Kitty Collins is a social media influencer who lives a self-involved life, knows it, and carries on. While Kitty may seem like your average beautiful girl trying to sell you something, she's actually a serial killer. A good one. One who isn't afraid to take down men who would otherwise be out in the world hurting women. It's all going swimmingly until she starts receiving messages from a stalker who knows all about what Kitty gets up to.

This book was sold to me as the female Dexter, and while I see the similarities (the rules for killing and such), I think the comparison is just okay. Kitty has a great sense of humor and the dark comedic moments in the novel had me grinning on more than one occasion. I loved how unapologetic Kitty was for what she had and also what she was doing. She was strong. Too often female protagonists apologize for having a voice.

The plot was good overall. There were a few times when I had to remind myself that I had to suspend real world logic because some of the kills and Kitty's tactics were a bit absurd. The police were also the worst. But I enjoyed it for the ride it was.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for providing me a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Sadly this book was not for me, I was intrigued by the title but there were too many gruesome details for me, yet there was also some funny moments, so give it a try if you enjoy details.

Made in Chelsea meets Jack(ie) The Ripperess.
A socialite influencer turns avenger of women by killing cheats, misogynists and other undesirable mensfolk. But she is being stalked herself by someone who obviously knows her every move.
Although it reminds me a lot of Bella Mackie’s book “How to Kill Your Family”, it finds its own niche.
Flippant, gory (!), racy and very readable.

Thank you, NetGalley, for the chance to read and review How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent.

I can't believe I've gone all these years without really getting into thrillers and mysteries! But between bookstagram and the access to many books on NetGalley, that is starting to change.

Katy Brent, and her debut How to Kill Men and Get Away With It, is one of those fantastic debuts I've come across via NetGalley. It came out on the 12th of October and was published by HQ Stories, a Harper Collins imprint. It's 384 pages long and is a murder thriller/ romantic comedy.

When Kity Collins accidentally kills a man, she doesn't think she'll like it, or even do it again. But as she comes across men who have harmed women or intend to harm them, she becomes even better at getting away with murder. As Kitty keeps on killing, we realize she's not the only psychopath around...

How To Kill Men and Get Away With It is perfect for the age of Gone Girl, Killing Eve, and Promising Young Women. It's about dealing with men when traditional forms of justice are hard on women. Kitty isn't a protagonist you love because of her personality; she's an influencer because of her father's money. Her life has no real purpose outside of murder. But the book is fun! It's good to see her hunt men on tinder and take revenge for what they've done to others. It's also funny to see those bodies go into the meat supply; you can't trust what's in processed meat these days. The stalker element and how that played out was excellent! It made the book a little over the top, which suited it and made it a perfect light read with some coffee!

What to say about this book..... I loved the tongue in cheek humour, the satirical look at the Chelsea lifestyle, and the witty narrative. And, thank goodness it had that to somewhat balance out the pretty descriptive and gruesome murder accounts and continuous theme of rape and sexual exploitation. So an unusual combination - as disturbing as it was funny - but brilliantly done and very entertaining.

I had seen this book all over social media and it’s hard to miss with such a bright cover! I wasn’t sure what to expect from the book.

Kitty is a wealthy Instagram influencer, but is quite fed up with it all. She’s very different to her polished online persona and is hiding a dark side. When walking home from a night out, she fends off a letchy guy who won’t take no for an answer and ends up killing him accidentally. She gets a taste for it and starts to kill off guys who she feels deserve it. She’s also dealing with an Instagram stalker who knows her every move, could they expose her crimes?

I found the book surprisingly readable and I did grow to quite like Kitty’s character. The killings can be quite gruesome at times which I wasn’t expecting. Issues such as rape and sexual assault are mentioned a lot in the book and Kitty seems to hate all men, apart from her boyfriend who seems to be disgustingly perfect.

You do have to suspend disbelief quite a lot, but the plot is alright and it held my interest. The ending was a bit flat but overall the story is ok and certainly something different.

Thanks to HQ Stories and NetGalley for a copy to review.

Kitty is a serial killer - but justifies it by only killing the worst of the worst men.
Kitty goes on about how her friends are all just self obsessed girls, but she's exactly the same. She's not at all a likeable character, and when something major did go wrong for her, I couldn't bring myself to feel anything for her.
Whilst the book was described as "dark humour", I don't think there was a single part of it I actually laughed at.
Whilst I understood the vegan element, I felt that it was mentioned on every other page, with no relevance.

Personally, I felt it had the same themes of How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie, if you took out everything I loved about that book. Sorry to be negative, it was an easy read but this one just wasn't for me!

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent
I think I enjoyed this book way more than I should have! HA!
The title and synopsis is what hooked me. But the dark humor and quick wit kept me reading. Kitty was quite likeable, for a killer and all. This was a fast read, but probably because I liked it so much.
I look forward to more books by this author.
Many thanks to Katy Brent, NetGalley, HQ, and HQ Digital for the advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was a decent book! The title and synopsis hooked me! This book was a different book that I have never read before so I enjoyed that. This was definitely a slow start but it wasn't a bad book! It had the ingredients to being a good book but I did feel like something was lacking. I was also a little bored.

Let's face it, we've all felt a bit stabby at times haven't we? One too many casually misogynistic comments and a sense of entitlement that make you want to, well, kick toxic masculinity in the crotch?

Most of us manage to rein in these impulses, but not Kitty. She is a fabulous character; a spoiled Insta-famous rich girl, bored and jaded, who ordinarily would have made me run for the hills. And that's exactly how she gets away with her actions. She is sufficiently self aware to realise that her somewhat vapid lifestyle means she is often underestimated, so she has no fears about being discovered. So I admit, my opinions were challenged, as there's something about her that is so endearing. She is funny, witty and not at all squeamish. I can imagine a night out with her would rock.

The plot is fast paced, full of dark humour and has sufficient twists and turns to keep me turning those pages well into the small hours. The mystery of who her stalker is had me hooked, and I admit I hadn't guessed who it was.

I really enjoyed this book and look forward to seeing what comes next from Katy Brent.

My thanks go to the publishers and Net Galley for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.

This book is lots of murdery fluff but not much substance. After accidentally killing not one but TWO men in the space of a few days, our society heiress Kitty discovers that she likes murdering men - but only the terrible ones, naturally. She embarks on a one-woman crusade to rid the world of those men she thinks deserves to die. Justice system, what justice system?

This book had too many plot-holes and questionable motives for me. Many reviewers liken the main character to Dexter, however he at least used to be fairly sure that his murder victims deserved it. Kitty on the other hand seems to only do cursory investigation and in one case kills a poor guy just for getting into a tussle with her after she confronts him about ghosting her friend.

Kitty's modern London also seems to exist with only sparse CCTV (which we all know is patently untrue) and a police force that possesses no forensics. Her body disposal methods are equally laughable, and if you want me to believe that an average woman can easily move or cut up a dead man's body - even with the assistance of a suitcase and in one memorable instance; roller-skates - I'm sorry but I'm not buying it.

That said, even with these negatives I couldn't put the damn book down. Kitty blithely rolls along in a bloody string of vengeance and feminist rage, killing her way through various situations with staggering indifference. Of course there's a backstory that provides some justification/explanation but the twist that went along with this was extremely easy to guess. I personally was also not a fan of the ending, which very obviously leaves the story open for a sequel.

In conclusion, I liked some of this book but other parts just made me annoyed and skeptical.

There was really no plot to this. It had potential. The different scenes were good but it just didn’t mesh well together and didn’t lead to anything.

ARC received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest opinion.

Thank you to NetGalley for this copy. This is a really good book, kept me entertained throughout and I would thoroughly recommend to all.

I loved this book from the instant I saw the title of it and it did not disappoint at all. It was funny and real and I loved all of the characters. I really enjoyed guessing who the stalker was going to be and even though I figured it out earlyish into the book, the reveal was still great.

5/5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the author for this copy to review.

The book begins right in the thick of things and is super gripping. Want something to finish quickly? Pick up this book and read about Kitty and her journey.

Kitty is an absolute delight. If Finlay Donovan was an influencer instead of a harried mom, she would look a lot like this. A recommended first purchase for collections where crime fic is popular.

Absolutely loved this book. Superbly written and fantastic plot with spectacular twists I just didn’t see coming! Had me gripped from the start and enjoyed completely falling into the world. Felt very made in Chelsea slash how to get away with murder vibes.

This is a fun book, for entertainment, but forgive me if my review is as dark as the book, perhaps even more so.

It makes me rather uncomfortable to think about how much I enjoyed this book. There is a new trend of books (and TV shows) featuring women who kill, In this case, a woman who kills men who abuse women.

Frankly, it's about time - and I'm all for it. About time to get the tiniest wedge into the colossus of works that feature men being violent towards women. We get violence towards women shoved down our throats every time we switch on TV or open a book. Not to mention the enormous percentage of women who experience violence in real life. #metoo and so on.

Time to redress the balance. Two wrongs don't make a right (yadda yadda yadda) and I don't advocate actually taking the law into our own hands, but it's cathartic to experience revenge vicariously. To revel in those feelings of fearlessness and power, anger and the lust for requital. And to glory in getting away with it.

Nope, not going to apologise for that. I assure you, I'll keep my desire for vengeance under wraps (whether between the covers of a book or within the walls of therapy). But let's not pretend women aren't viscerally angry.

Just look at Iran.

This book was off and running from page one! Kitty is probably one of my top ten favorite main characters. She knows what she wants and she's not going to allow any bothersome men to get in the way of her or the people she cares about. Watch out world, Kitty is not playing around.

This was such a cool premise and the narrator's voice was on point! I enjoyed it overall, but was a bit more disappointing than what I thought as there were some things that didn't feel truly right or believable.