In this special bonus episode, we’re pouring our hearts out with romance recommendations galore! Each pick comes with a list of classic tropes guaranteed to make you swoon, giggle, or even shed a happy tear. Whether you’re into enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, or second-chance sparks, we’ve got something to sweeten your TBR pile.

Books & Adaptations Mentioned:

• Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate Hunter
• True Beauty by Yaongyi
• Unbreak My Heart by Nicole Jacquelyn 
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
• Sense and Sensibility Movie  
• Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
• Rabid by Ivy Asher and Raven Kennedy 
• Stroke the Flame by Elizabeth Briggs 
• The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman
• Ghost Wife by Sejung
• Grip by Kennedy Ryan

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Chapters:

(00:00) Introductions

(01:37) Crystal starts off our recs with one of our unhinged buddy reads!

(04:28) Friends to Lovers vs. Enemies to Lovers

(07:26) Tension over spice

(10:50) Keri said what?!

(13:00) Crystal is knee-deep in what?!

(18:25) Forced Proximity & Enemies to Lovers