Raging Romantics

Content Warning: NSFW episode! Please at least wear headphones when listening to this at your desk... Spicy? Smutty? Clean? Romantasy? Alpha? WHAT ARE ALL THESE WORDS? Don't worry, we'll get into it. Questions/Comments/Concerns/Recommendations? Email us at Ragingromantics@nopl.org (Bonus - listen to the postcredits for what a Jen/Jackie conversation sounds like outside of the podcast) Books we men...

Diversify your reading! Questions/Comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org Books we recommend: Nicola Yoon, The Sun is Also a Star and Everything, Everything One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown Women who Dare series by Beverly Jenkins An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole The Accidental Pinup by Danielle Jackson Talia Hibbert, esp....

Content warning: Discussion on the use of rape fantasies in early romance books. We're so happy to have gotten the chance to sit down with romance author extraordinaire, Susan Elizabeth Phillips! Tune in for an interview full of laughs, knowledge, and Jackie even saying "yes ma'am" on more than one occasion. Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org ! Susan...

Did you know that we run a romance book club? Between the Covers is hosted every month at NOPL North Syracuse, and you are formally invited! If you can't join us, though, don't worry, we'll give you a post-meeting rundown of the book and our feelings on it. Join us virtually on Zoom , or in person at North Syracuse! Last month we read "Verity" by Colleen Hoover, a book that took the book world and...

CONTENT WARNING: We will be discussing snakes and similar slithery creatures in this episode, as well as dubious consent through legends and myths. Dragons and Unicorns and Virgins, oh my! Ever wonder why virgins keep getting tied to mythical beasts? don't worry, Jackie's got you. Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org ! Unicorn images! Unicorn tapestries...

Favorite reads of 2023? Let's go! Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen A Soul to Revive by Opal Reyne I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young (bonus mention - Casey's next book is The Pairing and it's out August 6th!)

Happy 2024! Did you struggle like Jen and Jackie in 2023 to meet your reading goals? Don't worry, we have some advice (that we're going to try and be keeping too). Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org ! Sites we mention: Goodreads Storygraph Graphic Audio Hoopla Libro.fm Audible Books we mention: American Prometheus (Oppenheimer biopic) Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire) by GRR Martin The Witc...

Break out the notepad, it's time to add to the TBR! House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas out January 30th Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R Alban out January 9th Courting the Countess by Lyssa Kay Adams Bride by Ali Hazelwood out February 6th The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo out April 9th Check out Between the Covers book club too! Have any book releases for us that you're excited for?...

We made it another turn around the sun! Thank you for listening during the craziness that was 2023...let's talk about some of our favorite episodes. Don't forget to email us with your favorites at ragingromantics@nopl.org . Happy 2024! #78 Gilt-y Pleasures: Dollar Princesses and Husband Hunters #76 For the Love of True Crime #74 Things Are Getting Tense... #69 Lost Genres pt. 4 - Feeling Fine in t...

**Apologies for the audio - we went back to our Zoom roots and it did us dirty** Thank you to Jennifer Armentrout for sitting down and talking shop with us! Buckle up for a LONG discussion on things like fan merch, Etsy, book banning, burn out, inspiration, publishing contracts, television deals, and MORE! Make sure to check out all of Jennifer's books! The ones we mention are: Blood and Ash (seri...

Don't forget to give Jen a birthday shoutout! Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org. And tune in on December 22 for our interview with Jennifer Lyn Armentrout! Books Jackie recommends: Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair Gwen and Art Are Not In Love by Lex Croucher Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

Make a list and check it twice, we're looking at Krampus this holiday season! Questions/Comments/Concerns/Recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org . Other episodes to listen to: #51 Jillian Graves interview #52 Monsters! Books/authors we mention: Krampus: The Yule Lord (by Brom) The Naughty List by Ellie Mae MacGregor Her Night With Santa by Adriana Herrera Krampus and the Crone by Ho...

Short and sweet and to the point, here are some books and authors we're thankful for! Sherrilyn Kenyon (esp. Fantasy Lover) Tessa Bailey Same Time Next Year Nisha Sharma Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera Jennifer L. Armentrout Ruby Dixon

*Edit: Fourth Wing came out May, 2023, not June like Jackie kept saying in the episode...* The release of one of the internet's most anticipate fantasy books of this year, the follow up to blockbluster Fourth Wing, has been wrought with issue and controversy. Let's talk about it! Books we mention: Fourth Wing Iron Flame Legends and Lattes Articles worth reading: "‘Fourth Wing’ Publisher Vows to ‘S...

Books we mention/recommend: The Husband Hunters by Anne de Courcy The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton The Gilded Age by Mark Twain The Luxe series by Anna Godberson The Gilded Age Heiresses by Harper St. George The Four Hundred series by Joanna Schupe Uptown Girls series by Schupe Fifth Avenue Rebels by Schupe Bareknuckle Bastards by Sarah MacLean References: Possibly source of the Spanish Influenza-...

Sip, turn the page, savor, add it to the book cave! Fireblood Dragons by Ruby Dixon Dark Water Daughter by HM Long Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan

We're so happy to welcome Nisha Sharma onto Raging Romantics! Let's talk good books, bad bookish practices, book bans, and what we get out of romance, ❤️ Questions/comments/concerns/excitement? Email us at Ragingromantics@nopl.org Find Nisha on her website , or on social media under Nisha You can find Nisha on most social media under @nishawrites ! Books we mention: Dating Dr. Dil Tastes Like Shak...

Halloween + Romance + Spice? YES PLEASE. And hey, happy Halloween! The Demon's Bargain by Katee Robert When Life Gives You Vampires by Gloria Duke Blood Moon by Jillian Graves The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine Go listen to our interview with Jillian Graves here!

Content warning: this is a discussion that involves aspects of true crime involving serial killers and hybristophilia and paraphilias. Books we mention: My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto Urgent Vows by Lucy Monroe Demanding Mob Boss by Lucy Monroe Podcasts we mention: Redhanded My Favorite Murder Dateline...

We finally get Jen's take on the hockey X booktok drama! Go listen to our original discussion in episode #73 . Do you have your own take? Give us a shout at ragingromantics@nopl.org ... Books we mention Articles to read "The Smutty Hockey Drama Melting Down BookTok" (Gonzalez-Ramirex, 2023) "The Messy Relationship Between Romance Novels and Ice Hockey" (Holpuch, 2023)

What trope will come out on top?! Will it be Second Chance? Love Triangles? Or Fake Relationships?! Cast your votes now at ragingromantics@nopl.org ! Books we mention: Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Twilight by Stephanie Meyer Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare *The Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare (Jackie said Kingmaker Chronicles) *The Day of...

Happy Hispanic Heritage month! Let's celebrate by ready some absolutely amazing OWN VOICES romances: You had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adrianna Herrera After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina Lopez

Friday Night. Podcast Night. In your eardrums. WHICH TROPE WILL COME OUT ON TOP? Jackie and Jen rage it out while Thomas decides the winner. Did we miss your favorite trope? Did you disagree with the outcomes? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org! Books we mention: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata Mimi Matthews Happenstance by Tessa Bailey

Let's break the norm and find some non-Regency, non-cowboy, non-Scottish historical romances! A tall order, indeed. Questions/Comments/Concerns/Recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org! Books we recommend: It Happened One Fight by Maureen Lenker The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews

Content warning - we will be talking about the loss of life from fires, including past lives lost during the Great Fire of 1666, Idaho in 1910, and others, as well as the recent fires in Hawaii. American Library Association's Banned and Challenge Books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 1984 by George Orwell Questions, comments, concerns, recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org Books/Aut...