Down to Smut

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains spicy language, spoilers, and discussion of US politics! Jessicunt and Kay discuss the unintentional science-fiction romance novel, Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. In an alternative timeline where Trump never tries to stomp out the last vestigates of US democracy, two cuties are gay for each other and fall in love. You might not want to love t...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains spicy language, spoilers, and references to Nazis. At DTS, we've read stories featuring cute sex, fantasy sex, hard sex, and everything in-between. Volumes 1 and 2 of Money Shot make our previous reads seem chaste. Read these comics to laugh, cringe, and have a jolly ol' time watching a group of scientists try to make a buck by participating in and selling to...

CONTENT WARNING : This episode contains spicy language, spoilers, and discussion of violence and death. As far as the smut scale is concerned, Our Infinite Fates: A Novel's score is abysmal. Nevertheless, your hosts chose to read it and at least one of them had a good time! The story follows fates-crossed lovers through their many lives and grizzly deaths. This episode follows your hosts through t...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains spicy language and spoilers! This may not be the romance novel you want, but it is the romance novel you read. It's time for class at the Zodiac Academy. And Awakening is, like, full of every fantasy trope you can think of: vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, nymphs, elemental magic, tarot, and astrology for some reason. Sexy, rich white men do a lot of bad...

CONTENT WARNING : This episode contains spicy language and spoilers! This book is about women in STEM: Sexy Titty-blessed Emergency-room-going Man-hating. (Sorry for that.) We meet Bee, tiny, manic-millennial dream girl, and Levi, stoic and emotionally stunted science-jock. They're enemies, but wait! They're also in love. There are cats. There are outside feuds. There is a MURDER PLOT with an astr...

CONTENT WARNING : This episode contains spicy language, spoilers, and discussion of violence and death. We did it. After two seasons, we finally made it to Fourth Wing, and it did not disappoint. In this episode, you'll get love, loss, dragons, and family trauma. Death isn't the only thing lurking around the corners of Basgiath War college, and your hosts have plenty of thoughts to share on these...

CONTENT WARNING : This episode contains spicy language, spoilers, and discussion of family trauma. Easter cums year-round for readers of this story, and it's shaped like peeps...but human-sized peeps with big ol' penises. Join Jessicunt and K as they dive into this creamy disaster that brings to life candy, will make you laugh, and have you questioning what modern love can look like in 2025.

CONTENT WARNING : This episode contains spicy language, spoilers, and discussion of sexual assault. It's Bridgerton, Bitch! Have you ever watched a TV show and thought, "Wow, I wish there was a worse version of this in book form?" Well, LUCKY, this one is for you! The Duke and I is the boring story of Daphne and Simon. If you want smut, this technically checks some boxes, but feel free to watch th...

CONTENT WARNING : This episode contains spicy language and spoilers! What do cannibalism, climate change, the Northwest Passage, and romance all have in common? The Ministry of Time! In this episode, Jessicunt and K discuss the life and love (?) of an overworked British government employee, "The Narrator," as she works to assimilate a time traveling naval officer from the 1800's. Grab your sea leg...

CONTENT WARNING : This episode contains spicy language and spoilers! What is discovered in A Discovery of Witches? In this episode's pick, Jessicunt and K explore the rich universe in Deborah Harkness's first book in the DOW series. Unfortunately for them, their exploration yields disparate opinions. Not the friendship-ruining kind, but still. Does Diana Bishop have a personality beyond being THE...

CONTENT WARNING : This episode contains spicy language, spoilers, and discussions of murder and Christianity. In this episode, Jessicunt and K venture into thefantasy world of Pole Fitness Proprietress Luna DeVour. Luna is an alluring vampire who metes out justice by drinking crooked politicians and policemen dry. Devour is an easily digestible novella that follows Luna as she leads her exclusive...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains spicy language, spoilers, and discussion about white supremacy and terrorism. The villain in this story sounds eerily like El*n M*sk, so please make sure to have a barf bag/stamped envelope addressed to Mr. M*sk on hand. Season 2 opens with Sexy/Dangerous by Beverly Jenkins , a tribute to badass women, Black excellence, nerds, and the Midwest. The good (acade...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains spicy language and spoilers! What do Great White Sharks, high school drama teachers, and a hint of bestiality have in common? Well, they all swim together in Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck. It's not our usual book fare, but buckle up as we plunge into a tale of crushed dreams, fractured hearts, and the indomitable human will to survive. We promise...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains lewd language and spoilers! Heartstopper by Alice Oseman is not a smutty series, but it is packed with teenage angst and yearning, the building bocks of a classic slow burn. Fortunately, there are no 500 year-old immortals picking up humans 481 years their junior. Jessicunt and K read and discuss volumes 1 and 2, the beginnings of queer power couple Charlie S...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains lewd language, references to infanticide, and massive spoilers (we're talking the whole plot)! Read Throne of the Fallen if you're into Fae, magic, werewolves, bargains, and strict societal gender roles. Listen to this episode if you want to hear reactions to everything from blood orgies to charming art stores.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains lewd language and spoilers! In this Sapphic installment of Down to Smut, Jessicunt and K meet Lucy and the Countess, women of science and art, who are brought together to write and publish a translated science text. The prejudice of men may be a motivating factor for friendship, but it's the gravity of their affections that keep these bodies in each other's s...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains lewd language and spoilers! In this adventure, Jessicunt and K stumble into a sci-fi hate-mance with horny creatures, zero character development, and occasional tentacles. Listen in as we talk about what worked for us (nothing really), what we want for our heroine (not a lot), and what tech we need in our lives (definitely the poop dissolving laser). This is...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains lewd language and spoilers! In their inaugural episode, Jessicunt and K enter the Sarah J. Maas universe to discuss A Court of Thorns and Roses , the first of the ACOTAR series. This is the time of Tamlin, luscious Lucien, Feyre and her filthy fantasies. Please Note: We know it's the SPRING COURT, we just made a mistake! Growling beasts with boners just have...