I read this ARC in exchange for an honest review
All thoughts and opinions are mine

I love killing eve and have been meaning to read the books for ages
I feel very lucky to have been able to read this

I thoroughly enjoyed it



Highly recommend

Killing Eve: Resurrection is exactly like Villanelle, mad, dangerous, unbalanced but undeniably exciting!
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Villanelle and Eve are back, and this time, they're hiding and being in love. However, Villanelle being herself makes a minor mistake, and it costs her dearly. Thus begins a fast-paced, exciting cat and mouse game where Villanelle is pissed and annoyed, and everyone will pay for what they did with Eve.

Another magnificent book that draws you in and keeps you hooked. I really enjoyed Villanelle and Balice's relationship. The whole will they won't they kill each other and their painful antics.

Thank you, Netgalley and Boldwood Books, for this amazing ARC. All opinions are entirely my own.

An entertaining and welcoming return of Villanelle. A recommended purchase for collections where the previous titles were popular.

I’ve always fancied watching the Killing Eve tv show so when I seen this book, I was intrigued! I somehow ended up rooting for the protagonist even though she is clearly unhinged! Plenty of action, a few twists and a great pace! It did go between 1st and 3rd person at times which confused me! There was so much in this book and I can imagine it being a great tv series! I did enjoy this and would be keen to read more by this author!

It was so much fun to be back in the chaotic, sharp-edged world of Oxana and Eve. Killing Eve: Resurrection delivers the fast-paced tension and sharp writing I’ve come to expect from Luke Jennings, and it was a thrill to slip back into their twisted dynamic.

This installment leans heavily into Villanelle’s perspective, and while she remains as compelling and unpredictable as ever, I did find myself wishing for more from Eve. Her presence, though central to the plot, felt somewhat muted. The story starts strong with high stakes and jet-setting action, but the pacing does slow down in the second half, which took a bit of the edge off the suspense.

It’s also worth noting that the tone here is quite different from the TV adaptation — more introspective, darker, and closer in style to Jennings’ original vision. I really enjoyed that shift, but it might catch some fans off guard.

Still, this was a solid, engaging read. Thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the ARC — I’m always happy to return to the deadly dance between Villanelle and Eve.

In preparation for this arc, I read the whole series and I’ve watched the tv show, if you want a copy and paste of the tv show this isn’t the series for you which I was glad of, I think the show should have took more of the authors ideas

I enjoyed this book, to see the vulnerable side and the switch shes making from villanelle to oxana is something I didn’t expect but to see her explore her feelings is something I enjoyed.

One of the characters Balice made me want to hit my head against a wall. She was so annoying.

I think the book ended quite abruptly, on a cliffhanger but hopefully that means there will be more books 🤞🏻

Overall a great book and I enjoyed the whole series!

Imagine being gifted a bottle of fancy champagne only to pop the cork and find it’s gone flat. THAT is how I feel with this book.

**** warning scathing review incoming ****
I’m just SO annoyed. I loved the television production of this series. The script, dark humour, casting and editing were on point. So you can imagine how utterly excited I was to receive an unpublished copy of the latest book.

Let me start by saying that I’ve not read any of the books prior to watching the series. So my anticipation and excitement was based solely on what I had watched. But… to be perfectly honest with my review I’m going to give you my thought on this book had I not been so enthralled with the series.

Firstly, the storyline is incredibly slow and meandering the author tries to pick up the pace by popping a cliffhanger here and there. Although they’re not really cliffhangers if the main character is suggested to die at the beginning of the book.

The writing flips between inner dialogue and dialogue between the characters. Both are in my opinion quite mundane, the inner dialogue the most. This part features heavily and is more closely aligned with chick-lit or a teenage romcom whereby the characters are constantly asking themselves, does she love me? Are we still together ? Is she being faithful blah blah blah

So why do we all love killing Eve? Well, it’s because Oxana is a trained assassin. Her kills are swift vicious and totally exciting! So we read the books to be thrilled by those moments. The book plays up to these moments that are going to happen and yet when they do, they are so swift that they’re over within a couple of paragraphs and then we’re back to just more dialogue and information that we don’t necessarily need to know about such as who likes a particular type of rose.

So now you can see why I’m deeply disappointed with this book. Had I read the books prior to watching the live production? I don’t think I would’ve actually watched the production of them. I think the books would’ve turned me off watching what was an amazing couple of series.

With this in mind I would say if you’ve never read the books before but you like the TV series perhaps give the books a mess. And if you’re thinking can I read this one without having read any of the ones prior to it then the answer is no you can’t because it largely assumes that you know everyone’s backstory.

Thank you NetGalley for my advance copy in exchange for my honest review. I’m truly sorry that I couldn’t have made it a good review but it is an honest review.

Ex-MI6 officer Eve Polastri and assassin Oxana Vorontsova are living off the grid in Russia. Their existence is pinched and drab; both know how close they came to mutual destruction. Oxana is approached by the Twelve. Frustrated by inaction, hungry for her old life, she allows herself to be brought in from the cold. Then she finds Eve gone, taken from her by those who think she still belongs to them. And so Villanelle wakes, and a new game begins. Villanelle plays her part with lethal skill, indulging the monster that has for too long been caged. As the hunt for Eve takes her from St Petersburg to Paris and a final reckoning in London, old and new enemies surface. Soon both women are drawn back into the shadowlands of political intrigue and murder.

I loved this TV show, so I was excited to see this new book about my favorite assassin and her side-kick. I was not disappointed. It was non-stop action, and left me wanting more. Now if only they would resurrect the TV show, my life would be complete....

Luke Jennings's Killing Eve: Resurrection returns to the seductively poisonous dance of Eve Polastri and Villanelle, bringing with it a story that will certainly satisfy those fans clamoring for more of their complicated ballet. Continuing where the others left off, the book discovers Eve and Villanelle trying to live off the grid, a fragile peace broken when Eve is kidnapped. That puts Villanelle, always the predator, back in motion, unleashing the "monster" she has worked so hard to keep caged.

The author deftly balances the series' trademark high-stakes espionage, psychological suspense, and darkly comedic undertones. The writing is taut and propulsive, hurtling the reader along on an international manhunt that whisks Villanelle from St. Petersburg to Paris and ultimately London. Although the story is very much a bird's-eye view of Villanelle's twisted psyche, Eve's influence continues to be an active force, even when she's not on the page.

Resurrection is a welcome return for readers who felt the TV adaptation went too far afield from the essence of the source material, and a story faithful to Luke Jennings' initial vision of these indelible anti-heroines. It's a pulse-pounding, addictive game of cat-and-mouse that reminds readers why they loved this fatally alluring pair in the first place.

Eve and Villanelle are back doing what they do best after watching the series on ABC tv
I like the book I found it different there are new characters and I found it humors in some parts

can not wait for it to come on tv

thanks net gallery

This is the next instalment in Luke Jennings’s Killing Eve series. If you have read the previous books, you will have some idea of what you are in for.

The book introduces us to new characters as well as others we have come to know well. Eve Polastrl is an ex MIG officer and is living a very secluded life in Russia with her girlfriend assassin Oxaria Vorontsova, basically they are hiding out, trying to keep to themselves as much as possible afraid of dangerous criminal protagonists discovering them. These are not the kind of people you want to have enter your lives again.

Oxaria is restless and fines the confinement of their small flat extremely suffocating. Deciding she needs to release some of her spent up energies she runs every day to for her own sanity. But while doing so people from her previous life are watching and soon, she is coerced back into her old life when the thing most precious to her becomes endangered.

This begins another book that I devoured in one sitting. There is something about Luke Jennings storytelling that draws you in so completely it does not let go. Criminals with only one agenda make for an incredibly exciting and powerful book that I highly recommend. Loved it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of the book, all opinions expressed are my own.

4.5 ⭐

Like all of the Killing Eve books, I inhaled this one. I think it may actually be my favourite of them all.

For those who don't know, this is the fourth installment of the Killing Eve series. It follows Oxana/Villanelle, a Russian assassin who works for the Twelve, and organisation that uses assassins to kill individuals in Europe. It also follows Eve Polastri, a MI6 agent hunting her down. As the plot continues, they become obsessed with eachother and a cat and mouse style hunt ensues.

This one follows Eve and Villanelle living together off grid and rejoining the Twelve. It contains, as you'd expect, murder, politics, twists and turns and... Of course... The thrilling relationship of Villaneve.

I loved all of these books and this one felt different but in a good way. I'm not sure if Jennings had been slightly influenced by the show and the way Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer portrayed the characters (and I'm very glad he basically rewrote that awful ending) or if time has just passed but it worked. I feel some of the concerns people had in previous books (such as over sexualisation) have been resolved.

I'd highly recommend if you like the other books or the show!

Thank you so, so much to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for allowing me to read this ARC. The most excited I've been to get a NetGalley email!

Eve Polastri and Oxana Voronstova are two lesbians keeping their heads down sharing a dreary flat in St. Petersburg. Oxana is approached by a young woman on a park bench, inviting her to come along to a nightclub. From then onwards Eve and Oxana are thrown into danger.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Killing Eve: Resurrection. Although this is book 4 in this series, you do not need to have read the first 3 books OR watched the very popular, hit BBC drama series of Killing Eve. There is enough back story in this latest book for you to understand just where Eve and Oxana are coming from. Eve and Oxana are not quiet lesbians as Eve is an Ex-MI6 officer and Oxana an elite assassin. Both women use their old tradecraft in this exciting thriller.

After only a very few pages I was struck by the quality of Luke’s writing. I have not read any of his books before. The narrative is very descriptive and everything is nicely explained, making me feel like the fly on the wall. A nice touch was the use of italics for the reader to know, word for word, what a character was thinking. Killing Eve: Resurrection is a very adult and intelligent read. It is very violent in places but it is not a boring, all guns blazing, childish adventure. This is a thinking man’s story full of intrigue.

I loved all the intelligence and covert operations which played out, together with dirty politics. I liked how British culture was teasingly poked fun at and the dialogue between characters had a lovely deadpan humour. The plot was very involved and the reader along with the characters don’t always know who to trust.

I loved all the detail thrown into this story and found it both educating and entertaining. The vocabulary used is very extensive, this is not tabloid fiction but a top shelf read. You will always pick up something new that you have never heard of before. For me it was when a waiter passed the diner a Negroni. I am familiar with Peroni, an Italian style lager beer, but had to Google Negroni - nah, sorry Luke, that is not a drink for me, I’ll stick with my pint of English Pale Ale.

I found Killing Eve: Resurrection to be an OUTSTANDING 5 star read and liked it so much that I may read books 1 to 3 because I loved the chemistry between Eve and Oxana.

I absolutely love the Killing Eve series both the books and the TV series and this did not disappoint!

I really enjoyed this book and liked how the relationship between Oxana and Eve develops. You see Oxana considering others and their feelings as she is desperate to keep Eve. Whilst this book explores their relationship developing, you see the re-emergence of the twelve and some unlikely characters in MI6.

The secrecy through the book keeps you on your toes, are Oxana and Eve going to undertake the work the twelve expect of them or are they going to do what they believe is right. As always there is violence/murder with a politically backdrop.

This book gets you hooked from the start. A masterpiece of violence, crime and manipulation mixed with unconventional relationships and deep seated trauma!

3.5 ⭐️ I enjoyed this much more than the debacle that was KE3!

The story is coherent, the new characters are exciting and relatable, and the dynamic between Oxana and Eve is sorta making sense now. The 3rd person writing + the 1st person input really brought a new dynamism to the story and the action scenes make sense. I wouldn’t say it was a ‘hold your breath’ kinda story but it read quite nicely.

Great to see them back!

Villanelle and Eve are carrying damp laundry through the streets of St. Petersburg and somehow, this is the most upsetting thing they’ve done. Villanelle, using her birth name Oxana, is living with Eve. Yes — living with. Sharing a flat. Doing chores. Arguing over dryer usage. Lying low in a city that feels like it's watching them back. They’ve been in hiding ever since the coup, tucked behind fake names and fake jobs, pretending to be stable. It’s not working.

Eve is quietly translating documents for her remote gig. Villanelle is enrolled in a linguistics program, but the only thing she’s really studying is how long she can fake being ordinary. The boredom is rotting her from the inside out. The intimacy between them is slipping. And right on cue — Villanelle gets handed an engraved invitation to a nightclub by two strangers who say they’re with The Twelve.

They’re not. She knows it. But she goes anyway. Because the stillness is unbearable. Because she misses the thrill. Because Eve’s going a little cold and this detour might snap her back into herself. Max and Maria, the discount-spy duo behind the invite, try to recruit her back into the world of high-end murder and mystery. But they’re sloppy. They don’t have the shine. And Villanelle sees the lie in their eyes before they even open their mouths.

Then she gets home and Eve is gone.

No note. No warning. No suitcase. Just absence. Villanelle doesn’t panic — she calculates. She’s halfway into action when The Twelve get to her first. They break the news: Max and Maria? Not theirs. MI6. Playing dress-up with fake intel and a nightclub invite. The Twelve want her to play along while they figure out what the hell MI6 actually wants with her. It’s a chess game, and they’ve just handed her the queen.

So she goes to London. Lets the charade breathe. Smiles through the lies. For about five minutes.

Then she kills Max. No ceremony, no hesitation. Just a message delivered in blood. She corners Maria next — who melts down so spectacularly she rebrands herself “Balice” mid-crisis — and forces her to take her to Eve. And where is Eve? Hiding out in a safe house. With Niko.

Yes. Still married. Still delusional. Still clinging to the fantasy that this is fixable, like his wife didn’t flee the country and shack up with someone who treats murder like foreplay.

Eve’s staring down charges for aiding a foreign intelligence service — the kind that come with a courtroom, a prison cell, and absolutely no conjugal visits. Villanelle agrees to work with Balice — not out of loyalty, but leverage. Along the way, there’s a brief little fling that clearly means a lot more to Balice than it ever does to Villanelle.

Because Villanelle’s already playing the long game. She’s not interested in saving MI6 — she’s interested in saving Eve. And she’s willing to trade exactly what Balice wants to make that happen. When the deal finally goes down, it’s not clean. It’s not civil.

There’s a bridge. There’s a storm of bullets. There’s blood, confusion, and yes — the river. Again. Because nothing says “reunion” for this couple quite like semi-drowning and mutual trauma. I won’t spoil who gets hit, but someone does, and the emotional fallout is just as devastating as the physical.

Part II of the book is where things really light up. The Twelve are back and backing Villanelle again. She’s got money, support, Eve, and a new mission. Balice is still lurking in the background like a spy-shaped anxiety attack. And the assignment? Unhinged. Surreal. Featuring a literal giant rat and somehow managing to stay high-stakes and compelling the whole way through. No one needed that rat to exist. And yet, it’s kind of perfect. The history baked into the mission is wild in the best way — half spycraft, half fairytale, and so over-the-top it feels like Villanelle manifested it just to entertain herself. It’s messy, it’s theatrical, and she is thriving.

3.5 stars. Not for polish. Not for realism. But because it hits. The tone, the chaos, the emotional co-dependency masquerading as partnership — it all slaps. This isn’t about redemption. It’s about two people who should never have found each other and now can’t survive without each other. “Killing Eve: Resurrection” doesn’t promise peace. It promises fallout. And I devoured it.

Whodunity Award: For a Rat, Russian history, and a Relationship in One Mission Flat

Huge thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the ARC — and for enabling my continued spiral into spy-fueled chaos.

Having been a fan of the TV series, I was thrilled to dive into the latest instalment of the "Killing Eve" series, Killing Eve: Resurrection by Luke Jennings. The return of Eve and Villanelle, also known as Oxana, is nothing short of exhilarating.

The story picks up with the duo living off the grid in Russia, presenting an intriguing setup that immediately draws you in. The plot thickens quickly as Eve goes missing, setting the stage for an unputdownable journey. Jennings masterfully balances menace and humour, creating a narrative that is both thrilling and thoroughly enjoyable.

This book is filled with memorable characters who add depth and richness to the story. The plot is addictive, each twist and turn keeping you on the edge of your seat. Jennings' writing is sharp, and the pacing is perfect, making it hard to put the book down.

Killing Eve: Resurrection is an exciting and fun read that fans of the series will love. It is a testament to Jennings' ability to craft a compelling story that captivates from the first page to the last. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a thrilling and entertaining read.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley UK for the ARC.

I loved the Killing Eve TV series. I knew it was based on books but hadn't had a chance to read them. When I found this one,I thought I'd give it a read. I'm glad I did. Since I've seen the show, I wasn't lost. However, if you haven't read the books or seen the show, you shouldn't read this one first. It's an easy read and it's well written. I'm definitely going to go back and read the other books.

Thank you to NetGalley, Luke Jennings, and Boldwood books for the opportunity to read this book.

I really wanted to love this book as I enjoy the adventures of Eve and Villanelle, however I found it lacking. The ending seemed to be rushed and finished abruptly. I found the character of Villanelle/Oxana was muted and had lost her quirkiness. Overall a disappointing read.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and Boldwood Books for access to this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

what a fun thrill ride!! i'm so glad we can at least get a happy ending here. writing is delicious and addictive.