Book review by Corey
The Unshaped
The Unshaped follows a dark serial-killer story where violence, obsession, and identity all start bleeding together. The mystery builds around a copycat-style threat, but the book also spends time on the emotional fallout and the relationships developing around the investigation, which keeps it from feeling like a simple murder story.
There is also a slow-burn sapphic romance running through the book, and it works because it never takes over the darker plot. The story stays tense and unsettling, but there is enough character work underneath the violence to make the emotional side matter too.
The Goods
- Strong serial-killer mystery
- Good sapphic slow-burn romance
- Dark atmosphere
- Interesting psychological tension
- The romance never overwhelms the main plot
The Bads
- Very dark subject matter
- Some scenes are disturbing
- The pacing can slow in places
- A few plot turns feel familiar
- Definitely not for sensitive readers
My Recommendation
This is a strong choice for readers who like dark psychological thrillers, serial-killer stories, and sapphic romance mixed into a much heavier plot. The lesbian relationship adds emotion without softening the darker parts of the story, and the mystery stays important from beginning to end. If you enjoy queer thrillers with violence, obsession, slow-burn romance, and characters dealing with some very ugly situations, The Unshaped is definitely worth reading.
