? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  It's so incredibly hard to believe it, but here we are!! The last episode of season one and we really cannot begin to express the love and joy we found producing this first season. It has hilarious moments, and steamy moments for sure, but also some fairly in-depth conversations about, well, life. And damn, if we didn't love every second of it. In this, our final episode, we are so truly in love with the author under our adoring gaze, Jennifer Armentrout. Another paranormal romance author (with tons and tons of books. And alpacas), she has created incredible worlds to di ..read more

Ooo, this was a tough one for us. We both loved it, and struggled with it at the same time. Because while there was lovely writing, it was also disjointed, with a shit ton of love stories but also lacking in some love-depth (and definitely lacking in some deeper sex scenes, if you catch our drift). But we can, and do, appreciate a well-written and new perspective of a romance, and Taylor delivers just that. We also fully applaud an author that can write across genres, delivering various voices across the huge breadth of novels that she has written. In this episode, we go a little more serious ..read more

Well, in this episode, things go off the rails just ever so slightly, but can you blame us? I mean, we are talking about the delightful Evie Dunmore, our new Scottish lass girl-crush. And when you are speaking about historical romance, one of our all-time favorites, you can't help but go down the rabbit hole of Hallmark Christmas movies (trust us, it's possible), and things that make you feel like you've just been offered a warm chocolate chip cookie and a massage. Yes. Please. But in this first book of 3 (and a 4th being written), we SO appreciate the time and effort this Oxford graduate too ..read more

Fan-fucking fiction at its finest. Today we are talking about 50 Shades of Gray, the instant cult obsession creating a huge literary fan base around the world. And even though it's been years (literally) since we've read the series, that doesn't matter. The prose aren't that great, but the sex scenes live on forever - how can they not? But we actually speak very little (well, kind of a little) about the sex, and mostly about how awkward it is to read romance novels in public places (primarily planes which = tight quarters). We do give full credit to James though because despite the terrible pr ..read more

There are literally no words for how much we love this book. We are in Love. We are in Adore. We are in Enamored. We are Infatuated. We want Casey to write many, many more books before we die, it's just that damn good. If you haven't read this novel, we aren't sure we can be friends with you anymore because pretty much everyone has read this one and if not, they are waiting in the year-long queue in their Libby app to get it! In this episode, we range far and wide on what has quickly become an international sensation and NYT Bestselling book (casual) about an alternate love story reality, wher ..read more

Everybody hold onto your panties, this episode is one for the books ?  as we veer wildly over a whole host of topics and yet, manage to stay directly on point. It's shocking, really. Today we are chatting about the power writing duo of Christina Lauren and more specifically, their "Beautiful Bastards" series and IT. IS. A. LOT. And by that we mean, the sex meter is 10+ at the moment. It's actually an interesting departure from CL's usual writing style as there is a lot of sex, it's pretty graphic and detailed, and it's also highly inappropriate (someone call HR stat). But also covered are ..read more

It's only taken us 3 episodes but we are finally chatting about one of the OG Queens of romance novels and that is the estimable Nora Roberts, who has written over 225 novels ? and is still cranking them out at what we assume is the tender age of 106 (it's actually 71). Nora was the true beginning of Krista's romance novel addiction and she hasn't stopped since. In this episode we talk about our jealousy of the authors writing process (well, some of them) because who wouldn't want to wake up, have some tea, go for a walk, read for a few hours, then sit down after lunch and write for a few hour ..read more

Okay. So legit, this episode really needs no introduction or show notes because unless you've been under a literal rock or your parents, spouse, or children are the spawn of Satan and didn't allow you to partake, we know you've at least watched the most-watched tv series that Netflix has EVER produced. That's right ladies and gents, today we are chatting about Bridgerton the TV series, and in case you also missed this little tidbit, the novel series as well. It's okay, if you didn't know that there were books until now (or before the series came out, or well into episode 4), we forgive you. Li ..read more

Well. We are pretty sure we must be doing orgasms wrong, as we have never experienced the walls sheeting white as we come. But that's exactly what Zanetti describes as happening for most all her female protagonist characters across the entirety of her literary career. That's right, it's not limited to one main character or series, this intense orgasm knows no bounds and frankly, we want in on that kind of action. In today's episode, we dive deep into Zanetti’s Dark Protector Series, which is one of our favorites. And as Zanetti is a prolific writer with about 75 series with 75 books in them e ..read more

Well, folks - here it is. After months of talking and manifesting and dreaming (and finding time on the calendar), the day has finally arrived where we have started up our "all things romance-novel obsessed" podcast, "The Bodice Rippers Romance Novel Podcast" - tis a long name and deservedly so. And we legitimately couldn't be more excited. Like, more excited than the birth of any of Rosemary's children. Or Krista's marriage to her hubby. This day eclipses them all because we are the nerd of nerds when it comes to reading, and especially when it comes to reading romance novels. From the great ..read more