Romancing the Monsters Podcast

Just in time for the spookiest day of the year, we’re back to talk about all things monsters, grim reapers and well, psychos.

Trigger warning: mentions of death, mutilation, torture, death, beheadings, dubious consent, and sex under the influence.

Books of the week:

Grim by Layla Fae

Jack’s Head by Siggy Shade Halloween Spirit: A Date With Death Latrexa Nova

Hollow by C.M. Nascosta

Halloween Mating by Kyra Keys

Carving for Cara by Melissa McSherry, Dana LeeAnn

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Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.

Once again, it would appear that the Ton is abuzz with the rumour of royal nuptials! Indeed, dear reader, the time has come for us to travel to the recent past and witness the makings of a love story that changed the world forever. Will you join us for part two?

Triggers: mentions of grooming, loss of identity, marriage, racism, colourism, death, porphryria, marital rape, pregnancy, child death, parental neglect, loss of a spouse, cheating, motherhood, and torture.

Show of the week: Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, directed by Tom Verica, 2023

Find us:

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Find M:

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Find S:

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Find Seff:

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Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.

Once again, it would appear that the Ton is abuzz with the rumour of royal nuptials! Indeed, dear reader, the time has come for us to travel to the recent past and witness the makings of a love story that changed the world forever. Will you join us?

Triggers: mentions of racism, colourism, death, porphryria, marital rape, pregnancy, child death, parental neglect, loss of a spouse, cheating, motherhood, and torture.

Show of the week: Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, directed by Tom Verica, 2023

Find us:

E-mail—[email protected]

Twitter—@theRTMpod

Instagram—@romancingthemonsterspodcast

TikTok—@Romancingthemonsterspod

Find M:

Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers

Find S:

Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook

Find Seff:

Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes

Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.

Seff’s day has finally come, we’ve made it to Zsadist’s book! Join us as we take a deep dive into Z and Bella’s story—or well try to as we continue to be our chaotic selves.

Trigger warning: mentions of sex slavery, trauma, body mutilation, rape, sexual assault, death, slave markings, prostitution, pregnancy, and children

Book of the week: Lover Awakened by J. R. Ward

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Find M:

Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers

Find S:

Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook

Find Seff:

Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes

Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.

Oh boy, here we go…Grab yourself a nice cup of piping hot tea because we’re about to share our bookish unpopular opinions! Of course, this is all just for fun, please do not take any of this too seriously, they’re all just personal opinions.

Find us:

E-mail—[email protected]

Twitter—@theRTMpod

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Find M:

Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers

Find S:

Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook

Find Seff:

Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes

Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.

We are finally – and we mean, FINALLY – releasing our episode on the second book of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, Lover Eternal. Join us as we reconnect with the BDB men and their women! Have our thoughts changed about this series? We shall see…

Note: this episode was recorded in July 2022.

Trigger warning: mentions of non-consensual memory removals, cheating, death, torture, terminal illness, cancer treatments, sexual assault, mental health surrounding past sexual assault, infertility.

Find us:

E-mail—[email protected]

Twitter—@theRTMpod

Instagram—@romancingthemonsterspodcast

TikTok—@Romancingthemonsterspod

Find M:

Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers

Find S:

Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook

Find Seff:

Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes

Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.

2023 is here, baby! We can’t leave 2022 behind though until we talk about our favourite books, movies and tv shows of 2022. Join us as we reminisce on the year we've had, and ponder what 2023 might bring our way!

Triggers: mentions of somnophilia, bullying, torture, blind revenge, pet play, manipulation, power struggles, death, age gaps, forced marriage, spanking, serious hate to love, psycho love interests, BDSM, mafia, reverse harems, ghost sex, sex with non-humans.

Books mentioned:

Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Nan Chan by Tang Jiuqing

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

Fawned by Winter Prior

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine

Dishonor by W. Wren

Doves and Demons by Clio Evans

The Dark Verse series by Runyx

The Sinners Anonymous series by Somme Sketcher

The Forgotten Phantom by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

King of Wrath by Ana Huang

The Cursed Mermen series by Aramis Jordan

The Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby

The Bonds that Tie series by J. Bree

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

Muscles and Monsters and Tentacles and Triathlons by Ashley Bennett

The Devils series by Elizabeth O’Roark

Desire in His Blood by Zoey Draven

Sinners Atone by Somme Sommer

The Syndicator by Runyx

Drakonara by Runyx

The Crown of Oaths and Curses by J. Bree

Flawless by Elsie Silver

Heartless by Elsie Silver

Untitled Horde Kings spin-off by Zoey Draven

Untitled Brides of Kylorr book by Zoey Draven

Lilac by B.B. Reid

Curse of the Gods series by Jaymin Eve and Jane Washington

The Land Where Sinners Atone by V.F. Mason

Soul Eater by Lily Mayne

Good Deeds by Kathryn Moon

The Beta: Part one by Avanne Michaels

When She Unravels by Gabrielle Sands

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

Bitter Secrets by Mia Knight

Boys of Bellerose Series by Jaymin Eve and Tate James

Salt Kiss by Sierra Simone

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

Media mentioned:

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, directed by Tom Verica, written by Shonda Rhimes, 2023

Love Between Fairy and Devil directed by Yi Zheng, 2022

Secret Love, directed by Lee Eung-bok and Baek Sang-hoon, 2013

Willow, developed by Jonathan Kasdan, 2022-present

KinnPorsche, directed by Kongkiat Komesiri, Krisda Witthayakhajorndet, and Banchorn Vorasataree, 2022

Avatar The Way of Water, directed by James Cameron, 2022

The Last of Us, created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, 2023-present

Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig, 2023

Fanfics mentioned:

The Auction by LovesBitca8

Landscape with a Blur of Conquerors by disasterisms

Breathe Mints and Battle Scars by Onyx & Elm

Manacled by SenLinYu

Various Storms & Saints by Viridianatnight

Don’t Look Back by Onyx & Elm

Unexpected by Ambpersand

The Slytherin Princess by Taylorikari

Remain Nameless by HeyJude19

Find us:

E-mail—[email protected]

Twitter—@theRTMpod

Instagram—@romancingthemonsterspodcast

TikTok—@Romancingthemonsterspod

Find M:

Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers

Find S:

Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook

Find Seff:

Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes

Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.

Hoe-Hoe-Hoe! The time has come for some festive goodies and this year, they come in the form of books! Join us as we talk about Holiday monsters, endearing romances, and well, wanting to eat the Gingerbread Man.

Triggers: mentions of food coming out of erm genitals, torture, edging, spanking, trauma caused by repressed sexuality, abduction, death, breaking of trust, and family manipulation.

Books mentioned:

The Old Winter Chapel by Lyx Robinson

Grumpy Alien Santa by Liz Paffel

My December Daddy by Leta Blake

Unwrapped by Santa and Krampus by Libby Doe

'Tis Better to Want: An Erotic Krampus Tale by Sonora Taylor

Taken by the Beast: Creamed by Krampus by C.C. Cummings

Dear Monster Claus by Maeve Black

From Cocktails to Sleigh Bells by Wren K. Morris

My Present This Year by Sierra Simone

Cookies and Cream by Latrexa Nova

Satan by Layla Fae

Falling for Jack Frost by Molly Likovich

Find us:

E-mail—[email protected]

Twitter—@theRTMpod

Instagram—@romancingthemonsterspodcast

TikTok—@Romancingthemonsterspod

Find M:

Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers

Find S:

Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook

Find Seff:

Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes

Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.

Our time with Love Between Fairy and Devil has come to an end! Join us as we talk about the final episodes with these characters we grew to love. Of course, it wouldn't be a RTM episode without a rant about TROS. Our little Reylo hearts needed healing and this might have reopened old wounds…for better and for worse.

In this episode, we cover episodes 31 to 36 of Love Between Fairy and Devil.

Triggers: mentions of torture, marriage, loss of autonomy, reincarnation, betrayal from a loved one, death, manipulation, and imprisonment.

Media of the week: Love Between Fairy and Devil, directed by Yi Zheng, 2022

Medias Mentioned:

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, produced by Lucasfilm, Disney, 2015-2019

Find us:

E-mail—[email protected]

Twitter—@theRTMpod

Instagram—@romancingthemonsterspodcast

TikTok—@Romancingthemonsterspod

Find M:

Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers

Find S:

Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook

Find Seff:

Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes

Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.

Our deep-dive continues this week! Settle down with a drink or a snack because this is a long one, folks. So much to discuss. Join us!

In this episode, we cover episodes 25 to 30 of Love Between Fairy and Devil.

Triggers: mentions of torture, marriage, death, manipulation, and imprisonment.

Media of the week: Love Between Fairy and Devil, directed by Yi Zheng, 2022

Medias Mentioned:

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, produced by Lucasfilm, Disney, 2015-2019

Star Wars Prequels, produced by Lucasfilm, directed by George Lucas, 1999-2006.

Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole

Find us:

E-mail—[email protected]

Twitter—@theRTMpod

Instagram—@romancingthemonsterspodcast

TikTok—@Romancingthemonsterspod

Find M:

Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers

Find S:

Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook

Find Seff:

Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes

Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.