The I Can't Read Podcast

In the final installment of our Hades x Persephone retelling, Neon Gods, our couple gets closer and closer - and so does the deadline on their deal. Not all are happy with the arangement they've made though, and The 13 are starting to interfere...

With Persephone fully under the control and stewardship of the lord of the undercity, Hades, the pair finally have some time to enjoy each others'... company. At least they're trying to, if the Gods would stop intervening! In the second part of Katee Robert's mythical retelling, our protagonists share the joys of contraception, Zoom calls, and a nice pair of men's slacks.

The Hades and Persephone myth is reimagined in Katee Robert's Neon Gods and Wheels and Maddie are here to sup on some pomegranates and be captured against their will. In our first episode, Persephone finds out one of the gods of Olympus has plans for her, and she isn't too thrilled to hear them...

In the conclusion of our readthrough of raucous rodeo romance, Long Hard Ride by Lorelei James our protagonist finds herself with a difficult choice. She's butted heads with her badboy lover after he decided he wasn't happy 'sharing' after all. When the rodeo circuit ends and her planned time with the boys is up, what reason does she have to stay?

Channing Kinkaid finds out that not all cowboy foursomes are quite what they're cracked up to be in the second episode of our readthrough of Lorelei James' smutty western romance, Long Hard Ride. Colby, the bad boy of the rodeo circuit, is starting to live up to his epithet as things get a little less friendly on tour. And Channing walks in on something she CERTAINLY didn't expect to find...

Cowboy time is FINALLY upon us as Wheels dusts off his Arthur Morgan impression for Lorelei James' Long Hard Ride. After a first place winning display at the local wet t-shirt competition, our protagonist attracts the attention of the rodeo circuit's bad boy. But he's not alone...

In the thrilling conclusion of Vera Valentine's Unhinged, a smutty romance novel about a woman and her sentient door, we've got it all. Sex, guns, doms and subs, drama, and Home Depot. But will there be a happy ending for our hard as wood couple? Or will Randal the building Superintendent bring misery to their door... get it?

The besties have finally returned from their stressful hibernation with the greatest story ever told... No not that one. The one where a sentient door shacks up with the woman who owns the house he's built into. Obviously! Vera Valentine's Unhinged is exactly what it says on the book cover and Maddie and Wheels have a whole host of laughs ahead of them...

In the dramatic conclusion of our Vampire x Werewolf paranormal romance, Bride we finally get to the good stuff. Misery and her new werewolf husband finally want to do the deed after she falls head over heels for her new partner. But will the biology of a werewolf's member be too difficult for her virgin body to handle? And will she survive the onslaught of attacks upon her from mysterious forces? ALSO... WHAT IS A KNOT?

Misery the Vampire returns in her covert operation to uncover the truth of her best friend's mysterious disappearance. She's followed the bread crumbs and some initials have lead her to her next lead... the little sister of her new werewolf husband. Uh oh! How will Misery find her way out of this one? And what does this little girl have to do with the conspiracy she means to unravel?

The Omegaverse makes its first appearance on the I Can't Read Podcast as we read Ali Hazelwood's Bride. From the author of Love Hypothesis, Bride sees our protagonist (Misery the Vampire) forced into an arranged marriage with the Alpha of a rival nation of Werewolves. How will she adapt to the life of a were's mate? And can the opportunity to snoop in enemy territory help her find her missing friend?

BESITES! We reached 10K plays!!! And to celebrate we're treating you to an iconic piece of literature, the Hogwarts fanfic featuring Ebony Darkness the vampire, her bf Draco and mysterious rando Harry Potter or someone. Join us for our VERY FIRST reading of this classic fanfic. Yes we are blown away.

On this week's episode of the spicy bookstravaganza that is I Can't Read, we finally enter the Tingleverse. Cringey booktok boyfriends step aside, it's time for some true artistic literature. A science grad research assistant finds himself in a peculiar situation at work when his genetics are used in cloning experiments. Not all them mind you. Just the ones from his brains, and his butt...

Finally, the dramatic conclusion to the viral TikTok sensation that is Fourth Wing is upon us. As a wise, old prophet once said, "If our dragons are shagging then why shouldn't we?"Just what is happening with our mysterious love interest and these attempts on Violet's life? Will our protagonists finally succumb to the raw passion inside of them? And as a wise, old prophet once said, "If our dragons are shagging then why shouldn't we?"

The besties return to the world of dragon riders and shadow powers in part two of our read through of Fourth Wing. Violet must duel with Xander, and this time she won't have the power of subtle poison to give her the upper hand. Not to mention the fact that she'll need watch her back for traitorous comrades, enormous dragons, and perhaps even a more sneaky attempt on her life... *note: there's some slight static on this recording which we've tried to clean up as best we can but one of the mics had a slightly loose connection so sorry for the occasional buzz!*

Would you believe it, Fourth Wing (an absolutely storming success on booktok and huge best seller romantasy) contains some absolutely choice cringe for our intrepid non reader Wheels. Some very clunky exposition guides us through the harsh world of dragon riders as our protagonist is forced into the life of a soldier. But when she finally meets her squad leader, she realises that war with the gryphon riders and a brutal training regime might not be the only danger she'll have to face... *note: there's some slight static on this recording which we've tried to clean up as best we can but one of the mics had a slightly loose connection so sorry for the occasional buzz!*

The thrilling conclusion of the international romance is here! Part 3 of our Red White & Royal Blue read along and things are starting to fall apart... Not only has the prince and FSOTUS's romance fallen into an eerie silence, there may be a leak of the time they've spent together to the press! Will they make it through this tumultuous period? Find out on the I Can't Read Podcast!

What's this? Could the US President's son and one of the royal princes of England be secretly into each other? Surely they wouldn't... KISS? Let's hope no one at the New Year's Eve party saw, and let's doubly hope no one sees what the boys get up to next in Red White and Royal Blue!

It's time to build some international relations between our two great nations by exchanging the national twinks in Red White & Royal Blue! One of the United Kingdom's princes is forced to kiss and make up with the son of the US president after a very public mishap at a royal wedding. But could there be more between them than just a petty rivalry?

With much anticipation we give unto you the finale of both our read through of A Curse for True Love and also of the series itself! What will become of our protagonists? Will Wheels stop finding them absolutely insufferable? And just how many magical trees are there in this place???