The first book in Jennifer L. Armentrout's new series, A Shadow in the Ember brings all the things we love from the Blood & Ash series; hot smut, deep political conflict, and the romantic conflict we know and love! Bethany and I take our time with this one, giving it the love it deserves.

In part two of the Gothic Episode, Melissa and Bethany delve into Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, and make connections to modern literary and cinematic uses of his themes.

In this episode, Melissa takes the lead, talking about the Gothic tradition, a few Gothic novels, and some of her favorite themes. For part one of this two-part episode, Bethany and Melissa give a small foundation for understanding the Gothic tradition and then dive into Bram Stoker's Dracula and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.Timestamps:Dracula - 24:00Heart of Darkness - 37:30

Rule of Wolves — second in the King of Scars duology by Leigh Bardugo.

Book one from Leigh Bardugo's latest Grishaverse installment has everything: court intrigue, sexy power dynamics, and immortal, deified witches who haven't successfully done small talk in centuries.

Bethany & Melissa each bring a list of three books, in hopes of convincing the other to add even more books to their TBR.

In which your hosts get drunk and talk about top sex scenes, MCs, Romance pairings of the season's reads of Blood & Ash, Serpent & Dove, and Darker Shades series. Oh, and play their favorite game: Fuck, Marry, Kill with all the characters.

Taylin joins us for the final book in the Darker Shades trilogy where we unpack each character's backstory, dissect the sexual tension of Kell and Lila, share our most cryable moments, and play our very favorite game, Fuck Marry Kill, with the cast of Darker Shades.

Melissa & Bethany are joined again by lovely guest, Taylin to uncover more from our Londons. We're swept away by a new storm-eyed captain, Alucard, we get wrapped up in the heat of action during the magical tournament, the Essen Tasch, and are left with a massive cliffhanger!

Your hosts have on a special guest, Taylin, to talk about the first in the Darker Shades trilogy by V.E. Schwab. Listen now to THREE opinions on who we think the main character is, the correct pronunciation of Rhy, and what Black London is really like.