Book Slayers - A Dark Fiction Podcast

Do you need to enjoy a book for it to be good? PONDERING THAT… Five thrillers. Five reviews. One very opinionated mini podcast. This week on Book Slayers , Betty and Bonny are sharing quick, spoiler-light reviews of five psychological thrillers that kept us guessing. In this episode we review: 📚 The Divorce by Freida McFadden ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📚 The Breakup Retreat by Camilla Sten ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📚 Appetite fo...

What starts as a complicated love triangle quickly becomes something far darker. When Louise, a single mother, begins an affair with her married boss, David, she unexpectedly forms a friendship with his wife, Adele. As Louise becomes entangled in their unsettling marriage, strange dreams, manipulation, psychological games, and impossible secrets begin to surface. Every chapter peels back another l...

Do you ever wonder where your favorite disney characters originated? WELL DON’T haha Seven books. Seven fairy tales. Hundreds of reasons to never trust a magical transformation. This week on Book Slayers, we're diving headfirst into the twisted, grotesque, and strangely addictive world of Jasper Moore. We read ALL SEVEN of his grimdark fairy tale novellas—and let's just say our reactions c...

Are you a fan of Peter Pan? Marked not safe from Brom ruining my childhood… Peter Pan is supposed to save children. This one recruits them into war. This week on Book Slayers, Betty and Bonny venture into the twisted woods of The Child Thief by Brom—a brutal, heartbreaking, and absolutely bonkers reimagining of Peter Pan. We're talking: ✨ A Peter Pan who is equal parts savior and manipulative...

   What would you do in Betty's situation?  Book Slayers: Slay or Decay? Betty Faces Unhinged Thriller Decisions 🔪📚 This week on Book Slayers, we're testing Betty's survival instincts with a series of chaotic thriller games! First up: Slay or Decay, where Betty has to choose between thriller tropes, characters, and impossible bookish dilemmas. Then we crank up the tension with a roun...

This week on Book Slayers, we're putting some of the biggest thriller, mystery, and horror books on trial. We survived: 📚 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson📚 The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman📚 The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman📚 The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman📚 Morsel by Carter Keane From Swedish family secrets and Lisbeth Salander's legendary chaos to...

Have you ever wondered what book scares people the most? Tonight on Book Slayers, we descend into the terrifying world of Pet Sematary — one of Stephen King’s darkest and most emotionally devastating novels. We break down the biggest differences between the book and the movie adaptations, explore the themes of grief, death, trauma, and denial, and discuss why this story still haunts readers decade...

Have you ever been so scared by a book… You need to keep the lights on? We have found some doozies! Join us today for horror dos and don’ts.  Bonny found some genuinely incredible horror books this week… while Betty had one of the most disappointing reading weeks ever 😭📚 In this mini Book Slayers thriller pod, we’re talking creepy horror reads, massive letdowns, psychological thrillers, and the...

Ever wondered what book broke conspiracy theory? Today we’re talking about the book that convinced an entire generation that the Catholic Church was hiding secrets in paintings… The Da Vinci Code . What happens when one of the most controversial thrillers ever written collides with Hollywood? 👀 In this episode of Book Slayers, we dive deep into The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and compare the bests...

What does May and Horror have in common? Find out today Welcome to our Horror Era Month 👻🔪 In this episode of Book Slayers , we’re diving into all things dark, twisted, and terrifying: 📖 Our thoughts on Hell House (did it live up to the hype…?) 🔥 Our favorite horror reads of the month 💀 The books that seriously missed the mark 🎙️ Highlights from our horror mini pod If you love horror books, s...

​  ⁨@bettybonnybookslayers⁩  Did you ever wonder just how readers decided what team they were on? We finally tackled Verity by Colleen Hoover… and things got chaotic 😳Joining us are Betty & Bonny for a full-on Book Slayers breakdown, and we did NOT hold back. In this episode:🔪 Team Manuscript vs Team Letter — where do we stand?🔪 Who we loved… and who we absolutely hated🔪 Our honest reactio...

We’re diving into the BEST and WORST thrillers of the year so far… and listen—some of these books did NOT survive the Book Slayers treatment 😬 In this episode, we break down: 🔥 The thrillers that completely missed the mark 🔥 The reads that had us questioning our life choices 🔥 The chaos, the disappointment, and the brutally honest takes you come here for BUT… if you want our Top 3 Thrillers of...

Dive into this mini episode of Betty & Bonny Book Slayers where we break down some seriously addictive thriller reads 🔪📚 We’re talking about: The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena Nothing Tastes So Good - Luke Dumas The Patient’s Secret - Loreth Anne White Where He Can’t Find You - Dacy Coates From shocking twists to messy characters and binge-worthy suspense, we share our honest thoughts, rea...

What happens when one host is obsessed… and the other wants to throw the book across the room? 😬📖 In this episode of Book Slayers , we go full psychological thriller mode on The Silent Patient —and things get messy. Bonny is NOT having it. Betty? Fully unhinged in love. We break down: The infamous plot twist 👀 What worked (and what seriously didn’t) The characters, the therapy, and the chaos Wh...

Welcome back to Book Slayers , the mini thriller book podcast where we read the chaos so you don’t have to… but you probably will anyway 👀 We have the deets that would even make booktok QUAKE! Join our book slayers book club and get all your dark fiction needs met! This week, we put ourselves through FOUR books: Dungeon Crawler Carl , Wolf Worm , Dear Debbie , and A Novel Crime —and let’s just sa...

Is there a book out there… In the big bad world… That has you scratching your head as to why everyone loved it? That’s me Bonny… Betty did not agree… so  If you love psychological thrillers, unreliable narrators, and toxic relationship drama, this deep dive is for you. We’re breaking down Gone Girl — both the bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn and the film adaptation directed by David Fincher. One...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to dip your toe into a genre that is adjacent to a genre you like but its outside your comfort zone? Betty did in this episode so come see what she thought about splatterpunk, a sub genre of horror. Find out what books we were loving this week. In this Thriller Mini Pod episode of Book Slayers , we’re sharing some of our best thriller book recommendatio...

Are you looking for the Low down on a book that was so insane, we binged the whole thing? Join us for the good and the bad on this indie published book whos marketing has taken the book world by storm. We Did a Deep Dive on Clusterf*ck by Brian O'Sullivan… and It’s Wild | Book Slayers   Welcome back to Book Slayers, where we interrogate books like they’re evidence.   In this episode, Betty and Bon...

  Thriller Trust Issues: Book Reviews: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly   summary In this episode, Bonny and Betty dive deep into the world of thrillers, discussing their recent reads, the psychological aspects of the genre, and the dynamics of character relationships. They share their thoughts on various books, highlighting both the good and the bad, while also exploring the emotional impact of th...

Unraveling the Black Dahlia Mystery | True Crime Fiction Files  Los Angeles. January 15th, 1947. In a vacant lot, a woman’s body is discovered — severed in half, drained of blood, and posed with deliberate precision. She has no identification. But soon, the newspapers gave her a name. The Black Dahlia. Her murder would become one of the most infamous unsolved cases in American history — a story fi...

Killing with a smile.. The rise of feminine rage in Dark comedy books “Have you ever wondered how to kill a man and get away with it?” “If that’s why you’re here… you’re in the wrong place. But today we’re diving into a thriller where one woman does exactly that.” “This week we’re deep diving into How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent — a dark, sarcastic revenge fantasy that asks whet...

We bow to the Queen of Twists… Thriller Author Alice Feeney… Step into her Twisted world.. Have you ever read a book and been stunned into silence…  Find out what book has done that to us.. Yep you are getting a bonus episode today as Alice Feeney had me and Betty blowing a gasket. Join us to get the low down on the author and which book had us dying for a shit talk. Lets slay some books… or in th...

Exploring Disturbing Reads - The Rollercoaster of Emotions in Fiction book talk  Have you ever had a book recommendation from someone and once you read it… you suddenly have a very new and disturbing opinion of that person? YES I'M LOOKING AT YOU BETTY! find out what book has me side eyeing my cousin today and why I had trouble sleeping last night.  Come hang out with us as we talk about what we h...

Could you spot a cult? Unmasking Cult Manipulation: Insights from The Mirror House Girls We all think we would spot a cult from a mile away.  But what if the warning signs were subtle—masquerading as self-help, community, and unconditional love?  The Mirror House Girls is a chilling deep dive into how a desire to belong can lead ordinary people down a dark and twisted path until they can no longer...

Betty and Bonny’s Holiday Highlights and Bookish Delights! John Marrs and more!  We rocked our christmas join us for….  New Year, Christmas, family traditions, book recommendations, reading challenges, thrillers, psychological fiction, John Mars, upcoming reads!! Summary Betty and Bonny bring the books in the best thriller tropes so if you are looking for unreliable narrators, ticking clock, locke...