Trigger Warnings Book Club

In this week's episode we are reading one star reviews of some of our favorite books. Books include ACOTAR, Fourth Wing, Twisted Love, and Reckless (among others). We were laughing uncontrollably at some of these hilarious reviews (and some made some valid points)

In this week's episode we are talking about books we think are overhyped and ones we think are critically underhyped (and of course books we think are accurately hyped). Please note just because we say a book is overhyped doesn't mean we don't like it usually they are books we quite enjoy!

This week's episode is focused on our October book club pick: Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver. We adored Butcher & Blackbird and Leather & Lark was one of our most anticipated reads of 2024 so this was a great book club pick. As always this episode contains major spoilers.

In this week's episode we discuss Alive and Wells by Bailey Hannah. This is another Canadian Cowboy romance and we enjoyed it very much! This one does have some heavier themes so check trigger warnings before reading and as always this episode contains major spoilers.

In this week's episode we discuss some of our favorite books to read for the spooky season! We included supernatural romances, dark romances, witchy reads, books that remind us of Halloween, and thrillers. We tried to include a book for all the readers this spooky season. Happy Haunting!

In this week's episode CJ and Holly discuss all things small town romance (with a heavy dose of cowboy romance). Some shout outs include Heartless, Done and Dusted, All My Love, and It Happened One Summer.

In this week's episode Holly and CJ discuss some of their favorite college romance books. The vast majority happen to also be sports romance so if that is what you like- we deliver plenty of solid recommendations. Highlights include the Off-Campus Series, Secret Puck, Only When It's Us and The Frat Boy

In this week's episode we discuss the September book club pick- Passenger Princess by Morgan Elizabeth. Morgan Elizabeth is one of our auto-buy authors so spoiler alert we thoroughly enjoyed this Miss Congeniality inspired rom-com. As always this episode contains spoilers so listen with caution.

In this week's episode CJ & Holly discuss their latest obsession- Binding 13 & Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh. These books follow Johnny, a promising rugby star, and Shannon, a shy new student at Tommen College with secrets as they meet, become friends, and fall in love. As always this episode contains major spoilers.

In this week's episode we discuss ten books on each of our fall TBRs. Fall is the perfect season for reading fantasy and all things spooky but of course who would we be if we didn't include a little romance?

In this week's episode we have a special guest- our best friend Kylie! One of our favorite things to do is to horrify her with the strange books we've been reading lately so we thought we'd share the fun with all of you! Books we have Kylie react to include Ice Planet Barbarians, Morning Glory Milking Farm, Stiff and of course Priest among others. Please note this episode contains spoi...

In this week's episode CJ and Holly discuss the Off Campus Series by Elle Kennedy. This episode contains spoilers as always. We especially love The Deal and The Score (love Wellsy and Garrett and Dean and Allie!)

In this week's episode CJ and Holly discuss the August book club pick- Play Along by Liz Tomforde. This is book 4 in the Windy City series and was one of our most anticipated reads of the year. Spoiler alert: It did not disappoint. As always this episode contains spoilers.

In this week's episode CJ and Holly match each of the songs from the first half of Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department Album with books that match their vibe or certain lyrics. Some highlight songs for this episode include Down Bad, Clara Bow and The Alchemy.

In this week's episode Holly and CJ do a mid-year reading check-in. How many books from their 24 in 2024 lists have they read? How close are they to their reading goal? What 5 star reads have they had so far?

In this week's episode CJ and Holly discuss their July book club pick, Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent. This book was voted on by you lovely listeners over on our Instagram @bookclub.afterdark. It is the first in a fantasy trilogy following a former slave and a reclusive magic wielder as they try their hardest to bring justice to the world. As always this episode contains spoilers.

In this week's episode CJ and Holly discuss book 1 of the Windy City Series, Mile High, by Liz Tomforde (finally). Topics include some of our favorite scenes of the book, why we love Stevie and Zanders so much and of course our overall love for Liz as an author. As always this episode contains spoilers.

Buckle up: in this week's episode Holly and CJ discuss the Cat and Mouse duology. Fun fact this is actually the first book Holly and CJ read together as a book club (because they were so scared of the books). Please check trigger warnings for the series before listening to this episode as many serious and distressing topics are discussed. This is a DARK romance. As always this episode contains...

In this week’s episode we blindly rank books, book boyfriends, authors, tropes and sub genres. We also included a few nightmare rounds of all bad options for some extra laughs

In this week’s episode we discuss some of our auto-buy authors. Every time they release something new we are lining up to buy it or read it. Some authors mentioned include Liz Tomforde, Ana Huang and Elsie Silver.

In this week’s episode Holly and CJ discuss two popular books by Tessa Bailey: It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line and Sinker. Both are super fun summer reads although It Happened One Summer was our favorite of the two. As always this episode contains spoilers so listen at your own risk.

In this week’s episode Holly and CJ discuss the June book club pick Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score. As always this episode contains spoilers for the book so listen with caution.

In this week’s episode CJ and Holly discuss 10 books on both of their summer TBRs as well as a few recommendations of books you should pick up this summer

In this week’s episode CJ and Holly discuss the first 3 Bergman Brothers books: only when it’s us, always only you, and ever after always by Chloe Liese. Chloe is a phenomenal author and this is such a heart warming, fun romance series. As always this episode contains minor spoilers

In this week’s episode CJ and Holly rank things book boyfriends do out of context. For example: he’s a 10 but he can darken his eyes or he’s a 10 but he can play the fiddle (cough tamlin cough). We had a ton of fun recording this week’s episode (maybe too much) and hope you enjoy listening