Welcome to our New Year Special for 2025! In this episode we talk about reading habits, like tracking and setting reading goals for ourselves, as well as what our plans are for the podcast in the upcoming season.

In the final episode of season seven we are talking about some of the fantasy and sci-fi romances we love are retellings! A full list of the books featured can be found below.

There may be some plot point spoilers in our discussion of the books but as always with romance, we know there is going to be a HEA and our episodes aim to share the joy we take in following the characters on their journey towards it and prompt conversations exploring why SFF romance is so fantastic.

These are adult romances, so warning for explicit language and please check content warnings for the book before listening if there are topics that you might find upsetting to hear about.

If you'd like to watch via our YouTube channel (where there are subtitles available) you can find the link here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ along with our social media details. We'd love to hear from you!

All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

In episode five we are talking about some of the fantasy and sci-fi romances we love which feature the Bodyguard trope! A full list of the books featured can be found below.

There may be some plot point spoilers in our discussion of the books but as always with romance, we know there is going to be a HEA and our episodes aim to share the joy we take in following the characters on their journey towards it and prompt conversations exploring why SFF romance is so fantastic.

These are adult romances, so warning for explicit language and please check content warnings for the book before listening if there are topics that you might find upsetting to hear about.

If you'd like to watch via our YouTube channel (where there are subtitles available) you can find the link here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ along with our social media details. We'd love to hear from you!

All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

In episode four we are talking about some of the fantasy and sci-fi romances which feature the Love Triangle trope (admittedly not our favourite) that we really enjoyed! A full list of the books featured can be found below.

There may be some plot point spoilers in our discussion of the books but as always with romance, we know there is going to be a HEA and our episodes aim to share the joy we take in following the characters on their journey towards it and prompt conversations exploring why SFF romance is so fantastic.

These are adult romances, so warning for explicit language and please check content warnings for the book before listening if there are topics that you might find upsetting to hear about.

If you'd like to watch via our YouTube channel (where there are subtitles available) you can find the link here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ along with our social media details. We'd love to hear from you!

All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

In episode three we are talking about some of our favourite fantasy and sci-fi romances which feature the Friends to Lovers trope! A full list of the books featured can be found below.

There may be some plot point spoilers in our discussion of the books but as always with romance, we know there is going to be a HEA and our episodes aim to share the joy we take in following the characters on their journey towards it and prompt conversations exploring why SFF romance is so fantastic.

These are adult romances, so warning for explicit language and please check content warnings for the book before listening if there are topics that you might find upsetting to hear about.

If you'd like to watch via our YouTube channel (where there are subtitles available) you can find the link here: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠ along with our social media details. We'd love to hear from you!

All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

In episode two we are talking about some of our favourite fantasy and sci-fi romances which feature the Marriage of Convenience trope! A full list of the books featured can be found below.

There may be some plot point spoilers in our discussion of the books but as always with romance, we know there is going to be a HEA and our episodes aim to share the joy we take in following the characters on their journey towards it and prompt conversations exploring why SFF romance is so fantastic.

These are adult romances, so warning for explicit language and please check content warnings for the book before listening if there are topics that you might find upsetting to hear about.

If you'd like to watch via our YouTube channel (where there are subtitles available) you can find the link here: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠ along with our social media details. We'd love to hear from you!

All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

It's the first episode of Season Seven! We are talking about some of our favourite fantasy and sci-fi romances which feature the Found Family trope! A full list of the books featured can be found below.

There may be some plot point spoilers in our discussion of the books but as always with romance, we know there is going to be a HEA and our episodes aim to share the joy we take in following the characters on their journey towards it and prompt conversations exploring why SFF romance is so fantastic.

These are adult romances, so warning for explicit language and please check content warnings for the book before listening if there are topics that you might find upsetting to hear about.

If you'd like to watch via our YouTube channel (where there are subtitles available) you can find the link here: ⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠ along with our social media details. We'd love to hear from you!

All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

Since the SFFRomCast has been running for a few years now (at the time of releasing this, Season Seven is just around the corner) we decided to do one main trailer to introduce potential listeners/viewers to what we do here to celebrate and share our love of sci-fi and fantasy romance books.

You can also watch this trailer on You Tube if you'd like to put faces to voices and find all our social media profiles listed in our ⁠⁠Link Tree⁠⁠. We'd love you to get in touch with us to share your favourite tropes or tell us about the SFF romance books you love.

Our intro and outro music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

For our "Sort-Of" Summer Special, we set ourselves a little literary homework and went off to research the giants our favourite subgenres stand on the shoulders of. Emma focused on paranormal romance and couldn't resist creating a Venn diagram, and Jess went the whole hog, digging back into romance in fantasy as far as The Iliad!

*During the discussion of this, Emma mentions the a-sexual coding of the vampires, but would like to add that this is not the reason she doesn't feel they should be classed as romances.

It's the final episode of Season Six and we're talking about Bride by Ali Hazelwood. You can visit the author's website ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ for details about her other work.

There will be some small plot point spoilers in our discussion of the book but we always try to warn you. As always with romance, we know there is going to be a HEA and our episodes aim to share the joy we take in following the characters on their journey towards it and prompt conversations exploring why SFF romance is so fantastic.

In this episode, Emma specifically discusses the conflict between the couple at the end. This begins at the 57 minute mark and concludes at the 64 minute mark, if you'd like to skip it!

These are adult romances, so warning for explicit language and please check content/trigger warnings for the book before listening if there are topics that you might find upsetting to hear about.

If you'd like to watch via our YouTube channel (where subtitles available) you can find it a link here: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠ along with our social media details. We'd love to hear from you!

All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)