I'd like to express my gratitude to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance copy of this book. 3 stars! This book was unlike anything I've encountered before. I think the FMC is unlikable and definitely a bit unhinged but that’s the point. I found that the characters were portrayed exceptionally well at the start but by the end of the book I felt like it lacked some character development. The second half fell a bit flat for me, I found it challenging to grasp the depth of their emotions and interactions due to the limited descriptions. The ending was predictable but overall, I went into this book blind without knowing anything about it and i still found it to be an enjoyable read!

Love Letters to a Serial Killer is a thriller that centers around Hannah, a woman who becomes obsessed with a series of murders and trying to solve the case in true crime forums. A lawyer named William is arrested for the murders. Hannah writes him an angry letter then he unexpectedly writes her back. I won’t say more and recommend not reading the book’s blurb because I think it gives way too much away (stuff that doesn’t even happen until like 65 percent into the book is mentioned) and made it far too easy to guess the twist early on which was a major let down because it would have been much more satisfying if I hadn’t seen it coming. The less you know going in, the better you’ll enjoy this, I think.

That said, this gripped me right away. I really liked the writing and the dry humor. It was an enjoyable and fast paced read even if parts of it that I think were supposed to be shocking were not due to a combination of the blurb and the “undisclosed location” chapters.

Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was one of my favorite books. What a thrill it was to read. I loved the story and all the main characters Hannah, William and Bentley. Hannah becomes obsessed with a serial killer after hearing about a few bodies that were found in the area. She spent all of her time on the forum researching the killings of 4 murdered women and it takes over her life. She ends up losing her job and with no where to live so she decides to attend the trial of the accused murderer. Then she starts writing William the accused killer in jail. When William is found not guilty he shows up at Hannah’s door and they start a relationship. During the relationship she can’t shake the feeling that he is guilty. She continues to investigate him and then comes the twist at the ending. I reread the last page of the book several times. It was such a surprise. This was a wonderful book and I can’t wait to read the next one that Tasha writes.
Many thanks to Berkeley Publishing Group and NetGalley for providing me an advanced copy of this book. I loved it.

This book was a lot of fun! I didn’t exactly love the main character, in fact at times I felt that she was just as crazy as the “serial killer” she’s portrayed as loving… but it still made for a very entertaining read.

I will say I was conflicted on who I thought the serial killer was up until about the last 60 pages. The author does an incredible job of making you question everything you thought you knew haha.

The ending made me DISLIKE the main character even more but I will say it was a fun open ended twist 😂 and I will def recommend this book to people in the future.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this before its release!! It’s def worth picking up and reading if you’re into mystery whodunnits 😊

He's a ten, but he's probably a serial killer.

Hannah is a thirty year old woman who has been spurned by men one too many times. Her solution? Express her frustrations to suspected serial killer, William, via hate mail. But when William writes back, the hate mail turns to love letters and her curiosity about William's case becomes a full-blown obsession. When William is released and seeks Hannah out, the their epistolary whirlwind romance becomes a reality. Will all of Hannah's dreams come true or will she end up dead at the bottom of a ravine?

Hannah was such an unlikeable character. That would normally bother me, but in this case, it made the story so much better. The author did a great job of depicting someone so unmotivated in her own life that she uses writing to a serial killer as a form of escapism. I also really enjoyed the different depictions of serial killer "fans" in the court room and learning about what motivates them. I also loved that William was a Swiftie. His favorite song is definitely either "no body, no crime" or "I Did Something Bad."

The ending was a bit predictable, but well-written and satisfying nonetheless. This book is pretty dark, but I think it will be a big hit come publishing day.

This was so unlike anything I've read before and I would definitely recommend it for fans of true crime and thrillers. Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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4/5 prison love letters

Hannah is spiraling in her life and prefers to spend time discuss with her online group about solving murder investigations. She starts writing letters to an accused serial killer in jail and from here, her life is literally a wild ride as she ends becoming his girlfriend, living with him once he is out. But does she believe her boyfriend as the real killer or not? And his family is a bit weird as well. Hannah is not likeable or relatable as she comes out as desperate and delusional and the whole premise felt crazy for sure but with such premise, you get fully invested to know how it would end. There were some twists at the end but the mid was dragged out. Overall, a very unique premise and keeps the readers engaged.

3.5 ⭐️ rounded to 4.

If you like Thrillers with many twists throughout, You will enjoy Love Letters to a Serial Killer.

This book isn't your typical love story. When the Female main character, Hannah, feels empty inside, her way of filling that void isn't the usual way. She becomes obsessed with a Woman murdered in Georgia, so much so that she joins an online forum to learn what she can about the case. As her obsession grows, she starts to communicate through letters to the suspect in this particular murder investigation. Within any case, there are always three sides to every story: his, hers, and the truth. As Hannah begins to review the evidence, unbeknownst to her, she gets tangled in a family web of lies and cover-ups. Will Hannah find out the truth, or will love blind her?

Thank you to Berkley Publishing Via NetGalley for my eARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book was great! The main character, Hannah, gets let down by a break up and her life starts to spiral. She ends up occupying her time with an online group that tries to help solve murders…and ends up finding herself pen pals with one of the serial killers her group has been monitoring online.

I finished this one in three days-it kept me wanting to pick it back up. I’m still not sure how I feel about how the book left off…but the rest was so intriguing that I don’t even care.

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What a wild ride. When Hannah, whose life seems to be an empty void starts following a series of murders reaches out to the accused killer, she finds herself in a world she never imagined. This fast paced, morally grey, and twisty novel takes the reader to unexpected places. A story full of what family connections, relationships and past mistakes can do to when pushed to make choices no one wants to face.

𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★☆☆☆
𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: murder mystery • psychological
TW: book mentions homicide, sexual assault, and violence towards women

💌⛓️🪦☎️👀🔪

It's crazy to me that this is a real phenomenon. That people fall in love with serial killers. Like Carol Anne Boone who fell in love with Ted Bundy and had his child while he was in prison.

During the first half of the book I was trying to figure out if the author was justifying loving a killer or explaining how one falls in love with a killer, maybe neither, maybe both. But the book is tricky, because it's written from the first person perspective. It's not telling the story OF a woman, you are reading it from her perspective. It's like reading a memoir, versus a biography. Not that this is a memoir. IT IS NOT A MEMOIR. I'm simply saying it feels more up close and real then if it were written in third person. Either way, parts of this book left me feeling uncomfortable.

The main character Hannah is so stupid. I guess some would say stupid in love, but no, she's literally delusional. But then again, she is supposed to be delusional and desperate for attention because that is how she ends up in a relationship with a killer. The majority of her thoughts are very disturbing. And her obsession with murder and murderers is downright scary. I mean she literally says she fantasizes about him killing her, which is obviously not a normal thing. But again, that's kind of the point isn't it? That's the whole plot of this book- that a woman falls in love with a serial killer and to do that you would have to be delusional, an attention seeker, and a literal "hopeless" romantic.

The plot of the book was unusual, to say the least. Definitely not your run of the mill, murder mystery or thriller. I did get a little sucked into the story though, which is why I gave it 2 stars. It was definitely interesting, albeit odd, and kept me reading it. However, little less than 30% of the book is actually about the murders and solving them, while the focus is mainly on the romance between Hannah and Will, the accused serial killer. But it's not like a Haunting Adeline story, or some stalker thing or just a simple, dark romance where they are hooking up. It's mostly emotional and physiological. Hannah just becomes insanely and unhealthy attached to this man and the idea of him being a serial killer. The ending of this book was very predictable, and boring.

Hannah is tired of her mediocre life. Working for a non profit that doesn't value her, worried about money, turned down by guys. She wants something exciting to happen in her life. So when a woman by the name of Anna Leigh goes missing, she wants to help. She starts posting on a forum and talking to others interested in the case. At first it was simple innocence, she just wanted to find who took Anna and be a part of something. But as Anna's body is found and soon other bodies start to pile up, her "hobby" becomes an obsession. Once authorities finally arrest who they believe killed the women, Hannah just can't let the case go. So she mails a letter to the accused serial killer. And receives a reply. And the relationship begins.

Interesting, but messed up. But like I said, that's kind of the point. I guess it was just not my cup of tea.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the ability to read this early in exchange for an honest review.

~RELEASES JUNE 25~

As a true crime girly, the title for this one is what DEFINITELY attracted me. I loved everything about this story. There were definitely some twist and turns i truly did not expect. I love how it incorporates everything during the trial and after. A must read!

The synopsis of this book had me sold, but sadly let me down a bit (maybe because I had such high hopes). While I enjoyed the book, I had it figured out very early on. There were just so many predictable moments and there wasn’t a lot of thriller/action aspects. Overall, it was an enjoyable read, but could have been better with some more excitement/surprise.

I'm a little conflicted in my thoughts on this book. While I really did fly through it, I definitely have some gripes.

1) The whole premise of this book is that the MC falls in love with an accused serial killer through letters sight unseen. This happen in like...a page. Seriously. A woman is murdered, Hannah hears about it, then begins writing a letter to the alleged killer and no sooner is claiming she is in love. At one point she says something along the lines of she knew she was in love the first time she saw the murdered women's face. Seek help. I get that it's supposed to be a caricature of women, namely white women, who become obsessed with serial killers a la the Manson girls, but it would have worked better for me if the timeline from murder to letter writing to the L word was a bit more spaced out.

2) The MC is completely unbearable. Again, I get the caricature, but Hannah's character was SO desperate for an ounce of attention that it came off as just...pathetic. At one point she's discussing a literal murder with another character and she pauses to hope that they think her dress is pretty. Truthfully, it would have worked better for me if the author would have just went full unhinged with the character. Hannah was completely deluded, but in an annoying, insecure, I-live-for-the-male-gaze way. I think if the character was just full on unhinged it would've worked better...like have her run and fling herself at him during the trial. Give me something.

The twist was easy to figure out if you were paying attention enough and for an alleged sexy serial killer William/Wesley could not have been any more boring.

I did like the pace, as I genuinely wanted to keep reading more and figure it out. If you want a quick mystery and can put aside a maddening MC this is a good option!

Not sure how I ended up feeling about this book in the end. I wanted to like Hannah so bad and kept waiting for her to redeem herself but it never came. I suspected the truth of the murders about half way through. Overall it was an easy good read but the main character was just not likeable enough for my taste.

Hannah is the most relatable and unrelatable character I have ever experienced. It starts off with her getting ghosted and some parts were really slow. The story had good twists and turns but the way it was written confused me.
All that being said I still couldn’t get enough of it and it was a fast read. Definitely a good buffer when you’re in a slump.

I was really excited for this book. The cover was stunning! And the title, I mean come one, who wouldn’t be excited about it. Then I started to read it and the first couple sentences literally started off with a bang and I got even more excited!! But the more I read the less interested I got and it hurts me to say this but I ended up DNFing it. It was really slow and I feel like drug on. The MC I felt was a little whiny and boring. This book just wasn’t for me.

What a fun read! Hannah is feeling like she’s at a dead end and like many girls, ends up on the internet, obsessed with a true crime case. But she takes it a step farther, and falls in love with the alleged killer… and loves that he may have done it. I found myself giggling through the chapters while trying to figure out the truth and twists. There are funny friendships, interesting family dynamics, saucy scenes, and quick chapters. The twists were predictable, but not for poor Hannah. Love Letters To A Serial Killer comes out June 25th, and you should add it to your tbr! Thank you Berkley Publishing Group & NetGalley for this ARC!

Serial killers and the women who love them.

What a wild ride! This book really delves into the mind of a person who could fall in love with a suspected murderer, it’s got twists and turns along the way and even though you can see the ending from about half way through it’s well worth the journey.

I love a book where there isn’t necessarily a hero, each character is deeply flawed in different ways (some more than others obviously) and while you sit and shake your head over their bad decisions it also makes you wonder how you would react in the same situation.

If you are in the mood for mystery/thriller that will make you cringe in horror as much as it makes you gasp in horror. You’ve come to the right place!

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the ARC.

Sorry to say I found the book slow going and the characters unlikable. Thought the premise would be interesting but turns out not so for me.

3.5 ⭐️

I went back and forth on whether to rate a 3 or 3.5 stars. I liked the concept of this book, and I actually enjoyed the main character, but it seemed slow at times, and I found myself saying, " Can we just get to the conclusion?" I'm not sure this will be everyone's cup of tea. However, I do recommend you give it read.