diff --git a/dusk-bytes/src/serialize.rs b/dusk-bytes/src/serialize.rs
index 3d84fd5..49ae61a 100644
--- a/dusk-bytes/src/serialize.rs
+++ b/dusk-bytes/src/serialize.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
-use super::errors::BadLength;
+use super::errors::{BadLength, Error};
 
 /// The core trait used to implement [`from_bytes`] and [`to_bytes`]
 pub trait Serializable<const N: usize> {
@@ -42,8 +42,56 @@ pub trait DeserializableSlice<const N: usize>: Serializable<N> {
             Self::from_bytes(&bytes)
         }
     }
+
+    /// Deserialize the type reading the bytes from a reader.
+    /// The bytes read are removed from the reader.
+    fn from_reader<R>(buf: &mut R) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>
+    where
+        R: Read,
+        Self: Sized,
+        Self::Error: BadLength,
+    {
+        let mut bytes = [0u8; N];
+        buf.read(&mut bytes)
+            .map_err(|_| Self::Error::bad_length(buf.size(), N))?;
+
+        Self::from_bytes(&bytes)
+    }
 }
 
 // Auto trait [`DeserializableSlice`] for any type that implements
 // [`Serializable`]
 impl<T, const N: usize> DeserializableSlice<N> for T where T: Serializable<N> {}
+
+pub trait Read {
+    fn size(&self) -> usize;
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, Error>;
+}
+
+impl Read for &[u8] {
+    #[inline]
+    fn size(&self) -> usize {
+        self.len()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, Error> {
+        if buf.len() > self.len() {
+            return Err(Error::bad_length(self.len(), buf.len()));
+        }
+        let amt = buf.len();
+        let (a, b) = self.split_at(amt);
+
+        // First check if the amount of bytes we want to read is small:
+        // `copy_from_slice` will generally expand to a call to `memcpy`, and
+        // for a single byte the overhead is significant.
+        if amt == 1 {
+            buf[0] = a[0];
+        } else {
+            buf[..amt].copy_from_slice(a);
+        }
+
+        *self = b;
+        Ok(amt)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dusk-bytes/tests/serialize_test.rs b/dusk-bytes/tests/serialize_test.rs
index d41c327..e662e6f 100644
--- a/dusk-bytes/tests/serialize_test.rs
+++ b/dusk-bytes/tests/serialize_test.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,36 @@ mod from_bytes {
 
         assert!(beef.is_ok(), "Structure created without error");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mutable_bigger_and_wrong_buffer() {
+        let mut bytes = &[0xbe, 0xef, 0x10, 0x20][..];
+        let beef = Beef::from_reader(&mut bytes);
+
+        assert!(beef.is_ok(), "Structure created without error");
+        assert_eq!(bytes, [0x10, 0x20], "Buffer Consumed");
+
+        let beef = Beef::from_reader(&mut bytes);
+        let result = matches!(beef, Err(BeefError::InvalidBytes));
+
+        assert!(result, "Invalid representation passed");
+        assert!(bytes.is_empty(), "Buffer Consumed");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mutable_bigger_and_not_enough_buffer() {
+        let mut bytes = &[0xbe, 0xef, 0x10][..];
+        let beef = Beef::from_reader(&mut bytes);
+
+        assert!(beef.is_ok(), "Structure created without error");
+        assert_eq!(bytes, [0x10], "Buffer Consumed");
+
+        let beef = Beef::from_reader(&mut bytes);
+        let result = matches!(beef, Err(BeefError::UnexpectedEof));
+
+        assert!(result, "Not enough bytes to parse");
+        assert_eq!(bytes, [0x10], "Buffer is not consumed");
+    }
 }
 
 mod to_bytes {