Payback’s a Witch
In which Evelyne and Daniella question their sexuality and long for a witchy autumnal town not present in Southern California.
Dark Lover
Evelyne and Daniella discuss Dark Lover by J.R. Ward. We loved the mythology and world building in this book so much! Topics include zombie MLMs, how much trauma is too much trauma, and how difficult it would be to believe some guy that tells you he's a vampire.
Unhinged & Her Pastry Shifters
In which Evelyne and Daniella discuss accidentally eating a pastry shifter, teenage minotaurs accidentally ruining pipes, and just how clean are doorknobs anyway?
Burn for Me
Evelyne and Daniella discuss Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews. They discuss the importance of a solid support network for the FMC and things get weird when Daniella keeps confusing the character "Mad Rogan" for another "Mad" character from a completely different story.
Gideon the Ninth
Evelyne and Daniella discuss Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Talking about this bonkers book and trying to distill it into a short summary was so much fun!
Lord of the Fading Lands
Daniella and Evelyne discuss romantasy tropes, their preference for old timey covers, and they may have found a burn too slow for Daniella.
Assassin’s Apprentice
Daniella and Evelyne discuss Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Highlights include Daniella reminiscing about a rival in elementary school, plot vs. character driven stories, and Evelyne gives a perfect example of a description of a female character from a male epic fantasy author.
Queen and Conqueror
Evelyne and Daniella discuss Queen and Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo. Topics include representation of women in epic fantasy, whether or not spicy times have a place in epic fantasy, and who sent the ships?!
King of Wrath
In which Daniella and Evelyne discuss what makes a romance a romance and how the tropes in this book were top notch.
Return to Hoodoo
Evelyne and Daniella discuss Return to Hoodoo by Reggi Dupree. Topics include a themed cocktail that went awry, horny perimenopausal women, and unreliable narrators.
Asiri and the Amaru
Daniella and Evelyne discuss Asiri and the Amaru by Natalia Hernandez. Topics include choosing to talk to animals as a superpower, relatable characters, and how long someone should wait for a man that went to sea and never came back.
Spoiler Alert
Daniella and Evelyne discuss Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade. Topics include using the term “plus size” versus “fat” as descriptors, the attractiveness of dad bods, and actors creating a public persona for interviews and appearances.
Seeking Stars
Evelyne and Daniella discuss Seeking Stars by Leonor Soliz. Topics include the dark side of fame, trust issues, and making learning how to swim sexy.
Taken to Voraxia
In which Daniella and Evelyne discuss Fated Mates, consent, tails, and when is too much bodily fluid too much?
Grave Witch
Daniella and Evelyne discuss Grave Witch by Kalayna Price. Topics include problematic grim reapers, genre expectations vs. plagiarism, and the evolution of the Urban Fantasy genre.
A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Evelyne and Daniella discuss content warnings in cozy fantasy, the randomness of children, and how grumpy Jamie is hilarious.
Tentacles and Teeth
Daniella and Evelyne drink Ambrosia and discuss the awesomeness that is Nalini Singh's writing, why Rafael is creepy, but they're kinda ok with it, and how Elena is just a kick-butt heroine.
Angel’s Blood
Daniella and Evelyne drink Ambrosia and discuss the awesomeness that is Nalini Singh's writing, why Rafael is creepy, but they're kinda ok with it, and how Elena is just a kick-butt heroine.