***SPOILER ALERTS - No spoilers in this episode.

Listen in as we share our read lists from 2023. It was a great year of reading where we both rediscovered our love of fiction novels and found out how much we love smut, dark romance and fantasy worlds. Listen along for some new authors to discover and books to add to your end of year reading lists. We would love to hear what your favorite reads of the year have been too! Let us know on our Instagram or Tik Tok pages.

Carlie’s reads of 2023

“The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding” Holly Ringland

“Love letter to Whiskey” Kandi Steiner

“A Court of Frost and Starlight” Sarah J Maas

“Silver Flames” Sarah J Maas

“Puck me Secretley” Odette Stone

“Friends, Lovers and the Big, Terrible Thing.” Matthew Perry

“I’m Glad My Mum Died.” Jeanette McCurdy

“Daisy Jones & The Six.”

“Restore Me” & “Revive Me” J L Seggar

The Vancouver Agitators series - Meghan Quinn

“Vacation Wars” Meghan Quinn

“It Happened One Summer.” Tessa Bailey

“Fix her Up” Tessa Bailey

Nyaxia Series - Carissa Broadbent

“The Fourth Wing” Rebecca Yarros

Throne of Glass series - Sarah J Maas

“Iron Flame” Rebecca Yarros

Majella’s 2023 reads

“A Light in the Flame” Jennifer L Armentrout

“A Fire in the Flesh” Jennifer L Armentrout

“The Crown of Gilded Bones” Jennifer L Armentrout

“The War of Two Queens” Jennifer L Armentrout

“A Soul of Ash and Blood” Jennifer L Armentrout

Ruthless Demon King Series - Nikki St Crow 

The Hot Vampire Next Door Series - Nikki St Crow

The Vicious Lost Boys Series - Nikki St Crow

ACOTAR series - Sarah J Maas

Throne of Glass Series - Sarah J Maas

“The Fourth Wing.” Rebecca Yarros

“Iron Flame” Rebecca Yarros

“The Last Storm” & “The Last Draig” J.D Linton

“Powerless” Lauren Roberts

What we are reading right now.

Carlie - Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros

Majella - Powerless - Lauren Roberts

SECRET LINE

“His body is a symphony when he moves, a dark and dangerous symphony and I want to sink into the music of it. “Stay by my side tonight, and if you are a good girl I might treat you like a bad one after.” 

Guess who said this line and which book?

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Music Credit:

Intro and Outro music by⁠ ⁠Hot_Dope⁠⁠ from⁠ ⁠Pixabay⁠⁠: Winning Elevation