#kristin gutmunsson

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“There are no monsters. Only people.”

Character: Simon Gutmunsson from None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney (and also Kristen, I guess, technically, in the window)

I have seen basically no fandom (especially current) for this book which makes me sad because I’ve been obsessed with it since I read the first book last year and I just found time to read the second one and oh my god. Just oh my god. I can’t wait for the third one.

Bonus “trust the process” drawings under the cut lmao

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None Shall Sleep Halloween Costumes!!

It's that time of year again y'all.

Emma and Travis dressed as Sherlock and Watson. Or Travis dressed as a mailman and Emma dressed as a love letter. OMG Travis and Emma as Wesley and Buttercup from the princess bride.

Emma and Kristin matching... Emma as Gomez and Kristin as Morticia.

Simon and Travis dressed as Jack and Ennis from brokeback mountain... no I will not elaborate.

Simon and Kristin dressed as Dexter and Debra Morgan. Simon in Dexter's murder getup. Kristin would absolutely be slaying in Debra's police uniform. Or Kristin dressed as Bo Peep and Simon as the lamb lol.

Group costumes... Alice in wonderland. Emma as Alice of course. Travis as the white rabbit. Kristin as the Queen of Hearts. Simon as, who else, the Mad Hatter.

Supernatural group costume save me... Simon as Dean, Kristin as Sam, Travis as Castiel and Emma as Crowley.

SALTBURN. Emma as Oliver, Travis as Farleigh, Simon as Felix and Kristin as Venetia.

SCOOBY GANG. Not sure who would be who tho.

Barbie movie group costume. Again not sure who would be who.

@dumbleb33 Happy Halloween!

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it is once again the season of gift giving so it's time to give Emma some christmas gifts!

Travis gives her: a gun. and a teddy bear wearing a shirt made from one of his old shirts.

Kristin gives her: something nice but practical like a carhartt jacket? idk honestly.

Simon gives her: ptsd.

any thoughts? because i'm honestly at a loss this year

Ohhh hmm.

Yeah I think Travis would give her a gun for sure lol and a bunch of other stuff like pepper spray etc.

Kristin for sure would give her something nice. I think she’d maybe taking her out shopping because she’d want to get Emma lots of stuff but know their taste isn’t the same.

And Simon oh Simon. I always just land on like expensive wine and books for his gifts lol. Maybe he’d get her like a really nice knife too lolll like some elaborate dagger that he’d write a four page letter to go with it comparing Emma to the dagger 😭

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Oh I've thought about this a lot.

I feel like Simon could die because every other serial killer who has encountered Emma has also died.

Also putting him back in jail seems anticlimactic, and he already has the death penalty so him getting arrested would just mean he dies. It would also be ✨super tragic✨ to make Kristin lose him.

OR I feel like Kristin could die and Simon will be forced to live without her for the sake of ✨tragedy✨

Or they BOTH die because ✨tragedy✨ like they both get shot by the cops OR one dies and the other commits suicide because they can't live without each other.

Honestly I really don't see Emma dying because she's worked so hard to recover from her trauma I think it would be really unsatisfying for her to just die. And when it comes to the idea of Travis dying, it just doesn't feel like it would make sense for the story, but idk anything is possible.

I'm so nervous but so excited.

okay get real chat which of the core 4 do u think are dying in all shall mourn

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Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney

"Emma gives Kristin her other hand, because she's right, they're still girls. But she isn't sure what that signifies anymore, except that girls are the ones who always end up victimized, abused, tortured, dead. What the advantages of manicured nails might be in those circumstances, she really can't imagine."

Year Read: 2024

Rating: 4/5

Thoughts: I liked this a little more than None Shall Sleep, I think because I was vibing more with the murder case. The similarities to the killer Emma escaped are eerie and personal, and it makes the novel that much more frightening. It's a little slow to take off, wallowing a bit in changing locations and police politics, but once it starts digging into the current murder case, I was hooked. I also cannot, for the life of me, tell a single cop character in this novel apart. There are half a dozen named and described, and they all just run together into one faceless mass.

On the other hand, the main characters are delightful as always. I've always enjoyed the slowburn of Travis and Emma's bond (a hint of romance but nothing too off-putting for non-romance readers), and Emma's trauma gets a spotlight here as the current case brings up old memories of Huxton. I also really liked seeing more of Kristin in this book. She reminds me of Luna Lovegood (sweet, blonde, underestimated, a little spacey) if she happened to have a serial killer for a brother.

I feel a little bad because I know these books are primarily about the survivors, not the murderers--and Marney goes to great lengths to portray Emma's trauma realistically--but I am never as riveted as when Simon Gutmunsson is on the page. He's teenage Hannibal Lecter stealing the show, commanding attention, and generally sending chills down my spine. I'm a sucker for a great fictional serial killer, and he's easily one of my favorites for YA horror. I loved the ending of this book; it's tense and terrifying, and I'm so excited the series will be rounded out as a trilogy.

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abigail hobbs would be having a way better time if she got to hang out with emma lewis and kristin gutmunsson from none shall sleep instead of hannibal lecter

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Blog Tour: Top 5 Reasons to Read SOME SHALL BREAK by Ellie Marney! #tbrbeyondtours

Welcome to Book-Keeping and my stop on the TBR and Beyond Tours blog + bookstagram tour for Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney, the sequel to 2020’s breakout hit None Shall Sleep! I absolutely loved the first book and this follow-up, and below you’ll find my top 5 reasons to read the series!

About the Book

title: Some Shall Break (None Shall Sleep #2) author: Ellie Marney publisher: Little, Brown release date: 6 June 2023

This sequel to the New York Times bestselling None Shall Sleep is an equally electrifying, chilling thriller that brings us back into the lives of junior FBI consultants Travis Bell and Emma Lewis with a new case that may unravel everything they’ve been working for.

After a harrowingly close contact with juvenile sociopath Simon Gutmunsson, junior FBI consultants Emma Lewis and Travis Bell went their separate ways: Emma rejected her Quantico offer and Travis stayed to train within a new unit of the FBI Behavioral Science division. But the unit’s latest case is feeling eerily familiar and Kristin Gutmunsson—Simon Gutmunsson’s eccentric twin—reaches out to Travis to send a warning: Emma is in peril. When Travis and Kristin turn up evidence that points back to Daniel Huxton, the serial killer that Emma had escaped, things become more complicated. With a copycat on the loose, Emma returns to Quantico and is thrown back into her past traumas. Compelled to prevent more tragedy—even if it means putting herself in danger—Emma turns to Simon for help once again. But Simon is keeping secrets that could impact their entire investigation. Will the team be able to stop the Huxton copycat before time runs out for his next victims?

Content Warning: Murder, gore, trauma, sexual assault, sexism, violence, drug use, racism

Add to Goodreads: Some Shall Break (None Shall Sleep #2) Purchase the Book: Amazon | B&N | Bookshop.org

About the Author

Ellie Marney is a NYT bestselling author of crime fiction. Her most recent book is The Killing Code, and her other titles include the Aurealis-winning None Shall Sleep, the Every series – starting with Every Breath – and the companion novel No Limits, White Night, and the Circus Hearts series, starting with Circus Hearts 1. Ellie’s next book, Some Shall Break, the sequel to None Shall Sleep, will be released June 2023.

Ellie’s books are published in eleven countries and have been optioned for television. She’s spent a lifetime researching in mortuaries, talking to autopsy specialists, and asking former spies how to make explosives from household items, and now she lives quite sedately in south-eastern Australia with her family.

Connect with Ellie: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Facebook

Top 5 Reasons to Read

I must admit I’m kind of glad this isn’t a traditional review because I’d just be gushing incoherently about how freaking much I loved Some Shall Break (and its predecessor, None Shall Sleep). So instead of rambling, let me give you my top 5 reasons to read this incredible series!

1. The early 1980s setting had me nostalgic for my childhood! Granted, I was only 7 in 1982, but I loved all the little references to things I remember from that time - songs, fashion, cars, etc.

2. I loved getting a (fictional) peek inside the beginnings of the FBI’s now-famed Behavioral Science Unit, which quickly became the gold standard for serial killer profiling.

3. These books give us the most creepy and terrifying serial killer this side of Hannibal Lecter, and I am absolutely chuffed to see the grittiness of this thriller series in young adult lit!

4. Emma Lewis is a badass, incredibly complex character that you root for with every single page you turn. Her badassery lies not in brute strength or actual abilities to kick butt, but in her strength of character, her tenacity, her intelligence, her unwillingness to be pushed around, and her feminist sensibilities (back when more mainstream feminism was still fairly new). She has *been through some shit* and has come out the other side fierce and strong, while also still dealing with the effects of her captivity. I love the quote from Adrienne Rich that she cites as her favorite: “Her wounds came from the same source as her power.”

5. Finally, more on the feminism: again, we’re dealing with very early ‘80s, so mainstream feminism was in its nascent stage, but Marney exposes the sexism inherent in not just police culture but also the culture at large at the time -- and which unfortunately still exists today. At one point Kristen says, “People only listen when women expose their pain, I suppose.” Emma later remarks, “Every woman lives in a constant state of battle-readiness.” Later, when Emma shoos away a creep in a bar by referring to her FBI partner, Travis, as her boyfriend, she notes “the irony that she has to claim connection with one man to avoid another.” I doubt I’m alone in saying each of these is all too familiar even now, 40 years after the setting of this book.

I’m not sure I can adequately convey how darn much I love this series, but I hope this list is a start! If you are *at all* a mystery/thriller lover, PICK THESE UP! Even if you don’t normally read YA, I am confident you’ll love these. And DM me with thoughts once you’re done!

RATING: 5 stars!

**Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for purposes of this blog tour. I also bought myself the audiobook to alternate between audio and physical.

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Some Shall Break, the sequel to my favourite thriller ever, has a cover, a blurb and is releasing June 6th 2023!

This sequel to the New York Times bestselling None Shall Sleep is an equally electrifying, chilling thriller that brings us back into the lives of junior FBI consultants Travis Bell and Emma Lewis with a new case that may unravel everything they’ve been working for. After a harrowingly close contact with juvenile sociopath Simon Gutmunsson, junior FBI consultants Emma Lewis and Travis Bell went their separate ways: Emma rejected her Quantico offer and Travis stayed to train within a new unit of the FBI Behavioral Science division. But the unit’s latest case is feeling eerily familiar and Kristin Gutmunsson—Simon Gutmunsson���s eccentric twin—reaches out to Travis to send a warning: Emma is in peril.   When Travis and Kristin turn up evidence that points back to Daniel Huxton, the serial killer that Emma had escaped, things become more complicated. With a copycat on the loose, Emma returns to Quantico and is thrown back into her past traumas. Compelled to prevent more tragedy—even if it means putting herself in danger—Emma turns to Simon for help once again. But Simon is keeping secrets that could impact their entire investigation. Will the team be able to stop the Huxton copycat before time runs out for his next victims?

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Grenier: got some straight gas 🔥😛 this strain is called “Simon Gutmunsson” 🥀😳 you’ll be zonked out of your gourd 💯🤣

Emma: yeah whatever. I've smoked this strain before.

5 minutes later: dude it turns out Simon and countless others have seen the videos of the most traumatic thing to ever happen to me and i think the college killer wants me personally and i feel weirdly sad about the idea of letting Simon die also my therapist is in the hospital and i might be bisexual

Her buddy Travis pacing: Kristin is hiding something from us

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Just realized I never posted this here? @dumbleb33

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Kristin: Simon, you're not ascending to godhood. You're just dehydrated.

Simon: Do not worry, dear sister. I am merely on the cusp of liberating my divine self from this mortal shell.

Simon, fifteen minutes later: hopital

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thinking about Emma, Travis, and Kristin at the bar in the beginning of some shall break. Kristin saying she could go for a long island iced tea and Travis replying that they don't serve tea at a bar. the cops buying Emma a drink and her chugging it in front of them despite being 19. the EmmaTravis argument outside the bar.

God it’s all so good it’s actually insane like. Such power moves from those three all the time it’s wild I love them

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feeling sad about Kristin... she'll never stop living in the shadow of what Simon has done... she'll never be more than a killer's sister... I honestly don't think she can be her own person while Simon is still alive... she's too codependent with him... Kristin is so special and tragic to me I love her.

I love her so much. She is so everything to me and it does make me so sad that that is all people will ever see her as and it’s almost just what she has let herself become. Like she’s just accepted that’s what people see her for and has said okay fine I’m just a killers sister. It’s so tragic. Emma too. She is just forever seen as a huxton victim and they are both so much more. Sobbing for my girlies

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wait have i shown you my kristin playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gMAOMTHysoJOgIcLuKCs4?si=72e987aeaf404075

YAAAAYYYYYY I can’t wait to listen to thissss!!! mine is still pretty short but i shall add. Ignore that her name is spelled wrong I never fixed it 😔😔😔

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emmakristin thoughts...

Simon asks Kristin to deliver flowers to Emma but when Kristin shows up at Emma's door with flowers, Emma thinks the flowers are from Kristin and gets so visibly giddy that Kristin lies and says the flowers were her idea. Next time they visit Simon they're holding hands and Simon just. Screams internally. But he can't be mad at Kristin.

Actually this is exactly how this would go you can trust me Ellie told me herself

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Thinking about what Simon would send Emma for the holidays .. perhaps a first edition copy of the book they quote to each other in the first book (or a book by the guy they quote? That scene is a total blank in my mind right now I’m so sorry) and an actual nice bottle of wine to “refine her tastes” our boy would just be love bombing her with all these fancy gifts lol and Emma would be like, nope straight into the trash. Our poor little guy

Bestie how did you KNOW I've been planning a fic about this.

Definitely he would be sending her books because "Public school? In Ohio? No, my Emma deserves some REAL literature."

Side note: I love the idea of Simon referring to Emma as "my Emma" but he's only a little possessive over her. Not too possessive yk? More protective than possessive.

And the wine is a brilliant idea. Simon spending hours each week tasting different rare wines and sending her these obscure wines from fancy wineries and Emma is like hm. This looks like it cost at least thirty dollars.

I've been thinking about Simon sending Emma all this expensive stuff from designer brands but Emma just. Does not recognize the names.

"Oh he sent me a purse this time. The tag says Hermes? Like the Greek god. Is this some kind of clue about his location? What kind of game is he playing?"

"Girl he sent you a KELLY."

"Who's Kelly?"

I also think he would send a note with each gift. Like snippets of love poems or even more personalized messages for her. Bonus points if Kristen helps him pick out gifts and write the notes like "Omg I bet she would LOVE this!" "Simon, you simply have to compliment her eyes!" I love the idea of Kristin being the number one EmmaSimon shipper.

All of the gifts end up in an evidence locker tho 💔