Why Dark Romance is Our Comfort Food: Massive Spicy Book Recs & Unhinged Tropes 🖤
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You know the exact vibe I am talking about. The weather outside is awful, you are stressed out, and the only thing that will fix it is curling up with an 18+ spicy romantasy featuring an unhinged shadow daddy who would literally burn the world down for his girl... Why are we like this?! We don't know, but we embrace it!
⚖️ The Trope Trial & DNF Court Drama
We took some of our favorite tropes straight to the Trope Trial to figure out exactly why they have us in an absolute chokehold. Forbidden love and enemies to lovers will always win, but we also talked about some of those character choices that completely divided us. Sometimes you just have to sentence a book to the DNF Court if the main character makes too many stupid decisions, but when the miscommunication is done right, the tension is just amazing.
We also got completely derailed talking about Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan teaming up for a supernatural romance book and movie called Remain! Like, what even is that crossover?! Plus we chatted about Kirsty's freezing travel stories from Alberta, the absolute nightmare of international electrical outlets, and how reading sick is its own separate emotional rollercoaster.
🌶️ The Spice O Meter: Massive Dark Romance & Romantasy Recs
Okay, get your TBR lists ready because we dropped a massive book dump that will absolutely ruin your life in the best way possible. These are strictly adult, unputdownable, open door masterpieces that gave us major book hangovers. We ran these through the Spice O Meter and let's just say a few of them broke the scale!
Here are the heavy hitters we are currently obsessing over:
The Predator by Runyx (the tension will literally make you stop breathing)
Lights Out by Navessa Allen
Rain of Shadows and Endings from the Legacy Series by Melissa K. Roehrich (I was physically sobbing over this one)
The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori
The Butcher and the Blackbird and Taurus Season by Brynne Weaver
God of Malice by Rina Kent
The Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy
Untamed by Luna Mason
Stolen Vows and Promises and Pomegranates by Sav R. Miller
Insatiable by Leigh Rivers
The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe
Pretty Vicious by Lexi Davis
Leave Me Behind by K.M. Moronova
Stalked by Seduction and Shadows by Maggie Sunseri
Keepsakes and Kismet by Farrah Colson
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
Blood and Betrayals by Jeanette Rose and Alexis Rune (this dark academia romantasy is everything)
Nocticadia by Keri Lake
🔮 Rebecca's Radar & Wild Theories
Before we wrapped up, we had to put our tin foil hats on for some massive Crescent City and ACOTAR crossover theories! If you know me, you know I cannot stop talking about Sarah J. Maas, and the theories Jess and Kirsty brought to the table left me staring at the wall. We are also keeping a huge eye on some upcoming fall releases for Rebecca's Radar, so definitely make sure you are subscribed to the podcast to hear our next deep talks on those!
🎧 Listen to S4E10 Now!
I need to know which of these unhinged men is your ultimate book boyfriend right now! Head over to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Audible, or wherever you get your podcasts and hit play on S4E10. You can also watch the full video version on YouTube if you want to see us completely lose our minds in real time.
Make sure you drop your thoughts in The Coven Cocktail Club Broadcast Channel on Instagram! Which trope are you currently feral for?
Goodnight Book Babes.
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