Reading After Bedtime: Romantasy, Fantasy, and Romance Book Reviews

🚨This bonus episode contains spoilers for ALL of the A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) Series, AS WELL AS Throne of Glass and Crescent City by Sarah J Maas. If you aren't completely caught up with the Maas-verse, please press pause, and return once you are.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for the rest of the Maas-Termind files? Check out our full cov...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for Dungeon Crawler Carl. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Dungeon Crawler Carl [Book Chat] Dungeon Crawler Carl  [Spoiler Summary]⁠ _____________________________________________________________ Allyson and Becca introduce the Reading...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Dungeon Crawler Carl [Book Chat] Dungeon Crawler Carl  [Spoiler Summary]⁠ _____________________________________________________________ Allyson and Becca prese...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ To Cage a Wild Bird [Book Chat] To Cage a Wild Bird [Spoiler Summary]⁠ _____________________________________________________________ Allyson and Becca of the Read...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ To Cage a Wild Bird [Book Chat] To Cage a Wild Bird [Spoiler Summary]⁠ _____________________________________________________________ Allyson and Becca share a spoiler sum...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe. If you don't want the ENTIRE series spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for our full discussion of the Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe? Check out our full coverage! Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe [Spoiler Summary] Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe [Book Chat] _...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the story.🚨_____________________________________________________________ Looking for our full discussion of Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe? Check out our full coverage! Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe [Spoiler Summary]: Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe [Book Chat]...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for The Never List by Jade Presley. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ The Never List by Jade Presley Review: Why-Choose Spice vs. Fantasy Plot The Never List [Spoiler Summary]⁠ _____________________________________________________________ Allys...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for The Never List by Jade Presley. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the story.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Allyson and Becca share a spoiler summary of The Never List by Jade Presley, with warnings for spice, trigger content, and violence, and invite listeners to follow and review t...

🚨This bonus episode contains spoilers for ALL of the A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) Series, AS WELL AS Throne of Glass and Crescent City by Sarah J Maas. If you aren't completely caught up with the Maas-verse, please press pause, and return once you are.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for the rest of the Maas-Termind files? Check out our full cov...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ The Wolf King (Lauren Palphreyman) Spoiler Review: Romantasy, Ratings, Tropes, and Twist Ending _________________________________________________________ Allyson...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the story. 🚨 ____________________________________________________________ Allyson and Becca introduce the Reading After Bedtime podcast and discuss Carley Fortune’s contemporary romance Our Perfect Storm (published May 5, 2026), share so...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the story. 🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Allyson and Becca share a spoiler summary of Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune, following Frankie and her lifelong best friend George St. James after Frankie’s...

The Reading After Bedtime podcast hosts Allyson and Becca announce a ticketed ACOTAR 6 release party with Bibliobar Books and Gifts in Plano, Texas, then interview bestselling author Abigail Owen about her background, motherhood, and being most active on Instagram via abigailowen.com. They discuss Owen’s The Crucible series (The Games Gods Play, The Things Gods Break, and upcoming third book Wrath...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for The Things Gods Break by Abigail Owen. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for our full discussion of the Crucible Series by Abigail Owen? Check out our full coverage! ⁠The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen [Spoiler Summary]⁠⁠ ⁠...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for The Things Gods Break by Abigail Owen. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for our full discussion of the Crucible Series by Abigail Owen? Check out our full coverage! ⁠⁠The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen [Spoiler Summary]⁠⁠⁠...

🚨This bonus episode contains spoilers for ALL of the A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) Series, AS WELL AS Throne of Glass and Crescent City by Sarah J Maas. If you aren't completely caught up with the Maas-verse, please press pause, and return once you are.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for the rest of the Maas-Termind files? Check out our full cov...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for our full discussion of the Crucible Series by Abigail Owen? Check out our full coverage! ⁠⁠The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen [Spoiler Summary]⁠⁠⁠ ⁠...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for our full discussion of the Crucible Series by Abigail Owen? Check out our full coverage! ⁠⁠The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen [Spoiler Summary]⁠⁠⁠ ⁠...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for Shield of Sparrows AND Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry. If you don't want the ENTIRE series spoiled, please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for our full discussion of the Shield of Sparrows Series by Devney Perry? Check out our full coverage! Shield of Sparrows by De...

🚨This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry. If you don't want the ENTIRE story spoiled (both Shield of Sparrows and Rites of the Starling), please return once you've read the stories.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for our full discussion of the Shield of Sparrows Series by Devney Perry? Check out our full covera...

Allyson and Becca introduce the Reading After Bedtime Podcast, announce a ticketed ACOTAR 6 release party with Biblibar Books and Gifts in Plano, Texas, and welcome contemporary romance author Rachel M. Lewis. Rachel discusses her background as a former educator, how co-hosting Welcome to the Smut Show Podcast and encouragement from friends pushed her to write her debut, and shares advice like “yo...

Allyson and Becca introduce the Reading After Bedtime Podcast and welcome romance author Aimee Vance, discussing her background, writing journey, and books, with possible spoilers for the Moms of Mayhem series. Aimee shares how her public relations and journalism-adjacent career, motherhood during COVID, and editing for an indie author led her to write her first novel, Faith Illuminated, a time-tr...

🚨This bonus episode contains spoilers for ALL of the A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) Series, AS WELL AS Throne of Glass and Crescent City by Sarah J Maas. If you aren't completely caught up with the Maas-verse, please press pause, and return once you are.🚨 _____________________________________________________________ Looking for the rest of the Maas-Termind files? Check out our full cov...

Allyson and Becca introduce the Reading After Bedtime podcast and host author Thea Claire for a Q&A centered on her Recovering Good Girl series. Thea shares her background as a North Texas storyteller, mental health advocate, neurodiverse and LGBTQ+ author, and explains how sobriety in 2022 and narrative therapy shaped her writing and focus on authentic, trauma-informed characters. They discus...