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Episode 023 - Sweet and Spicy Reads with Bailey and Emily - King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair


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It's the first day of Women’s History Month and this episode is exactly the right way to start it off. On today's episode, Bailey and Emily are back for the second half of their romance discussion. Last week, they read and discussed Jude Deveraux's 1989 novel, A Knight in Shining Armor. This week it's Scarlett St. Clair's recent title King of Battle and Blood and let's just say this one is WAAAYYYY less problematic. It's big on #tiktok right now and it also has a rating of THREE spicy peppers (which Bailey assures me means it's good!). 

Oh, yeah, and this episode is NSFW, obvs. Headphones if little ears are around! 


Also discussed in this episode:

  • Weird character name pronunciations!
  • Equality in romance novels!
  • Flying sex in ACOTAR!
  • Young Adult vs New Adult books
  • Emily can’t pronounce Isolde!
  • More differences between 1980s and 2020s romances!
  • Bailey creates the “Good Guy/Sauciness” scale!
  • Emotional maturity is important!!
  • Respect the NO.
  • Be Kind - not nice!
  • Flipping gender norms in romances!
  • Guys, THE BAR IS SO LOW.

  • Theme music by Wolves

    Incidental music by Colorfilm

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