Booktrospective

This week we are covering The Aftermyth Volume 1 by Tracy Wolff. When Penelope and her twin brother Paris arrive at Anaximander’s, it appears fate has other plans. Penelope isn’t placed with Athena but with students who are anything but practical and who prefer parties to rules. And that’s just the beginning. At Anaximander’s Academy, students learn how to bring to life the stories of Greek mythol...

This week we are covering Conform by Ariel Sullivan. Emeline has been waiting to be selected as a Mate for a procreation contract. When she is finally chosen, her Mate is revealed to be a member of the Illum named Collin, a man who seems to be harboring secrets of his own. Collin is confusing, both cold and protective, and worse, she finds herself drawn to the very last person she should be fallin...

Happy 2026! We're back and this is our monthly chat! We plan for one episode each month to be a chit chat where we can sit down, recap last month, look at our goals for the upcoming month, and blab a little (mostly spoiler free!) This is also our 2025 recap. As always, our episodes contain spoilers in our podcast is intended for those 18+ as it does contain mention of mature content. Please li...

We're wrapping up 2025! This is our monthly chat! We plan for one episode each month to be a chit chat where we can sit down, recap last month, look at our goals for the upcoming month, and blab a little (mostly spoiler free!) We will be taking our winter break after this episode and will be back on January 12, 2026! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! As always, our episodes contain spoilers i...

This week we are covering Good Spirits by B.K. Borison. Nolan Callahan intends to spend this holiday season exactly like every other - haunting the terrible people of Annapolis in his aimless existence as the Ghost of Christmas Past. Harriet York is a good person – or, at least, she tries to be. So, when Nolan is assigned the sweeter-than-candy-canes antique shop owner for his holiday haunting, ne...

This week we are covering 25 Days by Per Jacosbsen, a chilling holiday advent book. Adam Gray arranges a vacation in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain hoping to bring his family closer. The family makes a spine-chilling they’ve been dragged into a deranged game of Secret Santa, and if they want to survive, they will have to fight.  Triggers: Death Violence Torture Murder Animal death Animal cruel...

This week we are covering Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana. Lore makes a desperate deal with a Fae lord. She will leave her home to catalog/organize an enchanted library, but really she’s after the one thing the Fae covet above all: magic of her own. As Lore navigates the hostile world outside, she’s forced to rely on two Fae males to survive. Two very different, very dangerous, very attractiv...

This week we are covering An Embroidery of Souls by Ruby Martinez. Jade can manipulate souls with the tug of a thread-- she has the unique ability to stitch love, beauty, intelligence and to unravel even death. Lukas Keller is desperate to feed his family and makes a deal with a vicious gang leader. Jade and Lukas form a mistrustful alliance. But as Mérecal erupts into chaos and the killer closes...

BONUS EPISODE! For this bonus episode, we sat down with Ruby Martinez to discuss her debut novel, An Embroidery of Souls, which released on September 9, 2025. Ruby Martinez is a Mexican American writer who stuffs her books full of magic, romance, and mental health rep.  An Embroidery of Souls,  her debut novel, was an Indies Introduce and Indies Next Pick .  She works as a therapist by day and liv...

This week we are covering Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman. When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the same question, over and over . . . Bela understands that unless she says yes, soon her family must pay.   Triggers: Confinement Cursing Death Drug use Infidelity Toxic relationship Violence Gaslighting Abandonment Alcohol Inju...

Happy October! This is our monthly chat! We plan for our first episode each month to be a chit chat where we can sit down, recap last month, look at our goals for the upcoming month, and blab a little (mostly spoiler free!) As always, our episodes contain spoilers in our podcast is intended for those 18+ as it does contain mention of mature content. Please listen, like, rate, review and share our...

WE HIT 100 EPISODES!! This week we are covering Once Upon a Time in Dollywood by Ashley Jordan. A playwright must grapple with her difficult year and writer’s block while falling for the single dad living next door in this emotional debut novel. Eve is a rising star playwright, but her personal life is falling part. Jamie is restructuring what his life looks like as a single dad. A fairy-tale endi...

BONUS EPISODE! For this bonus episode, we sat down with the new author Ashley Jordan to discuss her debut novel, Once Upon a Time in Dollywood, which released on August 5, 2025. Ashley Jordan (she/her) is a millennial from Atlanta by way of Brooklyn. She attended Spelman College, obtaining a degree in Psychology and a lifelong love and appreciation for women’s stories. While she currently works in...

This week we are covering King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby. A son returning home. A dangerous debt. Roman Carruthers left the smoke and fire of his family's crematory business behind until he gets a call from his sister, Neveah, telling him their father is in a coma and the accident may not be what it seems. Roman is willing to do anything to protect his family. Anything. Nothing lasts forever and...

This week we are covering Truth Is by Hannah V Sawyerr. Make sure you check out our last episode were we sat down with Hannah! Seventeen-year-old poet Truth Bangura begins senior year unsure of life after graduation, but when she learns she's pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, she makes one decision she is sure about—an abortion. When Truth performs a poem about her decision and her emotionally tur...

BONUS EPISODE! For this bonus episode, we sat down with the amazing Hannah V Sawyerr, author of Truth Is, which released on September 16, 2025. Hannah V Sawyerr was recognized as the Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore in 2016. Her debut novel in verse  All the Fighting Parts  was a finalist for the William C. Morris Debut Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, a Rise Feminist Book Project Top Ten...

Happy October! This is our first official monthly chat! We plan for our first episode each month to be a chit chat where we can sit down, recap last month, look at our goals for the upcoming month, and blab a little (mostly spoiler free!) As always, our episodes contain spoilers in our podcast is intended for those 18+ as it does contain mention of mature content. Please listen, like, rate, review...

This week we are covering Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. This is a story about hunger. This is a story about love. This is a story about rage. From 1532 to 2019, from Santo Domingo to Boston. This is a story about life— how it ends, and how it starts. Triggers: Blood Blood drinking Toxic relationships Violence Death Death of parent Injury and injury details Murder Gore Alcohol...

This week we are covering Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan. Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. She’s a woman with goals, dreams, ambitions but she's facing her toughest challenge caring for an aging parent. Tech mogul Maverick Bell is a dilemma wrapped in an exquisitely tailored suit and knee-melting charm. Forbidden fruit is the juiciest, and this man is off limits if she plans to stay...

This week we are covering Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix. They call them wayward girls, unwed mothers hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened. Then they meet a librarian who gives them an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in t...

Our first post hiatus review! This week we are covering the upcoming release - If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry, releasing September 16! In 1888 Jack the Ripper is on the run and an awakened Medusa is hunting him. Tabitha and Pearl's reluctant partnership is tested as they team up with an aspiring girl reporter and a handsome Irish bartender to mount a rescue effort, only to find their fates...

BONUS EPISODE! For this bonus episode, we sat down with the phenomenal Julie Berry, author of If Looks Could Kill, which is available for purchase beginning September 16, 2025. Julie Berry is the an award winning, New York Times bestselling author. Julie holds a BS from Rensselaer in communication and an MFA from Vermont College. Julie owns Author’s Note, an adorable independent bookstore in Medin...

Break is OVER! Keeley and Dominyse are back from hiatus with new episodes, new books, and just a good time! We missed you guys! As always, our episodes contain spoilers in our podcast is intended for those 18+ as it does contain mention of mature content. Please listen, like, rate, review and share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram,...

Just a reminder - we are taking the summer off! See you all in a few months. This week we are covering the final installment in the Throne of Glass Series - Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas! Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people. But with Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. Triggers: Tor...

This week we are covering First Time Caller by B.K. Borison! Aiden Valentine is the host of Baltimore's romance hotline and he's fallen out of love with love. Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine but when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life-or lack thereof. Maybe a little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing. Triggers: Cancer Grief Pregnancy Abandonment...