Trigger Warnings Book Club

In this week's episode we discuss Till Summer Do Us Part by Megan Quinn. This is a hilarious, spicy romcom about a fake marriage in trouble taking place at a marriage boot camp. It was ridiculous but also sweet. As always this episode contains spoilers.

In this week's episode we are doing a mid-year reading check-in. How many books have we read so far? What are our top genres? and most importantly- how close are we to completing our 25 books to read in 2025 lists?

This week we are discussing our June book club book- Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. This is CJ's first time reading the series and Holly's second so that makes for some interesting discussions as Holly tries not to spoil anything accidentally. However this discussion contains spoilers for Book 1 of the series and CJ shares some predictions for the rest of the series.

We are following up our Summer 2025 TBR episode by sharing books we think should be on your summer TBR! We have a little of everything- romance, thrillers, fiction etc. A few books include Tourist Trap, Till Summer Do Us Part, and The Family Experiment

We've been loving the propaganda we aren't falling for trend and had to make a bookish episode! Topics covered include AI, book buying bans, and of course third act breakups.

In this week's episode we discuss Camera Shy by Kay Cove. Buckle up for a bumpy ride because we have quite a few thoughts about this one (and the toxic side characters)

This week we are reviewing what books are on our summer 2025 TBRs. Our lists include romance, mysteries, nonfiction, and women's fiction by favorite authors and new to us authors!

This week we are reviewing Fight by Sloane St. James. We had such a fun time with this book about an EMT and a wild fire firefighter and will definitely be continuing the series. As always this episode contains spoilers.

This week we are discussing Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez! This is the perfect read to kick off your summer reading- it has humor, a sweet love story, and also a serious plot to go along with it! Both CJ and I really loved this one and instantly fell in love with the characters, the setting, and of course the author. As always this episode contains spoilers.

In this week's episode we are discussing how many drinks it would take for us to hook up with book characters. We included some of our favorite book boyfriends (cough Christian Harper cough) as well as some diabolical options (the Bone Carver)

We are back from our accidental time off with a part 2 of our Over vs. underhyped books (along with the bonus category of appropriately hyped books). We cover a wide range of genres- monster romance, cowboy romance, thrillers, fantasy, and historical fiction!

This week we discuss our April book club pick- Deep End by Ali Hazelwood. It seems like everyone who reads this college sports romance either loves it or hates it- spoiler alert we love it! As always this episode contains major spoilers for the book so listen with caution.

In this week's episode we review a small town, romantic suspense novel, Bourbon & Lies by Victoria Wilder. This was a quick, exciting and spicy read that we'd highly recommend. As always this episode contains spoilers.

This week we are discussing some authors we have been loving lately, what we've read by them and what is on our TBR!

This week we discuss "Never Been Worse", the latest release by one of our auto buy authors- Morgan Elizabeth. Spoiler alert: we loved every page of this book! As always this episode contains spoilers so listen with caution. And Morgan if you're listening we'd love to have you on the pod

This week we discuss our March book club pick, Boarded Hearts by Ruth Stilling. While we gave the book similar ratings we actually had quite conflicting opinions! As always this episode contains major spoilers.

This week we are back again reading One Star reviews of some of our favorite books. These goodreads reviews had us cracking up! Some of the books mentioned include Butcher & Blackbird, Reckless, Binding 13 and Never Been Worse. This episode contains spoilers.

This week we have a special guest- our bestie Kylie! As our listeners know CJ and I love to ruin Kylie's day by telling her about all the ridiculous and messed up books we read. Sorry Kylie!

In this week's episode we discuss what books are on our spring TBR. We cover a range of genres (although mostly romance of course) including fiction, mystery, fantasy, and monster romance.

This week's episode is a double feature: Ruthless Creatures and Carnal Urges, the first two books in the Queens & Monsters series by J.T. Geissinger. This series is a mafia romance series and books 1 and 2 feature MMCs from the Russian and Irish mafias specifically so there are some darker themes and content. As always this episode contains spoilers so listen with caution

In this week's episode we discuss our February book club pick: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. As always this episode contains major spoilers for the whole series so listen with caution if you haven't read Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm yet. We also celebrate our 1 year anniversary of Book Club After Dark!

In this week's episode we discuss All My Love by Morgan Elizabeth! All My Love is the first book in the Atlas Oaks series and is a second chance, childhood friends to lovers rockstar romance. Please check trigger warnings prior to reading because heavy topics are discussed. As per usual this episode contains major spoilers.

This week in honor of Valentine's Day we are matching all of the songs on Taylor Swift's album Lover with books we've read (and loved). Featured books include Lovelight Farms, Play Along, and The Hunger Games.

In this week's episode we are continuing our discussion of the Zodiac Academy series. If you missed our last discussion- check out our November book club episode! Topics in this one include Xavier, Darius' deal with the stars, and Orion's trip to jail. As always this episode contains spoilers. For bonus content we also included our draft for next week's episode- the Lover album as...

This week's episode is all about our January book club pick- The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. We thoroughly enjoyed this fantasy romance and think you will too- especially if you enjoy books like Percy Jackson and The Hunger Games. As always this episode contains major spoilers.