HeyJaredThe Smut Plug
Danielle and Cassie are self-proclaimed book besties on a mission to find the smutty reads buried beneath the bestseller lists but absolutely worth your time. Every Tuesday, they wade through the good, the bad, and the weird to find your next obsession.
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Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube (opens the original)
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This week BookTok finally got to us and we picked up Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube. Is it actually that good or did we just get played by the algorithm? We discuss: whether gold teeth are hot, the exact rules for when it's fine to hook up with someone's dad, and if there's a ceiling on how much smut one book should hold (there is). Come lose your mind with us. 📖 This Week’s Book: Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube 💞 Tropes: MFM, romantasy, dark romance ⚠️ Triggers: Sexual assault,
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher (opens the original)
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Swordheart by T. Kingfisher had us TALKING. We debate what romantasy really means, spiral into the intricacies of borrowing against your mortgage, and get real serious about the legality of marrying a sword…who is also a man. It’s fine. 📖 This Week’s Book: Swordheart by T. Kingfisher 💞 Tropes: MF, romantasy, found family, grumpy/sunshine ⚠️ Triggers: Discussion of past abuse, attempted assault, violence 🔖 Episode Chapters 00:00:00 - Catching Up and Introducing Swordheart 00:08:30 - Book Ratings
If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia (opens the original)
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We are fully in our single dad appreciation era. Join us for the coziest of autumn reads (we know, it's still summer, but we are preparing) as we dig into Julie Olivia's If It Makes You Happy . This one's got it all: friends to lovers, opposites attract, slow burn, and major 90s nostalgia. 📖 This Week’s Book: If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia 💞 Tropes: MF, small town romance, slow burn, single dad, dual POV ⚠️ Triggers: death of a parent (off page), grief, emotional abuse 🔖 Episode Chapters
For Real by Alexis Hall (opens the original)
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We're searching for our ideal BDSM book, and we cracked open an MM age gap romance to see if can deliver everything we need. For Real by Alexis Hall promises kink, tenderness, and a hookup that turns into something more. Does it finally scratch the itch or leave us thirstier than ever? 📖 This Week’s Book: For Real by Alexis Hall 💞 Tropes: MM, BDSM, age gap, dual POV ⚠️ Triggers: loss of a grandparent 🔖 Episode Chapters 00:00:00 - Catching Up and Introducing For Real 00:13:15 - Book Ratings and R
Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers (opens the original)
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Still on the hunt for the perfect FF romance, and this week we're going down under to look for it (see what we did there). Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers is a small town romance that alleges to be enemies to lovers, but we'll be the judge of that. 📖 This Week’s Book: Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers 💞 Tropes: FF, enemies to lovers, small town romance ⚠️ Triggers: grooming and abuse (past), death, PTSD 🔖 Episode Chapters 00:00:00 - Catching Up and Introducing Ribbonwood 00:06:54 - Book Ratings and Review 0
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