Remember how St. John ripped that piece of Jane's drawing and then acted like nothing happened? Well spread some bird seed, it is time for those chickens to come home to roost!
On a stormy, snowy eve St. John visits Jane and reveals all. Is it a deus ex machina? *Shrug*. Is it fun? *vigorously nods*.

Get a soda pop the size of a tot and a slightly smaller barrel'o'popcorn because yr grls are going to La Cinema with friend-of-the-show Andrea from Shelf Love!
We are following up our live Tweet watch along of She-Devil (1989, dir. Susan Seidelman)with in-depth discussion of the film.
Who is the titular "SHEEEE Devil"? Is vengeance against a patriarchal wrong necessarily a feminist practice? Why Ed Begley Jr.?
Just don't crunch your popcorn too loudly, you don't want to miss any of the really super stuff we said.

You can find Andrea dishing regularly on her podcast, Shelf Love - also about Romance novels!
You can find our Live Tweets via #WhoaLoveSheDevil on Twitter (and please follow @mance_whoa and @ShelfLovePod while you're there!

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Excuse me, but - you can't look at that likeness like that. At least not in here. In front of...us. In this little house, with Jane standing right. there. I mean, get yourself together St. John. Oh my. Oh my goodness. You can't just jump into...you know...kneeling on an ottoman.

Join us as we try to keep it together while reading Chapter 32 of Jane Eyre.

WARNING: This week's episode may give you whiplash, looking back on '21 and forward to '22 so quick!
Yr grls look back on their stack as a whole and as individual books and experiences - what was the weirdest read of 2021? The sexiest? The suprisiest? The biggest WHOA and the lowest NO? And what did we learn? And what can we do with it moving forward?
Bring your novelty "2022" glitter glasses and those little arm garters old timey accountants used to wear, we're crunching data!

Whoa!nus is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.

Jane has a new life and a new job and is generally whelmed. St. John has a crush and crushes a tuft of daisies. Yr grl Morgan struggles to read in the present tense. Join us, won't you, for this lovely lazy river ride through the novel.

Yr Grls are wrapping up the festive season with a read that had us tugging at our cable knit turtlenecks.
In "Twelve Drummers" Angelina M. Lopez introduces us to a jewel thief who gets much more than she (or the security guard she's been oBsEErViNNg) bargained for in a sleepy museum in middle America. About twelve more...actually.
Where is the line between a steamy romance and an erotic romance? Can you decolonize Christmas while getting turned on? Should you read this in your childhood bedroom while you're home for the holidays?
Join us in the war on Xmas, the drummer boy is very horny.

In chapter 30 of Jane Eyre, Isabeau reads Jane reading St. John. And guess what? St. John goes on a long diatribe about St. John.

This week, yr grls discuss the show's first Hanukkah story from an anthology of shorts titled "Eight Kisses: Eight All-New Tales of Holiday Romance". Specifically we are back in bonnie Scotland for "A Highlander for Hanukkah" by Lori Ann Bailey (who also edited the anthology!)
Shoshana likes James, and James likes Shoshana even though she's Jewish and he's Catholic. But then a series of B'n'E's start cropping up, her dad goes out of town on business, and Hanukkah all coincide to help them discover they can and DO still want to make it.
Is all oppression equal? Is all comfort equal? And what makes a trope slap?
You're not going to wait for THIS Hot Pocket to cool before consuming.

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Jane makes new friends. One of them has a Roman-esque profile and dreamy eyes. Another one has an offensive, phonetically written accent.

Secrets, secrets are no fun. But THE Secret? By Julie Garwood? Well…
Judith leaves her dysfunctional behind in England to use her DIY doula skills to help her friend deliver a baby in the highlands. You know what they have in the highlands, don’t you? That’s right - HIGHLANDERS. Big, hunky, aloof-yet-communicative, laird-y ones named Ian.
Does the context a book was published in really matter? Is the appeal of highlanders just innocent plaid fun? Did you know Ian is Gaelic for John?

Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast network.