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Send us Fan Mail Holly & LA howl over Ali Hazelwood 's latest book " Mate ".  Check out our episode on Bride as well, Season 2 Episode 2! Next book: Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber     Have a book you want us to cover? Have any good recommendations to add to our Pain & Pleasure Wheel? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOLLOW US! SECOND, leave us a 5 STAR re...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Holly & LA chat about the last and final installment of Brynne Weaver 's Ruinous Love Trilogy series  Scythe & Sparrow .  Also check out our episodes covering both previous books in this series:  Butcher & Blackbird and  Leather & Lark  . Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOLLOW US! SECOND, leave us...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we chat with author Yiming Ma about his debut novel These Memories Do Not Belong to Us - A constellation novel that dives into the different perspective of characters living through war, a pandemic, and the aftermath that follows when technology is introduced to share, modify, and ultimately monetize on personal memories. Holly is joined in this interview with Zac...

Send us Fan Mail Holly & LA return from their summer hiatus to chat about Noel Stark 's debut book Love, Camera, Action: A Novel , a story about finding love behind scenes Next episode Holly & LA close out Brynne Weaver 's The Ruinous Love Trilogy with the third and final installment Scythe & Sparrow . Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FI...

Send us Fan Mail Holly & LA chat about Hannah Bonam-Young 's Out books Out on a Limb & Out of the Woods , let's just say that both women felt one book was quite out of reach of the other. (Does that pun work?) Next episode join Holly & LA as they discuss Noel Stark 's debut book Love, Camera, Action: A Novel ! Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with co...

Send us Fan Mail LA & Holly discuss  Lana Ferguson 's latest supernatural/monster romance  Under Loch and Key .  Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOLLOW US! SECOND, leave us a 5 STAR review (we have no shame). THIRD,  contact us with a screen shot of your review and send us your book request for an episode! Instagram: @WDIJRthepodcast Email: W...

Send us Fan Mail Hope you brought your towel, because it's about to get wet! LA & Holly discuss the author they just can't quit Ali Hazelwood 's latest controversial release Deep End . Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOLLOW US! SECOND, leave us a 5 STAR review (we have no shame). THIRD,  contact us with a screen shot of your review...

Send us Fan Mail Holly & LA chat cryptids and other inside jokes while they discuss  Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe . Have a book you want us to cover? Have any good recommendations to add to our Pain & Pleasure Wheel? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOLLOW US! SECOND, leave us a 5 STAR review (we have no shame). THIRD,  contact us with a screen shot of your re...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Holly & LA chat about The Demon's Queen by Katee Robert a comfy, cozy, and ghosty romance. Upcoming Episodes! - Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe -November Wine Down - The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter Have a book you want us to cover? Have any good recommendations to add to our Pain & Pleasure Wheel? Want to sprinkle us...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Holly & LA chat about Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca a comfy, cozy, and ghosty romance. Upcoming Episodes! - The Demon's Queen by Katee Robert - Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe -November Wine Down Have a book you want us to cover? Have any good recommendations to add to our Pain & Pleasure Wheel? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? F...

Send us Fan Mail Join Holly & LA for their first Wine Down (of their TBRs - one book at a time!). In this new series they are given a random category to pick one book from their TBR lists. (This may be a desperate attempt for them to confront their towering TBR shelves.) This episode's category was : UGLIEST BOOK COVER Holly's Pick: One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin LA's Pick: Ph...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Holly & LA discuss The Wren in the Holly Library   by  K.A. Linde which brings up the topic of Romantasy Tropes. Upcoming Episodes! - October Wine Down! - Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca -  Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe Have a book you want us to cover? Have any good recommendations to add to our Pain & Pleasure Wheel? Want to sprinkle us...

Send us Fan Mail Holly & LA dress in their finest frillery with their pinkies out to chat about Alexandra Vasti 's debut romance Ne'er Duke Well . September Books: Wine Down!!! Five Brothers  by  Penelope Douglas   Ne'er Duke Well   by Alexandra Vasti The Wren in the Holly Library   by  K.A. Linde Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOL...

Send us Fan Mail *Trigger Warning: In this episode we discuss a book with dubious consent, mentions of domestic abuse, sexual assualt, and discussions of suicide.* Holly & LA discuss the sexual who dunnit  Five Brothers  by  Penelope Douglas . September Books: Wine Down!!! Five Brothers  by  Penelope Douglas   Ne'er Duke Well   by Alexandra Vasti The Wren in the Holly Library   by  K.A. L...

Send us Fan Mail Join Holly & LA for their first Wine Down (of their TBRs - one book at a time!). In this new series they are given a random category to pick one book from their TBR lists. (This may be a desperate attempt for them to confront their towering TBR shelves.) This episode's category was : A COVER WITHOUT A FACE Holly's Pick: Golden by Shannon Mayer LA's Pick: A Novel...

Send us Fan Mail *SPOILER ALERT* We do talk about BIG, HUGE, MAJOR, ENORMOUS book ruining spoilers in this author chat. Do yourself a favor, if you haven't already, go grab yourself a copy of Pointe of Pride by Chloe Angyal and then come back for a listen! In this episode, we chat with author Chloe Angyal   about her most recent book  Pointe of Pride . A big thank you to Chloe for taking the...

Send us Fan Mail Holly & LA learn that a spoon full of 'honey' definitely helps the medicine go down as they discuss The Honey Witch by debut author Sydney J. Shields . September Books: Sept. 6 - Wine Down!!! Sept. 13 - Five Brothers  by  Penelope Douglas   Sept. 20 - Ne'er Duke Well   by Alexandra Vasti Sept. 27 - The Wren in the Holly Library   by  K.A. Linde Have a book you w...

Send us Fan Mail Holly & LA discuss the second book in Brynne Weaver 's Ruinous Love Trilogy series, Leather & Lark . The follow up book to her hit novel Butcher & Blackbird . Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOLLOW US! SECOND, leave us a 5 STAR review (we have no shame). THIRD,  contact us with a screen shot of your review and send us...

Send us Fan Mail *SPOILER ALERT* We do talk about BIG, HUGE, MAJOR, ENORMOUS book ruining spoilers in this author chat. Do yourself a favor, if you haven't already, go grab yourself a copy of Everything We Never Said by Sloan Harlow and then come back for a listen! In this episode, we chat with author Sloan Harlow about her debut book The YA dark romance thriller Everything We Never Said . A...

Send us Fan Mail LA & Holly once again read Ali Hazelwood 's latest release Not in Love . Both women loved Ali stretching her wings into a less bubbly romance! However, Holly took some real issue with her alma mater being  thrown under the bus and the general Austin backdrop with random ice skating involved... Because, why? Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compli...

Send us Fan Mail Join Holly & LA for June's round of the Pain or Pleasure Wheel. This episode LA  gets PAIN and is forced to finish a book she started almost a year ago, "This Spells Disaster" by Tori Anne Martin . Holly lands on beige, chose PAIN, and read read "Spoiler Alert" by  Olivia Dade . Next  episode, LA  and Holly decide to change up the pain or pleasure whee...

Send us Fan Mail In this Pride Month episode Holly & LA each choose a LGBTQ+ book that has been on their radar to share with each other. Holly shares the adorably sweet and sapphic rom com Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings . LA shares the gay sports romance of the summer The Prospects by debut author K.T. Hoffman . Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOLL...

Send us Fan Mail LA & Holly dive into and talk next book theories for   Rachel Gillig 's gothic romantasy " One Dark Window ". Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOLLOW US! SECOND, leave us a 5 STAR review (we have no shame). THIRD,  contact us with a screen shot of your review and send us your book request for an episode! Instagram: @...

Send us Fan Mail Join Holly & LA for May's round  of the Pain or Pleasure Wheel. This episode LA  gets PLEASURE and talks about her confusing enjoyment of "Divine Rivals" by Rebecca Ross , while Holly also gets PLEASURE and about the hilarious schemes in "The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi" by Shannon Chakraborty . Next  episode, LA  gets PAIN and assigned to read &quot...

Send us Fan Mail LA & Holly discuss the book everyone will read this summer,   Emily Henry 's " Funny Story ".  Have a book you want us to cover? Want to sprinkle us with compliments? FIRST, FOLLOW US! SECOND, leave us a 5 STAR review (we have no shame). THIRD,  contact us with a screen shot of your review and send us your book request for an episode! Instagram: @WDIJRthepodcast...