This is offically the worst book we read in our book club, ever! Way to start after a little break we took! Love in the Time of Serial Killers is funny, sharp, and thoughtful. --Sarah Hogle, author of You Deserve Each Other When Phoebe finally arrives to her childhood home she encounters with shaggy haired, barefoot, weird man who insists to help her to carry the desk she brings in her car. Her active imagination about serial killers that is fueled with lots of podcasts and true crime documents make her suspect that mysterious man is dangerous! 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. A criminally addictive romance. With excellent wry humor, lovably messy characters, and so many heart-squeezing moments, this book is sheer perfection from beginning to end. Phoebe and Sam have a permanent spot on my list of favorite fictional couples.” —Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of Weather Girl

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It was well-written with good diversity and representation among the characters. It touches on deeper themes of childhood trauma, family dysfunction, grief, body positivity and overcoming emotional obstacles to intimacy, and does so with the humor and balance you'd expect from the genre. When she was a teenager Phoebe’s parents divorced. She left with her mother, and her brother Connor stayed with her father. This scarred her for life. She is closed off to love. She doesn’t trust easily and prefers to be a loner in the company of her serial killer books. 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 will say that this novel has plenty of political comments so if you're like me who prefers romance without any of them in it, this might not be for you.

I'm not a big romance reader, but I wanted to meet the true-crime obsessed character of PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh. 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. It doesn't help that she's low-key convinced that her new neighbor, 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 realizes that Sam might be something much scarier--a genuinely nice guy who can pierce her armor to reach her vulnerable heart.

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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. Of course, she is a PhD candidate analyzing the “true crime” genre for her dissertation. She is fascinated by an author’s relationship to the subject and our fascination with serial killers as a Culture. Maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s the release of Dahmer on Netflix, but the whole obsession with the true crime genre thing is not the cute and quirky personality trait that people think it is. If you have a genuine interest that’s great. But I am a bit over it at this point. Once I got through the beginning of this book, it got much better in terms of the story. I much more enjoyed it when Phoebe was getting to know Sam, when she was reconnecting with old friends and her brother, etc, than when she thought Sam was a serial killer.

Extra: The book definitely relies on pop culture (and true crime) references so if that’s not your thing, maybe rethink this one. It worked for me because my brain works like that too—the amount of times I say “I just want to dance” from Music and Lyrics is alarming since I never want to dance and 9 times out of 10 I’m met with the reception of a dot dot dot. In one breath the book is talking about Dateline and with the next it’s drawing parallels to America’s Next Too Model. Some of my other favorites were American Girl, Lisa Frank, and cinnamon brown sugar Pop-tarts. The references are also an armor that Phoebe wears as a defense mechanism whenever she feels uncomfortable (hence the amount of them). Even though I liked the characters individually, I wasn't super sold on the two of them together. My interest waxed and waned over the course of the story and I wound up just being underwhelmed.

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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 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. PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analysing 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.

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.

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This is why I preferred to keep people at arm's length. Things got so much more complicated when you actually cared if someone sent you a text, or accepted an invitation, or wanted to hang out.” A criminally addictive romance... this book is sheer perfection from beginning to end' Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of The Ex Talk The writing was fine. The style was casual, such as there was some abrupt sentences and some slang acronym, that I wasn’t a fan of. Thank you to Berkley and NetGalley for providing a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.Phoebe and her younger brother, Connor's, parents divorced when the two were kids. After that, Phoebe went to live with Mom and Connor stayed with Dad in their childhood home in Florida. Needless to say, it is a complicated family history. 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.