Harvest Season is the second book in Brynne Weaver’s The Seasons of Carnage series, continuing the story of Nolan and Harper, two dueling serial killers in a small town full of buried secrets. This dark romantic comedy blends intrigue and spice with macabre humor to create a truly unique and phenomenal read.
* This review contains spoilers for the first book in the series, Tourist Season*
Nolan Rhodes came to Cape Carnage with only one thing in mind: killing Harper Starling. Instead, he finds himself unable to stay away from her, embroiled in the town’s secrets that she’s right in the middle of.
Nolan is using his search and rescue skills to help Sheriff Yates find the missing tourists, or pretend at least. He already knows where they all went. A serial killer with Alzheimer’s further complicates things, and as true crime aficionados descend on Cape Carnage, it feels like everything is closing in.
Harper Starling never planned for Nolan to know her true identity, but now that he does, she doesn’t know who she can trust. She’s done everything she could to leave her trauma behind her, but now it’s coming back to haunt her.
In Cape Carnage, deadly villains lurk behind every corner, but love might be the deadliest game of all.
Harvest Season is unhinged in the best possible way. Two crazy serial killers falling in love, with an angsty, tension-filled, grumpy/grumpy dynamic? Sign me up.
Basically, everyone is a serial killer in this universe, and while that seems a little unbelievable, it somehow totally works. The villain, when they’re finally revealed, is truly psychotic and will make you want to scream in the best way.
Unlike Brynne Weaver’s Ruinous Love series, this is not a standalone. The plot picks up right where the last book left off, with the same couple at the center of it all.
You’re as much a part of me as my heart or my lungs or my fucked-up soul, Harper. You could cut yourself out of me, but all I’d ever feel is the absence of you. That’s what I mean when I say that you’re mine.
The chemistry between Harper and Nolan is palpable, with sparks practically flying off the page and just the right amount of kink. Harvest Season is slightly less spicy than the first book, but only slightly, and the amount of sex balances wonderfully with the plot.
Harvest Season is dark, twisted, and campy, with perfect pacing. It’s digestible, but with plenty of plot to sink your teeth into. There are lots of twists and turns, and truly gasp-inducing moments that keep the reader ravenously turning.
The ending is deeply tense, like watching a car wreck in slow motion, but you can’t look away. The book ends on a heartbreaking cliffhanger, with no announced release date for book three yet, but the wait will be worth it for this incredible series.
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