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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.

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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?

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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?!

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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.

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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.

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Odd Blood

Daniella and Evelyne discuss Cozy Horror as an emerging genre and the general delight that was this book. Oh, and they are complete pop culture nerds in this one.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Taken to Voraxia

In which Daniella and Evelyne discuss Fated Mates, consent, tails, and when is too much bodily fluid too much?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Skeletons of Society

Daniella and Evelyne discuss Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross. Topics include yet another debate about slow burns, how growly is too growly, and the variations of werewolf lore in this series' world.

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Wolf Gone Wild

Daniella and Evelyne discuss Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross. Topics include yet another debate about slow burns, how growly is too growly, and the variations of werewolf lore in this series' world.

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