Plot Trysts

This Novella is absolutely adorable and angst free, if a bit lacking in traditional Christmas tropes. Taking a triple dose of a love potion should only be done under supervision.

Elizabeth Hoyt's take on Christmas is exactly what you'd expect. Equal measures of sex and angst with a smattering of Christmas cheer.

Can the dungeons and dragons morality scale explain our taste in romance heroes? We do our best to explore that in this episode, while talking about the contrast between sexy love stories in angsty world building in this book.

We finish out the Love is All Around Trilogy with this adaptation of A Christmas Carol. There are some interesting concepts to explore in this one and we definitely appreciated the lack of infertility drama. TBH it isn't all that Christmas-y and the length means some of those interesting concepts can't be fully explored.

St. Stephen is not St. Nicholas and thus we are not moved by the spirit of Christmas in this Novella.

Meg picked this up because the idea of a Christmas novella based on Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer seemed fun. Not only is it fun, it's also sexy and innovative. Happy Holidays!

Changing things up this week with a Christmas novel featuring the bromance book club. This book is so much fun and we both enjoyed it a bunch. Laine hates bathrooms, Meg thought Colton was pushy, but overall this is a festive romp.

We both think this book is a fitting cherry on top of the London Steampunk sundae. Alexandra gets her happy ending and the gang gets back together one more time. If you want a quick, feel-good read about the humans surrounded by vampires, you'll enjoy it!

Bec McMaster certainly knows how to end a series. We face the existential crisis of being older than all of our heroines while relishing in the hate sex. DUH

Laine and Meg squeal over this perfect book. It's third in the Lady Sherlock series, but first in our hearts. Somehow we keep this spoiler free, so listen and prepare for the Art of Theft coming October 2019.

This novella took us both by surprise with just how great it was. Flawless execution, next time please add more baths.

This little novella asks the question, "what if there were all of the tropes?" And we liked the answer. Thanks, 2012 Tumblr.

Meg and Laine talk about hulking dudes, dirty talk, and big, thick Minotaurs.

This very angsty series gets an infusion of fluff with Lark and Charlie. The change of pace was very fun, as was the setting! Did we follow all aspects of the plot? We did not, but we also didn't mind.

We really enjoyed the setting and the romance in this ghostly love story. There was some angst, but not a ton of it was driven by the relationship which we always enjoy. Warning: Meg has a new mic and Laine hasn't gotten hers yet for this episode. The contrast is noticeable.

The sequel to His Mistress by Morning is romance novel x Blade. It was a lot of fun!

Laine and Meg found the perfect sexy fun historical with minimal agnst and depth and then spend the episode talking about Freud, feminism, and the historical purpose of vanity. We promise it's fluffy, sexy, and fun.

Maximus Batman... I mean Batten, is such a raging Alphahole. Meg and Laine debate whether is this entertaining or frustrating, but we both think the book as a whole is fun regardless.

Honestly we don't even know how to start describing this book even though we loved it a lot. It's like a more macabre "Hating Game" meets "Pushing Daisies" but with zombies? IDK just read it.

We kick off spooky season with the second book in Brotherhood of Blood (aka they're vampires). Plus to the second entry: no cancer. There are some OTT fun moments here, but ultimately we wish our heroine had stayed a bit more sassy and independent.

Laine has never been more shocked to hear there was controversy over a book, so we'll spare you the click-bait: we liked it, it was cute.

Sometimes you need to go back to basics, which we do with this tropetastic, sexy, and perfectly executed historical.

Everyone should be warned going into this that it's not Historical Romance in the way we've all come to expect from Enoch. Her character development remains incredibly strong, but the plot of this one made it difficult to enjoy.

Barbarian Mine deliberately goes back to whatever passes for basics in this universe. Neither of us were prepared for how gross that would be.

Dang, we both have a lot of ways to say "this book is just ok, have you read Thief of Shadows?"