Love a Good Plot Podcast

Shania & Jasmine

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Welcome to Love a Good Plot Podcast. Whether you’re a romance reader, thriller lover, fantasy fanatic, or just here for the tea, Love a Good Plot is all about celebrating stories together—no gatekeeping, no spoilers without warnings, just good vibes, great plots, and the occasional dramatic gasp. Pull up a chair, bring your TBR pile (and popcorn), and let’s talk plot. 💅🏾📖

2 days ago

Friends, Fiction, & Foolishness

Welcome back to Love a Good Plot! This week, things get a little more unhinged than usual as we're joined by our friends Brittani, Le'Ashley, and Alexis for an episode fueled by friendship, day drinking, and absolutely questionable decision-making. 😂 For our Plot Warm-Up, we're circling back to DND: Caught Up in His Love by Tay Mo'nae, and let's just say the answers had us completely speechless. The opinions were bold, the debates were messy, and somebody definitely said what everyone else was thinking. Then, for The Plot We Watch, each of our guests shares what they've been binge-watching lately, leading to some surprising recommendations, unexpected hot takes, and a few side conversations that went completely off the rails. If you love book discussions, reality TV, pop culture chatter, and listening to friends laugh their way through the chaos, this episode is for you. ✨ Grab your favorite drink and join the conversation! Don't forget to Like, Comment, and Subscribe for more books, TV, reality drama, and all the plots worth talking about! #LoveAGoodPlot #BookTube #BookPodcast #BlackBookTok #RealityTV #BookDiscussion #Podcast #ReadingCommunity #PlotTwist #WhatWereWatching #FriendsAndFoolishness

28 min
29 May

Cheating, Grief & Turning 30

Shania is officially 30! 🥳✨ In Episode 10 of Love A Good Plot, we’re celebrating birthday vibes, messy relationships, and chaotic storylines the only way we know how. Plus, Shania is stepping into her birthday trip wearing hair from Eleve Hair Co 💁🏽‍♀️ This week’s Plot Warmup gets REAL: 👀 What’s the wildest excuse someone has used to avoid commitment? 👀 What’s the pettiest reason you stopped talking to someone? 👀 Does grief excuse toxic behavior in relationships? 👀 If your relationship started with cheating… do you lose the right to be shocked later? Then we get into this week’s books: 📚 Parachutes: The Fall by Takerra Allen — a messy, emotional relationship filled with betrayal, secrets, heartbreak, and loyalty tests. 📚 Curvy Girl Summer — a friends-to-lovers romance about proving love can happen before 30… even when it shows up in the most unexpected way. And of course, we wrap things up with The Plot Watch where we discuss: 📺 Why Real Housewives of Atlanta season 7 has been feeling lackluster 📺 Our disappointment with K. Michelle this season 📺 Thoughts on Nemesis on Netflix If you love messy plots, romance drama, reality TV chaos, and unfiltered conversations — you’re in the right place. 💋 🎧 Listen, watch, and subscribe for new episodes of Love A Good Plot! #LoveAGoodPlot #BookPodcast #BlackBookTok #RelationshipDrama #RealityTV #RHOA #CurvyGirlSummer #BookTube #PodcastClips

50 min
22 May

Skyland Series

Welcome back to Love A Good Plot 🎙️📚 This week we’re diving into the Skyland Series by Kennedy Ryan — and whew… this one is emotional, messy, healing, romantic, and REAL. Before we get into the books, we warm things up with some plot questions: ✨ Could therapy save a broken relationship? ✨ Would you date someone connected to your ex’s downfall? ✨ Can love survive public humiliation? ✨ Do you believe in second-chance love? Then we break down the entire Skyland Series: 📖 Before I Let Go 📖 This Could Be Us 📖 Can’t Get Enough From grief, divorce, betrayal, motherhood, therapy, and rebuilding your life after heartbreak — Kennedy Ryan gave us characters that felt painfully real. Join us as we read it, watch it, and talk about it 💋 💭 Which book in the series was YOUR favorite? Drop your thoughts in the comments! #LoveAGoodPlot #KennedyRyan #SkylandSeries #BeforeILetGo #BookTube #BlackRomanceBooks #Podcast #BookPodcast #RomanceBooks #ThisCouldBeUs

47 min
16 May

Rich Menaces & Thugs That Never Loved You Back

Welcome back to Love A Good Plot! This week we’re getting into two Jahquel J stories that had us stressed, emotional, and asking ourselves some VERY questionable relationship questions 😭 📚 This episode we discuss: ✨ 10,000 Hours With A Rich Menace ✨ To All the Thugs That I Loved That Didn’t Love Me Back We’re talking: — power dynamics in relationships — toxic love that feels too good to leave — men still grieving their dead wives 👀 — accidental triplets from a one night stand?! — emotionally unavailable “street” men — love, loyalty, manipulation & heartbreak PLUS our Plot Warmup questions might actually expose us a little bit 😭 If you love messy storylines, urban fiction, romance drama, reality TV energy, and unfiltered book conversations… you’re in the right place. 🎧 Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE 📖 Tell us in the comments: Which situation would YOU choose? #LoveAGoodPlot #JahquelJ #UrbanFiction #BookTube #BlackBookTok #RomanceBooks #Podcast #BookPodcast #ToxicRomance #BookTok

26 min
1 May

Outside Babies

Welcome back to Love a Good Plot 🎙️✨ This episode? Whew. We’re talking one-night stands that turn into YEARS-later situations, secret babies, and the kind of choices that’ll have you questioning everybody involved 👀 📖 The Plot Warmup (aka: would YOU do this?!) Would you keep a child a secret if you thought it was for the best? Would you spin the block on a one-night stand years later? What if you found out he was married after you got pregnant?! And be real… would you accept an outside baby? 📚 The Plot We Share We’re breaking down DND: Caught Up in His Love by Endiya Carter — where a one-night stand between Luna & Bash turns into something way deeper… with secrets, a child, and a past that refuses to stay buried. 📺 The Plot We Watch (The Drama 👀) We get into a film that had us side-eyeing everybody. From relationship tension to questionable accountability, we unpack: Why one character is held to a different standard The weird energy, passive hostility, and underlying tension in the group Serious actions that didn’t get nearly enough attention And that ending… yeah, we need to talk about it

35 min
24 Apr

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Welcome back to Love a Good Plot! 📖✨ In this episode, Shania and Jasmine kick things off with The Plot Warmup, diving into questions about preacher’s kids, hidden rebellion, temptation, and whether rules protect us—or make things more complicated. Then we jump into The Plot We Share with Need You by Me by Endya Carter, following Jaymi, a preacher’s daughter under strict control, and Marshall, a respected deacon forced into proximity with her. What starts as forbidden tension quickly unfolds into a story of control, secrets, and emotional entanglement. In honor of the new Michael Jackson biopic, we close out with The Plot We Watch, breaking down iconic biopics like Ray, What’s Love Got to Do with It, Respect, and more—plus the artists we think deserve their own films next.

38 min
17 Apr

A Cursed Love Story

Welcome back to Love a Good Plot! Join Shania and Jasmine as they dive into a story that blends romance, history, and a touch of the supernatural. In this episode, we’re breaking down "A Love Song for Ricki Wilde" by Tia Williams. We explore Ricki’s journey of choosing herself over family expectations, guided by her chosen family mentor, Ms. Della. The story takes a supernatural turn with Ezra’s revelation of immortality and a cursed love, leading into the ritualistic hoodoo and voodoo magic required to break it. Ultimately, we reflect on the weight of Ms. Della’s sacrifice and the emotional, floral-filled legacy of the ending. 📺 The Plot We Watch Stick around for the end of the episode where we pivot from the page to the screen to discuss the latest in reality vibes with You, Me, & Tuscany. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and tell us in the comments: Would you stay or investigate? ✨ #LoveAGoodPlot #RickiWilde #TiaWilliams #BookTube #HarlemRenaissance #MagicalRealism #Podcast

37 min
10 Apr

Who can you trust?

This week we’re diving into The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson where charm turns into manipulation and a college freshman is forced to question trust, loyalty, and independence. Then we break down Imperfect Women, where Nancy’s death leaves everyone a suspect and nothing is what it seems 👀 🔥 Topics: manipulation, secrets, friendship, and suspicion Drop your thoughts in the comments 👇

54 min
19 Mar

Love triangles & Something Real

In this episode of Love a Good Plot, we’re talking books, romance tropes, and relationship dynamics in stories we read and watch. 📚🎬 What We’re Reading Shania is currently reading The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rohan, while Jasmine is diving into Deep in My Soul by Kimberly Brown. We share quick thoughts on these reads and how they compare to some of our favorite romance storylines. The Plot We Share – Favorite vs. Least Favorite Romance Tropes Every reader has romance tropes they love… and some they absolutely side-eye. In this segment we break down ours: Shania’s Favorites • Love Triangles • One-Night-Stands-to-Co-Parents Shania’s Least Favorite • Emotionally Unavailable Love Interests Jasmine’s Favorite • One Night → Something Real (when a hookup turns into a deeper emotional connection) Jasmine’s Least Favorite • Struggle Love Romanticized Tropes We’re Side-Eyeing We also discuss a few storytelling patterns we’re seeing a lot lately: • Trauma-Only Romance — when Black love stories only exist through suffering • The Strong Black Woman Who Never Gets Held — when she carries everything emotionally with no support • Miscommunication as the Only Conflict — when one honest conversation could solve the entire plot The Plot We Watch We’re also reviewing the movie Relationship Goals starring Kelly Rowland and Method Man. The cast had great chemistry, but the story felt more like a relationship lesson than a fully developed plot. It definitely gave Think Like a Man vibes… just without the same charm or entertainment value. Let us know in the comments 👇 What’s your favorite romance trope… and which one are you tired of seeing? Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations about the books we read, the movies we watch, and the plots we love to break down.

52 min
12 Mar

Only for a Week…or forever?

In this episode of Love A Good Plot, we’re getting into messy relationship scenarios, book drama, and reality TV moments you know we had to talk about. 📖 The Plot We Share We kick things off with a few questions inspired by the story we’re discussing this week. Some of these situations are a little messy… but that’s what makes them fun to debate. Let us know in the comments which question had you thinking the most — or which one you have a strong opinion about. 📚 What We’re Reading The story that inspired this week’s conversation is Only For a Week by Natasha Bishop. We break down the premise, discuss the relationship dynamics, and talk about why this book sparked so many “what would you do?” moments for us. 📺 The Plot We Watch We’re also talking about the latest season of The Real Housewives of Potomac and the reunion. From standout moments to cast drama and our biggest hot takes, we’re sharing what had us talking the most this season. If you love conversations about books, shows, messy relationship dilemmas, and pop culture, you’re in the right place. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe to Love A Good Plot where we read it, watch it, and talk about it.

59 min
5 Mar

The Pilot

Welcome to Episode 1 of Love a Good Plot. 🎙️📚 This is our very first episode, and we’re kicking things off by introducing ourselves — we’re Jasmine and Shania — and sharing how we each fell in love with reading. From the books that pulled us into the moments that made us lifelong readers, this episode is all about where our reading journeys began. We’re also diving into the plots that we’re reading, including The Danger Series by Endiya Carter. We’re also talking about Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering — first impressions, honest thoughts, and what you can expect from us moving forward. If you love real conversations about books, strong opinions, and stories that stay with you, you’re in the right place. Subscribe, leave a comment, and tell us: what made you fall in love with reading?

41 min

11 Episodes

Welcome to Love a Good Plot Podcast. Whether you’re a romance reader, thriller lover, fantasy fanatic, or just here for the tea, Love a Good Plot is all about celebrating stories together—no gatekeeping, no spoilers without warnings, just good vibes, great plots, and the occasional dramatic gasp. Pull up a chair, bring your TBR pile (and popcorn), and let’s talk plot. 💅🏾📖

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Shania & Jasmine
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Episodes

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Love a Good Plot Podcast