Title: Serial Killer Princess
Author: R.J. Blain
Series: A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #4
Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)
My Bookshelves: Humour, Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Pace: Fast
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2018

The title of this novel should have clued me into the fact that I was probably going to love this story. That, and the fact that it was going to have a seriously grey hero. I mean, this is literally a novel about a serial killer. Yes, she’s a serial killer who kills other killers. But that’s kind of beside the point… she’s still a killer. One that I completely fell in love with, even if she was a shapeshifting black mamba.

Admittedly, I probably shouldn’t have read this novel just before bed time. Funnily enough, I had no issue with reading about a serial killer, but I do have a bit of a snake phobia. One that led to some slightly weird dreams when I finished this just before dozing off… however, Blain managed to make this a far more pleasurable, and less creepy journey. One of the few stories in which the snake isn’t the evil one. But, rather, the good guy (kind of). She’s also not the apex predator, which I would’ve thought such an enormous black mamba would be.

I spent a lot of this story trying to guess what kind of shapeshifter Justin was. In fact, he drastically surprised me with the reveal of all of his plotting and scheming at the end of this story. Plus, there are some seriously funny moments throughout when the serial killer and the bodyguard court each other. The fact that there are just a couple of bodies left in their wake? Absolutely hilarious… I’m not sure what it says about me that I found this entire relationship and couple so damn funny.

Tulip might actually be the most cringey name I’ve ever really read. Although, it kind of worked. I love that, aside from this story being one about a serial killer finding her forever partner, it’s also a story about parents. I mean, Tulip’s mother would already be on my shit list because of the name that she chose. But, then the chaos and her desire to pretty much conquer everything would make me absolutely rip my hair out. Plus, Tulip gets to spend time getting to know her father and his family… another chaotic adventure that I seriously loved.

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