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As time goes by Phoebe gets to know Sam more and finds out he’s much worse, a genuinely nice guy who is interested in her. I don’t mind the third act breakup when it’s needed to help a character shape up or grow and it definitely worked here. It doesn't help that she's low-key convinced that her new neighbour, Sam Dennings, is a serial killer (he may dress business casual by day, but at night he's clearly up to something). 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. 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.
Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Penguin Books UK
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. 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. Thanks to the author and publisher for giving me a free advanced digital arc in exchange for a review! It will be nice for her to have some privacy to continue working towards her degree; she has a lot of writing to do.
Phoebe is finishing her doctoral dissertation on true crime books when she has to go back to Florida to help her younger brother clean out their father’s house.
Love in the Time of Serial Killers By Alicia Thompson |The Works
With this being said, just because this story didn't work for me, doesn't mean it won't work for you. She rambles a lot, kinda overshares and almost every page had some true crime or pop culture reference- a lot the references didn’t land for me, as a lot of them I had no idea what she was referring to. i liked phoebe and sam together they were so funny and the book was funny i just couldn’t find myself staying interested. The fast-paced plot is alternately hilarious and touching, and readers won't be able to put it down.
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. As a teen, she appeared in an episode of 48 hours in the audience of a local murder trial, where she broke the fourth wall by looking directly into the camera.
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