Hannah's fascination with true crime leads her down an unexpected path when she starts writing to William, a charming lawyer accused of murdering four women. As their correspondence deepens, so does her obsession. When William is acquitted, they embark on a relationship, but Hannah can't shake the suspicion that he might be guilty..

Ever read something and just want to say to the person....noooooo what are you doing????? If you like reading books with people that frustrate you this is the book for you! :)

Most action happened in the last 1/3 of the book. It was a good read!

Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell is a smart and engrossing read! Great plot and characterizations. Well worth the time.

This book is about Hannah(FMC), a true crime junkie, becomes obsessed with a serial killer case and ends up falling for the serial killer when she starts corresponding with him while he’s in prison.

This one was difficult for me to come up with a star rating for. I felt conflicted throughout the entire book and found it frustrating to read at times. I liked the idea behind it, in the beginning I felt Hannah’s poor decision making and just wanting to be loved and accepted relatable in a youthful nostalgic way, until I realized she was definitely an adult. The book read as if it were a YA book and I actually stopped reading a few times to double check if it was actually YA and it wasn’t. It’s very heavy handed in the mid portion of the book on court scenes and caused the book to lose nearly all momentum at times.

The main twist of the book was pretty predictable but generally this doesn’t make or break a book for me and I enjoyed the thought behind it and how many clues throughout the book tied it all together. I enjoyed the way it ended and I didn’t see the ending coming! Overall it was a decent read but I wish it had more letter writing back and forth between the characters as I felt the chemistry was lacking and unconvincing for me. I do feel like other people would enjoy this book if they have interests in court/law themed books but that doesn’t seem to be where mine lie so I think that’s ultimately why I struggled at times.

Big shout out to @NetGalley, Berkley Publishing and Tasha Caryell for allowing me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

𝘖𝘩𝘩 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩…. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 .. 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘣 , 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 …𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 4 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 …𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 … 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 !!!! 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 !!! 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘭 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩

Language: R (2+ swears, 4+ "f"); Mature Content: R; Violence: PG+
I stopped reading for the sexual content.
The mature content rating is for alcohol use, mentions of drugs and nudity, innuendo, and sex. The violence rating is for mentions of guns and brief descriptions of murder and corpses.

Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell was at once a 'sort of' thriller, while also being a study on unstable and delusional characters. I kind of liked how unhinged Hannah was and how she fell so confident on the online forums. The twists, if you will, were kind of predictable. The book reads really quickly. Overall is was an okay read. A perfect 3 star read!

Hannah’s love life is a disaster. She’s caught up on a guy who “isn’t ready for a relationship” until he shows up with a girlfriend who isn’t her and online dating has only found her some less than ideal suitors. She feels like her life is at a standstill: stuck at a job that’s unrewarding and feeling like she’s simply not good enough. That is, until a few bodies are found at the ravine and they’re all linked to one man: William Thompson. What starts as an innocent interest in the case escalates to a romantic relationship with the accused serial killer through letters as she awaits his verdict.

After a week long reading slump, I finally picked this one up and once I got started, I was in it. This was captivating and fun to read due to the narrator’s quirky POV. It felt a little predictable but I enjoyed it nonetheless. If you like thrillers and romance, this may be a perfect hybrid!

I did not expect to like this book, i was expecting a woo woo romance but this is not that at all. wow i’m actually shook.

This book was actually so incredible. It was funny, relatable, well written, and I genuinely did not expect the twist at the
end. Love that it didn’t have a traditional happy ending but was still very satisfying. This book is adorable and such a fun read.

2.75 stars. Tasha Coryell has done a great job coming up with one hell of a hook for a love story, falling in love with a serial killer. While this book was really quick and decently well written, I could not get over my many frustrations with the main character, Hannah, who seemed to make silly decision after silly decision. While this could be attributed to the "obsessive true crime junkie" trope, it was more frustrating than believable. Ultimately the main twist was easy to predict and the payoff was not there. I would give Coryell another shot though.

⭐️⭐️/5

thank you to netgalley for a copy of this ARC in exchange for my honest review!!

boy this one was freaky. it’s about this girl who starts writing letters to a serial killer and eventually falls in love w him. it was so interesting yet bone chilling to read this book. so creepy to read her POV and be like girl…why are you doing this?!? i couldn’t…

i will say i think the real description gave too much away. it took awhile to get to the part of the book i read about in the summary. and when i did, it was not a vibe. maybe it’s bc i don’t like this much gore and thriller, but i feel like usually i can handle it. i don’t know it was scary!

if you’re into this type of thriller it’s 100% good for you. i think i just couldn’t get behind her weird tendencies/did not like her as a character. but it was an easy read and i couldn’t put it down (despite being freaked out by the main character lolol) so i would read more of tasha’s books!

Overall rating: 3.5

Did I enjoy it? Short answer yes, but there’s A LOT I didn’t like.

Hannah a lost young women at a job she’s not passionate about becomes obsessed with a serial killer named William. At first she wrote him a hate letter to him in prison but it budded into so much more. As her obsession grows, everything else in her life goes on the back-burner, including her job. Once fired, she decides to take a roadtrip to see William’s trial live where things only get crazier for Hannah.

I’m not sure if I’d categorize it as a thriller because it didn’t entirely feel like one but it’s got some thriller-ish components. I also felt that the pacing was off. There were times where everything and nothing was going on at the same time. I was left confused on where the plot was going and what the purpose of all of the events were. However, the last paragraph had my jaw DROPPED.

I will say the “twist” was rather predictable as the author draws a lot of attention to this character. It doesn’t take a lot to piece it together. My one other suggestion is to remove William’s acquittal from the synopsis. It would add so much suspense for the reader if they didn’t know it!

Read in advance for free in exchange for my honest review. Thank you for the ARC Berkley Publishing via NetGalley!

Let's talk about falling head over heels for the classic "bad boy" archetype!

Hannah finds herself at a crossroads in life. Stuck in a dead-end job, watching her friends move forward while hers stagnate, and nursing the fresh wound of being ghosted by her recent non-committal boyfriend. Seeking a new direction or simply a distraction, she stumbles upon an online forum dedicated to the unsolved murder of a woman in Georgia. As the case gains traction and more victims emerge, a suspect named William is apprehended.

As Hannah's fascination with the case intensifies, she impulsively decides to correspond with William in jail. What could possibly go wrong? But when he actually responds, the stakes are raised.

Overall, "Love Letters to a Serial KIller" is an entertaining thriller that hits the mark. If you're in the mood for something unconventional and a bit outside the norm, this book is worth checking out.

Big thanks to Berkley Publishing via NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

Hannah's life is in shambles and she yearns for something more. The story is divided into three sections, with the first part being quite sluggish. However, the pace picks up in the remaining two parts. I found the plot concept intriguing, as it delves into the obsession with true crime. It raises the question of how far is too far. The protagonist is eccentric and slightly unhinged. I would like to express my gratitude to Netgalley for providing me with an early copy of this book.

Hannah hates her life. In her thirties and dragging through life, she seeks out something exhilarating. When a string of murdered women pops up, Hannah starts to dig into a true crime forum. Slowly, she let's go of all her previous problems and dive head first into the deaths. Hannah starts to write to the man accused of killing the women, William. They begin to form a budding romance from letters. Hannah leaves her life to follow his trial. The big question becomes does she love William the man or William the killer?

Hannah is a messy character who's life is falling apart. She's desperate for more. The book is broken into three parts, part one was very slow. The other two parts moved quicker. I liked the concept of the plot. The world is very focused on true crime, how far is too fat though. Quirky and a little off the rocker. Thank you Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book.

3.5 stars - I had a lot of fun reading this book. Girl obsessed with true crime case, what’s not to love? The flashbacks left me wondering what would happen next and the story really held my attention. However, I could not stand the main character, Hannah. She’s unlikable, delusional and I just found her annoying overall. She was a walking red flag and I found myself constantly rolling my eyes. Some parts were predictable but, I did appreciate the Taylor Swift references.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing me with an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Goodreads review here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199262999

This book was such a fun read. The main characters was a delusional mess and I loved every minute of it. It was also such an easy quick read for me, as well. I highly recommend and will be waiting for her next book to come out!

I had high hopes for this book. And as much as I enjoyed it, it fell a little short from my expectations. The main character was annoying, the outcome fairly predictable, and it just didn't have that thrill that a thriller needs. Despite all that, it still held my interest and I'm glad I read it.
I will recommend to others, and I'm confident it will find it's audience.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this ebook arc.

I'd like to express my gratitude to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance copy of this book. 3 stars! This book was unlike anything I've encountered before. I think the FMC is unlikable and definitely a bit unhinged but that’s the point. I found that the characters were portrayed exceptionally well at the start but by the end of the book I felt like it lacked some character development. The second half fell a bit flat for me, I found it challenging to grasp the depth of their emotions and interactions due to the limited descriptions. The ending was predictable but overall, I went into this book blind without knowing anything about it and i still found it to be an enjoyable read!

Love Letters to a Serial Killer is a thriller that centers around Hannah, a woman who becomes obsessed with a series of murders and trying to solve the case in true crime forums. A lawyer named William is arrested for the murders. Hannah writes him an angry letter then he unexpectedly writes her back. I won’t say more and recommend not reading the book’s blurb because I think it gives way too much away (stuff that doesn’t even happen until like 65 percent into the book is mentioned) and made it far too easy to guess the twist early on which was a major let down because it would have been much more satisfying if I hadn’t seen it coming. The less you know going in, the better you’ll enjoy this, I think.

That said, this gripped me right away. I really liked the writing and the dry humor. It was an enjoyable and fast paced read even if parts of it that I think were supposed to be shocking were not due to a combination of the blurb and the “undisclosed location” chapters.

Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.