Spice Traders

This week, the Traders cover Kingdom of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair. Buckle up for some excellent vampire romance! This is part 2 of 2. Triggers: Death of a parent (off screen), violence, blood Tropes: enemies to lovers, vampire romance, political intrigue, touch her and die KU: yes! Recommendation: yes!! For more of the author, check out www.scarlettstclair.com

This week, the Traders cover Kingdom of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair. Buckle up for some excellent vampire romance! This is part 1 of 2. Triggers: Death of a parent (off screen), violence, blood Tropes: enemies to lovers, vampire romance, political intrigue, touch her and die KU: yes! Recommendation: Will be revealed in part 2! For more of the author, check out www.scarlettstclair.com

This week the Traders dive into a dark romance and boy is it a ride! Put your feminist card to the side for this one, we swear it’s worth it! This is part 3 of 3. Triggers: From the author “Graphic violence, non/dub con, branding, forced sex fantasy, drug/alcohol use, masks, breath play, bondage, kidnapping, anal.” Tropes: secret societies, arranged marriage, forced proximity, morally grey anti-he...

This week the Traders dive into a dark romance and boy is it a ride! Put your feminist card to the side for this one, we swear it’s worth it! This is part 2 of 3. Triggers: From the author “Graphic violence, non/dub con, branding, forced sex fantasy, drug/alcohol use, masks, breath play, bondage, kidnapping, anal.” Tropes: secret societies, arranged marriage, forced proximity, morally grey anti-he...

This week the Traders dive into a dark romance and boy is it a ride! Put your feminist card to the side for this one, we swear it’s worth it! This is part 1 of 3. Triggers: From the author “Graphic violence, non/dub con, branding, forced sex fantasy, drug/alcohol use, masks, breath play, bondage, kidnapping, anal.” Tropes: secret societies, arranged marriage, forced proximity, morally grey anti-he...

This week, the Traders tackle a dark mystery as they cover A Dark Vampire Curse by Nikki St. Crowe. This is a vampire billionaire romance (though we have comments on the billionaire part!) Triggers: (from the author): Graphic sex, blood drinking, kidnapping, graphic violence Tropes: Vampire romance, mind-reading, happily ever after ending KU: Yes! Recommendation: Both Traders recommend! For more o...

This week, the Traders cover Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate Hunter, which is a high spice/low plot delight. Triggers: from the author “Graphic violence, graphic death, gore, orphaned female main character, loss of a parent, the main characters both do a few morally black things to anyone they deem a threat to their mating bond, explicit sexual scenes, mature language​” Tropes: Fated mates, fae...

Join us this week as we interview Mina Brower, author of A God of Moonlight and Stardust! We talk in depth about the series and get answers to our burning questions like, what does The Watch look like?? For more on Mina, check out: minabrowerbooks.com

This week, the Traders visit the world of Taria in a sci-fi romantasy adventure as they cover A God of Moonlight and Stardust by Mina Brower. This is part 2 of 2. Triggers: from the author “mature sexual content, PTSD, references to alcohol abuse, characters battling anxiety and depression, off-page suicide and murder, and mentions of physical and psychological abuse in the form of flashbacks as t...

This week, the Traders visit the world of Taria in a sci-fi romantasy adventure as they cover A God of Moonlight and Stardust by Mina Brower. This is part 1 of 2. Triggers: from the author “mature sexual content, PTSD, references to alcohol abuse, characters battling anxiety and depression, off-page suicide and murder, and mentions of physical and psychological abuse in the form of flashbacks as t...

This week, we go under the sea with a spicy Little Mermaid retelling as we cover The Sea Witch by Rebecca F Kenney. This is part 2 of 2. Triggers: From the author: “age gap between fantasy characters, violence, abuse, torture, gore, murder, sexual threat, self-harm, explicit intimacy/spicy scenes, inexperienced/virgin female main character” Tropes: Disney princess, grumpy/sunshine, “teach me how t...

This week, we go under the sea with a spicy Little Mermaid retelling as we cover The Sea Witch by Rebecca F Kenney. This is part 1 of 2. Triggers: From the author: “age gap between fantasy characters, violence, abuse, torture, gore, murder, sexual threat, self-harm, explicit intimacy/spicy scenes, inexperienced/virgin female main character” Tropes: Disney princess, grumpy/sunshine, “teach me how t...

We’re taking a wild ride around the galaxy with this MM sci-fi romance! This is part 2 of 2. Triggers: misgendering, slave/master, references to death and gore, body dysmorphia Tropes: forced proximity, one bed, cinnamon roll/black cat KU: Yep! Recommendation: Yes...with caveats For more information about us visit https://www.patreon.com/c/spicetraderspod . For more information about the author vi...

We’re taking a wild ride around the galaxy with this MM sci-fi romance! This is part 1 of 2. Triggers: misgendering, slave/master, references to death and gore, body dysmophia Tropes: forced proximity, one bed, cinnamon roll/black cat KU: Yep! Recommendation: Stay tuned to find out! For more information about us visit https://www.patreon.com/c/spicetraderspod . For more information about the autho...

This week the Traders dive into Arthurian lore with Avalon Tower by C. N. Crawford. Sounds campy, but we swear it’s not! This is part 3 of 3. Triggers: kidnapping, violence Tropes: enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, fey, espionage KU: yes! Recommendation: both Traders wholly recommend and can’t wait to read more! For more check out https://www.cncrawford.com/ .

This week the Traders dive into Arthurian lore with Avalon Tower by C. N. Crawford and Alex Rivers. Sounds campy, but we swear it’s not! This is part 2 of 3. Triggers: kidnapping, violence Tropes: enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, fey, espionage KU: yes! Recommendation: both Traders wholly recommend and can’t wait to read more! For more check out https://www.cncrawford.com/ .

This week the Traders dive into Arthurian lore with Avalon Tower by C. N. Crawford. Sounds campy, but we swear it’s not! This is part 1 of 3. Triggers: kidnapping, violence Tropes: enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, fey, espionage KU: yes! Recommendation: both Traders wholly recommend and can’t wait to read more! For more check out https://www.cncrawford.com/ .

This week, we cover our first DNF; Anathema by Keri Lake. Join us on this journey through the plot summary and our reasons for tapping out. [Summary] Triggers: violence, discussion of rape, see author website for more detailed triggers Tropes: Gothic horror/romantasy KU: Yes Recommendation: We DNF’d, but maybe this one's for you! For more of the author, check out www.kerilake.com

This week we visit the Dark Imaginarium Academy in a sexy twist on the Van Helsing and Dracula trope as we cover Bite of Loyalty by R.L. Caulder. This is part 2 of 2. Triggers: mild knife and blood play, violence, on page graphic death, death of a mother Tropes: enemies to lovers, reverse harem, knife play, blood play, dom/sub dynamics KU: yes! Recommendation: both Traders wholly recommend and can...

This week we visit the Dark Imaginarium Academy in a sexy twist on the Van Helsing and Dracula trope as we cover Bite of Loyalty by R.L. Caulder. This is part 1 of 2. Triggers: mild knife and blood play, violence, on page graphic death, death of a mother Tropes: enemies to lovers, reverse harem, knife play, blood play, dom/sub dynamics KU: yes! Recommendation: both Traders wholly recommend and can...

This week the Traders chat talk about The Song of Saints and Swans by C. Rochelle. This is a unique and steamy take on shifters and gods/goddesses! Note: this book is a novella from the Yaga’s Riders series (which we have not covered), so series spoilers are possible! Triggers: mention of sexual assault (off page), mention of suicide (off page), loss of parents Tropes: MFF menage, shifter romance,...

Ever wished there was smut in the Princess Diaries? Well this one is for you! Join us as we journey to Torskethorpe in Royally Not Ready by Meghan Quinn. This is part 2 of 2. Triggers: mild BDSM, emotional manipulation, love bombing Tropes: long lost princess KU: Yes Recommendation: 0/2 Traders recommend. For more of the author check out www.authormeghanquinn.com

Ever wished there was smut in the Princess Diaries? Well this one is for you! Join us as we journey to Torskethorpe in Royally Not Ready by Meghan Quinn. This is part 1 of 2. Triggers: mild BDSM, emotional manipulation, love bombing Tropes: long lost princess, manic pixie dream girl KU: Yes Recommendation: 0/2 Traders recommend For more of the author check out www.authormeghanquinn.com

This week, the Traders visit the icy land of Wintercraig in a romantasy full of weather magic and intrigue as they cover The Winter King by C.L. Wilson. This is Part 4 of 4 Triggers: torture, abuse, loss of pregnancy, discussion of off-page war and rape Tropes: damsel in distress, enemies to lovers, magic systems, miscommunication KU: Yes Recommendation: TBD For more of the author, check out www.c...

This week, the Traders visit the icy land of Wintercraig in a romantasy full of weather magic and intrigue as they cover The Winter King by C.L. Wilson. This is Part 3 of 4 Triggers: torture, abuse, loss of pregnancy, discussion of off-page war and rape Tropes: damsel in distress, enemies to lovers, magic systems, miscommunication KU: Yes Recommendation: TBD For more of the author, check out www.c...