This was such a rip roaring rock n roll delight of a book, much like a gig of your favourite band this will leave you breathless and sweating and/or possibly doing finger guns shouting PEW PEW, my spidey senses tell me that this will definitely be picked up to be made into a movie, this book oomphed, is that a word? It OOMPHED violence and emotion, a fun high octane crime thriller that explores the bonds of sisterhood

First of all, I would like to give a big thank you to William Morrow Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this fantastic novel!

I was browsing upcoming titles on Amazon and stumbled across a book called “The Bang-Bang Girls.” Based on the title and summary of the book, my curiosity peaked. I read up about the author, Rio Youers, and it turns out that he is a pretty damn good writer. I have since purchased several of his previous novels, but I’m here today to talk about The Bang-Bang Girls.

This absolute off the rails bullet train of a novel focuses on 3 “sisters” (2 by blood, 1 best friend) who tour as a kick ass cover band. That by itself would make for a compelling read in the right hands, but what makes these sisters so special is that they moonlight as assassins for hire who go after the most vile offenders that currently have bounties on their head. The hits for hire are arranged by a mysterious band of dark web hackers known as “The Trace”. Everything for the Bang-Bang girls has gone according to plan until an extremely wealthy relative of one of their previous victims tracks them down and looks to extract revenge in a seriously twisted manner. Oh, and there’s also a creepy serial killer known as “The Wren” ties into everything somehow.

I don’t want to talk about the plot too much as there are some nice twists (the big one got me good), but I will put out there that there is a nunchuck battle against a vicious attack dog.

This honestly wasn’t exactly what I was expecting the book to be, but in the best way possible. Youers does a great job humanizing all of the characters, even the baddies, which makes you care about the stakes and eventual outcome.

This book is F-U-N and is bound to be adapted to the big or small screen in the future. The ending also leaves me hoping that the author plans to turn this into an ongoing series. 5 stars, get out and read this bad boy!!

I really enjoyed the overall feel of this story, it had everything that I wanted from a crime novel. The characters were everything that I was looking for and enjoyed the way this was done. It was a unique concept for a rock band and that the twist element worked. I was never bored when reading this and enjoyed the overall feel of this.

Rio Youers rocks and rolls in this high-powered action-packed ride through grimy streets and hallways filled with dead bodies and bullets. The Bang Bang Sisters is what you get when you combine kickass characters with an equally badass setting all put on the stove at maximum heat to get all that kinetic energy zooming past you like angry hornets at a rave.

Full review out on https://www.bestthrillerbooks.com/kashif-hussain/the-bang-bang-sisters-by-rio-youers

Sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll may be cool, but in The Bang-Bang Sisters it’s made apparent that weapons, death and rock ‘n roll generate the superior thriller novel. Rio Youers has turned up the volume to eleven and delivered a headbanging, moshing, pulsating, melt your face off smash hit of a story.

Brea, Jessie and Flo are the mighty trio making up a kick-ass rock band that excites and entertains crowds across the country. But offstage they’re bad-ass vigilantes called the Bang-Bang Sisters, killing criminals who have escaped justice and have been marked for death by an underground hacker community known as The Trace. After the final gig of their latest road trip, the sisters get a lead on a notorious serial killer in Reedsville, Alabama that is too enticing to ignore. But once they get there, they’re ensnared in a trap by a local businessman/criminal hellbent on revenge, forced into a game where they have 48 hours to kill each other – only one of them can be left standing in the end – or their loved ones will be killed instead. Beat up, dejected and with seemingly no way out, the three women reluctantly start playing the game. But if a small sliver of an opportunity presents itself, rest assured the Bang-Bang sisters will seize upon it and won’t go down without one hell of a fight.

To best describe The Bang-Bang Sisters let’s look to rock lyrics for inspiration….

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now – it's just a Bang Bang sister about to turn you into worm food. Ain't no doubt about it these ladies are doubly blessed, 'cause they are rock ‘n rollers and roaming vigilantes. And gals like these, baby, they were born to run. So when the going gets tough, the tough get going. But while this game makes them afraid and petrified, they realize a need to find some kind of way outta here, figuring out along the way that freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose and that it’s better to burn out than to fade away. They don’t wanna die, but if their tormentors get their way they’ll wish they’d never been born at all. However they won’t stop believing. Here they are and they will rock you like a hurricane. And they will survive. Because as long as they know how to love, they know they’ll stay alive.

The Bang-Bang Sisters is a symphony of violence and emotion. A novel that totally rocks. Action packed and filled with gut wrenching conflicts. Dark and deep with tremendous characters. A must-read thriller that upon cracking it open you’ll swear you hear a voice screaming for those about to rock, we salute you!

The most high-octane, adrenaline-fueled book you're ever likely to read. By night, sisters Brea and Jessie along with their friend and "sister" Flo are a rock band performing at clubs and bars across the country. By other nights they're also a band of vigilantes, taking contracts over the dark web, removing despicable people from the Earth. When they're given a lead on a notorious serial killer calling himself "the wren", they find themselves in Reedsville, AL, the site of their very first killing. But unbeknownst to them, the most powerful man in town is waiting for them, looking to exact his own vengeance. Soon, they're pitted in a game of survival - against each other.
Rio Youers writes a unique style of crime novels. This one has aspects of 70s style grindhouse action flick mixed with modern day John Wick non-stop action. The story hits the ground running and never takes its foot off the gas. It's intense and exciting throughout and has one of the most jaw-dropping plot twists I've ever read - one it doesn't wait until the end to show. Somehow, Youers just gets better and more inventive with each book he puts out.

A meaty book that explores the bond of sisterhood and how far those bonds will go. This book will test those bonds to their very ends.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.