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It's a bail but I'm not mad at it. I think it is a very well executed cross between Bridget Jones Diary and Dexter. If you are in the mood for graphically violent female rage then I would defo try it. Lots of respect for Skuse as a writer.

But you know I recently unsubbed from Netflix because I felt it was funnelling serial killer content into my head. And this is a bit murderporny, just enough to cross a personal line.

Rhiannon is your average girl next door, but she is hiding a killer secret.
A kill list.
Because the girl everyone overlooks might be able to get away with murder ...

This book was not what I thought it would be, but I really liked it. Told from the point of view of Rhiannon, a 20-something serial killer. I loved her voice. She was snarky and funny as she took us through her basic life, with murders thrown in. She was very likable, and I just found out there are 2 more books in the series. 5 stars

DNF at 22% - This book is ok but I‘m not in the mood for gruesome stuff atm.

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I consumed these both as audiobooks this week. They are coincidentally narrated by the same person, but could not be more different. Sweetpea is darkly humorous, with a main character who is sort of Bridget Jones meets Dexter Morgan. Not one for the faint-hearted. The Cornish Guest House looks like a frothy read, but it‘s themes of domestic abuse/coercion and scamming of the vulnerable belie its placid cover

Sooooo.... this wasn't bad, I just found the main character to be inconsistently portrayed for the sake of making the storyline more twisted.

Kind of liked the ending, so still might pick up the next book.

Mine has served me well. It might be too soft and too short but I wouldn‘t trade it. AND SWEETPEA IS SO GOOD!

The last person who called me SWEET PEA ended up dead. 😂

Rhiannon is kind of like if Bridget Jones had massive trauma to her ventromedial prefrontal cortex; a raunchy, foul-mouthed, funny, diary-keeping, promiscuous, brutal psychopath with poor impulse control who keeps finding herself in mishaps (ie becomes a serial killer). I really enjoyed this book, but if CJ Scuse had left out one or two descriptions of what was happening in Rhiannon‘s panties, that would‘ve been cool.

I devoured this book. A female serial killer with a smart-lipped LOL mouth, absolutely! Not for everyone though, as it is pretty brutal at times, language and events, but I love it. 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠

This book is totally intriguing me! I may not do anything else today. 😎 🛋

This main character is a dark, fabulous trip! 👏🏻

Friday night = a few of my favorite things 🙂🙃! Hockey / reading / blue moon 🌙

I‘m still in a reading slump 😞 aside from the great ARC I did get through.. and I just feel like laying for a minute, so I‘m going to start this one. #amreading

Loom#k at this fabulous bookmark I got a gift today!! 🥰🤩😁

C J Skuse‘s black comedy thriller (the first in a trilogy) is a shockingly entertaining and sweary read with Skuse making you root for the damaged and homicidal Rhiannon while at the same time being horrified by some of her actions. I did find some of the support Rhiannon gets a little difficult to believe and there were a couple of moments where the pace was slow but it‘s an entertaining read with a great cliff hanger and I‘ll be reading on.

I had Sweetpea recommended to me by a friend who is a fellow audiobook lover. It is not at all what I expected it to be and I love it all the more for that. This book is dark and brutal, but also incredibly funny. This is not a book I‘d recommend to everyone, I imagine it would offend quite a few, but I am one of those that have thoroughly enjoyed being shocked and entertained by this twisted read. #sweetpea #cjskuse

Next up on my audiobook list due to a recommendation from a friend. Just listened to the first chapter. 😂😂😂 I can already tell this is going to be interesting. Not the biggest fan of the narrators voice so far, but the story seems worth it. #sweetpea #cjskuse #audiobook

I got about 1/3 in. And at times an excellent satire on how we can never understand the horror of what another may go through ( the interview ). The lighter humour was funny. But on the whole the humour was too dark & graphic for me. Not for me.

Finally getting a chance to listen ... so I have to say it‘s a bit too graphic for me. But , I‘m reading on ( I don‘t know how far I‘ll get ) , because there‘s something about Rhiannon ... I like her ...but she is fairly unstable ... to say the least , 😱 narrator is excellent .. 🎧

Ho, ly, $h!t... this book was vulgar. And for someone like me it fit better than Cinderella's glass slipper. It was an amazing dark comedy with a totally unexpected cliff hanging ending. I loved it. This book isn't for everyone. But it was definitely for me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

And moving right along for audio - cleaning. “ The last person who called me sweet pea ended up dead “ ... sounds good , doesn‘t it. 😱Another Litsy recommendation @Peterfox123

"The most valuable thing he ever gave me was Bacterial Vaginosis...but I left that part out."

The vulgarity of this book...I'm in love.

I think I‘ve more or less given the game away in my blurbs about this book. It‘s a belter. Violent and filthy and constantly funny. Think "Bridget Jones's Diary” but with twisted bitterness. Oh and with knives too. Not for the squeamish. Read it. I dares ya.

I tell you what though, there‘s a lot of bonking in this book. I‘m easily shockable and very innocent as you all know. Bad Rhiannon. Naughty Rhiannon! Er, I‘ll just carry on with it a bit more though before I bail...

🎶 Me and Rhi, sitting in a tree, c-u-t-t-I-n-g. 🎶

I think this is now my favourite book in the history of the entire expanse of time itself or at least since I signed up for that course on “Teach Yourself How To Get Carried Away By Stuff". I think me and Rhiannon would be best mates and she would hardly ever do bad things to my thumbs. I ?? Rhiannon.

Getting into this. Reading it with my legs crossed. I think I like Rhiannon though. She‘s nice.

Starting this today. High hopes for this.

Latest book club read. This is dark and twisted and totally unputdownable. One of the best I‘ve read so far.

This book was funny, crass, gory, moving and riveting! Rhiannon is a fascinating character who you can relate to on so many levels, except the murdering people part! The book‘s written like a diary and so many things she comes out with are funny or shocking but so like real life! My only gripe is that the flowers on the front aren‘t sweet peas!

Started this today and am already shocked and amused in equal measure. Rhiannon doesn‘t hold back in speaking her mind or committing murder, but she is pretty funny! I think this book might be a bit like the Dexter books where I‘ll be rooting for the ‘baddie‘

There is only so much I can read of a serial killer's diary before it's just too much. The snark quotient is high but even dark humor cannot save you from the creepy feeling of looking into a killer sociopath's mind, even if it's fictional. Kudos to the writer for capturing it so well — though to be honest that in itself is a little creepy as well 😳

This book's cover made me laugh out loud, so when I found myself in the mood for a thriller, I grabbed this. Now I'm really enjoying the snarky tone of the main character, though she is clearly a bit of a sociopath 😶 #goodvillains

⚠🔔☇So excited to see C J Skuse has a new book coming out in April. I absolutely loved The Deviants and Monster. Even more exciting, it's her first adult book and it's a thriller.