The Spice Cabinet

The Spice Cabinet is BACK - and Season 2 is taking us straight into the Maasiverse.  We’re starting with The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas, where we meet Celaena Sardothien: Adarlan’s most notorious assassin, luxury enthusiast, professional rule-breaker, and a girl whose confidence is almost as deadly as she is. Join Katie, Lindsay, and Alycia as we break down Celaena’s adventures (and questio...

The Spice Cabinet closes out Season 1 with big hair, mixtapes, and a little paranormal teenage angst. This week, the ladies crack open Grove Hollow by Shelby Nicole McFadden, a YA romance set in 1985, complete with ghostly mysteries and just the right amount of VHS static. Expect nostalgic tangents, plenty of giggles, and maybe even a few big announcements as the besties wrap up their first season...

The countdown is on, this is the second-to-last episode of Season 1, and the Spice Cabinet ladies are more fired up than ever. This week’s read, Phantasma by Kaylie Smith, sparks big laughs, bold takes, and a few wildly off-topic detours (would it even be us without them?) With only one more week before the season finale, we’re serving extra spice, extra laughs, and our most unfiltered selves yet.

The ladies of The Spice Cabinet are back from their week off and braving the heat with Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli. Picture The Bachelor with daggers, ACOTAR with a dash of reality TV drama, or The Hunger Games as a fantasy romance. As always, expect cackles, questionable opinions, and sizzling book talk. Grab your favorite drink and settle in. it’s good to be back in the cabinet.

This week on The Spice Cabinet , your favorite trio escapes the July heat by cranking the AC and diving into The Frost Queen's Blade , a spicy fantasy full of ice, intrigue, and...wait, what was that character’s name again? The title alone is a mouthful, and the plot doesn’t make it any easier for these three besties. Despite the confusion, the laughs are flowing, the opinions are spicy, and...

This week on The Spice Cabinet , your favorite trio is FINALLY diving into Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros; yes, the sequel two-thirds of us procrastinated reading, and now deeply regret waiting so long! Chaos, laughter, and spice ensue as the book besties reunite to break down the dragons, drama, and delicious tension of book three in the Empyrean Series. Katie’s memory for names continues to be hil...

This week on The Spice Cabinet , things get even spicier and a whole lot funnier. Your favorite trio is joined by their fourth bestie for a long awaited bonus segment we’re calling “Natalie Narrates.” With zero context and maximum confidence, Natalie takes a wild stab at predicting the plots of three spicy romance novels, sight unseen. From laugh-out-loud one-liners to surprisingly on point guesse...

This week on The Spice Cabinet , things get extra spicy as the girls dive into Hate by Tate James, a why choose romance packed with angst, alpha males, and some serious slow burn. But don’t let the title fool you, there’s more than just hate in this book, but not everyone on the pod is feeling the love. Tensions rise as the besties clash over toxic tropes, hot villains, and whether the main charac...

This week on The Spice Cabinet , the girls dive into the deep end with Hexed by Emily McIntire, a dark and spicy Little Mermaid retelling that flips the fairy tale on its head. With sirens, spells, and one morally gray sea witch who can absolutely get it, the besties are unhinged in the best way. They giggle, they thirst, and they revel in how delightfully wrong it feels to turn a childhood classi...

Welcome back to The Spice Cabinet , where your three favorite besties are turning up the heat yet again. This week, the girls dive headfirst into Soul of a Witch by Harley Laroux, and spoiler alert: it’s the spiciest book we've tackled yet. Demons, dark magic, and deliciously unholy tension? Yes, please. Between cackles, songs, and one very loud, snoring dog in the background (she's our...

This week on The Spice Cabinet , your favorite trio of bookish besties dives broomstick first into Bewitched by Laura Thalassa, and things get hextra spicy. From a brooding fmc to forbidden magic and enemies-to-lovers tension that had us collectively clutching our pearls (and kindles), we’re unpacking every enchanted, deliciously dark detail. Expect giggles, gasps, and, of course, mentions of Twli...

Join the ladies of The Spice Cabinet for the most unhinged episode yet... and no, Lindsay hasn't been reading more door romance novellas. This week, your three favorite book besties are feeling extra feral as they dive headfirst into Meghan Quinn’s The Highland Fling —a kilt-clad romp set in the misty Scottish Highlands. Content Warning: This episode contains adult language, explicit discussi...

This week, the cabinet is wide open and full of heat! Your favorite trio is back and things are getting deliciously dark as we sink our teeth into Ali Hazelwood’s paranormal romance, Bride . We’re diving fang-first into this unexpected twist on Hazelwood’s usual academic rom-com vibes, where vampire-human politics set the stage for a marriage of convenience that quickly spirals into something much...

Welcome back to The Spice Cabinet , the podcast where three best friends talk spicy romance reads, spill unfiltered opinions, and laugh way too hard doing it. In this week’s episode, we’re diving headfirst into His Ruthless Heart by Roxy Sloane: a steamy billionaire romance that brings the heat and then some.  We’re breaking down the drama, the dirty talk, and the over-the-top plot twists. Plus, a...

In the debut of The Spice Cabinet , your new favorite trio of best friends dives into a fiery discussion about their bookish loves and loathes. From quirky reading preferences to the "icks" that make or break a story, they spill the tea on all things book-related. The Book of the Week is Quicksilver by Callie Hart — a thrilling rollercoaster of dark twists and passionate tension. The hos...