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Sometimes you just gotta eat a 7-11 hotdog. Silver Elite by Dani Francis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217245572-silver-elite Similar Books Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22328546-red-queen An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213075476-an-ember-in-the-ashes Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros https://www.goodreads.com/book/sho...

The Bird and the Sword might be for you if you loved the mysterious eagle rescue in Tamora Pierce's "Wild Magic," but want something more grown up with a witcher-style MMC. The writing style wavers between fairy tale and heavy introspection and our woebegone heroine Lark might annoy you with her poetry. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29008738-the-bird-and-the-sword?from_search=true&from_s...

Happy Friday, Readers! This was our first Hot & Bothered episode published almost a year ago on our Patreon, right after we had finished reading Fourth Wing. (Please forgive our general Violet snarkiness.) We have a handful of others H&B episodes we'll be posting on random Fridays, let us know what you think and if you'd like to see more of these. -------------------------------------- The...

Do you miss the early 2000's romcoms? That's Jordan's pick in book form. Low threat at only 180ish pages on Kindle Unlimited. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/763219.Impetuous Similar Books An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9408584-an-offer-from-a-gentleman The Hating Game by Sally Thorne https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213238-the-hating-game? Th...

Welcome back to another NAH season! We're kicking off the year with a romantasy throwback. "The Bird and the Sword" by Amy Harmon will post next Monday, January 12th. Frankenstein (the Netflix version) and Heated Rivalry are also around the corner. We're planning to chew on Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey throughout the year (Seriously, have you seen how thick this book is? It puts Alchemised t...

Another season down! Thank you all for sticking with us through this year of too many Ali Hazelwood books and very questionable monster romances. Our season 4 trailer is out on January 5th and our first book review of the year will post the very next week. Some housekeeping notes: We had a few issues with our recording equipment this episode so you'll hear a bit of an echo through certain bits of...

Katie's first 3 star Ali Hazelwood. Maybe the audiobook-only form had something to do with that? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242109300-bound Similar Books Buffy the Vampire Slayer (but with Giles) https://www.hulu.com/series/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-f2c277c5-62b4-417c-b277-8435b70176dd A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75302266-a-study-in-drowning Hot for...

Maxton Hall is an Amazon Prime show (2 seasons, 6 episodes each) based on the novel Save Me by Mona Kasten. This was originally produced in German and we highly recommend avoiding the English dub version. Gossip Girl but if Disney produced it. Bella meets Hermione with a whole helping of saintliness. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35060774-save-me?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Lp...

If you love Cinderella stories, My Happy Marriage, has got you in every format imaginable. Consume all of them at once like Jordan did for a full overdose of angst. Manga: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58671990-my-happy-marriage-vol-1?ref=rae_0 Light Novel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58450407-my-happy-marriage-light-novel-vol-1 Anime: https://share.google/VXaXoJ9UjUlqXWwLF Live Acti...

Maxton Hall is an Amazon Prime show (2 seasons, 6 episodes each) based on the novel Save Me by Mona Kasten. This was originally produced in German and we highly recommend avoiding the English dub version. Gossip Girl&nbs...

Red pill propaganda or to each their own? This book has some scathing reviews on Goodreads and yet enjoys immense popularity all over booktok. Katie has some thoughts. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58763686-haunting-adeline Similar Books Belladonna by Adalyn Grace https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59227936-belladonna Lights Out by Navessa Allen (Feels a little bit like The Sheikh / The Blu...

This may be a controversial opinion, but we did not love Priestess. Part writing style, part plot, part length, it never quite sucked us in. Similar Books Swordheart by T. Kingfisher https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218624103-swordheart?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=BUAlVH2hIM&rank=1 Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50702014-paladin-s-grace?f...

We've overdone it on the Ali Hazelwood books a bit these last few months, but can you blame us? This novella was way better than Mate and features a tiny age gap, second chance romance https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220389458-cruel-winter-with-you Similar Books Tangled Sheets by Lori Foster https://lorifoster.com/story/tangled-sheets/ Overload by Linda Howard https://www.goodreads.com/book/sh...

Was anyone else rooting for the terminal illness? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228256271-mate?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=BZqYgLqMLu&rank=2 Similar Books The Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs https://www.goodreads.com/series/40932-mercy-thompson All You Want by SenLinYu https://archiveofourown.org/works/15153092/chapters/35140268 The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman...

This is the Knight and the Moth in a Halloween Costume. Do not be fooled by the beautiful cover. For Katie, who rarely DNFs a book, especially in audiobook form, this was a return to sender at the 20 percent mark. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195934852-white-horse-black-nights bSimilar Books This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58957873-this-vicious-grace T...

If you're like us and loved Bride maybe Mate didn't hit as hard for you? It's still Ali Hazelwood so of course we devoured this book but we found Serena and Koen's story a little lackluster. If you did read this and immediately thought: GIVE ME MORE, we have a few omegaverse recs for you below: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228256271-mate?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=BZqYgLqMLu...

This is a complicated recommendation and potentially the start of a Hot & Bothered episode. What happens when Hermione is too Hermione in fanfiction? https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12665133/1/Unforced-Error Similar Books Do Not Go Gentle by SenLinYu https://archiveofourown.org/works/22065178 Love and Other Historical Accidents by PacificRimbaud https://archiveofourown.org/works/21496525 Subscrib...

This week's episode is a little different from our usual synopsis-style breakdowns. While we both loved this book, we found it challenging to do justice to the narrative's intricacies with a handful of plot highlights and similar book recommendations. We have done our best to create a sort of Alchemised primer: an introduction to the world and magic system, and a rough breakdown of why the "good"...

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For fans of Van Helsing, Underworld, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, we present you with 90ish pages of an amnesiac bug killer's adventures in New York. Happy Halloween, readers! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240581511-hot-for-slayer?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rJheNUyCQv&rank=1 Similar Books Bride by Ali Hazelwood https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181344829-bride?from_sea...

Whether you're a Swiftie, Swift-hater, or Swift-agnostic there might be something for you in this week's episode. Subscribe on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@notanotherheroine Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/notanotherheroine

Two picks of the week and one full episode later, we are both (finally) fans of this book. If the traditional rom-com heroine doesn't hit hard enough for you (and Misery from Bride was your girl), then give Rue a shot. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198716261-not-in-love Similar Books Bride by Ali Hazelwood https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181344829-bride?from_search=true&from_srp=true...

If you're suffering from an Alchemised book hangover, Dramione and Ali Hazelwood might save you. https://archiveofourown.org/works/66453367/chapters/171355735 Similar Books The Politician’s Wife by Pir8Fancier https://archiveofourown.org/works/90292/chapters/122722 Measure of a Man by inadaze22 https://archiveofourown.org/works/26523892/chapters/64648648 Subscribe on Youtube! https://www.youtube.c...

SenLinYu, the author of Alchemised, visits Third Place Books in Seattle, and we got tickets! https://www.senlinyuwrites.com/ https://senlinyu.substack.com/ https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/ Subscribe to our Youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@notanotherheroine

Good writing and interesting world-building but this book still felt like homework. If you're a fan of more fantasy than romance or need a palate cleanser, this wouldn't be a bad place to start. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205181098-the-thirteenth-child Similar Authors Namoi Novik https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8730.Naomi_Novik Charlie N. Holmberg https://www.goodreads.com/author/sh...