We may have missed the mark with this one in terms of it being "Young Adult" cause boy was it SPICY. As far as developed plot or characters, however, we found it lacking. Sorry Jennifer L. Armentrout (and the apparently thousands of readers who gave this book high ratings on Goodreads), but the sex scenes were not enough to convince us to like either Thorne or Calista....

Twelve years after the trials and tribulations at Highmoor, the youngest Thaumas sister, Verity, has come of age and wishes to leave the island she's been on her whole life and experience the real world. Instead, she travels from one haunted home to another... Erin A. Craig draws upon some of our favorite literary works to weave together another eerie tale and leaves us all asking... Are you team Alex or team Victor?

Set in a salty, eerie mansion by the sea, "House of Salt & Sorrows" is our first ghostly tale on this podcast! We're loving the creepy vibes and the fairy-tale inspiration, but of course we have our criticisms as well. Tune in for this week's discussion and let us know your thoughts!

Between pillows becoming pillow-men, fish becoming fish-men, and a whole lot of murder in the name of love, what more could one ask for in erotic fiction? From "Stuffed" to "Double Stuffed," Sylvia Morrow sure knows how to leave us with a cliff-hanger! Who will be coming back for a book 3??

The cuteness continues in the sequel to "Divine Rivals," but the sadness unfortunately also intensifies. Rebecca Ross keeps us going while we hope against hope for Roman and Iris to be reunited. Though perhaps not as incredible as the first book, it's still solid and our main criticism is that we wish there was more!

We're back baby! Spring has sprung and we're back with a very genuine, sweet love story that is well written and had us all captivated. In "Divine Rivals," amidst a godly war, two rival writers compete for a coveted position with the Gazette and can't help but to fall in love...IT'S JUST SO CUTE.

SJM, our queen, our idol.... You promised us colliding worlds and, well, I guess we got that? A bit? We're feeling a little lack luster overall with the latest in the Crescent City universe, but also like we couldn't get enough of Ruhn and Lydia. Anyone else ready for a spin-off of just them? Or of the sprites? Or of anyone except Bryce?....

Welcome to our first episode of "Barely Published," where we fully leave the world of YA behind to explore the vast world of smut! From sentient object erotica to alien sex, we're baffled some of these books were ever actually published... But if you, like us, have been yearning for something hotter on that chili pepper scale, join us as we deviate to some adult only reading...

It's book 2 of Crescent City and we're... mainly just excited for book 3. Whether you're re-reading, or reading for the first time, we feel like note taking is in order to be fully prepared for the next installment. And also maybe re-reading all of ACOTAR as well.