SERIOUSLY TRILINIA?! With that ending??? I need book 2 yesterday!!

Wow! What a thriller this turned out to be! I was so hooked in the beginning. I loved the instant connection between Noah and Goldie! Trilina is the queen of banter and making the characters connect right off the bat in a genuine way.

I have to say, my man Chase was my favorite! He was such a funny, gives no f*cks secondary character. His character kept the story so funny and interesting! I need a Chase book pronto!

Tropes:
🔪 Rom-Com
💀 Touch of Thriller & Mystery
🔪 Banter
💀 AMAZING Supporting Characters

I have such mixed thoughts on this one. Let me start by saying that I really enjoy Trilina's books and writing. This book followed suit with hilarious banter and some really great smut. BUT! The plot was....odd to me. This is supposed to have Halloween vibes, but you don't get there until 70% into the book. The majority of the book follows Noah and Goldie as their relationship grows throughout the year. There are these times jumps, and you see how their relationships progresses, and you slowly get the idea that something is "off" about Noah. It's cute, but I wanted more Halloween vibes throughout, not just a little mystery sprinkled in. Overall, I had a good time reading this book, and it's a solid 3 stars for me.

In aisle 12 of Walgreens, Goldie Monroe and Noah Adler share a meet-cute over the tubes of fake blood. In a bold move, she invites him to a Halloween party later that night.

One Killer Night is a departure from what we’ve seen in the last few releases. But it harkens to her earlier works with a depth to the characters and storyline, alike. Don’t fret, in her trademark trifecta, Trilina delivers a laugh-out-loud romance with steam. Plus, she upped the ante with a little blood and murder.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😂🥵😊🥺😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}

🗄️ Genre: Contemporary Romance
🗂️ Subgenre(s): Comedy, New Adult, Suspense, Thriller-esque

✨ Tropes: Lie for Reasons, Meet Cute,
 
💫 Microtropes: Pet Name, Tragic Past

💋 Kinks: Dirty Talk, Domination

⚠️ Warning: This steamy read will leave your panties wet and reaching for BOB.

🚩 Safety Squad: Unalìvíng, Vìolençė (Past and Present, On- and Off-Page) and other potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!

📣 Type: One Killer Night is a standalone.

This was such a fun read! I loved the mix of romance, horror, and suspense, which had me on the edge of my seat. I enjoyed the intertwined stories from the past and present—I didn’t predict the twist at the end (I audibly gasped). I’m hopeful that we will get Chase and Evie’s story in the future!

I can’t wait to recommend One Killer Night to my friends this spooky season. Thank you to Montlake for an advance copy of One Killer Night!

I DON’T KNOW WHAT SHE PUT IN THIS ONE BUT IT IS PURE MAGIC 😍

This book is everything I want out of a spooky season romance and I positively FLEW through it because I loved it so much!

Per usual the banter is witty and charming and flirtatious, the spicy scenes deliver, and you really can’t help but to root for these two to end up together. The pieces all came together to create a story that feels like if a 90’s slasher flick and a 90’s rom com had a baby.

I really enjoyed that the book started off nice sweet romance and then turned into high stakes. It starts subtle and then full blown slasher movie vibes. Being a fan of Damon from tvd i liked the reference. The twist at the end i didnt see coming. Overall it was a fun read.

3.75 stars

This reminded me of the Halloween movie with Micahel Myers but with more of a plot. Overall, this was a great quick read.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌶️🌶️🌶️

I LOVED this book. Seriously - I wasn’t prepared for how much I’d enjoy it. The banter, the chemistry, the tension, the plot (no spoilers!) — it was all an absolute YES.

Noah & Goldie - Incredible. Their connection is funny and electric right from the start, and the tension just keeps building. The banter is quick, witty, and had me grinning like an idiot. I loved them both. Plus, the supporting cast - her sister and his best friend - are the perfect additions.

The plot - Immaculate. This is Halloween reading perfection - spooky without being horror, sexy without being OTT, and packed with fun nods to classic Halloween tropes and slasher flicks. There’s a playful, eerie charm running throughout, but beneath that is a really solid romance. With emotional depth, real stakes, and some serious 🔥 chemistry without being cliche, this had me hooked.

I’ve read a few of Trilina Pucci’s books before and rated them 3 or 4 stars - always enjoyable - but this one? A rare and very well-earned ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from me.

Also: this is going straight to the top of my Halloween re-read list every year. Sexy, spooky, smart, funny — an all-round autumnal gem.

And with this book, Trilina Pucci has firmly become a “don’t even need to read the blurb” author for me — just a buy now, no questions asked.

Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake for the ARC, and of course, Trilina Pucci for One Killer Night, especially Noah. All views and opinions are completely my own.

When Goldie stops at Walgreen’s on Halloween night in her inflatable t-Rex costume, the last thing she expects is an instant connection (and a date!) with Damon Salvatore look-a-like Noah. These two fall hard for each other, but secrets from Noah’s past threaten to pull them apart. Can she ever trust him again when she finds out the truth of who he is?

This fantastic read packed all the heat we expect from Trilina with all the fun and jump scares of an 80’s slasher film. It was twisty and turny filled with surprise reveals and amazing side characters (fingers crossed for a follow up featuring Evie and Chase!). Set primarily in Boston and in rural Nee Hampshire, the setting really becomes an additional character, especially in the fall months.

Things I loved:
Fall in Boston
Goldie and Noah took it slow and steady
Goldie’s adoptive parents
Evie
Chase!!

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the chance to review. All opinions are my own.

One Killer Night by Trilina Pucci will be released on October 14th. This was a fantastic suspense read that I would highly recommend.
I received an advance review copy for free and am leaving this review voluntarily.

The new queen of banter and best meet cute. What a fun ride of a read. Rom-com-thriller. What more could a reader ask for?
I couldn’t put it down. I haven’t read a book in a while that has me up all night because I just loved it.
Pro: the campy thriller vibes. The connection between the mcs, the pure entertainment of the entire story
Cons: I wish it was twice as long.
I’ll definitely be rereading on audio when tires come out.

What a journey I went on. I'm Glad this was my Cherry-Popping book for NetGalley & Trilina Pucci.
This book had the perfect balance of Rom-com/Thriller Moments. And The Banter between Goldie & Noah had me giggling to myself at some points.

Noah & Goldie Have a very comical meet-cute and the story just unfolds from there. I really enjoyed their love story unfold, and the when the story was getting intense I was on the edge of my seat.
I had a few theories on what was going on, some of them were right, but the major plot twist reveal I didnt actually see coming

Overall if you enjoy a dark romance rom-com this one is for you

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⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
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Releasing October 14
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This wasn’t the usual Trilina book, but it still has the spicy elements and banter she’s known to dish out. This delivers on the slasher vibes and will be a perfect read for October!
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I thought I had it figured out, but Trilina threw some curve balls in there and had me gasping with the twists and turns.
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Thanks to @authortrilinapucci and @netgalley for the chance to read this ARC! 🫶🏻✨

If Trilina writes it, I will read it!
Noah and Goldie's love story is the perfect balance/ buildup of lust, foreplay and spice. Their chemistry is addicting!
I highlighted and annotated so much of this book and I can't wait until it releases so I can share my favorite quotes with my friends. If you are preordering this book, do your friends a favor and gift them a copy too. This is a top tier buddy read that is sure to be a halloween slasher everyone will be talking about.
Thank you so much netgalley for gifting me a complimentary copy of this book before it's publish date. I squealed in excitement when I was accepted to read this in exchange for my honest opinion and review. Then I devoured this book!

4.5

I am so glad I requested this ARC! I had tried to read one of Trilina's books before but I realized some tropes were not for me. However, when I saw this one on Netgalley, read some reviews, I requested and am so glad I did!

Both MC's have quite the funny meet-cute, followed by insta-attraction that you could see how and why they came to fall for one another so quickly. The banter between the MC's and side characters had laughing or grinning often. A good read for the fall since it takes place around Halloween.

If you are a fan of Lights Out, this has similar banter. I would categorize this as rom-com-light thriller. I soaked this read up in roughly a 24-hour span.

During read thoughts: Ok I am 50% in and I need to tell as many people as possible about how much I love this book. 17 stars?
The spice is amazing.
The humor is amazing.
The character development, the stakes, its perfect.

Ok I finished it. YESS.

Romance lovers: you need to read this one. It pulled me out of a reading slump and if I could give it 17 stars I would.
One killer night
Why?
-The book begins with a solid hook, and then sits you down with a hilarious chapter to start out with.
-The main character is my type (tattoos, strong, sexy, hello yes please)
-Suspense
-The tension exists, and it’s the PERFECT amount, and then the actual spicy scenes are some of the best I’ve ever read. Might be the best spice I’ve ever read.
-The cover is amazing
-The writing style is wonderful
-It’s easier to follow and read because the execution is done so well of the storytelling aspect, that you can enjoy this book without keeping track of 15+ character names, their motives, 16+ conflicts, etc. This book has the perfect amount of characters, the perfect pacing, and was a phenomenal read.
-I need it on my shelf immediately.
This book is amazing and I’ll be recommending it to my fellow romance and spice lovers for a while, because it’s hard to find really good romance reads and I think I am picky. I LOVED this one.


Thank you NetGalley for the free eARC! I am leaving this honest feedback voluntarily.

🔪ARC REVIEW🔪

"So, i guess if she's peace, then I'm admittedly chaos."

"Hey, you never finished what you were saying before...One is you're my boyfriend, ten is.....
"Ten is you're falling for me too."......
"....Ten."

"He lied, yet I still love him."-One Killer Night, By Trilina Pucci

This book was an absolute surprise and I loved every moment of it. First off, forever grateful I got this arc like 6 months early. Like what a treat! When Trilina says surprise grab this arc, you drop everything.

This was such an original refreshing read. It mixes so many tropes and genres and it just freaking worked perfectly.

First you have Noah. Tall, tattooed, blue eyed Noah. Then you have hilarious, akward, auburn haired Goldie. Omg their meet cute might go down in the history of all meet cutes of being my fav. Seriously laugh out loud funny. Like you are pulling for them from the jump.

They connect and embark on a beautiful love story and youre just swooning. They are perfect for each other and omg they are soooooo hot together as well. Whewwww those smexy scenes, yes mam.

But besides all that, this story has such a cool spooky, suspenseful, campy vibe to it. Truly so unique to watch how their backgrounds effect the people they have become today. And the inner weaving of past and present and how it all comes together. The ultimate gasp cause my theory was all wrong. Amazing main characters and side characters that we must have more of. I will not sleep until we get to see more of them. Absolutely outstanding and I cannot wait for everyone to get their hands on it. If you dare.... 👀 muahahahaahaahaha.

This author isn’t my go to - author behaved badly! - but the concept of this story piqued my interest. It was very fun and even I would recommend this.

Loved it! Smutty/Thriller/Horror Romance is my jam!

I'm really hoping we get Chase and Evie's story cause I LOVED his character. His personality and humor had me laughing out loud. The chemistry between all the characters was perfect and added even more to the story.

And an MMC that favors Damon Salvatore?!?! SOLD.. IMMEDIATELY SOLD 🙌

There isn’t a book Trilina writes that I won’t read! Trilina’s writing will always have me staying up all night to finish a story and this is no different! I loved the thriller aspect of this book! The plot twists with the romantic edge was *chefs kiss*