I recently read How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent and it was an incredible read! The characters are incredibly well developed and the story is full of suspense and twists.

This is a very enjoyable novel that builds to a tense climax. The uncomfortably empathetic main character draws us into a world that’s at once familiar, aspirational, and also mildly horrific. I didn’t know whether to cheer her on or be appalled.

It’s not exactly hard to see the influences on this novel, if for no other reason that it name-checks some of them (notably “Dexter” and the movie “Promising Young Woman”). However, make no mistake – this is an original and distinctive novel.

Kitty Collins is a quite successful influencer, although she is cynical about this career. Even as she recognises the shallowness – and sometimes downright awfulness – of much of what she does, she continues. She’s beautiful, she’s rich, she’s more intelligent than her career choice or daily routine might suggest. Everyone wants to be her, or hire her to shill their products.

Oh yes, and she has accidentally developed a sideline: killing men who abuse women.

This is a little bit awkward for someone who lives such a very public life. Because naturally she doesn’t want anyone to know about those particular activities. Yet she just can’t help herself. Some of these bastards deserve more than a good talking to.

Some of her victims fall into Kitty’s lap (so to speak), while others she has to set out to lure into her trap. There’s no doubt they’re horrendous specimens, but do they really deserve to be killed for it? One of the strengths of this novel is that it makes you feel that the answer is quite definitely yes. Moral qualms seem academic at best.

Kitty is a strong character, and has you equally empathetic and appalled. What she’s doing seems so reasonable that before you know it, you’re going along with murder. It seems kind of… right.

The novel gently makes fun of influencers, which will give many a reader a quiet giggle. But Kitty herself is well aware of some of the ridiculousness, so you’re never laughing at her, but with her. This is important, because the novel wouldn’t work so well if you weren’t so solidly on Kitty’s side.

I really enjoyed this. I do have a taste for black humor, it’s true, and Kitty’s wry perspective struck a strong chord with me. However, I think many readers will appreciate the light style, which contrasts with tension that ratchets up subtly throughout the novel. Serious issues are raised, and they’re not treated lightly, but the overall tone is almost breezy.

The story circles around four financially blessed young women who’s biggest decision of the day might be what nail polish to wear. But all that entitlement does come with a price………an emotional one well hidden from the outside world.
   Kitty is the focus in this foursome. Picture perfect, an influencer on social media, heiress of a major meatpacking family, she becomes an Avenger/ Robin Hood personality with a mission. Kitty watched her father abuse her mother one too many times and decided one day to rescue her mother with a whack in the head to her father, and so it began: her elimination of men who abused women and the elimination method was ingenious.
   While the matter of physical and emotional abuse is a serious matter and is very graphic in the story, the reader finds herself delighted in the game and tricks Kitty pulls to carry out her personal goals in life.
   And as with every good mystery, there is an unexpected twist------ and in this case not one but two!

An interesting book - with many interesting twists to the story. I found it delightful - and found Kitty Collins an interesting and complex character. I liked the ending and would be very interested and eager to read any sequels.

This a modern, crazy, fast paced and bizarre satirical thriller that had me laughing out loud. and wondering what the hell I was reading.
Did I enjoy it?
Yes I did, for the most part anyway.
I think it will appeal to a younger audience, late teens, 20's, 30's who are more au fait with Instagram and social media than I am and who also like far fetched, quick easy literature.

This was fantastic! Really funny and sharp and full of twists, I did see some parts coming but found it still a really good read. Fully recommend

I really enjoyed this. A quirky read with great characters. There was a great twist at the end too. Recommended.

Yes. I can’t even begin with how much I loved this one! Definitely recommend!
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for access to this book!

A fabulous quick read! Fantastic.

Naomi wakes up in a hospital. All her memories are gone. She just remembers her first thoughts being something like “selfie… Botox…”?! Everything else is gone. She suffered from severe head trauma after taking quite the fall of a balcony.

Then there is her “husband Joel” who swipes her away in a hurry from the hospital, saying that they are not taking good enough care of her. Naomi does not remember being married to Joel. Joel does not give away a lot, in order to “not overwhelm her”. But what he tells her does not make sense.

Naomi is having doubts. Who is she? Is she really married to a man she does not recognise? Why does Joel tell her that she is in danger?
She slowly figured out that she is an influencer on social media. Is her life really as perfect as she portrayed it to be?! Will she get her memories back and what is the last lie she told?
I had a hunch about the ending from an early start. The culprit creeped me out early on. But still, this books had twist and turn. Some subtle, some not.

I might have read stories similar to this. But I liked this one. I liked the social media influence. Even though I am hardly on social media, I find these kind of stories really intriguing. What all we give away on a little screen, could lead to dire consequences. How much should we really tell?

We get Naomi’s POV and see her struggle to remember. We feel her confusion and her emotions. I liked the way she was portrayed. I think she was a fantastic character, at least after her injuries.

For once the heroine knows to get the hell out of there and does not wait for her captor to take up! Ten points alone for that! Though it’s maybe slightly unrealistic that she walks miles and miles through the desert/highway barefoot and in a robe. But the story was that good,
I don’t even care for that!

I was reading this one fairly quickly, I did not want to put it down. I was really absorbed into the story. Not one boring moment.

just a bit slow and overly dramatic, not a total lover of this one! the writing was fine but i couldn’t get with the characters.

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent is a fun read about Kitty, who inadvertently ends up killing an unpleasant drunk man who doesn't understand what 'no' means. Once she realizes what she's done and she gets away with it, she decides to become a bit of a vigilante. She ends up killing several men, but the reveal of her history and the ending of this story are quite the surprise! I enjoyed this book, but I thought it was a little over the top at times. Thanks to NetGalley for the free digital review copy. All opinions are my own.

This was such a great book, will be recommending to all as their Christmas read! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review.

I started reading this and was hooked straight away. I finished a few hours later. Having read other books with a similar plot line, I was really hoping this wouldn’t be a disappointment and it wasn’t! Kitty is a likeable character despite her chosen pastime. I liked that we found out her background story as the book progressed. Every character in the book felt more realistic, it would have been easy to make her friend group vapid and stereotypical but this felt more believable. For the most part. It’s really hard to review the book without giving anything away but if the title grabs you and synopsis appeals to you, go for it. You won’t be disappointed.

I very rarely read thrillers/crime novels, but with this title I just couldn't resist and I might have a new favourite genre! This was fantastic. From the sarcasm, to the underlying real life issues being discussed, this was utterly excellent!

Kitty Collins is an influencer, an Instagram sensation. She is an heiress to Collins Cutts – as a child she visited her father’s abattoirs – and what she witnessed persuaded her to become vegan.

Now, she lives alone in a posh London flat, estranged from her mother who lives in France. Kitty’s father has been missing since she was fifteen and it becomes clear that she has ‘daddy issues’.

One night whilst walking home from a party, Kitty is followed and attacked by a man. She punches him and he dies in a freak accident. She is awash with guilt and decides to go to the man’s funeral, where she discovers he was violent and angry.

Fast forward to another night out, and Kitty kills. Again, by accident. This time, she likes the feeling of it, the thrill. She decides to start killing abusive men, rapists, who escaped justice.

She scours the news searching for ‘perfect candidates’ and set traps for them. Her method of body disposal is quite drastic (and just as well I don’t meat!).

At a charity event, Kitty meets Charlie, CEO of the Refugee Charity. Sparks soon fly, but Kitty reckons he is using her Insta fame to promote his charity – that’s what her only ex did, before jilting her. Can Charlie be trusted?

More importantly, will Kitty’s murderous inclinations get discovered?

I really enjoyed this book, I read it in two sittings. I was desperate to find out what happens next.

Kitty was such a complex character, I was rooting for her and hoping her culpability in the crimes wouldn’t be discovered. She is a female version of Dexter (if you haven’t watched the show, then I urge you to do it now), a heroine, who wants to make sure all women feel safe at night.

This was such a thought-provoking read, exploring the idea of male violence and privilege, thinking that if they buy you a drink, then you owe them something.

Overall, I definitely recommend it.

First off thank you to the publisher, author and NetGalley for this ARC!!!
Holy hell I loved this book, I didn’t see anything coming, the ending was divine. I don’t want to spoil anything but READ THIS BOOK!!! 💜

This was unexpected. It wasn’t quite what I anticipated based on the cover and description. At the same it, it was a unique and interesting book. The unexpected nature of the story alone is worth a read.

3.5 rounded up to 4

Kitty, granddaughter of a wealthy meat mogul (his frozen reconstituted meat products are stocked everywhere) and influencer us bored. She turns her back on her family business in favour of murder.

There was so much I enjoyed about this book. I didn’t expect to like instagram influencer Kitty as much as I did. Although she was at times inconsistent, she was an influencer, but not like the others. It was this superiority above others that I found irritating.

It’s well written and an unusual story. There were touches of dark humour that I enjoyed but there was just something missing for me.

2.5 stars rounded up to 3

This had the potential to be great but it fell short for me in nearly every department. I had high hopes as I absolutely loved My Sister the Serial Killer and Finlay Donovan is Killing It and I saw it described as dark fiction, so I should love it right? Not exactly.

First of all, this book was not dark. Unless Kitty was actively murdering someone, there were jokes being made and it was mostly lighthearted. I've read quite a few novels featuring male serial killers (Notes of an Execution, The Angel Maker, etc.) and they are truly dark through and through. I just can't get past the fact that a female serial killer is approached in such a joking/lighthearted manner.

Kitty's origin story isn't revealed until about 70% of the way through the book and it was honestly quite predictable. I also didn't feel like it fully supported her reasoning for her crimes when she was older. And as for her crimes, they were entirely unrealistic. I feel like the author tried to use technology she wasn't familiar with (like tinder, etc.) and it made it feel very fake and staged. Kitty was also very sloppy and I feel like someone definitely would have put two and two together and at least realized there was a vigilante serial killer.

As for the plot as a whole, it was pretty boring. The scenes of her killing men got very repetitive and I found myself skimming through them. Other than Kitty's stalker, there aren't really any major plot points until about 70% in and they all happened so quickly compared to how much of the first half was drawn out. I also really disliked the ending, between the stalker being revealed and what happened at the end, I just couldn't stand it and it made an ok book become a bad one.

I wouldn't really recommend this one, it just isn't worth your time.

Loved this! It's funny and clever. Murder from the point of view of an influencer. The references were bang up to date and really made me laugh.