Slumps, Smut & Standouts

Praise Kinks, Cam Girls & Eyes on Me

This episode starts exactly how you’d expect from us… with technical difficulties, chaotic microphones, and a full discussion about embracing natural curly hair. Naturally, that spirals into talking about nose rings, podcast struggles, and trying to keep our lives together for five minutes. Once we finally get semi-functional, we dive into this spicy read, the series as a whole, and whether these books really work as standalones. We break down Garrett and Mia, debate the red flags, and somehow end up unlocking childhood memories about American Girl Dolls and Barbies along the way. The conversation gets deeper as we talk about online relationships, emotional cheating, truth talks, and the messy gray areas of connection and loyalty. Of course, we also get into the taboo elements of the book, rate the book boyfriend potential, discuss whether the plot actually plots, and finish things off with audiobook thoughts, reading plans, and our usual unhinged final remarks. #BookTok #RomanceBooks #DarkRomance #BookPodcast #BookishPodcast

What We Read, What Wrecked Us & What’s Next

This week Essie & Addie are recapping the books that wrecked us, surprised us, and made us question our reading choices. We’re talking Heartless, Nocticadia, Sicko, Confessions of a Wildflower, and Addie’s current adventure through Daggermouth — because apparently we love red flags and emotional damage around here. We’re also chatting book boyfriend energy, judging books by their covers (because yes, we apparently do it), current reading goals, audiobook life, Kindle discoveries that somehow made us feel 87 years old, and what chaos June may have in store. Plus the truly important topics… random life tangents, pets, and a cat named Donut. Come hang out while we discuss what we read, what we’re reading, and what books may be ruining our lives next. #BookTokPodcast #DarkRomanceBooks #RomanceReader #BookishPodcast #SpicyBookTok

Cake, Candles & Characters We'd Fold For

It’s Essie’s birthday episode! 🎂📚 This week we’re celebrating with chaotic morning catch-up conversations, Home Depot adventures (because apparently we’re adults now?), and diving into all things books. We get into taboo romance reads, book recommendations, and create the ultimate book boyfriend birthday party — from choosing which characters are invited, where it’s happening, what’s on the menu, and who is absolutely banned from entering. We’re also talking upcoming releases we’re excited about and sharing a little behind-the-scenes on how we pick books and what our reading styles look like. Expect birthday chaos, bookish debates, and probably way too many fictional men. #BookTokPodcast, #DarkRomanceBooks, #BookBoyfriends, #SpicyBookTok, #RomanceReaders

Spit, Swallow & NSFW

This episode is fully unhinged in the best way. We’re bouncing between chaotic games, questionable opinions, and all things taboo - with zero filter. From “Spit or Swallow” to debating our ride-or-die book boyfriends (and husbands, obviously), nothing is off limits. We get into the struggle of picking series, the random spirals that somehow make sense in the moment, and wrap it all up with what we’re reading next for May. It’s chaotic, it’s a little feral, and honestly…we stand by every take.

TBRs, TBDs & Total Chaos

In this episode, we’re all over the place in the best way - talking through what we’ve been reading, what we’re loving (and not), and how chaotic picking your next book can actually be. We get into different genres we’ve been bouncing between, share some recs, and spiral a little about reading slumps and decision fatigue (because why is choosing a book harder than reading it??). We also chat about how we try to stay ahead of the chaos by planning out our TBRs - whether that actually works is… up for debate.