Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily

Isla Crown is your classic 19-year-old virginal heroine in a spicy romantasy full of ancient rivalries, magical realms, and love-triangle chaos. Thrust into a centuries-old feud between six kingdoms, she’s stuck choosing between two brooding blokes: Oreo and Grim, for... well, reasons.

This BookTok-favourite fantasy romance has everything: morally grey men, questionable world-building, and a plot that was definitely not plotting. Join us as we completely lose it over this messy, magical fever dream of a book.

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Welcome to The 2024 Plotties, where we crown the best (and absolute worst) romance and smut books we read last year. From most disgusting sex scene to the biggest pick-me character, nothing escapes our chaotic judgment!

If you love BookTok recaps, spicy romance chaos, and brutally funny book awards, this is your Super Bowl. Grab a drink, it’s time to celebrate the messiest moments in smutty fiction.

💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or DM us on TikTok.

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Lilly Blossom Bloom moves to the city for a guy (Atlas), forgets he exists, and somehow ends up in a mess of a relationship with Ryle, a neurosurgeon who punches patio furniture and, you know, people.

This book? Marketed as a sweet rom-com. What we got? An emotional dumpster fire with toxic love, explosive tempers, and zero chill. Sparks fly—but mostly from Ryle’s random outbursts of rage.

We’re diving headfirst into the chaos of this “romantic” disaster. Spoiler: Blake Lively can’t fix this one. Listen in as we break down the disaster, the ridiculousness, and why this book is definitely not what you expected.

💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or DM us on TikTok.

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It’s our chaotic Christmas romance special! 🎄 Cole Black is the ultimate emo grump, a small-town bad boy with a lifelong grudge. Storee, a city girl in crisis, returns home after her great-aunt’s hip catastrophe and lands in the middle of a town that’s Christmas-obsessed and full of festive judgment.

Between hometown redemption arcs, twin sister drama, and one extremely moody love interest, this holiday rom-com has every BookTok trope imaginable — enemies to lovers, small-town charm, and emotional damage wrapped in tinsel.

💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or DM us on TikTok.

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Welcome to the wild world of A Court of Thorns and Roses 🥀 the BookTok romantasy that launched a thousand spicy fanfics. Feyre — our 19-year-old illiterate huntress and certified pick-me, gets dragged into a magical realm ruled by dangerously hot fae men who all seem way too into her.

Between cursed kingdoms, confusing prophecies, and suspiciously frequent IBS moments, we try to make sense of this chaotic fantasy romance while questioning every single character decision. It’s messy, it’s magical, and it’s PEAK BookTok fantasy smut energy.

💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or DM us on TikTok.

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Welcome to the unhinged world of dark romance BookTok, where red flags are basically plot devices. KILLIAN (yes, Kill-ian) is a psychopathic med student with a basketball obsession and a thing for trauma bonding. Glyndon, our naive and catastrophically unlucky heroine, somehow finds this all… romantic? 🥀

This episode dives into one of the most chaotic dark romance smut books we’ve read, full of morally EMPTY men, twisted relationships, and 'therapy-isn’t-enough-for-this' energy. Buckle up for questionable consent, bad decisions, and our signature unfiltered commentary.

💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or DM us on TikTok.

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Welcome to the unhinged world of dark romance BookTok, where logic goes to die and obsession is the love language. Rika is a teenage heroine with one goal: make her childhood crush (a full-grown man) finally notice her. If that means signing up to be a gang groupie, well… she’s all in.

This spicy, age-gap, dark romance is packed with morally grey men, red flags on fire, and choices that made us question everyone’s sanity. Tune in as we unpack the chaos, roast the plot, and wonder why every character needs therapy (and maybe a restraining order).

💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or DM us on TikTok.

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Sara B is out for blood, and maybe a little love on the side. In this BookTok-approved fantasy romance, our vengeance-obsessed heroine is betrothed to a prince in a world that feels suspiciously like a dark Lion King reboot (minus the singing animals, plus more trauma).

Enter Prince Tristan: the mysterious, brooding, chain-smoking bad boy who derails every single one of Sara’s plans. What follows is a chaotic blend of revenge, royalty, and romantic red flags wrapped in a spicy fairytale fantasy that had us asking all the wrong questions. Prince Tristan turns Sara's plans upside down - or maybe sideways - IYKYK.

💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or DM us on TikTok.

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Paedyn is your classic 'not like other girls' heroine, a powerless underdog stuck in a world ruled by the super-powered Elites. When she’s accidentally chosen to compete in the deadly Purging Trials, she’s forced to fake it till she (hopefully doesn’t) die trying.

Between a vengeance mission for her murdered dad, a suspiciously steamy brother love triangle, and a dystopian world that makes zero sense, this BookTok romantasy is packed with spice, chaos, and more tropes than one plot can handle.

💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or DM us on TikTok.

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Tyler has been a bad… BAD boy, and Poppy’s the good girl who somehow attracts a lot of attention. This episode dives into one of the most talked-about BookTok spicy romances, full of forbidden tension, questionable theology, and enough anointing oil to make a Nun blush.

Carla and Emily attempt (and fail) to figure out what exactly makes Poppy so irresistible, but honestly, we’re all just here for the forbidden love, bad decisions, and unholy spice levels. We hope you enjoy this particularly sacrilegious episode!

💌📚 Got a BookTok romance or smutty read we have to cover? Send us your spicy book recs at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or DM us on TikTok.

⭐ If you’re enjoying the chaos, hit subscribe and drop a 5-star rating on Spotify — it helps other romance readers find us! This podcast contains adult themes and the occasional colourful word.