Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

In the meantime:

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Never Feed the Crows by Jennifer Cody

Becoming My Brother's Omega by Nova Burns

His Slender Embrace by Amanda Meuwissen

The Elysian Extraction by Gale Ian Tate

Fake Dates and Fanged Mistakes

Licked by Charlie Novak

Dragon AU by AM Rose

Folds Anthology by various authors

Robot AU

Hold Me Like a Grudge by Celine Ong

The Devil is Here (And He's Demanding the Rent) by AL Davidson

Apricity by Paulina Ian-Kane

Well I sure hope this doesn't awaken anything... it's an MM romance age play episode of Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you. We are diving into the world of Daddy kink this episode and you can expect needy boys, doting Daddies, sweet romance books, dark romance surprises and one of the best transgender romance books Kit has read!

Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read was Touch in Excess by EM Lindsey, chosen by JD. An emotional, sweet and spicy MM romance about an autistic camboy with a secret and the adult film star who falls head over heels for him in all his awkward, beautiful glory. Expect sweet dates, on camera fun, possessive MCs and an HEA that will leave you breathless.

Then let the age play fun begin because no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without one of the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today Kit leads us on a passionate exploration of age play in MM romance. Look out for awesome book recs and an Own Voices testimony! We are looking at the hows, whos and whys of age play before getting into the best the genre has to offer. If you're looking for super sweet queer romance where the Dominant MC knows how to take care of his boy, these are the books for you!

You can find our episodes on all major platforms! So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today! And in the meantime:

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Books Mentioned:

Touch in Excess by EM Lindsey

Gentle Hand by Nora Phoenix

Part Time Daddy by B Harmony

A Little Bit Naughty by Reese Morrison

Daddy's Muse by E Baileu

It’s the tenth episode here at Rainbow Boots Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! We hope you’ve been enjoying our strange humour, feral energy and our love of LGBTQ+ romance novels. To celebrate the podcast reaching its tenth show, this week’s episode is a mixture of outtakes, books we talked about but couldn’t fit in their episodes, and general BRat shenanigans! This has absolutely nothing to do with needing time to catch up on recording, we don’t know what you mean whistles innocently. It’s been a wild ride so far at Rainbow Book Rats but our thankfulness for our audience and our love of reading hasn’t gone anywhere. If you’re looking for your next MM romance podcast obsession, you love MX love, you want to hear about the newest FF books coming your way, or you love seeing queer MCs in MF novels, then we hope we might be the podcast for you! Early episodes contained some book spoilers but you’ll find that episode 8 onwards our policy changed to make sure that our podcast was safe for everyone to listen to! So come join the party today and as always, stay feral Brats! <3 In the meantime: Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/ Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by three feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

JD is considering how swallowing sausages can save humanity with Suck by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose, Kit is getting moon eyed over purple people eaters in Don’t Eat Your Human Boyfriend by Lily Mayne, and Caity is ready to say that people who knit together, fit together in Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren. Sadly Megan couldn’t make it this week due to moving house; but they will be back next week!

Check out episode three for more discussion of Knitting Needles and Suck!

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

In the meantime:

Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com

Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/

Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

Books Mentioned:

Suck by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose

Blue Jay by Marina Pirlimpou

Don't Eat Your Human Boyfriend by Lily Mayne

Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren

His Lethal Desire by Leighton Greene

The Greening of Thaddeus Grey by Jay Hogan

Thorne by RS McKenzie

ENTANGLED by Gale Ian Tate

Obsession by N. Slater

After Hours Anthology by Evelyn Lee

Save a Horse Ride a Cow Man by Emily Antoinette

Stormz Rising by Nicky James

It’s time to shed a tear with the UNedited version Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance podcast! Your favourite LGBTQ+ podcast is getting emotional today with a buddy read that brought us to our knees. We cried while reading it. We cried while recording. We cried while editing. There have been a lot of tears, ok? And the deep dive may not be sad, but the editing of that sucker? That made us cry too because it was a three hour beast. So strap in and get ready for a ride! Sniffles have been edited out for your listening pleasure, we (mostly) promise.

So wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read is an MX romance brought to you by Pretty N Peak chosen by JD.

Pretty N Peak is a heartfelt Daddy/boy contemporary romance with a boy who is dipping his toe in kink for the first time and a Dom who has lost his interest in kink but can’t help being drawn to the sweet, anxious boy desperate for his first spanking. Together they go on a whirlwind exploration of Daddy kink, lace and love in a weekend fling that neither of them can move on from, until they’re drawn back together again and neither of them can deny the connection between them.

Make sure to get your tissues out for this one because it's an emotional discussion as the BRats talk about being in the closet, exploring your gender identity, and what it means to be surrounded by casual queerphobia. Get ready for a wonderful soft, sweet and healing Daddy/boy book with plenty of spice and all the cuddles!

Of course, no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without one of the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today JD takes us on an absolute ride through the sweet, spicy and sassy world of Arden Steele’s At First series, a collection of fated mates MM romance novellas, and we are ready AF! These brilliant books are packed full of character and are fun AF.

Check out episode four (Camboy Femboy Frenzy) for more discussion of Pretty N Peak!

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

In the meantime:

Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com

Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/

Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

CWs for things mentioned in this episode include: Grief, past abusive relationship, death of family members, child abandonment, unsupportive family, toxic masculinity, queerphobia, internalised fatphobia, body image issues, having to live in the closet

Books Mentioned:

Pretty N Peak by Reese Morrison

Petty AF by Arden Steele

Confused AF by Arden Steele

Messy AF by Arden Steele

Ghosted AF by Arden Steele

Dramatic AF by Arden Steele

Come on down to the Rainbow Book Rats menagerie! We’ve got giant mafia himbos! Cunning stepbrothers! Black cat omegas! Builders getting horny! We hope you’re prepared for the selection of delicious main characters we have available on our little Queer Romance podcast today, because it’s time to start listening and get ready to take one (or all!) of these bad boys home with you. Oh, you want the broken sad boy? What an excellent choice!

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

JD is dreaming about being kidnapped by giant himbo mafia guys in Blood and Lace by Brea Alepoú and Skyler Snow, Kit is getting caught up in the games being played in Taboo Caresses by N Slater, Megan is feeling the heat with Gone Wild by Jesse H Reign, and Caity is getting her downstairs caulked with Caulky by KM Neuhold.

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

In the meantime:

Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com

Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/

Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

CWs for things mentioned in this episode include:

Serial killing, stalking, assassins, child molesters, forced marriage, kidnapping, violence, rape, murder, stepcest, romance scam, inappropriate touching, mating without consent, alcohol

Trope highlights:

Himbo, instalust, possessiveness, knotting, tail play, power bottom, mafia, size difference, forced marriage, black cat x golden retriever, obsession, omegaverse, mpreg, heat, snowed in, accidental mating, rut, hook up to forever, online dating.

Books Mentioned:

How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae

Blood and Lace by Brea Alepoú and Skyler Snow

Taboo Caresses by N Slater

Gone Wild by Jesse H Reign

Caulky by KM Neuhold

The Night the Sea Kept Me by A. Anderson

Match Made in Hell by RS McKenzie

Open Liner by Katherine McIntyre

Instant Bond by LA Lambert

Callback by Lee McCormick and RS McKenzie

I Accidentally Locked Down a Witch by Jessica Cage

Soul’s Hunt by Lee McCormick

Unalive on Air by Jemma Croft

High Achiever by Grae Bryan

Grifting the Griffin by Duckie Mack

We hope you're ready to wolf out with us, because it's time for another episode of Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! Four feral besties foaming at the mouth ready to get yapping in this week's Digging Deeper episode celebrating the LGBTQ+ romance genre. Expect werewolves, vampires, aliens and scariest of all… bratty boys!

It wouldn’t be a Digging Deeper episode without the BRats going feral over their latest buddy read, and today we are bringing you an absolute feast of a cozy paranormal gay romance with The Full Moon Problem by Kay Claire.

Set in an idyllic small English town, we are all ready to move next door to our transgender main character, witch Felix and watch as he falls in love with his really shy, really sweet werewolf delivery man… by being penpals! Swoon. We were eating it up with a SPOON. Listen now to find out all about how their queer romance progresses and get all our thoughts on what was so magical about this book and why every BRat wants their own werewolf now.

For this week's Deep Dive, each BRat has chosen two queer romance books with main characters that they really relate to for one reason or another.

Settle in with your weighted blanket while JD talks about the amazing anxiety representation in Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak, and how much they love the agender main character and polyamorous relationship in All Tied Up by Reese Morrison.

Next, find out what Kit thinks is so amazing about how ADHD is represented in You’re Not My King! by Eryn Hawk, and why Silvyr is the trans masc autistic king in The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard.

Get ready to vibe with the brilliant chaos gremlin Noa from Doll Parts by Cara Dee alongside Megan, followed by golden retriever ADHD main character DJ and his Dom partner Rake (Inhuman Nature by Marra Moore) who is another excellent autistic character that means a lot to our BRat.

And finally, Caity brings it home with a sweet as sugar discussion on why the asexual representation in Nik Knight’s Enchanted By Envy means so much to her, followed by an honest and important discussion of depression and life as a plus sized person thanks to Behold Her by Emily Antoinette.

Check out episode three (This Episode Is Cursed) and episode two (Where Are All The Bunnies?) for extra discussion of Enchanted By Envy!

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. And in the meantime:

• find us on social media: @rainbowbookrats
• Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com/
• Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/RainbowBookRats/
• Subscribe to us wherever you’re listening so you never miss an episode!
• Comment below or send any questions and comments to us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

CWs (Content warnings) for things mentioned in this episode include: grief, Alzheimer's, past abusive relationship

Books Mentioned:

The Full Moon Problem by Kay Claire

Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak

All Tied Up by Reese Morrison

You're Not My King! by Eryn Hawk

The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard

Doll Parts by Cara Dee

Inhuman Nature by Marra Moore

Enchanted By Envy by Nik Knight

Behold Her by Emily Antoinette

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

JD believes in finding love in a hole since reading Edin by Lily Mayne (we said what we said), Kit has us craving dog treats with The Handyman’s Howl, Megan wants self defence lessons from a werewolf after finishing Glitched Fates and Stolen Mates by TJ Rose, and Caity is ready to find her Mafia Daddy after checking out Heist of the Heart by Leighton Greene.

You can find our episodes on all major platforms! So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

And in the meantime:

Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com

Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more: https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/

Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

CWs for things mentioned in this episode include: Disability abuse, parental neglect, child exploitation, life with late stage Alzheimer’s, kidnapping, car crash, night terrors, traumatic injuries, murder, stalking, breaking and entering, attempted murder, stockholm syndrome, impaling, cheating.

Books Mentioned:

Edin by Lily Mayne

Stick Around by EM Lindsey

Halluci-dating a Demon by Ashlynn Mills

The Handyman's Howl by Duckie Mack

Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System by Robin Jo Margaret

Glitched Fates and Stolen Mates by TJ Rose

Beloved by the Boss by Leighton Greene

Heist of the Heart by Leighton Greene

Portrait of a Killer by KA Merikan

P.O.O.F. My Life!: A Bloodlines of Fate Story by DG Carothers

Muse by N Slater

Veil’s Edge in Mahogany by Bree Soleil

Canon by AM Rose

Because Canon Sucks (multi-author series)

It’s Thursday, we are queer romance readers, and you know that that means - it’s time for another episode of the Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast! Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you.

Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read breakdown didn’t work out, so instead we are talking TBR treasures as each of us dig into the indie books that we have been foaming at the mouth to read.

Of course, no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without one of the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today Megan leads us on a passionate exploration of femme men and femboys in MM romance and why gender non conforming masculine people belong in the genre. Look out for awesome book recs and an Own Voices testimony of what being a femboy means to Kit!

You can find our episodes on all major platforms! So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today! And in the meantime:

• find us on social media: @rainbowbookrats
• Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com/
• Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/RainbowBookRats/
• Comment below or send any questions and comments to us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

CWs (Content warnings) for things mentioned in this episode include: gaslighting ex, murder, addiction, kidnapping, stalking, needing to remain closeted, breaking and entering, gender presentation shaming

Books Mentioned:

Magnificent Mess by Roe Horvat

His Slender Embrace by Amanda Meuwissen

Secrets and Sake by CJ Ravenna

Becoming New by Annie Bennet

Somewhere New by Annie Bennet

Aurethia Rising by Atlas Laika

Our Dark Mirror by James Chance

Resonance by Lily James

Kiss, Kill, Thrill Me, Daddy by Lance Lansdale

Passion in the Pentagram by Nik Knight

Maneater by Emily Antoinette

HEART by Jesse H Reign

Scarification by EM Lindsey

Pretty ‘N’ Peak by Reese Morrison

Angel by Linden Bell

A Thousand Cuts by AM Rose

Always Watching by Lee McCormick and RS McKenzie

Breakfast at Bennett’s series by EM Denning

Things are about to get weird around here - it’s the Cursed Episode! We wish we could say this was all about dark fantasy romance, but no, this is the episode we do not speak of in the group chat. You have been warned!

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

JD is leading us all astray with Morally Gray by Becca Vale, Kit is getting mushy over My Everything by Jayda Marx, Megan is making it rain with Cold Hard Cash by KL Hiers and Caity thinks maybe the mafioso life is for her with Married to the Mobster by Leighton Greene.

You can find our episodes on all major platforms! So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today! And in the meantime:

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• Check out our website https://www.rainbowbookrats.com
• Join our Facebook group: The Rat's Nest - Rainbow Book Rats | Facebook
• Send any questions and comments to us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

CWs for things mentioned in this episode include: incest, flight turbulence, stalking, murder, parental death, false imprisonment, debt, breaking and entering, threats of violence, evidence of past violence, stabbing, amateur medical procedure, parental abandonment, kidnapping, forced marriage, dead people, haunting, drugs, life as an unhoused person, mention of past cheating by a side character

Books Mentioned:

In Flight Entertainment by Becca Vale [09:55]

Morally Gray by Becca Vale [12:42]

My Everything by Jayda Marx [22:22]

Cold Hard Cash by KL Hiers [29:38]

Hard Earned Cash [37:20]

Married to the Mobster [41:09]

Dead Nights by Crea Reitan [52:50]

Shake Your Boo Thang by Chloe Archer [55:10]

Monster Hollow series by Chloe Archer [59:05]

Violent Devotion by L. Norell [59:53]

Shadow Prince by S. Rodman [1:01:43]

Wish We Were Here by Risa Cruise [1:04:08]

Lockstep by CT Whistle [1:06:08]

Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren [1:08:14]

Suck by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose [1:09:30]

Enchanted by Envy by Nik Knight [1:11:12]

A Daddy for Cooper by Emory Winters [1:17:07]