This book was so witty and funny, I couldn't put it down. Between the unexpected comedy and the exciting suspense, How to Kill Men and Get Away With It is a must-read. If you liked Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead, you might even like this book better. Kitty is experiencing things that almost every woman has gone through and she's doing something about it. Even with a book that literally has "get away with it" in the title, I was still shocked by the ending and how everything tied together nicely (but not without some awesome twists).

If you liked How to Kill your Family by Bella Mackie this book is perfect for you!

I really enjoyed this book and devoured it in one go during my plane journey. I think this is a book that is more enjoyed when read all at once (but each to their own). I really had to stop myself from gasping every now and then because well I was surrounded by people. There are some twists especially when it came to Kitty’s stalker!

I found myself torn between whether I support Kitty’s actions or not, as I could see why but also it was a very extreme way to deal with what was happening! I found that her getting away with it was too convenient because we didn’t see how Kitty turned CCTV off for example, but we know they were off and she wasn’t caught. Also, in other public places there are multiple camera and conveniently she wasn’t caught? That being said it was interesting regardless of that but this makes this book lose half a rating due to it just being slightly too convenient - also what’s up with the police?

Overall this book kept me engaged and in suspence the whole time, I had so many theories running around in my mind and I did like the fact we got to see Kitty’s life aside from the murdering people so the entire book wasn’t just “let me kill people.”

I am giving How to Kill Men and Get Away With it 4.5 stars! I would happily read another book by this author. Before reading do check trigger warnings because there are quite a few apart from murder, including miscarriage.

TW: <s> rape, (sexual) assault, murder, gore, domestic abuse, eating disorders, misogyny

I've decided to just do a simple what I liked / disliked list for this review.

Here's what I liked:
Nothing. I've been trying to come up with any aspects that I liked about this book, but I seriously couldn't think of anything.

And now here's what I disliked: *takes deep breath*


The protagonist aka Kitty Collins.
I've rarely read about a character as unlikable as Kitty. She's an influencer and accidentally kills a man when he tries to rape her at the beginning of the book, which she shows a concerning lack of regret and distress about.
Kitty is also a vegan. Her being vegan itself obviously wasn't what bothered me, what bothered me was the fact that she makes vegans look like arseholes. She's one of the militant ones, you probably know the kind. I suppose the author was going for some kind of irony here. Like, she's vegan because she doesn't want animals to be killed (every time milk or other animal products are consumed within her vicinity she gets grossed out) but killing men is fine somehow…?
There's also the fact that she pretends to "save" women from the men to justify her murders, but she's also condescending towards basically every woman she encounters. Why bother "helping" women if you can't stand any of them.
She also constantly shames one of her best friends for having an eating disorder.


I hated Kitty.

The plot.
I didn't find the plot especially interesting.

The side characters. Each and every one of them felt like a caricature or a parody. None of them were properly fledged out. I also disliked how a lot of them were introduced with their name and then their follower count. Yes, I get that the author was probably trying to empathize Kitty's priorities there, but I still found it dumb.


Overall I wouldn't recommend How to Kill Men and Get Away With It to anyone.

Kitty Collins is a vastly wealthy influencer, heiress to a meat processing business, she lives the life most can only dream of. However, she has an issue with how men are allowed to treat women and it’s making her very angry indeed…and when Kitty gets angry she tends to reach for the stun gun and her special knives.
How to Kill Men and Get Away with It is an undemanding dark humour/romance. It’s not desperately original, a lot of books and film tread a similar path. However, it’s well written, very funny in places and extremely violent, if that’s your sort of thing. Katy Brent certainly knows how to write and I’m sure this will sell very well. Thank you to #netgalley and #HQstories for allowing me to review this ARC

This is a good book masquerading as a chic lit light read. Although you have to suspend any knowledge you may have about forensic investigations, the underlying premise is that some men still think they have a right to women and their bodies, attention and willingness to engage. Obviously this shouldn’t be the case and I really enjoyed this one woman campaign to stop the most despicable men who think that way. Katy Brent has cleverly interspersed modern social media and young peoples’ obsessions with labels, lifestyle and influences with the aforementioned serious social issue of men’s role in their own downfall. I’m excited to read more by this unique voice.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book is probably 3.5/5 stars. It was engaging, clever, and very different from many of the similar books out there ([book:Finlay Donovan Is Killing It|53138099] comes to mind). However, where this book lost me is that it was graphic, and unnecessarily so, in my opinion. In addition, it was difficult to sympathize with the protagonist Kitty Collins who: a. claimed to hate her job as an influencer; b. simultaneously leaned into her job as an influencer and her shallow friendships; and c. turned out to be a Jack the Ripper-esque serial killer. Even her relationship with Charlie seemed disingenuous and orchestrated. She murders an innocent man and spirals (understandably), but then goes right back into her killing spree at the end. Her lack of growth ruined the ending for me.

Overall, worth reading simply for a book where rapists get their comeuppance. However, lower your expectations for the women in the novel too.

Suspend your disbelief children, because that's the only way you'll enjoy this book.

There were some pretty gruesome murders in this book, a whole cast of fully unlikable and unsalvagable characters, and so many obvious signs as to Kitty's crimes that were simply swept away to make this story work. Sadly, work it did not.

Kitty Collins quite literally trips into the life of murdering and really, who can blame her? Haven't we always wanted retribution for all the nights we walked home with keys in between our fingers, for all the name calling because we didn't put out for a guy who was expecting it, for all the time we were forced into doing things we absolutely did not want to. At least, that's how Kitty justifies her new lifestyle change, and as long as she's getting away with it, she's more than happy to rid the world of scumbags. But then something happens, something that throws Kitty new mantra and her plans into chaos, and now things are more than spiralling out of control. Seems her stalker knows all about Kitty's darker urges, and they're ready to tell all... unless Kitty can stop them first.

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It is a really hard book to summarise and talk about without giving away spoilers. Kitty Collins has grown up around murder, thanks to her family owing the biggest abattoir in the country and, although a Vegan herself, Kitty is more than capable of getting a little blood under her fingernails if the need arises. Social Networker and Instagram influencer, she spends her days pushing products she doesn't care about, and longs to have something worthwhile in her life, and that something worthwhile just happens to be murder. Her first kill is accidental, but when she gets away with it she starts to feel an urge for more, and quickly realises just how easy it is to find the worst of the male population. She sees it as revenge, as justice because really... who is going to miss these despicable human beings. She is incredibly good at rationalising her actions and, if I'm being honest, I found it hard to disagree with some of her points. She feels a rage that I think a lot of women can relate too and to quench it, Kitty needs to kill.

Kitty, in fact pretty much all the characters in this book were hard to like, but I feel like that was deliberate by the author. Through Kitty she showed the hypocritical thinking of people with enough wealth to not have to worry about their actions. Kitty never really believes herself to be in any danger of being caught, thinks she is smarter and better than pretty much everyone around her, which is hilarious when you think she is going round murdering people. But Brent somehow manages to endear her to us anyway. Her friends are the stereotypical kind of vapid influencers who show one side to the public and act completely differently behind closed doors. In fact the only likeable character in this book was Charlie, the guy Kitty starts dating

If you love a bit of dark humour (and I mean dark) and aren't put off reading about some incredibly dark topics (rape, on screen murder, physical abuse, drug and alcohol abuse) then I would definitely recommend checking this out. The author never makes light of these issues, instead uses Kitty as an outlet for retribution. Some of my favourite scenes were, bizarrely, the murders themselves, especially the first couple that were accidental. We spend a good portion of this story in Kitty's head, listening to her reasoning, planning the later murders after getting a taste for it, and then doing the deed and while these scenes were undoubtedly dark, they were also hilarious and a little thrilling.

I've never really read a book like this, so can't say 'read if you enjoyed...', but it does give me Dexter vibes, only she's a woman and I think her reasoning and the people she chose to kill made it resonate with me a little more. Don't worry. I'm not planning on taking up Kitty's mantle, but it's hard not to give in to her need for justice, especially when it seems there is no other way to get it. Brent helps the story flow by adding in plenty of plot twists as well as 'holy fuck' moments, but it's the ending that really sent me for a loop. If you're looking for a fast read with a little dark humour with an unlikable, but almost relatable MC, I can't recommend this one enough!

"...that burning need to destroy every bad thing I see, every bad person, every time someone wrongs someone who doesn't deserve it..."

Meet vengeance-seeking Kitty Collins; a social media influencer, meat/poultry industry heiress and a vegan. A woman who sees red whenever she sees or hears about injustice being done to women by toxic men. She sets about making the world a better place by getting rid of the predators for good and as the title suggests, getting away with it and then getting on with her life.

There were several times when I actually gasped out aloud whilst reading this book - particularly when Kitty got rid of the bodies. This book isn't for the faint-hearted.


How to Kill Men and Get Away With It is a mixture of dark humour, satire and just plain fun. Overall, it is quite an entertaining and compelling read.

I was lucky enough to get an ARC of this via NetGalley.

I had to think a little bit about this book after finishing it. To be honest it is a little bit outside my preferred genre, but the cover and synopsis made it seem like a quirky read. While I did enjoy it I felt it was lacking a bit of the quirkyness that the cover seems to imply.

I'll start with the negatives. I had a little trouble rooting for Kitty at first as she's presented as a rather shallow and vain influences that'll promote anything just for the likes. There's also an interaction at the start of the book that makes it seem like she doesn't care much for her fans.
Since this was an ARC I hope the texts and insta posts are presented a bit more stylized in the finished book, especially with regards to the emojis which were kind of jarring.
I could also have done without the brand name-dropping as it also kept pulling me out of the story.

On to the positives. This was an easy read, while at times a little stressful. Kitty did grow on me, though you'd think she'd be a little smarter about how she does some things since she's familiar with Dexter.
It was weirdly cathartic to read about abusers being taken down.
There are some parallel storylines that gives this book more to grab onto than just a hack-and-slash story, and I appreciated that. The mystery of the stalker was an engaging part.
The chapters were short, which made it easier to both stop when needed, and keep going when I wanted to.

All in all a fun read, would def recommend for those who enjoy this genre. 3.5 stars.

I could not put this book down. It was an absolute treat, y'all. Gore, dark humor, and well, disturbing - this book was insanely addictive.

Kitty Collins is the female version of Joe Goldberg ☕ Her thoughts had me cracking up all the time, but when she brings her game on - 😳 bloody brilliant.

I was intrigued by Charlie the way I was with Jeremy (yk, Verity); from the very beginning. I shipped him with Kits so hard, I loved the romance crumbs 😭💗

I was so engrossed, waiting for the next murder, and the little twists surprised me, a lot. And not gonna lie, Kitty almost turned me into a vegan 💀

Verdict: Deliciously dark and twisted 🔪

I loved the synopsis for the plot. I was intrigued by Kitty’s character throughout the book and was rooting for her even though she was technically a serial killer. I liked that the premise of the story is dark but the author added a sense of humor to Kitty’s character. I felt there may have been too many story lines going on at times, but it all tied together in the end. I really enjoyed this quick read!

I enjoyed this book. It follows influencer Kitty Collins through her exploits with her fellow social media star friends, but quickly takes a dark turn when Kitty is followed home from a club and attacked. She fights back and accidentally (?) kills her would be attacker. This opens the door to her calling- killing bad men who hurt women. It’s delightfully satisfying, but there are some elements that kept me from completely enjoying it. Despite the explicit feminist bent of the plot, there are times when the author describes Kitty’s friends and their relationships in ways that seem lazy and misogynistic. Long story short, a fun, if imperfect book, that’s definitely not for women that think modern day feminism has become “too misandristic.”

Thanks to NetGalley and HQ Digital for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book unfortunately did not live up to the hype for me. I found the plot and writing to be a bit dry. I went into it thinking it would be more humorous and fun. It seemed to be the same thing just written over ans over again.
Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for a chance to read and review this book. This opinion is my own.

thank you to netgalley and everyone involved for providing me with an e-arc copy in exchange for an honest review!

i genuinely don’t know where to start with this book. it was thrilling, hilarious at times, and unbelievably dark and twisted and unsettling. it’s definitely not a book for the faint of heart.

i would also strongly recommend checking trigger warnings before reading this as it has a lot of graphic discussions about sensitive topics: suicide, self harm, eating disorders, rape, sexual assault, addiction, and abuse (to name a few).

i loved and hated every single one of the characters, but, in my opinion - that was the whole point. they all need a LOT of intense therapy and that’s probably not even enough to sort through the hell that they’ve suffered

as a true crime enthusiast, this book was right up my street. and as a woman, theres something satisfying seeing that internalised fear and anger that all women are far too familiar with being unleashed in a fictional manner. i don’t condone violence, but being able to understand some of the things the female characters had to experience gives it another layer that’s hard to put into words.

don’t get me wrong, this book was twisted. but it was also so layered and complex and the PLOT TWIST? i was in genuine shock. this book is definitely one that’s going to leave a lasting impression and it really makes you think about the terrifying state of the world we live in.

murder is not right. and yes, this book is fictional. but the scary truth of it all is that the behaviour of the vile men (and i’m hesitant to even call them men because they are truly below humanity) throughout the whole story is a daily occurrence in real life, and this was a very clever way to shine a light on reality.

OMG what a book! What a story! So many people killed, such a plot twist! Thriller with humor. I couldn’t believe this story and hoped so much that Kitty would get await with it! I loved it!!


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This is a very funny, dark book which I couldn't put down. Kitty is a great character, and although the reader pretends to be shocked at what she does, secretly we are all cheering her on. I will definitely be recommending this book (although I won't be eating sausage rolls from now on!)

This book stirred a lot of uneasiness in me. I felt throwing up at times.

Warning: The story can be seriously triggering to some women who went through same traumatic events.
Rape, sexual assault, murder

Idea of killing monsters who assaults women sexually can be supported but at what cost. What if it's innocents who gets targeted.

Kitty Collins, an instagram influencer, accidentally kills a man who stalks her and forces himself on her. She never felt guilt or fear. Then she kills another man who disrespects and ghosts her friend. This awakens an animal in her and she starts her hunt using dating app and kills rapists one at a time.

In this chaos, she finds a man, Charlie, who is sweet and kind unlike others. They date and fall in love with each other.

There is a stalker watching every step of Kitty. They knew everything in detail of what Kitty does. Why are they stalking her? What do they want from her?

Honestly, I didn't like this book. I hated Kitty character. I don't know what opinion to create on the plot. Erasing existence of some men, who made women's life hell, is right? Maybe. Does it give right to make it an agenda to kill these type of men? I don't know.

The characters are twisted and psychotic. Adam didn't deserve what he became and Charlie definitely deserved a lot better than Kitty. Her boyfriend doesn't have a clue that she is a murderer? How twisted that is?🤧

Also she didn't get away with any murder. She hid or got rid of body. Police are dumb not to find the murderer.

I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. Not worth your time in my opinion.

Also did I mention that Kitty is VEGAN? Yes, she is. Don't ask me why this detail is necessary?

This was actually darker than I was expecting, but was a fun read. There were some parts that made me laugh and I thought it was a quick, easy read. Yeah, maybe you need to suspend your disbelief, but sometimes that's just the fun of it. I was fine with that. If you like dark humor, I think you might really like this one.

Kitty Collins accidentally, in self defense, kills a man who follows her home one night. After that, it seems to become easy or compelling for her to want revenge on the men who wrong women, and murders them. I enjoyed this one, it was pretty entertaining although morbid. 😬 I'm curious what this author will come up with in the future.

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the gifted copy. All opinions are my own. Out now!

Every single character in this book needs some very serious and justifiable therapy, and maybe I do too because I kept seeing the justification in Kitty's actions with no problem.
It's the lovechild of Dexter and Promising Young Woman, where the lead character is doing things that aren't exactly morally right but are mostly defensible as the victims are totally deserving of it. Or most of them do because there is, of course, a big plot twist reveal that launches the bonkers final act into even more surreal territory.
The characters are interesting and the plot feels (sadly) very authentic to today's world and situation. It gets very dark and there should be a massive trigger warning about sexual abuse, but it's amazing how Brent manages to make all of that seem entertaining.
I'm sure it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but this reader certainly enjoyed Kitty getting away with it.


Happy thanks to NetGalley and HQ Digital for the darkly entertaining read!