I loved this book / audiobook so much! Great characters, fast moving, interesting backstories. I zoomed through it and was recommending it to friends before I even finished it. Wish I could read it for the first time again.

Thank you to NetGalley for early access!

❌Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen❌

Pages: 320 🎧
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book Goal 2024: 50/100 🎧
Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe

✨Do you enjoy dark comedy?✨

Wow! This delivered everything I wanted from a dark comic, feminist thriller. It’s giving… Dexter, meets the MindF*ck series by S.T. Abby meets sex and the city! It delivered!

Thank you to @Recordedbooks, @juliecihenauthor & @netgally for this ARC audio copy!

I absolutely devoured this and couldn’t wait to know more about Saffy.
She’s an unforgettable character and is the irresistible serial killer you didn’t know you needed! Witty, charming, and just may be a sociopath…

I would read an entire Saffy Series!

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(This review will be posted on May 7th for Pub day.)

This was a fast paced read but predictable. The twists were easily guessable. I wish the story line was more focused on Saffy and her “extra curriculars”

Bad Men - Julie Mae Cohen
4.5⭐️
This audiobook was so fun. We constantly hear about men who are awful and not enough about them paying for their crimes. A female serial killer who takes out only bad men so is she really all that bad? Personally, I support women’s rights and women’s wrongs. The main character was so smart and charming and extremely self aware, it was hard not to side with her. I really enjoyed the way she was written. I recommend this book if you love unreliable narrators or crazy women. Or even if you just love a good book.

This was a fun book but I wasn't too engrossed by the mystery of it. I wish there were more details on Saffy and her proclivities. Thank you to net galley and the publisher for the ARC!

This was a perfect blend of funny feminism and serious murder mystery. I found myself saying several times while reading this "no way this is going to happen" and then it does. I love the dual POV, though listening to audio did make it a little hard to keep up which POV there was in. I do wish the side characters, such as Suzy, Finley, and Jonathan's ex wife had a bit more page time. I also wish we could have seen more of Saffy's serial killer side, but maybe we will see that in a sequel?

What I really appreciated in this book, more than anything, was the way that we could understand Saffy's decision and motivation for her behaviors. I could totally see murdering men who are evil, not that I would do it myself.

Bad Men, by Julie Mae Cohen, is such a fun book. Snarky and twisty and thoroughly enjoyable. The narrator, Nathalie Buscombe, is absolutely perfect. I loved the premise: a female socialite/serial killer, ridding the world of douchebags more effectively than our imperfect legal system. This audiobook definitely made every drive feel too short. Highly recommend!!!

4ish stars

This book was a fun, wild ride. It was violent and funny, sometimes at the same time, and it reminded me (in a good way) of a couple other books I’ve read over the past couple of years. I appreciated the mix of humour and not-so-subtle social commentary. It was a bit weird, but I did quite enjoy it.

3.75 stars

I’m not really sure how to review this book since I feel like a lot of the descriptions would give it away, but I loved the concept of a female vigilante! I really enjoyed Saffy as the female protagonist/hero/anti-hero. She was a strong female character who knew what she wanted and was pretty smart too! I always appreciate when an author writes a smart female character. Usually the women are morons who run upstairs when problems arise.

Then I loved the twists. They were not all very surprising, but I really enjoyed them.

Thanks NetGalley and publisher for the digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

I LOVE a morally grey character... and a female serial killer?!? I am all in!

Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen was fabulous. After childhood trauma (mentioned, explicitly shown on page), Saffy Huntley-Oliver has evolved into a woman who kills bad men. Abusers, murderers, just all around bad guys - this baddie gets rid of them. She is a model and a socialite - leading a double life is a challenge, but this feminist does it with aplomb.

She has developed a crush on a true-crime podcaster (of all people!), Jonathon Desrosiers, who just so happens to be married. However, Saffy learns that his wife has left him and he found a severed head on his doorstop the next morning.

She organizes a meetcute to try to help him out, and to get him to fall for her. This was a brilliant blend of humor - Saffy is hilarious! Dexter vibes, and I was AMAZED at the lengths that girlfriend went to get Jonathon in her hooks.

I kind of figured out the mystery murderer ahead of time, but this book was so entertaining that it still deserves five stars. Nathalie Buscombe narrated this book brilliantly.

Thank you to Netgalley and The Overlook Press for this ALC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance for the audiobook copy.

Narraowaa great. Book was just ok

Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen - This is why I usually go into books blind. No reading the synopsis etc. I read the synopsis and was SO excited for this book. It really took a different direction than I expected from the blurb on the book. I did enjoy the book but I feel like I would have enjoyed it more if I didn't have the expectations I did. The characters were interesting, the book kept me guessing. A solid thriller.

What a unique serial killer thriller!

This was told from two different perspectives, John and Saffy. Saffy is a serial killer who targets bad men. John is a murder pod caster who Saffy crushes on.

The way their lives intertwine is pretty great! I really enjoyed the ending as well. It had a happy ending despite the circumstances. That isn’t common in a book about a serial killer.

The only thing I would change would be the naivety of John. He supposedly solved a lot of murders, but couldn’t see that Saffy is a serial killer.

All in all, very entertaining. I enjoyed Saffy’s commentary and her whit!

This was fairly predictable, but still a fun time. I enjoyed our main character and I loved the obsession she had. I just wish there was a bit more unique to this or that it was slightly less predictable.

I love the concept of Bad Men. I love the idea of a female version of Dexter. The main character is a likeable sociopath and does a great job performing as a normal person. Finding herself interested in falling in love and attracted to a podcaster. She decides to take the same level of detail she does when she kills to create a meet cute. This is a dark romance and is very well performed by Nathalie. I would recommend this to those who are searching for an October romance or a dark comedy. I did find parts of it very predictable but very likeable.

Oh boy, did I need this book right now! In the midst of a divorce initiated by a gaslighting liar, I loved this book that turned the serial killer trope on its head. Watch out boys, there's a new killer in town and she won't give an inch

Reminscent of Chuck Palhaniuk, but more towards the weaker part of his spectrum.

The problem is mostly that a better series was already released some 20 years ago by Chelsea Cain.
Or maybe that's the problem, and it is on my end...I am expecting too much.

The story moves at a great pace. The characters are written, checking all their needed boxes.
Perhaps, this was my issue, I never felt vested.

Hopefully you will have a better experience.

Expertly depiction of mass murder in a clever and careful manner offering the reader an insight in to the mind of a killer who has a conscience! Strangely satisfying and absorbing leading to a great conclusion.

Definitely out of my comfort zone but I had a good time. I was so interested in Saffy's journey and crimes because I support women's rights AND women's wrongs. There were a few times when I thought she should've gotten caught or unmasked but it didn't take me out of the story either so I didn't mind much. Would totally recommend, 4.5 stars

I had the Audio book of Bad Men and enjoyed the story

Told from 2 perspectives i found this easy to follow and a fairly light-hearted read with dark humour and just enough mystery to keep me curious. I found the middle of the book slow and struggled at times to keep involved in the story but it picked back up eventually.

I somewhat struggled with differentiating the POV's / who was speaking in the story line due to the narration which may have impacted my rating.