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Melody Carlisle and Sabrina Bradley love romance and they do it out loud! Every Monday, these long-distance best friends recap romance novels from a comedic, intersectional feminist, sex-positive perspective.
If you're itching for a BFF book club or just love raucous slumber party vibes, this is the show for you! Whether you've read the book or not, all are welcome! Giggling, tangents, and sincere joy abound.

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Melody Carlisle and Sabrina Bradley love romance and they do it out loud! Every Monday, these long-distance best friends recap romance novels from a comedic, intersectional feminist, sex-positive perspective.
If you're itching for a BFF book club or just love raucous slumber party vibes, this is the show for you! Whether you've read the book or not, all are welcome! Giggling, tangents, and sincere joy abound.

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    Ep. 332 - D'Vaughn & Kriss Plan A Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

    Ep. 332 - D'Vaughn & Kriss Plan A Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

    Hey HBs! This week we've got a delicious contemporary lesbian romance: D'Vaughn and Kriss Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins! This perfect morsel has so many things we love! Reality TV, fat rep, queer rep, overcoming religious trauma, loving and eccentric families, and WOWZA the spicy times are faaaantastic. This is a hard recommend from us!
    Bonus Content: Mel just like her drinks dry, Sabrina can't handle a mid-recording puck of Mexican hot chocolate, Mel fancast this book: D'Vaughn is Susie Dahl and Kris is Mal Wright, Mel can't shut up about The Ultimatum: Queer Love, butch lesbians in short-sleeved button downs, Sabrina is frozen by reality tv chatter, and so much more!
    Lady Loves:
    Sabrina: We started recording one year ago! And having to read all of these books so closely has added a wonderful layer to her experience.
    Mel: We got a wonderful review that called us "saucy, cheeky, and oh-so-deliciously naughty" and I'm DEAD!!! THANK YOU to everyone who reviews us online!
    Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance! 
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    • 1 hr 52 min
    Maasmas Week 19: House of Flame and Shadow CH 13-27

    Maasmas Week 19: House of Flame and Shadow CH 13-27

    On the 19th week of Maasmas my true love gave to me: 19 hidden cell phones, 18 screams in Prythian, 17 million dead worlds, 16 minutes of planning, a 15 grand year history, 14 otter couriers, a 13-year-old Thundercat, 12 saved children, 11 Sunball teams, 10 gold for a photo, 9 snake governess guards, an 8-pointed scar, 7 ancient gates, 6 horn seekers, ALL THE SLAUGHTERED WOLVES, 4 dancing besties, 3 fae himbos, Houses made of 2, and a just-finished trilogy!

    WOWZA, y'all. Here's the lay of the land:

    - The boys are still sitting in their own dungeon slurry and Ruhn asks for a ~handy~ favor
    - Ithan does an accidental near-decapitation and a very high Therion blames himself
    - Lydia woos the fire sprite queen
    - And Bryce has a squirmy encounter, makes VERY questionable liberation choices, and steals an Ilyrian's best friend

    Enjoy!

    Ep. 331 - On Dublin St. by Samantha Young

    Ep. 331 - On Dublin St. by Samantha Young

    Hey HBs! We're here with the contemporary Scottish romance ON DUBLIN STREET by Samantha Young! It's Edinburgh, it's family tragedy, it's basing life decisions on great bathtubs. There's an emotionally skittish heroine, an alpha hero who's eight years older, a friends-with-benefits arrangement, and a little too much boundary pushing for Mel's complete comfort. And we knew this before, but we pinpoint one of the ways subgenre impacts reader expectations!
    Bonus Content: eyeball cupcakes, trip planning, Veronica's Dragon, Mel's a hypocrite, subgenre matters, Sabrina's gets caught being a creepy old lady at the car wash, never meet a mortal man, tackling with blow job jokes, alphas with emotional intelligence, and Anirbas makes her glorious return!
    Lady Loves:
    Sabrina: Gatorade in tiny bottles! It stays super cold the whole time she's drinking it, which is delicious!
    Melody: the nostalgia-fest of Two Friends Big Bootie Mixes! Listening to volume 11 facilitated the best workout class she's had in a long time!
    Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance! 
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    • 2 hrs 7 min
    May Reading Roundup!

    May Reading Roundup!

    Hey HBs! Here's our May Reading Roundup! Mel does two Quickies on the next two books in the Victorian Rebels series by Kerrigan Byrne THE HUNTER and THE HIGHLANDER. And then Sabrina gives us Quickies on the next two books in the On Dublin Street series, DOWN LONDON ROAD and BEFORE JAMAICA LANE. Our episode recapping ON DUBLIN STREET comes out on Monday!

    Oh also, Mel can't help but talk a little about Theodora Taylor's Ruthless Triad series because her mind is both blown and utterly delighted.

    Ep. 330 - The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne

    Ep. 330 - The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne

    Wooo! HBs we're here with book 1 of the Victorian Rebels series, THE HIGHWAYMAN by Kerrigan Byrne. We loooooved this book! As Sabrina is a longtime Kerrigan Byrne fangirl, it's not a shock. We've got a childhood-spouses-to-lovers book that knocked our socks off! But yikes, it gets dark.
    Lady Loves:
    Sabrina: if you're lonely, but don't have anyone around physically, get on a video call and play video games parallel to each other!
    Mel: find the light in the dark when you can! Turns out, the best way to help midnight sobbing is Lemur Time.
    Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance! 
    Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)
    Get more content on PATREON!!
    Sign up for our Newsletter! 
    MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble
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    • 2 hrs 15 min
    Maasmas Week 18: House of Flame and Shadow CH 1-13

    Maasmas Week 18: House of Flame and Shadow CH 1-13

    On the 18th week of Maasmas my true love gave to me: 18 screams in Prythian, 17 million dead worlds, 16 minutes of planning, a 15 grand year history, 14 otter couriers, a 13 year old Thundercat, 12 saved children, 11 Sunball teams, 10 gold for a photo, 9 snake governess guards, an 8-pointed scar, 7 ancient gates, 6 horn seekers, ALL THE SLAUGHTERED WOLVES, 4 dancing besties, 3 fae himbos, Houses made of 2, and a just-finished trilogy.

    Hey y'all! We're back on our bullshit with chapters 1 - 13 of House of Flame and Shadow! We'll be releasing these episodes every other week with other content in-between :)

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