If my body was found in the woods behind the house, and investigators were competent enough to do a forensic analysis of this notebook, I didn't want editorializing words complicating the narrative. It's a joy to watch her realize that the only thing scarier than a grisly murder is falling in love. 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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But presently a distraction is forcing her to take her studies on the road and travel back to Florida to her childhood home. Phoebe is a true crime enthusiast and is also in the final stages of her PhD dissertation (which is true-crime themed), so she thinks and talks about murder a lot. The writing style was compelling and clever, and was definitely a nice charcuterie board of sarcasm, wit, and emotion. this book started off really fun and interesting but then i got kinda bored because there wasn’t really a plot.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. Special thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for sharing this amazing digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest thoughts. This story begins there and then follows Phoebe as she grapples with her feelings involving her family, being reunited with an old friend and her quest to discover the truth about the mysterious neighbor, Sam.

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The style was casual, such as there was some abrupt sentences and some slang acronym, that I wasn’t a fan of. Having a romance hero (and main character) be pretty one-dimensional makes the book feel more like a personal arc and self-growth contemporary fiction than a true romance. When the wife was found alive, the victim of a horrible car accident that might not have been discovered in time were it not for the husband's persistence, I was shocked to find myself actually tearing up. The whole serial killer thing is definitely contained to her writing about them in her dissertation and making references to them.She arrives at her Dad's late at night and is just deciding how much she wants to unpack in the dark, when a strange man pops up out of nowhere and offers his assistance.

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Tried to forget just how little forever really meant, how little it had meant for people like our parents who maybe should've never married at all. He’s definitely swoony and I loved the beginning when they first meant and all of his little clues of affection. The fast-paced plot is alternately hilarious and touching, and readers won't be able to put it down. Maybe it just felt strange, having to acknowledge that he was a real person with a past and a present and a life beyond the little snippets I observed and pretended I could draw conclusions about. 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.These books promise closure and justice, but ultimately they reinforce the reality that so many lives are interrupted, so many dreams unfulfilled.

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So while she does start off as a bit of a dick, she’s a self aware one (top five kind of dick in my opinion). Like Beach Read, Phoebe moved into her father’s house after he died and battles those demons and what it means to have a father who just wasn’t a great man. Alicia Thompson's Love in the Time of Serial Killers is the perfect blend of romantic comedy and true crime you didn't know you needed. She is so often reading about grisly murders and crime that she can't help feeling a bit paranoid about strangers!All of Phoebe's text interactions about cats with Allison were so cringey, we get it you're uwu cat girls, so fucking special. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Love in the Time of Serial Killers written by Alicia Thompson which was published in 2022-8-16. Alicia Thompson read my mind and gifted me with the true-crime loving, grad-student protagonist of my heart! Since she’s constantly reading and thinking about serial killers, when she meets her neighbor Sam in the middle of the night, he scares the bejesus out of her.