Happy Halloween! 🎃 Join us for a hilarious game of blind-picking halloween costumes for our favorite book characters! Featuring group costumes for Fourth Wing & Throne of Glass to couples’ costumes for Beach Read and Just For The Summer, we were dying laughing! (P.S. This episode is spoiler free!)

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📖 Books Mentioned:

• ​Butcher and Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy #1) - Brynne Weaver
• ​Prison Healer - Lynnette Noni
• ​House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) - Sarah J. Maas
• ​Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
• ​Check & Mate - Ali Hazelwood
• ​Red Rising - Pierce Brown
• ​Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
• ​A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas
• ​The Right Move - Liz Tomforde
• ​Beach Read - Emily Henry
• ​Say You’ll Remember Me - Abby Jimenez
• ​The Awakening (Zodiac Academy #1) - Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
• ​Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1)- Rebecca Yarros
• ​Bride - Ali Hazelwood
• ​Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas
• ​The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom #1)- Rachel Gillig
• ​Yours Truly - Abby Jimenez
• ​Part of Your World - Abby Jimenez
• ​Just For the Summer - Abby Jimenez
• ​Hot For Slayer (Scared Sexy Collection) - Ali Hazelwood
• ​Mate (Bride #2) - Ali Hazelwood
• ​The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyasia #1)- Carissa Broadbent

⏱ Time Stamps

️ 00:00 happy halloween!

01:40 butcher and blackbird

03:00 the prison healer

04:55 crescent city

07:50 twilight

08:25 check and mate

09:40 red rising

12:55 the hunger games

15:00 ACOTAR

19:05 the right move

20:10 beach read

21:10 say you’ll remember me

22:30 zodiac academy

29:15 fourth wing

32:00 throne of glasss

36:00 the knight & the moth

37:15 wildcard!

39:20 our halloween plans

42:40 shopping spree

52:35 our thoughts on the life of a showgirl

October is here & so is our honest review of Brynne Weaver's latest release, Tourist Season! 🔪🩸 We talk about the novel's witty banter, dark romance, vigilante serial killing, & many plot points. Was the suspense worth it? Tune in to find out!

(P.S. this episode contains spoilers!)

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Tourist Season Synopsis:

“Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. But with tourists comes trouble, and Harper Starling won’t let anyone ruin her picture-perfect home. A skilled gardener with killer instincts, Harper protects her sanctuary at any cost—especially for her aging mentor with a fading memory. Troublesome tourists don’t check out of Carnage. They compost beneath Harper’s award-winning flowerbeds.

But Nolan Rhodes isn’t your average tourist. Devilishly handsome, disarmingly charming, and skilled with a blade, Nolan is relentless in the pursuit of revenge. On every anniversary of the hit-and-run accident that fractured his life, Nolan slays another target. And he’s saved the best for last: the undeniably beautiful Harper Starling. The problem? Harper isn’t the monster he expected. And she won’t go down without a fight.

When an amateur true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage on the trail of a long-lost serial killer, Harper and Nolan strike an uneasy truce. If Nolan helps Harper protect her town, she’ll keep quiet about his hunting habits . . . for now. But their alliance soon spirals into obsession, one that threatens to shatter every secret in Carnage—including their fragile love.”

📖 Books Mentioned:

• ​Tourist Season - Brynne Weaver
• ​Butcher & Blackbird - Brynne Weaver
• ​Leather & Lark - Brynne Weaver
• ​Scythe & Sparrow - Brynne Weaver
• ​The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood
• ​Problematic Summer Romance - Ali Hazelwood
• ​The Inheritance Games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• ​The Strength of the Few - James Islington
• ​The Will of the Many - James Islington
• ​Mate - Ali Hazelwood
• ​Alchemy of Secrets - Stephanie Garber

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00:00 tourist season book review

00:01:50 our ratings

00:05:55 writing quality

00:07:20 dual POV complaints

00:09:05 cringey smut

00:13:15 insta love

00:15:20 the spooky small-town setting

00:19:35 the hook

00:26:00 ignorance isn’t bliss

00:28:40 boring meet cute

00:31:10 blackmail plot line

00:32:25 half baked sub plots

00:38:20 the body treasure hunt

00:39:40 nolan & harper

00:43:20 arthur lancaster

00:44:45 lukas + the sleuthseekers

00:48:45 la plume deep dive

00:57:15 a quick summary

01:01:30 reading goodreads reviews

01:10:50 outro

Now that it's officially fall, we wanted to curate a list of cozy, spooky, & whimsical reads to suit the season! 🍂 We have book recs for magic academies, academia romance, & mysteries whether you just love fall & all the cozy vibes or you're feeling the back-to-school excitement!

(P.S. this episode is spoiler free!)

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📖 Books Mentioned:

• A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1) - Naomi Novik
• The Last Graduate (The Scholomance #2) - Naomi Novik
• The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance #3) - Naomi Novik
• The Awakening (Zodiac Academy #1) - Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
• The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood
• The Deal - Elle Kennedy
• The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han
• My Life with the Walter Boys - Ali Novak
• Save Me (Maxton Hall #1) - Mona Kasten
• Nocticadia - Keri Lake
• The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman

⏱️Timestamps:
00:00 intro
00:45 our favorite time of year
02:00 our new audio equipment
03:00 the scholomance trilogy
09:55 wednesday adams comparison
11:00 zodiac academy
18:55 the love hypothesis
24:00 the deal
29:10 the summer i turned pretty tangent
30:50 maxton hall tangent
35:20 nocticadia
39:10 mad's MAJOR life update
40:55 the naturals
43:40 dungeon crawler carl???
45:00 would you rather!
54:41 outro