Good Books Bad Banter

Damn it Sarah, we all knew you were going to pull some shit like this. Chaol is the widely KNOWN man child in the romantasy community, and you gave him this insane of a redemption story? gtfo. Also, the fact that you're encouraging us, US, your LOYAL subjects, to tandem read two 600+ page books? Like, I get it, we're all your bitches but thats another kins of torture that I'm fortunately into, and...

Welcome to the town of Chestnut Springs where there's a ranch called Wishing Well where hot cowboys spawn to sweep women off their feet. We're starting off this series at the beginning for the pod (even though Tori read them out of order). Flawless isn't so flawless but we ate that shit up anyways. Summer and Rhett had us ready to move to a small mountainside town and flirt with our clients at our...

Did we even read this book? We are OBSESSED yet we didn't even talk about KEY PARTS OF THIS STORY? The fake dating? The prom scene??! Hello these are some of the best parts! These are the consequences of Tori not taking notes lmaooo. Once again we love and Emily Henry book and we love a book written about 30 year olds!!!! The maturity, the realistic aspects of this story, the way her books make us...

Has it really been over a month since we uploaded an episode? yes. And do we want to talk about it? also yes, we give an abbreviated version of why we've been absent for so long! Extremely short version: we've had our heads down physically working or working on ourselves. But after such a long break, we bring you Lightlark! The book that got us both out of our reading slumps. This YA romantasy was...

Ali Hazelwood, the woman that you are!!!!! And the woman that you are is an author who's every book I will eat up expeditiously because her small woman, large man who's crazy for her first books are a comfort that I always need. This introduction to the omegaverse was eye opening for Maddie and I and while we might not fully understand everything quite yet, I low key understand how Misery fell asl...

What's the hardest Fuck Marry Kill you've ever had to choose? For Tori it was choosing between Hunt, Rowan, and Rhys and for Maddie it was choosing between Fury, Bryce, and Juniper - I bet y'all can guess who we chose since y'all know us too well atp! This game was way too fun and got us a little hot and heavy. Honestly both of us a suckers for Lorcan by now too so he wins everything. We highly re...

Coming to you from a recorded audience is Maddie's Weekly Report! Where I share everything that I've been loving lately, from go-to recipes and sweet treats to Youtube channels and things I've been drawing, I spill all my favorites including what I'd like to read next and what I recently saved on my tbr. Though its always weird when I'm listening to myself trying to catch my breath in the micropho...

We've been devouring big books for the past month and after mentally sprinting for so long we needed a "palette cleanser" for this week. Tori and I talk about all of the recent updates in our lives, from work to valentines day celebrations, to reading low stakes books, to sharing what we worry about as two women in their 20's. If you need a bit of a brain break from your week, here it is. Unwind a...

Are you an Aeli, Elide, Lysandra, or Manon girlie? Cause Maddie and I are stans of them all, though you can hear us debate who we want to be and who we actually are in this episode and it makes us wanna live in this world even more. It's so fun to have Maddie getting closer to the finish line so that Tori doesn't constantly have to worry about spoiling things anymore! Not to mention we are getting...

We're getting places people!! We finally have Queen of Shadows for you and there's almost too much to talk about wow. This book didn't give us a moment to breathe from start to finish and we are so okay with that. Shit is getting so real and Tori is just scared she's going to spoil these books at any given time so she tends to just keep her mouth shut and let Maddie rant but don't worry she won't...

Hot Take: Prequels can make or break a series. Look, it took Maddie a whole month and half to get through this book and it left her so unmotivated to get to Heir of Fire but THANK THE SUN GODDESS, she finished it and moved on! Maddie had just finished Heir of Fire that we recorded over Assassins Blade it is heavily evident that she just wants to move onto the third book lol. But, let us appreciate...

This is your warning, we talk about all of SJMs series in this episode, so you've been cautioned about spoilers. Celeana is ABSOLUTELY THAT BITCH and Maddie has finally fully submerged herself into the world of Elirea! After such a slow start, she is SPRINTING to finish this series before CC3 release next Tuesday and honestly, the effort is valiant but she's got to work a miracle before then lol....

Y'all this book was LONG OVERDUE, and even that isn't an exaggeration enough! We read this book well into the middle of December and are finally talking about it and I feel like we need to give justice to Tisaanah, Max, and Carissa lol. This book was so creative and devastating in the development of the characters which really set them a part from other fantasy novels we've read in the past. Maddi...

What in the Wattpad did we just read? Offside by Avery Keelan was a nostalgic lovable fever dream of a hockey romance story that was giving Maddie flashbacks to her Anna Todd After days. This book was both a tire fire (iykyk) but it was also was so much fun and Chase was kinda a dream man? Like so supportive, sweet, protective, and sex positive? What a man what man what a man what a mighty fine ma...

Meaty clits, wet folds, velvet wrapped steel, pulsing member and that's the least offensive of them. Welcome to episode 69 where we dive into hell's balls to bring you the absolute most batshit sex scenes and genitalia descriptors we could find on the internet and heard/read in real life. This episode will having you crying tears of laughter and sitting in silent shock. We had so much fun and Tori...

Because its the holiday season, we're giving back by reading 1 star reviews of our favorite books. It's a different kind of pain and laughter you experience when you read these reviews that completely miss the plot of the stories you're in love with or are too obsessed with the plot to see the story the way you did. But thats literally the best thing about reading because one person's unhinged, 1-...

Tonight it's just me, Maddie, as Tori takes some time to be present with her family! I share some books that I think are perfect adds to your already infinite tbr or help diversify your book shelves! I cover over the books I read the two years before I started doing the podcast and do a little commentary on how my reading as inevitably evolved over the years. Sit back while I try to make a two gir...

This next year we have some big things we want to accomplish and we quite literally write them down during this episode lol. We talk about our goals we set for this past year, what we accomplish and what we're rolling over into the next year. All the while, airing out each others maladaptive fantasies and gurgling for breath while sleep, so, its a time. Tori and I cannot wait to tackle another yea...

Its that time of year again where we wrap the year on what was books were good, which were bad, and the few that were heinous lol. Maddie gives it her voice actor debut by reading out some of the anticipated reads of the first half of next year. This is only part 1 of our yearly wrapped! In part 2 we will be recapping whether we hit any of the goals we set at the beginning of the year, what we wan...

We are kicking our feet and grinning like fools today after finishing The Serpent & The Wings of Night! Tori was nervous for this one after seeing some meh reviews but by the end we couldn't sink our teeth into it fast enough. While this book has all the tropes we adore, Carissa made them feel new and kept us on our toes the whole time. This book had some series twists that we did NOT see comi...

Oh Callum, you can cut my heart out and keep it for yourself thats just how much i adore you and your sweet Irish words! Never thought i'd have a crush on an undertaker but here we are. Ivy Fairbanks you brilliant romance writer we can't wait to see what you put out next. Morbidly Yours quickly became our favorite romance of the year with its mature main characters and beautifully done dual POV. B...

Wildfire makes you wish wintertime wasn't in full swing because this is THE summer camp romance we all need and want. As a kid, I always wanted to be like Hallie and Annie and go to sleep away camp and crush on the camp counselors the way Aurora and Russ orbited each other. We're convinced every guy needs to be as attentive as Russ and every girls needs to speak her thoughts like Rory because, how...

Oh Mare Barrow, why does your book have so many strange ass names? We both agreed that the beginning of Red Queen left something to be desired but by the end of this book? HOOKED. Both of us love that Mare has lightning power as well as being in a love quad?? like get it girlllll. but we could've lived without her whole silvers are better than reds reiteration on every page. WE GET IT, THERES A PO...

It's another Friday episode to end off your week with a bang! We're onto the second book of the Throne of Glass series and its seriously an issue at how much of a grip these books have on both of our happiness BECAUSE JFC we ARE SJM stans, through and through. Maddie is EXTREMELY far behind Tori and we are all super impressed that Tori threw Maddie for a loop when she convinced her of Celanea's tr...

HEY STRANGERS! We went on an unexpected month long hiatus and it's finally time for us to pick up the damn mic's again! It feels so good to be back, we've had so many changes happen within the last 4 weeks and we clue you guys in on this episode. We also FINALLY cover Throne of Glass and Maddie is, of course, obsessed, and Tori is, of course, trying not to spoil anything! This episode is a long on...