Two friends eating and drinking their way through Gleam–Book 3 of the Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy!

SPOILERS FOR BOOKS 1-5

Recipes for food and cocktails mentioned in this episode:

Better than Sex cake

Ingredients:

• Devil’s Food Chocolate cake mix plusingredients listed on the cake box (or make from scratch)
• 1 14- ounce can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 16- ounce jar caramel sauce
• 1 8- ounce tub of Cool Whip
• 4 Heath bars chopped (or 8 oz bag of Heathbits)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare a 9×13 dish by spraying with nonstick spray.
2. Make the cake according to the package directions for a 9×13 cake.
3. When the cake is done baking use the round handle end of a wooden spoon and poke holes all throughout the cake.
4. Pour the sweetened condensed milk all over the top of the cake and spread it out.
5. Then pour the caramel sauce over the top of the cake and spread it out.
6. Refrigerate the cake for at least two hours.
7. Spread the Cool Whip on top of the cooled cake and sprinkle with chopped Heath bars.

Wine/Cocktail Pairing: “Liquid Gold” Sparkler

         Because nothing says end of anera, beginning of a reign of glitter-fueled terror like champagne laced with gold shimmer and a splash of vengeance.

We’re toasting the final chapters of Gleam with a fizzy little number we’re calling Liquid Gold—a sparkling cocktail that tastes like freedom, rage, and just a hint of “I warned you not to underestimate me.”

Why this pairing?
Because Midas finally gets handled, and it deserves bubbles. Auren doesn’t just reclaim her power—she erupts with it, taking down a ballroom, a tyrant, and honestly? Our last nerve. The gold? Alive. The walls? Melting. The drama? Peaking. This is the moment she snaps the leash—and we are HERE for it.

Elderflower for Slade’s tenderness, lemon juice for the sharpness of betrayal, and champagne because... this is a fucking celebration.

So raise your glass and say it with us:
To cages burned. To ribbons cut. To golden girls who bite back.
 Cheers, bitch. 🍾✨ 

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