This was probably a 2.5 star read for me. I loved the premise but the story played out differently than I was expecting. It was a little too much romance and not enough suspense and creepiness, especially when the storyline was about 3 serial killers.

First of all, I'm going to start my review saying that this novel is better off going into it without know anything about it.

That said, I don't even know what to say about this book. It doesn't really fall into one genre and it's so completely unique, which is what I loved about it.

Basically (and again, maybe don't read this review, go in blind), we have triplet sisters who grew up in the system, and this hardened them to the way the world works. So when one of the sisters kills a boyfriend, they realize that it's time that they hold all the power. They travel throughout the United States, falling in love and then killing their lovers.

But some things just don't go according to plan.

I really enjoyed reading this novel through Sissy's point of view, and I found it so interesting being in the mind of a woman who has cleaned up her sisters' crime scenes. The journey she goes through in this novel is so interesting, and I think I kind of loved the ending.

Check it out for yourself. I'd warn you, but it's time to go in cold.

A nonstop read, totally engrossing. The fierce devotion among three identical triplets abandoned at birth and separated in childhood, then reunited in adulthood is palpable. Through right or wrong — and the wrong is so very wrong — they stick together, true only to each other, the only people they can trust in a world that has failed them so many times.

Gripping and totally unpredictable, this story is told in the fascinating voice of a powerful narrator who brings every detail into sharp focus with her insightful observations, intelligent musings, and unique sensibilities. One can’t help but feel what she feels and understand the emotions that, while most likely foreign to the average reader, consume the narrator and influence her choices, both good and bad.

Each sister comes to life, her personality influenced by her childhood experiences while separated from her identical siblings, and each becomes a character you feel you know and can begin to understand, even as you cringe at what she does and how she thinks. Where it will all lead is the question that keeps you reading, and while I had a few theories, the ending was not what I expected. A satisfying way to spend a rainy day!

This was such a good book! I did not want to stop reading. The plot was definitely unique and I loved that! Identical triplet killers?! I don’t want to give anything away but I definitely recommend if you enjoy mystery, suspense, true crime with a little bit of romance. Not too much but enough to make it a little spicy for those who don’t normally read anything romantic. Definitely some twists I did not see coming. Sissy was obviously my favorite character, just wish she would have done some things differently.

This book is b-a-n-a-n-a-s ! These identical triplets are not your average sweet sisters. They have had their share of boyfriends. The only difference is the kill then. When one sister makes the ultimate mistake in falling in love with her mark this story really takes off.
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You really should go into this one blind, but it’s a wild thriller! Huge thank you to @berkleypub @berittalksbooks @thephdivabooks @dg_reads @prhaudio and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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How I'll Kill You is the story of identical triplets with the pact to kill their boyfriends. Things are going smoothly and the girls are getting away with it. Iris and Moody have already made their kills and now it is the youngest of the three's turn for her kill. However, Sissy has made the biggest mistake of all... she has fallen for her mark.

Edison is the perfect mark from the beginning. He is everything that Sissy wants and needs. She has already picked out his final resting place and knows how she'll kill him. However, things don't go quite as planned when Sissy starts to fall in love with Edison.

As the story progresses Jade/Sissy has to continue to fix messes not only her sisters have made but the messes she has made for herself. Characters that seem like fluff and filler in the story end up playing pivotal roles in the plot that have it scattering off to a different direction in the storyline. Not everything goes as planned.

It isn't just Sissy/Jade's love for Edison that is the problem. Sissy has begun to realize that maybe love is thicker than blood and maybe she needs more than the companionship of her sisters. She doesn't want the life they have chosen, she wants a life with Edison and with friends that she has made.

However, things don't go as planned. Sissy comes to terms with the fact that her family bond is not as strong as she anticipates and that she and her sisters are more damaged and broken than she imagined. The triplets were left abandoned as infants and spent their lives in the system somehow always managing to come back together.

This time though, Sissy wants a different path, one that can lead to destruction and discovery for the three sisters.

How I'll Kill You has a great round of twists and turns. While some of it plays out as expected, there are other parts of the story that the reader won't see coming. As a fan of suspense and thriller novels i certainly enjoyed this book and would recommend it. Until next time, Happy Reading!

This novel pulls you in with razor-sharp teeth and refuses to let you go, even when you know it's becoming too uncomfortable for you. Similarly to Sissy's relationships with her identical twins, Moody and Iris, I felt compelled so many times to pull away from this book and find my freedom outside of this toxic relationship but DeStefano's brilliant portrayal of the terrible, beautiful bond between these triplets kept me hooked.

How I'll Kill You is a wild ride if a book!! Is it completely believable? Maybe not but I still enjoyed it. Triplet sisters are torn apart very yound and then brought back together to form a little death group. They are nightmares and you do not want to end up on their bad side. A little bit thriller and a little steamy too.

This book was such fun!! I know that sounds strange to say about a story of three twins that make a habit of murdering their boyfriends, but there it is. YA books like this move fast and are entertaining as all get out just like this one was. I curled up one afternoon with this book and finished it in one sitting. The characters and witty banter is highly entertaining. The author is in full command of her audience and knows how to deliver what her readers are looking for in their characters and plot. This could easily be spoiled so I won't go into too much detail but a fact about the girls plays a big part in the develop of the story and the outcome. This is the perfect books to bring to the beach and just read the afternoon away.

Dollycas's Thoughts

Identical triplets, thrown into the foster system at the age of five and split up, suffering years of abuse have now come back together and have become serial killers. Well, at least Iris and Moody have killed men. Until now Sissy has been the master of cleaning up their messes and getting rid of the bodies.

Now it is time for Sissy's first kill and she has chosen Edison. She has six months to have him fall deeply in love with her and then she will kill him. There's just one problem. She has fallen in love with him and her sisters are not happy. Now she has to choose - her family - or Edison? Betraying her sisters may come at the high cost of her life and the life of the man she has come to love.

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I have read a lot of psychological thrillers over the years but as I started reading this book I was a bit uncomfortable, even telling my husband this may be too much for me. But a few chapters in the story started unfolding like a Criminal Minds episode only without the FBI being called in. These sisters had left several dead bodies behind and thanks to their planning, moving from state to state, and Sissy's clean-up efforts they have not been caught.

It is a gory tale with some explicit language and scenes. Full of twists and tension with a chilling romance, once I started reading I couldn't stop. I had to put it down when my eyes failed to cooperate and spent the next day thinking about if it was wise to pick it back up again. But these girls were messed up in so many ways, they drew me into their story. I had to know how their time in Arizona was going to end.

Ms. DeStefano takes her readers on an emotional roller coaster. She plotted out a tight story, a compelling read. All the characters have depth, being abandoned, and abused for years by their foster families. Their past has more than scarred these young women. The bruises and breaks have healed but their brains and souls are tortured. They have turned their pain onto others in a way that will never release them from what they feel. As the bodies piled up things got more intense both for me and the characters.

The ending was surprising and the final paragraphs sent frigid icicles up and down my spine.

How I'll Kill You wasn't truly an escape of any kind but it is a story that will stick with you long after you read it. Romance and murder, heartbreaking and dark, a truly twisted thriller.

"Make him want you. Make him love you. Make him dead."
I like these rules! ;)

Identical triplets who take turns finding their mark, making them fall in love with them and then killing them. You can't sleep with them unless you plan to kill them. They get away with it all with precision, rules that can't be broken, and their never ending loyalty to each other. But Sissy finally gets to make her mark (kill her mark?) and maybe she's not quite as identical to her sisters as she thought. The "cleaner" of the group, she makes sure there is no evidence left behind. But can she be the person who creates the mess? Did she find her true love in a church going widower named Edison?

Pop, pop, pop that popcorn. This is a fun read and easily bingeable. I'm not quite sure where this lands - definitely has thriller vibes but leans a bit heavy on the romance - though without the tumescent-like adjectives and smarmy sex scenes (thank you, Ren!). I also am unsure how I feel about that ending. *shrug*

Easily predictable but so very entertaining, you'll find yourself rooting for Sissy and her happy ending. Needs more killing though, imo. Highly looking forward to Ren's next release.

Okay... identical triplet sisters who have a habit of alternating kills of their boyfriends, how could not that be interesting to a thriller lover?

The story is told through the POV of the youngest, Sissy. And no, that’s not her real name, but the triplets came up with names for each other because they didn’t like the ones the state had given them after they were found abandoned in a stroller as babies. Anyway, Sissy is the next sister in line to find a mark to make her boyfriend before killing him. And they’re able to get away wit it (like the previous six times) because nobody knows there's multiple of them.

But back to Sissy. She’s always been the “cleaner” of the family and has yet to kill. Meanwhile, her sisters are vastly different and seem to both enjoy the game for their own reasons. Sissy eventually chooses Edison as the man to make fall in love with her before she buries him. But as time ticks down to the inevitable kill, Sissy finds herself second guessing everything including her own sisters.

I will admit the pacing of the story felt a little off. The beginning was very intriguing because you quickly get an idea for each of the triplets’ personality and get glimpses into their dynamic and why they kill for and with each other. You also learn in pieces, their upbringing, how they were split up in different foster homes, and their different experiences within the system. However, I found the middle parts a bit slower. Here, Sissy gets to know Edison more and also begins to truly wonder about her own future and question things about her sisters.

The ending both explosive and thought provoking. There’s some action that occurs and suspense around what choices Sissy and her sisters will make. In the end, you’re left pondering about identity, family and what it even means or where the line may be drawn when it comes to them. It wasn’t all wrapped up in a nice bow because and I really enjoyed that!

Overall, I had fun with this book and will be curious what the author writes next!

Right out of the gate, How I'll Kill You reminded me of Look What You Made Me Do by Elaine Murphy. In both books, the MC is the sister of one or more serial killers and often serves as the clean-up crew when things go awry. However, in How I'll Kill You, it has just become Sissy's turn to do the killing. She carefully chooses her mark, with the help of her triplets, and begins to lay the groundwork to get him to fall for her.

I really liked Sissy, although I didn't understand her motivations once she fell for Edison. Why not tell her sisters to leave her alone, and that she didn't want to kill him? I also didn't quite understand why they were serial killers in the first place--we got some backstory, but not enough to get the motivation beyond the first kill.

This popcorn thriller was a fun, quick read (if a little predictable), and I adored the narration by Karissa Vacker. She did an excellent job of bringing the characters to life, and her narration really carried the plot.

The title of this book is what originally grabbed my attention. How I'll Kill You sounds like it should be a fast paced thriller with some exciting twists and turns in it. I go back and forth on if this book deserves three or four stars. It is somewhere in the middle, I suppose. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either. I'm always excited to read an author's debut novel and see if this is someone I want to follow. The problem I had with this book is that it is so hard to classify. Like it is having an identity crisis. If you've ever been to a restaurant that is desperately trying to be both a fast food restaurant and a sit-down restaurant, and you just want to scream, "pick one!" at the owners, that is the same feeling I got reading this book. Pick a genre/direction and go with it. Run with it! But it feels like Ren DeStefano tried to do a little bit too much all within one single novel. Maybe it would have been better as a series? Where we got to learn more about the characters and their backstory elsewhere. Because of that, it seemed to drag on and take a bit longer than my usual reads. It isn't memorable for me, and I so desperately wanted to rave about it to everyone, but it just fell a bit flat in that department for me.

This was filled with twists and turns and craziness! A fun reading experience!

Sissy has always cleaned up for her serial killer sisters, but now it’s her turn to kill. Once she finds a target, she plans how to get him to fall for her and kill him. Only problem is Sissy really starts to fall for him, but her sisters still expect her to follow through.

What follows is Sissy’s journey of finding herself and who she is aside from her sisters. She makes unexpected connections with neighbors and learns just how far she is willing to go to protect those around her.

This is going to be short because really, I don’t want to say too much other than I honestly loved it. I dove right in and was immediately hooked.

How I’ll Kill You was a total binge read. I loved the premise about triplets who kill their boyfriends.
I’ll leave synopsis below incase you’d like to read it.

This one is dark! How can it not be with serial killer sisters? Tense and thrilling.

How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefano

Sissy has an…interesting family. Always the careful one, always the cautious one, she has handled the cleanup while her serial killer sisters have carved a path of carnage across the U.S. Now, as they arrive in the Arizona heat, Sissy must step up and embrace the family pastime of making a man fall in love and then murdering him. Her first target? A young widower named Edison—and their mutual attraction is instant. While their relationship progresses, and most couples would be thinking about picking out china patterns and moving in together, Sissy’s family is reminding her to think about picking out burial sites and moving on.

Then something happens that Sissy never anticipated: She begins to feel protective of Edison, and before she can help it, she’s fallen in love. But the clock is ticking, and her sisters are growing restless. It becomes clear that the gravesite she chooses will hide a body no matter what happens; but if she betrays her family, will it be hers?

This is out now, go read it!

I would definitely say go into this one without reading the blurb. You’ll get an extra surprise. This one was a little outside what I would normally read as a thriller/suspense book. This one is definitely a little over the top. I went back and forth trying to decide how much I like it. First I have to say I love that it is different. I am a big fan of reading things that aren’t exactly like what I just read. But somehow I just did not connect with this one. It might be just a little too dark? Or maybe it seemed a little tongue in cheek. Maybe. I’m just not sure why I didn't connect.

But again on the plus side, if I had read the blurb, I had forgotten it by the time I started the book. So there were twists I did not see coming, but that are in the blurb. I really liked those twists.

This is another one where I didn’t like the main characters, but I did want to see where this would go. This really had all the makings of something I should love and I didn’t, but don’t get me wrong I never thought to give up and stop reading it.

If you are fan of unique, dark psychological thrillers, you should give this one a read.

Serial killer sisters! Sissy has been helping her sisters with their crimes, but now it's her turn to seduce and kill a man of her own. I highly recommend reading this engaging and thrilling book to find out what happens when Sissy begins to doubt that this is the right path forward.

Ok, this was such an interesting concept and I really enjoyed it. Three sisters who have a bad habit of killing their boyfriends, and Sissy is the youngest, the careful one, the one that handles cleaning up the messes the other two leave so that there is no trace of what is happening. Now she is falling in love and her sisters are growing restless that she isn't acting fast enough. Will she be able to go through with the plan or will she end up paying the price for going against the plan??

I thought this was a fun and an easy read, and not like one I’ve read in a while. There were a couple of slow parts in here that I began to lose interest but I was glad I kept going as the ending was suspenseful and not how I thought it would be. The audio for this was also excellent, I thought Karissa Vacker did a wonderful job as always.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the digital copy to review. This one is available now.