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Ever stayed up late because you can’t put down a book? Didn’t have anyone to talk to about the massive cliffhanger or your latest theory?
Us too. We’re obsessed with books that pull us into their world, make us feel like we’re the main character, and cause us to forget how late it is.
Every week, we deep dive into a contemporary romance or romantasy book and talk plot, character development, tropes, themes, theories, spice, and more. Think of each episode as having a conversation with friends...with no filter and definitely NSFW.
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In this episode, we dive into the dark romance book Bad Bishop by L.J. Shen. This is the first book in the Society of Villains series. The second book in the series, Twisted Pawn, releases in April 2026. During this episode, we discuss how the first chapter immediately captured our attention, why Tiernan might be the grayest of morally gray characters, how this book has our longest list of content warnings, how much we loved seeing Lila’s character evolve and watching her become an Italian sp...
In this episode, we dive into the romantasy novella A Crown of Ruin by Jennifer Armentrout. We highly recommend that you have read all of the books in the Blood and Ash series and all of the books in the Flesh and Fire series before reading this novella. During this episode, we chat about how much we loved this surprise novella, how it answered some of our questions and created a lot more, how we’re here for Casteel’s chaos era and why the entire series has been building up to it, why we’re n...
In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Things Gods Break by Abigail Owen. This is the second book in The Crucible series. The first book in the series is The Games Gods Play, and the third book, The Wrath Gods Reap, is slated for publication in November 2026. Our full deep dive episode on the first book is also available. During this episode, we discuss the mindblowing twist that we never saw coming, why we fall more in love with Hades in this book, how Iapetus might be our leas...
In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Pucking Strong by Emily Rath. This is the fourth book in the Jacksonville Rays series. We highly recommend reading this series in the following order: That One Night, Pucking Around, Pucking Ever After Volume 1, Pucking Wild, Pucking Ever After Volume 2, Pucking Sweet, and Pucking Strong. During this episode, we discuss how much we love Henrik and Teddy’s meet-cute, the heartbreaking news of Henrik losing his sister and the injuries ...
In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book, Freed, by K.A. Riley. This is the sixth book in the dystopian romance Thrall series, continuing the story of Soleia and Bastian as well as scenes with Shara and Thorne. We were counting down the days until this book was released after learning that Soleia was somehow prophesied to change the Peaks, and the crazy demigod Sylvan was intent on taking the lightbringer power from his daughter, Aimee. During this episode, we discuss the new characte...
In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book, Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws. It’s the third book in the Mountain Men Matchmaker series and focuses on a friends-to-lovers relationship between Luke and Addison. This romcom book also has some of our favorite tropes, including marriage of convenience, he falls first, small town romance, slow burn, and found family. During this episode, we discuss why Luke is our favorite Fletcher brother, how Amy Daws emotionally destroyed us in this...
In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. This is the first book in The Crucible series. The second book in the series is The Things Gods Break, and the third book, The Wrath Gods Reap, is slated for publication in November 2026. During this episode, we discuss how it didn’t take us long to fall for the quintessential bad boy called Hades, why we’re convinced Hades and Lyra are fated mates, how much we loved the blend of present day with the Olympic...
In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath. This is the third book in the Jacksonville Rays series. We highly recommend reading this series in the following order: That One Night, Pucking Around, Pucking Ever After Volume 1, Pucking Wild, Pucking Ever After Volume 2, Pucking Sweet, and Pucking Strong. During this episode, we discuss how much we love Poppy’s feisty character, why the juxtaposition of the bad boy, Novy, and the teddy bear, Colton, wa...
In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson. This is the first book in the Dark Inheritance Trilogy. The second book in the series, The Wicked and the Damned, is scheduled for release in February 2026. During this episode, we discuss how we were hooked on this book from the first chapter, why Reid is climbing our book boyfriend list, how much we loved the camaraderie between the Veragi coven, our shock when the traitor was revealed, and why th...
In this episode, we dive into the romcom book Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal by Meghan Quinn. It’s the second book in the How My Neighbor Stole Christmas series. During this episode, we discuss why we’re never going to look at chocolate-covered cherries or popcorn garland the same way, how much we loved Max’s dramatic side, why Storee is the queen of plotting and meddling, how we would have left Buzz in the snowstorm, and how this is book is a slow burn until it catches on fire with...
It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in December. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. Here are the books on December’s TBR: December 3 - The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca RobinsonDecember 10 - Pucking Sweet by Emily RathDecember 17 - The Games Gods Play by Abigail OwenDecember 24 - Honeymoon Phase by Amy DawsDecember 31 - Freed by K.A. RileyConnect with Late Night R...
In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer Armentrout. This is the first book in the Awakening series, but it does have some tie-ins to the Blood and Ash series. As a result, we highly recommend reading this book after reading The Primal of Blood and Bone. During this episode, we discuss the similarities between this book and the Blood and Ash series, why Thorne is quickly becoming one of our favorite MMCs, the numerous breadcrumbs that we ...
On November 11, we hosted a live session chatting about the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout. We answer countless questions submitted from listeners and discuss a wide variety of theories. Additionally, we have two deep dive episodes on The Primal of Blood and Bone available, along with episodes available on every book in the Blood and Ash series and the Flesh and Fire series. During this live session, we chat about what’s going on with the Ancients, do the F...
In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Pucking Wild by Emily Rath. This is the second book in the Jacksonville Rays series. We highly recommend reading this series in the following order: That One Night, Pucking Around, Pucking Ever After Volume 1, Pucking Wild, Pucking Ever After Volume 2, Pucking Sweet, and Pucking Strong. During this episode, we discuss why “puppy” was the perfect nickname for Ryan, the accuracy of how the situation with Tess’s narcissistic ex-husband ...
In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout. We’re covering this book in two massive episodes. This episode focuses on Chapter 33-60 and our in-depth theories, while the first episode covers the first chapter, entitled The Primal through Chapter 32. We highly recommend that you have read all of the books in the Blood and Ash series and all of the books in the Flesh and Fire series before reading The Primal of Blood and Bone. Durin...
In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Pucking Around by Emily Rath. This is the first book in the Jacksonville Rays series. We highly recommend reading the novella, That One Night, before this book for additional context. During this episode, we discuss how much we love the uniqueness of each of the three male main characters, why one of us is a Jake girlie, how Rachel needs to up her internet research sleuthing skills, why we loved Tess the moment she appeared on ...
It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in November. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. Here are the books on November’s TBR: November 5 - The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout (Chapters 33-60)November 12 - Pucking Wild by Emily RathNovember 19 - Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer ArmentroutNovember 26 - Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal by Meghan Q...
In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout. We’re covering this book in two massive episodes, with this first episode focusing on everything that happens, starting with the first chapter entitled The Primal through Chapter 32. Our second episode will be released on Nov. 5, covering the remainder of the book and discussing all of our theories in-depth. We highly recommend that you have read all of the books in the Blood and Ash series a...
In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Bad for Business by Kat Singleton. This is the second book in her Pembroke Hills Series. The first book in the series is In Good Company, which we’ve also covered with a deep dive episode on the podcast. During this episode, we discuss how Ryker and Camille’s history surprised us, why we loved seeing other male characters encourage Ryker to be nicer, the substantial character growth, how much we loved seeing Camille stand up to...
In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Rising Reign by Tessa Hale. This is the final book in The Wolves of Crescent Creek series and is a why choose romantasy about wolf-shifters. During this episode, we discuss how much we hate everything about the Red River Pack and how they treated Wren, why it was great to finally see Kingston and Ender accept their mate bond with Wren, the surprising new characters that we didn’t expect, the hilarious antics of Franco and Juan, why we nee...
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