On Behalf of all Women

by Camille Danciu

The beautiful and single Taryn is seeking revenge after a painful history of her own. Not only revenge for herself, but for all dating women. With a calculating approach, Taryn plots to eliminate awful contenders one by one. Her plan takes an unexpected turn when one of her victims survives. As Taryn struggles with the unexpected wrenches thrown in her plans, she must find a way to avoid detection. Who will do the work on behalf of all women if she's caught?

Praise for On Behalf of All Women:

"A "good for her" novella that's equal parts horror, dark comedy, and feminine rage."

"Witty dialogue, fast paced, and very entertaining."

"Dark and comical. Had a blast reading."

"We can all relate to Taryn."

"You should be ashamed of your book and the male hatred it reeks of."

Genres: Horror

85 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 4, 2024

Reviews

[Peter Topside · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt for Taryn here. I’ve had the unfortunate circumstances of being in many jobs watching men in management positions harassing female staff and such. It’s really awful and uncomfortable, and never in my wildest dreams would I ever treat a woman in that way. The dating game is also a pigsty, from what I understand, so, again, I can’t imagine what women go through when they’re simply looking for a companion who doesn’t just want to bed them. But kudos to Camille Danciu for nailing the feelings and thoughts of our lead here through all those situations. The numbness, the repressed feelings, anger, and all of the various emotions made Taryn’s character depth something to behold. Now, I thought the pacing was a little off. I wanted to know Taryn a little more intimately, aside from her interactions with her victims. Time where she was alone with her thoughts, stewing and concocting her next move, even maybe struggling with some repressed memories or something that let the reader know how she became this unique type of vigilante. It would have broken up the somewhat repetitive cycle of work and dating that the story was based on. The ending had a twist, which seemed very random, but could have worked very well. It was just delivered too quickly and without much development beyond the surprise. Again, I wanted some additional context here and maybe some more content to bring it all full circle. But, overall, this was a strong effort by the author and a very enjoyable reading experience.

[Mo Reads · Rating 1 out of 5]

It hurts a little to think how I spent 45 minutes reading this when I could’ve been chewing on a wad of foil instead.

[amerie ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i need more books like this just with alot more violence

[E · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was Intrigued by the description of this short story by author Camille Danciu.

A woman named Taryn is the lead character. She is now in her late 20s and single.

She has become very familiar with the sociopaths, psychopaths, physical dangers, and prevaricators that lurk in social media playgrounds as well as workplace situations.

She is adept at carefully researching her targets of all categories that prey upon unsuspecting women.

Some are also married and their mistreated wives are unaware these reprobates are players who mistreat their online dates and pickups as well.

Taryn, has had and seen enough. Her primal blood rage has made her become a specialized killer.

She has given herself a License to kill with the skill worthy of a 00 agent.

I have to admit this horror story had some very dark but satisfying humorous twists.

The line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" comes from the 1911 poem "The Female of the Species" by Rudyard Kipling.

Perhaps this may be true.

[bookmarksandbarbells · Rating 3 out of 5]

Girl power, am I right?

[Shannon Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Taryn's single, beautiful, child free, and in her mid twenties. Dating should be easy right? Wrong.”

What would you do if you ran into the same type of man every date you had. The type of man that most women run into their dating life. Well you do what Taryn does and plan a murder. The murders are always planned once she has a date. But this time one of her victims doesn’t die and she starts to worry what will happen once the victims wakes up.

[Camille Danciu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of course I’m going to rate my book 5⭐️, Taryn’s a girls girl. 😇😉

[Phrique · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’d like to say it doesn’t happen often, but that would be a lie. I know an ON SIGHT book when I see one, and On Behalf of All Women was screaming to be found. With probably my fastest found-ordered-read-enamored rate to date, I couldn’t wait to get into this one.

Quick Synopsis:
Taryn is tired of disappointments in life. There’s so many that go unchecked that are out of our control. Even when it comes to dating. So she figures out what she can’t control, she can at least help the odds for the next would-be victims. Now shes out to cleanse the world of letdowns, one date at a time.

I’m so glad I found Camille Danciu and this amazing book. From start to finish, I was here for the scathing observations, the shady descriptions, and the very real sounding scenarios. I had my “good for her” cupcake ready and waiting from the first chapter. I loved the originality of the story and the ease I had gelling with Camille’s writing. She’s definitely going to be an ON SIGHT buy/read from here on out, especially if this is just the beginning. I highly recommend this one if you want some satisfying femme rage that doesn’t follow tropes and carves its own path in the chests of its victims.

Also: BOILING. BABY. OIL. MY DEAR GAWD.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whoa...Taryn is every guy's worst nightmare.
She won't like you whoever you are, whatever you do and the hobby you're addicted to!
Don't piss her off and absolutely don't date her... you'll live to regret it or more precisely die!!
This book needs to be read by EVERY man... honestly you think I'm joking???
Don't mess with this book...or Taryn.

5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'s What a great book...it kept me entertained and smiling 😁😁😁

[Andrea Stott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes

This was a lot of fun. Perfect for election month. I hope she writes more books with Taryn. It's a fast read and keeps you moving the whole time.

[Brigit (Cosy.horror.corner) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Feminine rage is valid, but this feels like arrogant abuse of power in the name of sisterhood.

Extreme misandry with improbable cause to justify the killings. A main character that becomes unlikable from taking so many risks before being absolutely certain (and having her actions conveniently be justified while she's already made her reflexive decision, conveniently followed by sheer luck sometimes that "the guy is a douchebag" and there couldn't possibly be more to the story, let's just kill him). Such a narrow black-and-white scope of morality that also completely neglects cheaters on the female (or other gender identifying sides), and stoops below a morality of common sense in general. There are so many loose ends to her leaving DNA behind. She says she watches so many criminal shows, however, leaves blood and mess everywhere.

While the killings themselves are creative, I struggled with the justifications and writing. I suppose this is my equality misanthropy speaking up. If this were written from a male pov, it wouldn't be given the same blind praise.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a fun read!
I really hope to see Taryn again with her strong and wicked character. One of my favourite revenge works I've read - definitely recommend!

I'm off to buy some doughnuts now...

🌟5🌟

[Rhiannon Boyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty good novella of a young woman and the female rage she regularly unleashes on the men in her life. Dark and darkly funny, Taryn’s mission in life is a kind of Maeve Fly crossed with Dexter as she joyfully goes about setting up and ending men who she believes use and abuse women.

Downgraded a bit only because I felt it was written too quickly and could have done with a bit more expansion of the main character’s motivation. Yes, it’s there, and it’s also surprisingly not the ‘abused at some point in her life’ motivation you’d usually get, but it could have been… elaborated on a bit more and been more effective.

Also downgraded just from the sheer amount of editing and formatting issues that were, unfortunately, just too numerous and exceedingly distracting for me to overlook.

Otherwise, a good story from an author I’d definitely read again.

My thanks to the author for the advance review copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Amanda Ruzsa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this in one sitting because I simply had to see where things were going to go for our MC, Taryn.

“It's always the ones you never wanted in the first place who become the biggest regret and embarrassment. Bothering you nonstop just to end up being a piece of shit.”

Taryn has met her fair share of monsters cloaked in skin, and we witness her taking the power back for herself and for other/would-be victims.

“He was growing on her. She could not decide if the growing was like fungus or flowers yet.”

This story kept me invested from page one and right to the end. Lots of karmatic slayings, several gut-wrenching surprises and an ending that was both unexpected and gratifying. Definitely recommend.

[Ali O · Rating 5 out of 5]

On Behalf Of All Women by Camille Danciu
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I absolutely love this novella! It is such a fun and entertaining dark story.
The story follows a woman Taryn and her escapades with finding men on-line. She then goes on dates with them in order to enact her deadly revenge on each man! Things take a strange twist when Taryn falls for a male co-worker!
This story is truly fantastic! I loved every minute of it and didn’t want to put it down! Even though it’s a short story, it has a very original and detailed storyline. The writing is excellent also!
I can’t wait to read more from this author!

Thank you to Camille Danciu for an ecopy of this awesome book!

*It’s out now and I definitely recommend grabbing this for a fun and quick read!*

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay this was hilarious! I couldn't help but laugh at Taryn's utter disgust for men. It was such a fun read. The ending was maybe a little predictable, but I couldn't help but thinking, "Hell yeah!" I loved this and I will be recommending it to everyone.

[Dawn Garrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

The idea was pretty good. Woman hates all men, takes out the terrible ones, etc. but it's not very descriptive. Its more like the first outline of a good book.
I'm interested to see what else the author will come out with. The ideas are there, just need some tweaking and flushing out the story a bit more.

[Katie Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

YOU GO GIRLS!!

[Camille · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this short book. I do think all women have had this idea pop into their minds at one point or another.

[Lauren Woodley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it so much!!!

[Jody Steed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a fun read. If Taryn continues her life’s work in more books, I’d love to tag along.

[Jen Ickler-Albrecht · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short story of a woman fed up with dating undesirable men and takes matters into her own hands. I actually found it to humorous at times and fun read.

[Ola · Rating 2 out of 5]

Writing just wasn’t up to par for me but the premise was great.

[Stacey Leigh · Rating 2 out of 5]

While I enjoyed the novels idea I feel it wasn’t executed brilliantly and lacked a lot of detail and explanation. Taryn has a little back story that explains her actions but nothings explored very deeply. It also felt very “deus ex machina” as she continuously got away with murders and was never linked to the men or caught.

[Charlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love it when women

[LC · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm 50/50 on this one. Let's go with 3.5 stars

On the one hand, it's completely unrealistic. Which, duh, she's a woman out here murdering men, ofc it's unrealistic. But what's REALLY unrealistic is how careless she is about it and yet never seems to get caught? Or even listed as a suspect? Like, she's using a dating app to find these men... it's very easy to backtrack through those kinds of apps to find suspects/persons of interest.

On the other hand, it was a good read. The chapters are extremely short which makes it feel like you're breezing right through the book. The different ways she kills these men are interesting and entertaining. She does have a reason for why she does it, albeit a very shallow reason. She wasn't abused or anything like that- she just straight up hates men and thinks they're trash 😂

The editing had some major issues and was severely lacking. But I believe this is a pretty new/small-time author, so it's possible she edits her own stuff 🤷🏼‍♀️

My final thoughts- it's worth the read. Especially since it's so short.

[Michaela Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE TARYN. She is the ultimate girl’s girl. On Behalf of All Women is full of rage and the perfect read for those who have been harassed and hurt by men. Taryn is working incredibly hard to provide women a safer & more peaceful world to live in. I will be rereading this book regularly and am so excited to read more from Camille.

[Shannon | Modest Romance Reads]

DNF @ 12%

I feel really bad because I actually requested a copy of this -- I was so pumped! The story sounded excited, the marketing was great... but it just didn't live up to my expectations. I have waited to write this so I could find the right words so I am forgetting some of the smaller details BUT this FMC just clearly hates men, which is not what I thought I was signing up for. I thought we would see something bad happen that would set her on the path promised, but instead, her inner monologue is just pure hatred. I don't want to get into specifics, because I don't want to spoil anything, but yeah, the first 10% wasn't it for me. I see so many positive reviews and posts on Facebook about it, which I am happy to see for this absolute lovely author. It's not my cup of haterade though.

[Erica · Rating 2 out of 5]

not my cup of tea

It’s all just so unbelievable. I’m so bummed because this book blew up in a group talking about how it really messed with people. I also couldn’t help but fixate on the typos