The final book in Brynne Weaver’s mega popular Ruinous Love trilogy is out now, but the author hasn’t ruled out the possibility of revisiting the world of the Kane brothers in the future.
“I never say no to anything,” Weaver exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the Tuesday, February 11, release of Scythe & Sparrow. “In some cases I think their stories are wrapped up, but in others I could see a spinoff novella or something like that. I definitely left the door open to exploring that in the future.”
Scythe & Sparrow wraps up the dark romance trilogy that began with 2023’s Butcher & Blackbird and last year’s Leather & Lark. The novel’s main characters, Fionn Kane and Rose Evans, made cameo appearances in the first two books, but Scythe & Sparrow finally reveals how they met — and gives readers a deeper understanding of what helped mold the Kane brothers.
Like the first two Ruinous Love books, Scythe & Sparrow features plenty of murder, but the difference here is that Rose is not exactly a criminal mastermind on par with her counterparts Sloane and Lark.
“I felt like when I was writing the first book that she was a little bit chaotic, and I thought it would be a fun, different kind of take on this serial killer theme that I was doing if she just wasn’t very good at it,” Weaver told Us of Rose. “She really tries hard, she puts her whole self into it. It just doesn’t always pan out the way that she hoped.”
Brynne Weaver. Us Weekly
Fionn, meanwhile, isn’t quite as hypermasculine as his siblings, Rowan and Lachlan — he works out a lot, but he’s also part of a crocheting club.
“With his two older brothers, they’ve played a significant role in really getting him to have this sort of perfect life,” Weaver explained. “He’s tried really hard to exceed expectations. He’s also brokenhearted, so he’s run away to Nebraska. He’s kind of been hiding a little bit. So I wanted to give him the chance to really come out of his shell, and Rose was the perfect opportunity to have that happen for him.”
While Rose and Fionn aren’t quite as adept at hiding the (not metaphorical) bodies as other Ruinous Love characters, they’re not lacking in the chemistry department — and the book boasts plenty of those steamy scenes that Weaver’s fans have come to expect. Some authors find it difficult to choreograph those moments on the page or plot out elaborate fights, but Weaver’s biggest challenges lie elsewhere.
“Those are always my two favorite things to write,” the author said of scenes involving sex or violence. “Sometimes it’s more of the interconnection between those scenes where you’re exploring the more heavy emotional topics, and I want to get those right. So, it takes a lot more thinking time to process those chapters, but the murder scenes and the spicy scenes are, like, no problem.”
As fans finally get their hands on Scythe & Sparrow, Weaver is looking forward to the next chapter in her writing career — she’s already handed in the manuscript for the first book in a new series and is currently hard at work on the second. She can’t share any further details, but hinted that eagle-eyed Scythe & Sparrow readers might find a clue about what’s next.
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“I can’t really give too much away, but there is maybe a little bit of a window into what might be coming at the end of this book,” she teased. “So it is another dark rom-com series but also a bit more thriller-y.”
She’s also participating in the development of Butcher & Blackbird for the big screen. No casting announcements have been made, but Weaver is feeling good about where things are going.
“Sometimes you’re having these conversations with producers or in this case the director as well and thinking like, ‘Oh, I’m talking to this director’ — that’s a little bit wild to get your head around at first,” she told Us. “It’s rolling along pretty quickly. We have a screenwriter now and she’s already been working on the script. We’ve got a few people in play, not actors yet, but a few other key people who are starting to get involved now, and I’ve been really brought into all the steps of the process which has been wonderful. I really want to see where they take it and how they interpret it, but I’m getting to have my say as well, so for me it’s a perfect balance.”
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She also has a couple ideas about who could play Rowan and Sloane.
“I have a few that I could see doing it,” she said. “I think Nicholas Hoult could potentially play a really good Rowan, but I think it’s very much dependent on the chemistry between the leads. I love Amber Midthunder, who was in Prey, which is another favorite movie. I thought she was fantastic, but I really think it comes down to that chemistry aspect. So, I guess we’ll see when we get there.”
Scythe & Sparrow is out now.
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