What did I actually read? There should definitely be trigger warnings with this book because you will definitely be in for a ride!

This book revolves around 3 sisters: older sister Kate, a successfully lawyer that can't stay in one place too long; levelheaded middle sister Aurora has everything in order in her life; and finally, baby sister and former addict Peggy.
The book speaks from the POV each sister, and then there's HER, the unknown assailant. This is where there should be a trigger warning because these chapters are very graphic in nature.
The book also goes back and forth from the past, to understand what may have happened that has caused one of these sisters to act out in this way.

I had a feeling who HER was, but it continuously switched between 2 of the sisters. If you really read between the lines you'll be able to figure it out fairly quickly.
I did appreciate how this was written, and the mystery aspect of it. I am not one that is very squeamish (when it comes to books!!) but some of these chapters had me like whoa.
There is also talk about adolescent SA & grooming so if you are a sensitive reader I do not recommend this one.

I was so bored reading this. This first few chapters didn't spark any interest in the story and I sadly DNF'd the book. I may give it another try in a bit, I may just not have been in a Thriller mood when I picked this on up.

KD Aldyn devoured me whole with this debut psychological crime thriller — and I’m still reeling. This isn’t just a murder mystery; it’s a wickedly smart, emotionally complex, and viciously addictive game of “which sister is the butcher?” and let me tell you… I LOST.

Meet Kate, Aurora, and Peggy — sisters with messy pasts, buried trauma, and a childhood that’s more fog than memory. When Kate returns to their late grandfather’s house, it triggers a domino of haunting recollections, family friction, and… murder. Because someone is out there, hunting bad men with surgical precision. And she’s not sorry.

We get POVs from all three sisters and from SHE — our resident serial killer whose rage is poetic, terrifying, and disturbingly… logical? I caught myself rooting for her. Send help.

The vibes?
🌿 Family drama meets true-crime terror.
🔪 Cozy moments… then WHAM! entrails and red herrings.
🧠 Twisted mind games, emotional landmines, and a psychological maze with no exit until the final page.

I swore I knew who SHE was. I even fist-pumped in certainty around 80%. And then… NOPE. Every theory I had turned to mush. 😭👏

This book is the literary version of hiding a marble under three cups and spinning them so fast you start to question reality itself. Tension? CHECK. Atmospheric prose? YES. Feminist rage and generational trauma? HELLO. Killer POV that reads like a manifesto and chills you to the bone? Absolutely.

📚 This is my top thriller of 2025 so far, and I dare any other to top it.
💥 Fast-paced, immersive, and layered with nuance — this book doesn’t pull punches.
💀 It slices.

Read it. Fear it. Obsess over it. Then message me so we can scream about it together.

This book kept me guessing until the very end, leaving me on tenterhooks as I couldn't trust anyone. The twisted family dynamics and suspense made for a truly thrilling read.

Three sisters. One of them is a killer. But which one?

This story unfolds with an eerie slow burn that is tension filled. The chapters shift perspectives in a way that keeps you guessing. While I had my suspensions, the ending reveal still hit hard.
If you like your thrillers dark, brutal and family trauma, this one needs to be on your radar!

Three Sisters. One Killer. Which one is SHE?

Sister, Butcher, Sister by K.D Aldyn is a dark and twisted psychological thriller debut. Full of family secrets, atmospheric tension, and suspense, this is perfect for fans of complex thrillers with a side of unhinged brutality.

The Rowling sisters have all had their share of trauma in their lives. Now older, Kate, Aurora, and Peggy are trying to overcome their individual secrets and memories. When Kate manages to purchase their grandfather's house where the sisters all spent most of their childhood, years of dark secrets come rushing to the surface. Kate is having blackouts, Aurora, wife and mother, always the good girl is acting out and had an affair, and then there's Peggy. In recovery from alcohol, she now has to face the most shameful of secrets and try to move on from the memories that have haunted her.

This book does deal with some dark and disturbing topics including: addiction, CSA trauma, SA, mental health issues, and scenes of graphic violence. For a debut thriller this was a bold introduction to what K.D Aldyn has to offer. The narrative is incredibly vivid and unsettling in a good way. The tension creeps beneath your skin and the horror and gore elements are well executed. With the narrative told in multiple POVs you are constantly wondering which one of these unreliable narrators is actually the butcher. This is not a typical sister/family drama, it will sink its teeth into you and not let go. I would definitely recommend for readers who are not afraid of a little gore with their thrillers!!

Thank you to NetGalley, K.D Aldyn, and Poisoned Pen Press for this ARC!! Publication date is June 3rd 2025.

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The Rowling sisters Kate, Aurora, and Peggy have had a tough childhood. Each remembers it differently, but one in particular remembers the sexual abuse that she encountered, and when she asked for help within her family, no one did a thing. So, she now kills bad men. They are easy to lure, sleep with, and then dispose of.

The 4 POV's give you an insight into each sister, how they remember their past, and how they view their present. With families, partners, children, and a community that surround them, each sister will slowly delve into the past and show how that past has shaped them in the present.

Thank you, Netgalley, and Poisoned Pen Press for this ARC. All opinions are entirely my own.

The Rowling sisters, Kate, Aurora and Peggy have all been affected by their past. But one of them is a serial killer. Masking it for so long, will she finally be caught?

What a sizzling debut! I was kept on the edge of my seat with this one, trying to figure out which sister it was that was behind all the gruesome killings. If you like your books dark and disturbing with plenty of gory details, you'll love this one. The author is an exciting addition to the thriller world and I am very much looking forward to seeing what comes next.

I dove into Sister Butcher Sister expecting a standard thriller, but it was a gripping, multi-POV story that kept me guessing. One of my favorite aspects was the serial killer’s perspective; it added a deliciously twisted layer to the story and kept me glued to the page in those early chapters.

The multiple POVs worked well to create an unsettling atmosphere where I never quite knew who to trust. Whenever I thought I had it all figured out, the story shifted and left me second-guessing everything. The author does a great job weaving those unreliable narratives together to build suspense.

However, I felt that the pacing started to lag slightly in the middle. What was once an edge-of-my-seat read started to stall and lose momentum. Even so, the final chapters did a good job pulling things back together for a satisfying ending.

If you love thrillers that mess with your head and force you to question every character’s motive, this one is worth picking up; just be prepared for a slightly slower middle.

You all need to read this book. It’s so good. I read it in one sitting. This follows the odyssey of three sisters and each of them are harbouring secrets of their own. And there is a Killers pov as well. Their past and backstories were so heartbreaking. Whatever happened with them was so cruel and bad. As soon as I got into this book, it pulled me in right away. If you like strong FMCs with unthinkable happenings and killer pov, you need this book.

Kate is the eldest one, Aurora is married and a mother of two and Peggy is the youngest. She is a recovering addict. Kate comes back to her late grandfather’s home. While, someone is luring men and killing them brutally. People say Rowling Sisters have secrets, is killer the one among them? Read the book. This is a dark and twisty thriller.

Thanks to the Publisher

this book was absolutely a standout for me. the characters were so well fleshed out, it felt like i knew them or maybe like i used to know them. because the nostalgia written in the page felt so real to me. the writing is vivid and immersive, with descriptions that pulled me all the way in. the scenes from the “she” perspective genuinely unsettled me in the best way. creepy, tense, and so well done. the mystery kept me guessing until the very last page. seriously the last 98%!! i love books that seriously keep me guessing. overall, a haunting, mysterious, and beautifully written read. 5/5 stars.

thank you poisoned pen press & net galley for this arc in exchange for my honest review!

Sister, Butcher, Sister by KD Aldyn  is a psychological thriller about three sisters who each see their past differently.

First, let me thank NetGalley, the publisher Poisoned Pen Press, and the author, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.


First,  a warning.  There is a lot of graphic violence and sexual scenes in this book.  Neither of these bothered me, but I am sure others may take offence.  A few problems....Sometimes the pacing was a little off. There also seemed to be a bit of repetition, and sometimes the author got a little wordy.    That being said, she could have expanded a little on the ending.  

Okay, after all that, I really enjoyed this book.  I loved the intricate relationships between the three sisters, and loved how very different their memories of the past were.  I think that really rang true.  People can see the same event very differently.

The story is told from multiple points of view, including that of the killer.  This worked really well, and although I was proven right in my "guess" as to the perpetrator, it really could have been anyone.  It was truly a mystery.

I was fully engaged throughout.  It was a very dark, yet very entertaining read with complex characters, and a rather creepy feel about it.  I loved it.

Anyway, until next time....

“She imagined herself literally f*cking them to death, these poor excuses for human beings, and the excitement of such thoughts would lead to the fantasy of sucking their blood. She loved the metallic taste of it, its viscous qualities.”

“She would find the bastard and show him a thing or two. She’d carve her initials into his body, swim in his blood. Drink it. She’d change his views on Women Who Kill.”

I went into this one blind and that was a great decision. Some jaw dropping quotes and the cover is so pretty. The girls’ upbringing maybe became long winded through the middle but overall I had a good ass time with this one. The “SHE” POV chapters were so unhinged and my favourite. Solid, dark thriller debut. Recommend for some stabby fem rage vibes!

Thank you to Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Kate, Aurora, and Peggy are sisters who have all been through a lot in life. This book is told from all of their POVs and literally grips the reader by the ears and holds them tight throughout. Someone is killing, and the detectives think it has to be one of the sisters.
The ending shocked me because I was wrong the entire book.
Please read it. The ending alone is worth it!

This is unfortunately one of those novels that has an alluring premise, but doesn't deliver. I didn't like any of the characters, the plot was extremely convoluted, and while a lot of murders occurred, not a lot actually happened in the book.

The ending was incredibly rushed with no natural progression and I had guessed the killer at around a third of the way through so that wasn't even a great twist.

This is a very mediocre novel that I can't recommend.

Female serial kill in the family. Three sister but you don’t know which of the unstable women it is.
This story had me locked in from the beginning. You get all three sisters POV’s and the killer’s too. There is a lot of family drama dragged up and repressed memories. I found this story to be very entertaining and fast paced. Such a fantastic debut author. I can’t wait to read more of their books.
This is a darker story with many trigger warnings.

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"SHE is defined only by the carnage she lets the world see"

⚠️Trigger warning⚠️
Some of the content and descriptions in the book are extremely graphic and disturbing. At some points, I had to remind myself this was a psychological thriller and not splatterpunk.

🩸Three sisters.

🩸Three lives.

🩸Secrets.

🩸One serial killer.

Have you ever seen or played the game where someone hides a marble under three cups, mixes them, and you try to figure out which cup has the marble? Well, this is the equivalent in book form.

I was soooo sure I had the right cup the entire time, and I was so sure, and so so, so WRONG!

This was fast-paced and oh so good! We get a POV per sister, and another from SHE, the killer, and also a detective scrambling to connect dots and catch a killer before SHE strikes again. I enjoyed the narration so much, the pacing was perfect and the introduction of each sister plus their background on how they grew up and what they remember and what could be memories was awesomely executed (no pun intended). We find fragments of body parts and clues. And have to follow a trail of blood to see which sister fits the bloody glass slipper.

The detailed and deranged descriptions of the killer and her train of thought were so good! A peek into the mind of a killer. Honestly, you could've told me this was a horror book (which could very well be inched towards extreme horror/splatterpunk at some points), and I would be like, oh yeah! The psychological aspect of it was delicious, I ate this book up fast, and I look forward to reading more thrillers from this author!

I would love to thank Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and experience this thrill of a book!

Sister, Butcher, Sister by K.D. Aldyn is a mystery/psychological thriller with some very dark themes. It follows the POV of 3 sisters (Kate, Aurora and Peggy). It also follows the POV of a serial killer which happens to be…one of the sisters but the reader doesn’t know who it is!
This book kept me wanting to read more and more to find out who it was!!! This book does have some dark themes so I suggest checking trigger warnings first and as an fyi…it is gory.
Overall I really enjoyed the book and really felt bad for the sisters as it is clear that they had some childhood trauma and they are barely coming to terms with it. As we learn a little bit about each of them you can’t help but think that the killer can be any of them.
I definitely recommend this book if you like a mysterious, whodunit type of book. Thank you Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press. All opinions are my own.

I found the book's format to be less engaging and would have preferred knowing the narrator's identity, whether Peggy, Kate, or Aurora, the serial killer at the beginning of each chapter, alternating between past and present.

The core concept is undeniably captivating, yet its execution is marred by notable issues. To be frank, I struggled to follow the narrative, but the graphic elements are noteworthy. The tale of Kate, Aurora, and Peggy is compelling, as they confront their troubled past and strive to separate reality from dreams, while their personal lives unfold beyond the central plot.

At the beginning I found this a bit tricky to follow as I didn't really know what was going on. It went straight into the storyline, which I found a little confusing.
However, once I'd got to grips with all the characters, ! devoured this book! I found every opportunity to pick it up and read it!
It is fast-paced with multiple POVs, it is quite gory. I loved following the story of Kate, Aurora and Peggy and how their haunting past was coming back to them and trying to piece it all together - what was a dream? What, if any of it, was real?
Along with seeing how the characters developed and how their personal lives developed outside of the main storyline.
This book keeps you hooked and is a brilliant read! The only thing stopping me from giving this book 5 was the slower start, for me personally.