The Book Fix

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli unpack Beautiful Beast , Neva Altaj’s mafia-dark-romance twist on Beauty and the Beast . Our “beauty” is Vasilisa, a genius hacker who gets kidnapped by Rafael who is a scarred, ruthless mafia kingpin. He needs her to fix his compromised systems which she may or not have a hand on, oops! What should’ve been a simple captor...

Send us Fan Mail In this chaotic, cozy, absolutely unhinged end-of-year recap episode for The Book Fix podcast, Yajaira and Cheli sit down to discuss the books they’ve devoured from July through December 2025 and finally do what must be done: make a definitive Book Fix tier list. No mercy. No favorites spared. No trope immune. (And yes , they fight this time!) The girls revisit every single title...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli plunge headfirst into Heart of the Devil , Sadie Kincaid’s standalone dark mafia romance where our main character falls for her bestie's father... oops... Sebastian, the bestie's father is  charming, dangerous, a serial heartbreaker, and radiating enough Daddy Dom energy to short-circuit the national grid. Join us in ou...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli dive into Alchemised , Senlinyu’s dark, atmospheric debut about memory loss, necromancy, and the lies people build a world on. They break down Helena Marino’s story: once a talented alchemist, now a war prisoner with a suspiciously blank mind and enemies convinced she’s hiding something crucial. Paladia has fallen to corrupt guil...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli dive headfirst into the absolute chaos, yearning, and destiny-breaking drama of Every Spiral of Fate , the fourth book in Tahereh Mafi’s romantasy saga. The girls walk listeners through a story that opens on the wedding of the century—Alizeh and Cyrus bound by magic, prophecy, and one wildly inconvenient fact: she’s oath-b...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix, Yajaira and Cheli dive into the chaos of Ruthless Creatures , the mafia romance where grief, secrets, and unhinged lust collide. Our main girlie, Natalie, has spent five years frozen in heartbreak after her fiancé vanished without a trace—wedding dress unworn, life on pause, trauma fully activated. Then our love interest, Kage shows up: the dangerously h...

Send us Fan Mail  On this week’s episode of The Book Fix, hosts Yajaira and Cheli dive straight into peak cozy season with Laurie Gilmore’s upcoming 2025 Dream Harbor romance, The Gingerbread Bakery . It’s snowing, everyone’s in everyone’s business, and Dream Harbor is collectively holding its breath to see if its resident grumps can stop bickering long enough to survive a wedding. Join the bestie...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli unwrap a dark and spicy holiday read that’s anything but merry and bright. They dive into He Sees You When I’m Sleeping — a Christmas-themed stalker romance that blends festive cheer with obsession, secrecy, and morally grey desire. The story follows Chloe Hallman , a jewelry influencer who spends Christmas alone while sec...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of The Book Fix , hosts Yajaira and Cheli return to Meadowlark, Wyoming to dive into Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage — the latest heart-tugging installment in the Rebel Blue Ranch series. This one’s all about second chances, runaway grooms, and the kind of emotional tension that’ll have you screaming “just kiss already!” (well...hopefully!)  Camille Ashwood t...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli are back in Meadowlark, Wyoming — and this time, things are extra tense in the best enemies-to-lovers way possible. In this episode, your favorite book besties dive into “Lost and Lassoed” by Lyla Sage, the third book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series (following Done and Dusted and Swift and Saddled ). They break down Te...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli head back to Meadowlark, Wyoming—where small-town charm, cowboy energy, and emotional baggage all collide. We’re talking about “Swift and Saddled” by Lyla Sage , the spicy, slow-burn sequel to Done and Dusted . Ada Hart is done being saved. After her interior design dreams crash and her marriage burns out, she’s built herself back up b...

Send us Fan Mail In this cozy, small-town romance episode, Yajaira and Cheli dive into Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage — a sunshine-meets-grumpy, brother’s-best-friend cowboy romance that’s equal parts heartfelt and flirty. After a career-ending accident, Clementine “Emmy” Ryder is forced to return home to Meadowlark, Wyoming — a place she swore she’d never come back to. Once a rising star in the rod...

Send us Fan Mail  In this haunting episode, Yajaira and Cheli dive into The Possession of Alba Díaz , a lush, gothic horror novel set in 1765 Mexico that blends demonic possession, forbidden desire, and historical tension. When plague devastates the city of Zacatecas, Alba flees with her family and fiancé to a secluded silver mine—but what should have been a safe haven becomes a living nightmare....

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli say goodbye to spooky season with their final round of Reddit Paranormal stories. The episode starts with a hilarious tangent about Unfriended before diving into eerie tales—a woman who claims angels visit her nightly, a couple haunted by strange noises and choking sensations in their old house, and a mimic that perfectly...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Book Fix podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are nearing the end of spooky season and they're sentimental about i! , They're going through the Paranormal subreddit with a mix of chills and big feelings. They start by reflecting on how much the show has grown this month and brainstorm wild ideas for next year’s scares. Then we dive into a post about a fan sw...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli dive into The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia — a haunting, multigenerational horror that threads together three women’s lives across nearly a century of witchcraft, obsession, and inherited fear. It follows three different timelines that eventually parallel one another. Join the besties as they discuss whether or not they wou...

Send us Fan Mail Witch hats on and nerves off (…allegedly). In this spooky Reddit/Paranormal episode of The Book Fix, Yajaira and Cheli open with real talk about fear—panic-attack vibes, dissociation, and why being “the skeptic” can sometimes feel scarier. Then we dive into four hair-raising r/Paranormal posts and spiral (responsibly) about doppelgangers, glitchy reality, and why we don’t play wit...

Send us Fan Mail In this chilling episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli dive into Uketsu’s viral horror phenomenon Strange Pictures —the Japanese bestseller that has captivated (and terrified) readers around the world. Known for his mysterious YouTube presence as a masked creator of horror content, Uketsu brings that same unsettling energy to his debut novel, weaving dread into every page. J...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's Thursday episode of The Book Fix, Yajaira and Cheli discuss some horror staples— Paranormal Activity , Sinister , Hereditary , Midsommar —and how a single song can haunt you long after the credits. Cheli revisits her recurring “dream man,” an older figure who appeared in childhood dreams to debrief morals after bizarre scenarios (Scooby-Doo included) before dec...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Book Fix , Yajaira and Cheli dive into Caitlin Starling’s newest gothic horror, The Starving Saints —a fever dream of faith, hunger, and madness set in the Aymar castle. We begin with a full breakdown of the novel: Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months, with food and hope nearly gone. Just as desperation sets in, salvation appears in the form of t...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of The Book Fix podcast, Yajaira and Cheli dive into r/Paranormal for a candle-lit scare session that starts with bravado and ends with both of us begging for cartoons before bed. We read a chilling La Llorona experience from a U.S. service member stationed in Honduras: nightly sobbing at 3:00 a.m., a voice whispering from the dark, chickens exploding i...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Book Fix Podcast , we dive into My Ex, the Antichrist by Craig DiLouie, a twisted blend of love story, horror, and apocalypse. The novel follows Lily Lawlor, a punk musician whose life and career are forever tied to her former bandmate and ex, Drake Morgan—a man who just might be the antichrist. From the chaos of a deadly Battle of the Bands in 1999, to Lily...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix podcast, hosts Yajaira and Cheli lean into spooky season with a cozy-yet-creepy episode full of Reddit-paranormal reads and personal eerie moments. They open with light, relatable banter about being the “paranoid” vs. the “stoic” friend, then dive into listener posts and neighborhood hauntings — from a lamp that turns on by itself in a church to unexplain...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Book Fix , we review Strange Houses by Uketsu—a horror story where architecture hides terrifying secrets. A writer is asked to look over a second-hand house in Tokyo that seems perfect… until its floor plan reveals a mysterious “dead space” hidden between the walls. With help from an architect friend, he discovers more of these impossible spaces scattered th...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode of The Book Fix , we’re diving into the world of Reddit’s Paranormal community—and adding a bit of a twist with our own personal stories. We sift through eerie posts that blur the line between dream and reality, from a haunting encounter with a dead relative quietly sipping tea, to the spine-tingling sensation of an unseen presence sinking into the edge of a...