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Romance novels, smutty tropes, and two Aussie girls who absolutely CANNOT keep it together. Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily is just like a virtual book club - but louder, messier, and fully obsessed with BookTok’s spiciest reads. From Colleen Hoover heartbreaks to dark romance disasters, fae fantasy smut to fake dating, nothing is safe from our unhinged commentary!

If 'enemies to lovers,' 'forbidden romance,' or 'why choose' has ever ruined your sleep schedule, you’ll feel right at home here. Heads up: we get a little sweary and a lot silly!
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Carla and Emily dive into Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter - a rom-com love letter to cheesy tropes, fake dating schemes, and the unshakable belief that your life should be soundtracked like a 2000s movie montage.We’re talking childhood enemies, fake boyfriends with suspiciously perfect timing, and a heroine whose entire personality is 'white dress and chucks.' Expect spoiler-lite commentary, feral giggling, and us aggressively rooting for first love while pretending we’re above it all.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Welcome to The 2025 Plotties - our wildly unofficial awards where we crown the best, worst, and most emotionally irresponsible romance and smut books we read last year. From gag-worthy sex scenes to Olympic-level pick-me behaviour, nothing escapes our judgment.If you love BookTok recaps, spicy romance derailments, and brutally funny book chaos, this episode is your annual tradition. Grab a drink, brace yourself, and let’s honour the messiest moments in smutty fiction.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
This episode of Lose the Plot, Carla and Emily dive into Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry - a romantasy situation involving cursed realms, forced proximity, marriage stress, and a man whose entire personality is 'stands guard and broods intensely.'We’re unpacking princess survival mode, monster-infested road trips, and a slow burn so slow it qualifies as emotional edging. Expect spoilers chaos, feral commentary, and us repeatedly asking whether we understand the plot (answer: no, but we tried so hard).Quick correction because we are unreliable narrators: despite what we said last episode, this is actually the last episode before The Plotties 2025. Yes, we lied. No, we don’t regret it.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
In this episode of Lose the Plot, Carla and Emily spiral over Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey - the festive workplace romance that boldly asks: what if retail was unhinged, HR was a suggestion, and Christmas miracles looked suspiciously like a corny rich man losing control?We’re unpacking the department store tension, wildly questionable workplace boundaries, and a heroine who enters a CEO's life and immediately rearranges his window displays and potentially his gastrointestinal system (don't ask)!💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
This episode we unravel Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney - a book filled with secrets, lies, memory gaps and suspicious women. Join us as we judge Grady’s chronic inability to make a good decision, Abby’s FBI-level secret keeping, and the island of Amberly, which is basically a yoga retreat if your wellness plan includes light murder and emotional manipulation.We dive into unreliable narrators, mysterious manuscripts, cross-dressing and skeletal décor. Expect conspiracy theories, feral laughter, and a full roasting of every character who probably didn't even deserve better!💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠⁠⁠⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Carla and Emily dive beak-first into Flock by Kate Stewart, the book that asked, 'Why choose one man when you can have… several questionable ones and multiple criminal secrets?'We’re unpacking all the big questions: Why is everyone in this town allergic to honesty? How does a sawmill somehow become a front for polyamorous chaos? And at what point do we start a support group for readers emotionally blindsided by book two?Expect feral laughter, secondhand heartbreak, and an in-depth discussion on whether you can workshop a plot together out of the material in this book! And yes, we definitely lost the plot.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠⁠⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
In this very special Halloween edition of Lose the Plot, Carla and Emily are thirsting, gasping, and questioning werewolves' hygiene standards after reading Muscles and Monsters by Ashley Bennett - the monster romance that’s 95% abs, 5% plot, and 100% emotional support doughnut holes.Join us as we unpack the tale of Tegan, the anxious baker who falls for Atlas, a literal beast of a man with more muscle than sense and an appendage bigger than his calves. We discuss the logistics of monster romance (because someone has to), debate whether Atla's ex was actually that bad, and attempt to calculate how many cakes it would take to feed this man.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Buckle up, babes - it’s turbulence and trauma time! Carla and Emily tackle Mile High by Liz Tomforde, the spicy hockey romance that somehow mixes locker room banter, emotional baggage, and one very naughty sports star.We’re unpacking all the essentials: why Zanders gives 'walking red flag with abs,' Stevie’s magically repairing self-esteem, and how this many flights can still lead to so few boundaries. Expect thirst, chaos, and possibly an HR violation or two.If you’ve ever wanted to join the mile-high club (emotionally or otherwise), this one’s for you!💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Ana’s life takes a wild turn when she’s roped into interviewing Christian Grey — the richest creep in Seattle and the king of monotone trauma dumps. What follows? An ox-blood “playroom” of BDSM pain, a family way too supportive of questionable romance choices, and exes old enough to be everyone’s mum. Classic Wattpad-level chaos!In this episode of Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily, we dive into Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James — the OG spicy book that launched a thousand smuts. Expect trope talk, unfiltered judgements, and way too many giggles about broody billionaires.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Kris-Jen is back and things are getting messy — literally. She’s on a mission to uncover which of the five Jaeger brothers she hooked up with in their swampy clubhouse, but the only logical plan? Work her way through the whole lot and hope for clarity later. Iconic.In this episode of Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily, we dive into one of BookTok’s most chaotic “why choose” spicy reads — a steamy, unhinged romance full of drama, gang rivalry, and more plot holes than pants. Expect reverse harem chaos, too-close family ties, and your favourite Aussie duo losing it over quite possibly the most scandalous smut to hit BookTok in 2025.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Olive is the most unlucky woman alive — but at least she dodged the vomit-and-diarrhea disaster at her sister’s wedding. Small wins! That is, until a lie with her sworn enemy traps her in a fake honeymoon with the man she’s hated for years. Classic enemies-to-lovers chaos, heavy on the rom-com tropes and BookTok spice.In this episode of Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily, we dive into this quirky fake-dating romance, filled with banter, disaster, and way too many awkward tropical situations.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Aly’s a hard-working nurse by day and an unhinged BookTok addict by night — especially for one very specific masked thirst-trapper. Enter Josh: hacker extraordinaire, socially anxious shut-in, and walking red flag. When their worlds collide, sparks (and data breaches) fly in this chaotic spicy romance that’s equal parts dark smut and tech love story gone feral.In this episode of Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily, we unravel a BookTok favourite full of spice, hackers, obsession, and questionable cyber-safety choices — the ultimate spicy book podcast episode you didn’t know you needed.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Saeris Fane and her hopeless brother unleash chaos after stealing a golden groin piece (yes, you read that right) — and suddenly they’re on the radar of KING-FISHER, the 6'7" deathly enigma everyone wants but probably shouldn’t. What follows is a wild fantasy romance adventure filled with dark smut, mythical chaos, and questionable decision-making.In this episode of Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily, we dive into one of BookTok’s spiciest fantasy smut novels — a dark romance where the world-building is shaky, the men are taller than physics allows, and we somehow had the best time complaining about it.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Hoa hoa hoaaaa hoa hoooooo — welcome to FORKS, the moody hometown of sparkly vampires and questionable life decisions. In this episode of Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily, we sink our teeth into Twilight by Stephenie Meyer , the OG vampire romance that defined a generation and still dominates BookTok’s nostalgia era.Bella Swan might just be the original 'pick me,' begging an ancient man to ruin her life in true YA fantasy romance fashion. We attempt (and fail) to explain the plot, roast Edward Cullen’s red flags, and laugh our way through the chaos of this iconic paranormal smut-adjacent classic.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Millie is the ultimate pick-me disaster in The Housemaid by Freida McFadden — a viral psychological thriller turned BookTok sensation soon to be adapted into a movie starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, and Michele Morrone.When Millie lands a dream housekeeping job, her boss Nina seems completely unhinged, and her husband Andrew’s creepy thigh-staring habits don’t help. What follows is a chaotic spiral of twists, secrets, and domestic suspense that proves this thriller is as wild as it is unhinged and we are absolutely here for it, Carla more-so than Emily.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Isla Crown is your classic 19-year-old virginal heroine in a spicy romantasy full of ancient rivalries, magical realms, and love-triangle chaos. Thrust into a centuries-old feud between six kingdoms, she’s stuck choosing between two brooding blokes: Oreo and Grim, for... well, reasons.This BookTok-favourite fantasy romance has everything: morally grey men, questionable world-building, and a plot that was definitely not plotting. Join us as we completely lose it over this messy, magical fever dream of a book.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Welcome to The 2024 Plotties, where we crown the best (and absolute worst) romance and smut books we read last year. From most disgusting sex scene to the biggest pick-me character, nothing escapes our chaotic judgment!If you love BookTok recaps, spicy romance chaos, and brutally funny book awards, this is your Super Bowl. Grab a drink, it’s time to celebrate the messiest moments in smutty fiction.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
Lilly Blossom Bloom moves to the city for a guy (Atlas), forgets he exists, and somehow ends up in a mess of a relationship with Ryle, a neurosurgeon who punches patio furniture and, you know, people.This book? Marketed as a sweet rom-com. What we got? An emotional dumpster fire with toxic love, explosive tempers, and zero chill. Sparks fly—but mostly from Ryle’s random outbursts of rage.We’re diving headfirst into the chaos of this “romantic” disaster. Spoiler: Blake Lively can’t fix this one. Listen in as we break down the disaster, the ridiculousness, and why this book is definitely not what you expected.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
It’s our chaotic Christmas romance special! 🎄 Cole Black is the ultimate emo grump, a small-town bad boy with a lifelong grudge. Storee, a city girl in crisis, returns home after her great-aunt’s hip catastrophe and lands in the middle of a town that’s Christmas-obsessed and full of festive judgment.Between hometown redemption arcs, twin sister drama, and one extremely moody love interest, this holiday rom-com has every BookTok trope imaginable — enemies to lovers, small-town charm, and emotional damage wrapped in tinsel.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! (This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.)
Welcome to the wild world of A Court of Thorns and Roses 🥀 the BookTok romantasy that launched a thousand spicy fanfics. Feyre — our 19-year-old illiterate huntress and certified pick-me, gets dragged into a magical realm ruled by dangerously hot fae men who all seem way too into her.Between cursed kingdoms, confusing prophecies, and suspiciously frequent IBS moments, we try to make sense of this chaotic fantasy romance while questioning every single character decision. It’s messy, it’s magical, and it’s PEAK BookTok fantasy smut energy.💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠losetheplotpodcast@gmail.com⁠ or DM us on TikTok.⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.
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