Today I’m reviewing the debut novel from L.M. Chilton, Don’t Swipe Right.

Here’s the blurb.

DATING APPS ARE SO DEAD.

Gwen Turner, 29, entrepreneur and part-time barista.

Likes: true-crime podcasts, cheese-based snacks (the more unnaturally orange the better) and constantly refreshing her dating apps.

Dislikes: two-day hangovers, people who refer to themselves as entrepreneurs… and discovering her latest match is actually a serial killer (probably should have put that top of the list).

They say romance is dead, but if Gwen can’t catch the mystery killer who’s targeting every man she’s ever dated, it’s about to get a whole lot deadlier.

Review

Don’t Swipe Right follows Gwen and her disastrous dating resume as things turn deadly.

With her friend Sarah about to get married and with her own love life going down the drain she opens her dating app in the hope of distraction.

When a match appears Gwen thinks this might be time for a little fun. Her match isn’t so keen to play out, there’s been a murder recently and when he sends the link to Gwen that’s when things go crazy.. yeah Gwen had recently been on a date with the victim!!

Its a coincidence that Gwen can’t shake but when another body appears, another of Gwen’s recent dates, its getting a little suspicious.

Now the police are involved and while they don’t believe Gwen is a suspect as such they need to keep an eye on her.

More death follows but along the way Gwen still finds time to make new romantic connections, she explores her past and the dates she’s been on but also what happened to bring her to this point in time.. the reason she’s on the dating app in the first place.

Not everyone on Gwen’s list of dates has been targeted yet and I really loved that Gwen wants to put the pieces together herself.. she knows there must be a link.. but what can it be.. to see her go all vigilante to hopefully protect those left was pretty exciting.. and puts her at the mercy of the killer!

There’s twists and turns which were really fun and exciting.. giving you the “ooooooooo” moments. I really thought I’d nailed who the killer is, I had a list, some with clear motivations, some I just had a gut feeling about.. and it’s those twists that keep you guessing.

The final reveal was utterly exhilarating for me as the motivations became clear.. the end game.. wow.

It seems silly to say a book like this was “laugh our loud” but it really had it’s moments..Gwen has zero luck and she doesn’t help herself but even I couldn’t help laughing when after a date gone wrong, going home, she realises she’s still wearing her bowling shoes ha.

Lots of funny moments but overall a very serious and engaging plot.

Character wise I really loved Gwen and the more we learn, the more I felt I understood her and why things happened the way they did. The ensemble cast were really good too, I won’t spoil it but each have their part to play and give the energy that makes Gwen’s life shine.

It’s got to be a 5* from me!

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