in Descendents- IYKYK.
Her character was sassy, stabby and bad assy, and I loved her one liners. And can we talk about the star of the show? FANG!!! Only Chinese Created I’ll ever have love for 😂

Wren- my my did Wren have some growth in this storyline. I loved seeing his character develop, and his confidence grow from page to page. Not only is he deliciously sweet and funny, he’s a dirty talker and I loved seeing his dominance shine through on the page.

And, if the story and main characters aren’t enough, DL has a knack for writing the best side characters! Bunny and Hunter- 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 - I can’t wait for their story. Like. Lord have mercy that Hunter.

This book was the merger mix of dark romance, funny moments, and the perfect amount of spice to get you hot and heavy. This book does mention multiple triggers so please check your TW.

I can’t wait for everyone to read Dolls & Daggers.🗡️

[Maggy]

hmmmm

It was okay. It sometimes tended to get better but it was like I was reading butcher and blackbird. This book was like the SHEIN version of it. Even thought the characters were different i was getting distracted 🤷🏻‍♀️ probably a 5 start but not for me personally.

[Kylie]

his own momma? oh hell nah