Late Night Reads

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Fall of Ruin and Wrath by  Jennifer Armentrout . This is the first book in the Awakening series, but it does have some tie-ins to the Blood and Ash series. As a result, we highly recommend reading this book after reading The Primal of Blood and Bone.  During this episode, we discuss the similarities between this book and the Blood and Ash series, wh...

On November 11, we hosted a live session chatting about the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout . We answer countless questions submitted from listeners and discuss a wide variety of theories. Additionally, we have two deep dive episodes on The Primal of Blood and Bone available, along with episodes available on every book in the Blood and Ash series and the Flesh an...

In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Pucking Wild by Emily Rath . This is the second book in the Jacksonville Rays series. We highly recommend reading this series in the following order: That One Night, Pucking Around, Pucking Ever After Volume 1, Pucking Wild, Pucking Ever After Volume 2, Pucking Sweet, and Pucking Strong. During this episode, we discuss why “puppy” was the...

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout . We’re covering this book in two massive episodes. This episode focuses on Chapter 33-60 and our in-depth theories, while the first episode covers the first chapter, entitled The Primal through Chapter 32. We highly recommend that you have read all of the books in the Blood and Ash series and all...

In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Pucking Around by Emily Rath . This is the first book in the Jacksonville Rays series. We highly recommend reading the novella, That One Night, before this book for additional context.  During this episode, we discuss how much we love the uniqueness of each of the three male main characters, why one of us is a Jake girlie, how Rachel need...

It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in November. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres.  Here are the books on November’s TBR: November  5 - The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout (Chapters 33-60) November 12 - Pucking Wild by Emily Rath November 19 - Fall of Ruin and...

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout . We’re covering this book in two massive episodes, with this first episode focusing on everything that happens, starting with the first chapter entitled The Primal through Chapter 32. Our second episode will be released on Nov. 5, covering the remainder of the book and discussing all of our theori...

In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Bad for Business by Kat Singleton . This is the second book in her Pembroke Hills Series. The first book in the series is In Good Company, which we’ve also covered with a deep dive episode on the podcast.  During this episode, we discuss how Ryker and Camille’s history surprised us, why we loved seeing other male characters encourage Ryke...

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Rising Reign by Tessa Hale . This is the final book in The Wolves of Crescent Creek series and is a why choose romantasy about wolf-shifters.  During this episode, we discuss how much we hate everything about the Red River Pack and how they treated Wren, why it was great to finally see Kingston and Ender accept their mate bond with Wren, the surpris...

In this episode, we’re joined by Lauren Palphreyman and discuss how she got started writing serial fiction on Wattpad and Radish, the benefits and challenges of being an indie author, and what she’s most looking forward to after getting a print-only deal for The Wolf King series. We also spend the majority of our conversation discussing her romantasy books, The Wolf King and The Night Prince. We c...

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Night Prince by Lauren Palphreyman . This is the sequel to The Wolf King, the fantasy romance series about werewolves.  During this episode, we discuss how much we loved seeing Aurora start to stand up more for herself throughout the book, why Callum frustrated us with his behavior, the countless breadcrumbs sprinkled throughout both books, why...

In this episode, we’re joined by Valerie Pepper and discuss her journey to becoming a romance author, how she was able to write a dozen books in three years, why she loves being an indie author and the challenges associated with it, and why writing a spicy scene takes her much longer than a non-spicy scene. We also spend the majority of the conversation discussing her latest romance book, Worth th...

In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws . It’s the second book in the Mountain Men Matchmaker series and focuses on a hate-to-love relationship between Calder and Dakota. This romcom book also has some of our other favorite tropes, including one bed, small town romance, found family, and bad boy. During this episode, we discuss why we love a good Cat...

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman . This is the first book in the fantasy romance series about werewolves.  During this episode, we discuss how we loved the book starting with Princess Aurora being kidnapped by an alpha werewolf the night before her wedding, how much we disliked Callum only to fall in love with him, why we’re extremely intrigued b...

It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in October. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. We will also release author interview episodes on Fridays.  Here are the books on October’s TBR: October 1 - Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws October 8 - The Night Prince by Lauren Palphreyman Octobe...

In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Happily Never After by Paisley Nash . It has some of our favorite tropes, including a small-town romance, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, found family, and slow burn.  During this episode, we discuss why a romance book that starts with f*ck happily ever afters immediately has our attention, the authenticity of the characters, how Kad...

In this episode, we dive into the first three chapters of the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout . Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first five books in the Blood and Ash series and all of the books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. Huge thanks to Jennifer Armentrout and her publisher for sharing this t...

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Born of Blood and Ash by Jennifer Armentrout . Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first five books in the Blood and Ash series and the other three books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. We have been absolutely loving this prequel series and seeing the journey of Nyktos and Sera come to...

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Visions of Flesh and Blood by Jennifer Armentrout and Ravyn Salvador . Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first five books in the Blood and Ash series and the first three books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. It’s a comprehensive companion guide for both series, told from Miss Willa’s...

In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Only Between Us by Ellie K. Wilde . This is the second book in her interconnected Oakwood Bay series. It also contains some of our favorite tropes, including sports romance, football romance, fake relationship, and one bed.  During this episode, we discuss how Brooks is at the very top of our romance book boyfriend list, why you have to r...

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer Armentrout . Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first five books in the Blood and Ash series and the first two books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. We have been absolutely loving this prequel series and learning more about Nyktos and Sera’s journey.  Du...

It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in September. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. We will also release author interview episodes on Fridays.  Here are the books on September’s TBR: September 3 - Only Between Us by Ellie K. Wilde September 8 - Visions of Flesh and Blood by J...

In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Only In Your Dreams by Ellie K. Wilde . This is the first book in her interconnected Oakwood Bay series. It also contains some of our favorite tropes, including friends to lovers, brother’s best friend, second chance, sports romance, football romance, fake relationship, soul mates, small town, and one bed. During this episode, we discuss...

In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book A Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer Armentrout . Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first four books in the Blood and Ash series and the first two books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. We are immersed in this world, and absolutely loved reading an entire book in Casteel’s POV.  During...

In this episode, we’re joined by Riley Page and discuss why she became an author, her love of love, the incredible speed at which she can write a first draft, the struggle with spicy scenes and editing in her debut novel, and why she doesn’t like to read reviews after her book is released. We also spend the majority of the conversation chatting about her debut novel, Broken Plan, which is a friend...