Dear gentle listeners it's been a while, but we are back in Julia Quinn's Bridgerton world. We decided before season 3 of the Netflix Bridgerton show aired, we would read Romancing Mr. Bridgerton . Well, color us surprised to realize this was NOT our favorite Bridgerton book! Bridget went on about 20 rants during this episode and we posited some thoughts about what we thought would happen in S3 of the Netflix series! You can listen to our review of Book 1 here . We had the delightful pleasure of...
May 29, 2024•45 min•Season 18Ep. 2
In honor of Katee Roberts' latest release, Blood on the Crimson Tide, let's take a stroll down memory lane to our wonderful interview with Katee! A queen of smut is in the house today! We're so excited to have Katee Robert on. She's quickly becoming one of Bridget's favorite romance authors and her books are beyond steamy! We had a wonderful time getting to know Katee, talking about how she's able to write such a huge volume of words per month, ways she keeps organized, her Patreon community, go...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 12 min
The Bridgerton review continues! Anthony can still get it. We’re back with part 2 of our Bridgerton review and we are raring to go. We talk about the upcoming Bridgerton prequel, Penelope’s future, “My Lord” vs. “Daddy”, predictions for future seasons, THE MOM SCENE, and the questionable editing choices. There’s also much to get into with the, maybe too slow, slow burn? Though we may or may not giggle when it comes to Lord Bridgerton. He could get it regardless. Don’t even get us started on what...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Spoilers ahead. Rerelease of our review of Bridgerton Season 2 - episodes 1-4. Bridgerton season 2 is OUT, Shani is BACK...let's get it poppin' People have been going CRAZY for Kate and Anthony, and we’ve been on the Bridgerton boat for quite some time, so it’s time to discuss. First on the list: sex scenes and the lack thereof. We go through chemistry vs relationship between Kate and Anthony, wardrobe choices, soundtrack, the Edwina vs Kate debacle, season 2 glow-ups, and Anthony’s MAJOR sex ap...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Rerelease of our review of the Duke and I by Julia Quinn! If you didn't catch our interview with Julia Quinn you can listen here . Shani was so excited to introduce Bridget to more historicals and the lovely land of the lauded Bridgerton family! You guys there were so many people who DID NOT like one of the main plot points of this book and we thoroughly discussed all of the good, funny, corny, quirky elements of this book, as well as the few areas we were like, NO!! It was fun to dip our toes i...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 11 min
This interview took place in September before the date and trailer were dropped for S1 of Bridgerton on Netflix. It was released in October, 2 months before the fervor began. Enjoy! We certainly did, and a big shout out to Julia for sending us signed copies of her books :) What a delight. Shani was losing her ever-loving mind before this interview because Julia Quinn is one of her favorite authors of all time, we reviewed The Duke and I on the podcast, and she gave a great interview! This interv...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 15 min
We are so excited to have our first-ever repeat interview with the delightful, Evie Dunmore! Not only is she such a smokeshow (sorry Evie it had to be said!), but her debut novel, Bringing Down the Duke , was one of our favorite books so far on the podcast. And it felt so poetic to have her back for the 4th and final book in the series, The Gentleman's Gambit . If you missed our first Evie interview, check it out here! Some major highlights: The bittersweet feeling of finishing the series The di...
Apr 06, 2024•44 min•Season 18Ep. 1
Y'all, or should I say dearest friends, we're about to embark on season 18 and we're heading into Shani's favorite land, historicals! We're starting with a delightful interview with Evie Dunmore (our first-ever repeat!), then heading into some Bridgeton goodness, and dabbling in the ton along the way. We hope you'll join us for it all! We'll have fresh episodes coming out on Fridays and we re-releasing some of our classic episodes that relate to this season's theme! Let's the pomp and circumstan...
Apr 02, 2024•1 min
We are so excited to have Melissa Saavedra on our podcast! She is a Latina entrepreneur and ex-US Navy veteran. She is the founder of Steamy Lit, a romance book subscription service which includes three novels, a series of self-care items, and a vibrator in each box. We spoke to Melissa about the origin of The Steamy Lit Box. Melissa shares how destigmatizing sexuality, orgasms, sensuality, and sex toys is part of Steamy Lit’s mission. And how romance novels can help you explore “what can make y...
Dec 02, 2023•46 min•Season 15Ep. 10
Y'all it's time for another round-up of all things romance in this month's RAAG on Romance. Bridget talks about the books that she's been reading (thank you to all publishers for the copies!), Shani and Bridget talk about what TV they have been binging, and generally laugh and play their way through the episode. Special Thank You to Anna Lowe for sponsoring today's episode . Anna Lowe is the author of Tempting the Sheriff , a steamy, suspenseful paranormal romance featuring a female, fox shifter...
Nov 20, 2023•39 min•Season 15Ep. 9
New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Armentrout is on the podcast to talk about her latest YA Fantasy The Fire in the Flesh ! This is book 3 in the Flesh and Fire Series . And you may not know, based on how wildly popular this and her Blood and Ash series have been in the last few years, but she started as a Romance author! Jennifer has written AND published an astonishing 70 novels in 13 years! We talked all about how her ADHD hyper-focus was a helper in writing for a long time until it ...
Oct 31, 2023•52 min•Season 15Ep. 8
We're back with more delicious DarkHunters! Today we've got Sunshine and Talon giving us a lot of steam and some soul rebirth! We learned more about Acheron's past, met his long "dead" twin, and got more representation of different cultures including Native people with Sunshine and her ancestors. Sunshine was a grown woman, with goals, happy to get her rocks off with Talon is a full marathon of sex and then say thank you and have a great life. Talon got a taste and just couldn't stay away! We co...
Oct 26, 2023•46 min•Season 15Ep. 7
If you haven't read today's author Elle M Drew's books you're missing out! What isn't to like about fat girls getting railed by the paranormal, as Elle's perfect tagline states. I had such a blast speaking to Elle at the beginning of the year. She is hilarious, forthright about her books' content and we had just the best time chatting about romance, Tiktok for indie authors, having fat heroines, and how bears really mate IRL. Thank you Elle for coming on the show, and many apologies for how long...
Oct 18, 2023•56 min•Season 15Ep. 6
Y'all Bridget had feelings about this one!! We read Hate Notes by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward. Thank you Marta for recommending it, and sorry it did not hit the spot for us! If you wanna come and chat with us at Book Club about it, we are chatting Sunday at 6PM CT ! ************** Wanna watch a movie with us ? Join our Patreon and watch Red White & Royal Blue with us on September 24th at 6PM CT! ************** If you wanna get on that Magic Mind brain power, you can get 20% off by using our...
Sep 08, 2023•31 min•Season 15Ep. 5
Dear listeners, welcome to our new series RAAG on Romance ! It is going to be a super fun monthly episode where we will talk about all the romance we are consuming in our lives. Books, TV, movies, real life, and just anything funny that is coming up in our lives! We hope you love it! Because of this, we'll have more time to make you content, run book club once a month , schedule watch parties and more. So if there is any topic you want us to cover, shoot your shot, and we can chat about it in RA...
Sep 05, 2023•44 min•Season 15Ep. 4
Seriously?! Like have you seen the romance inside this romance novel? We read Lassiter by J.R. Ward, book 21 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. If you didn't know, we re-read books 1-11 on the podcast when we first started releasing books and... WTF IS HAPPENING?! We were not super optimistic going into the book, and we're sorry to say that we HATED IT! Come hang out with us as we discuss confounding things such as: The romance taking a backseat to everything else Lassiter being TOTALLY dif...
Aug 29, 2023•51 min•Season 15Ep. 3
We got the chance to interview romance author Emma Barry on the podcast! Full disclosure and an apology, this was supposed to be out this spring! But burnout and life got in the way, so we’re dropping this episode way behind schedule. This is a good thing for you though, because both Emma Barry books we talk about, Chick Magnet and Funny Guy , are both out now for you to read. So if you’re in the mood for a cute, funny, banter-filled rom-com, make sure you check these books out! Emma was such a ...
Aug 20, 2023•43 min•Season 15Ep. 2
We wanna thank our Patron Alesia for recommending this book to us! Always fun to get into some books with our friends. We had fun reading Red by S.j. Sanders. Also, make sure you don’t miss our hilarious chat about our sponsor Magic Mind . This go-go juice as Shani calls it has really helped us get our groove back after our hiatus! You can get 20% off with our code ROMANCE20 or go to Magic Mind and check it out! Y’all this book is a dystopian, why choose, little red riding hood retelling, fantas...
Aug 12, 2023•41 min•Season 15Ep. 1
Catch Shani and I as we head back into the beautiful world of alien romance. Color us intrigued when it was a dothraki similar horde alien king that mates a human woman (le sigh, when will we be taken by aliens??). You can catch book 1 of the Horde Kings of Dakkar here . There are 6 books in the series, all of KU and audible! This is this month's book club for RAAG as well, if you wanna hang at the party, check it out here . This book is on KU, so you can get 30 days free on Kindle Unlimited jus...
May 14, 2023•36 min•Season 14Ep. 7
!! Join our monthly book club on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance !! Y'all, we agree pretty frequently on this podcast on whether a book is good or not. We may not rate exactly the same, but rarely does a book come around that we are completely divided on! We're still on our Why Choose bullshit, and came across Pack Darling by Lola Rock, which had VERY high reviews on Audible. It is a why choose, omegaverse book, and the premise was SUPER interesting. Shani did not read book 2. Bridget di...
May 08, 2023•51 min•Season 14Ep. 6
Shani picks a book for Bridget in the Why Choose trope! We are reading Four Psychos by Kristy Cunning. She picked the book based solely on the title/cover combo, and a recommendation on tiktok! Will Bridget like it?! Let's get into it and find out. You can get your copy of Four Psychos to read along here . This book is on KU, so you can get 30 days free on Kindle Unlimited just for our listeners! Or listen on Audible like Shani and get up to two free ebooks when you try Audible Premium Plus . **...
May 01, 2023•38 min•Season 14Ep. 4
Join our book club on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance !! The Dark Hunters book 1!! Get excited, because we have to make it at least to book 16! We'll be doing 1 per month in addition to regular reviewing! Read Night Pleasures here . PS book 1 is on KU :) Get 30 days free on Kindle Unlimited just for our listeners! Or listen on Audible like Shani and get up to two free ebooks when you try Audible Premium Plus . *** Leave us a rating and review on Itunes A lot of additional listening on Pa...
Apr 16, 2023•39 min•Season 14Ep. 5
Join our book club on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance !! 1st book club is March 19th at 6pm! We loved Ruthless Creatures and the whole series. Thank you to our Patron Molly for recommending it to us (note she did recommend book 2, but we decided to read book 1 first. We're going to do Patreon-exclusive episodes about books 2 and 3!) Fun things about this book - Bridget reveals that she always wanted to fall in love with someone who lived next door because books and movies told her that i...
Mar 10, 2023•49 min•Season 13Ep. 4
Join our book club on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance !! 2023 is going to start with some WHY CHOOSE goodness :) Let us know on social what Why choose you'd like us to read! Or email us at podcast@romanceataglance.com Who is a Sherrilyn Kenyon fan? Dark Hunters OR The League? She is one of the OG paranormal romance authors. She's written an INSANE amount of books (221 works on Goodreads including coloring books, manga etc) We are so excited to continue the journey with you! *** Get 30 da...
Feb 14, 2023•12 min
We had an awesome guest host this week for a special episode! Danielle Bezalel is the host of the Sex Ed with DB podcast , an queer and Biopoc centered sex education podcast that is as entertaining as it is informative. We read Happenstance , a reverse harem, why choose, romance from Tessa Bailey. To be honest, we didn't talk about the book all that much! Danielle was a romance virgin and we ended up talking all about romance, sex in books, sex in media, learning through media, why she choose to...
Feb 11, 2023•42 min•Season 14Ep. 3
We had the pleasure of interviewing Taleen Voskuni about her debut novel Sorry, Bro . This story is deeply set in Taleen's own Armenian American community and features a bisexual MC who just wishes not every conversation revolved around her marrying, let alone marrying a man. Taleen's writing journey started at a young age writing commercial stories with princesses and fairytales. As an adult, she wrote two novels that she decided not to query while writing countless short stories and published ...
Feb 10, 2023•33 min•Season 14Ep. 1
We read the why choose reverse harem paranormal monster romance A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon ! And we have to tell you, while it was spicy, we felt it left some monsters on the table! IE _ IF THERE IS A DUDE WITH HORNS YOU MUST F CK THE DUDE WITH HORNS DUH But we digress. We had a ton of fun watching this reverse harem monster romance. The MC is a lusty human in Victorian-ish times and a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde type seduces her and tells her of a place where she might be a perfect fit....
Dec 16, 2022•47 min•Season 13Ep. 2
It was such a pleasure to chat with Mimi Matthews , author of The Belle of Belgrave Square , on our podcast! Our chat ranged through a bit of everything including writing with a physical injury that causes Mimi to choose where to output her time wisely (ie into writing more books for us!), why she chooses to write in Historical Romance, all about her MC of Belgrave Square and how crazy the practice of bloodletting sounds from a modern context, as well as her publishing journey with Berkely and b...
Dec 13, 2022•49 min
We're doing Halloween in December because I (Bridget), did not have my editing shit together!! But we're back!! And what a fun episode to be back for. We COMPLETELY disagreed on I Think Knot by Sinclair Kelly! And we both had absolutely no idea what we were in for with this Omegaverse book! Like, literally didn't know that it was a reverse harem of a wolf pack situation (insert picture of me face-palming here). Please give us a shout with some other omegaverse books for us to try, because clearl...
Dec 03, 2022•35 min•Season 13Ep. 1
Marley Valentine, USA Today's Best-selling author of spicy romance is here to chat with us! We talked about how e-readers unlocked the spicy books, what we love about spicy books, writing MM romance, and writing as a duo under Remy Blake. Bridget also tells a hilarious story about "bogans" in Australia! Check out Marley's website here. Devilry - MM professor-student romance Debauchery by Remi Blake *** Get 30 days free on Kindle Unlimited just for our listeners! Or listen on Audible like Shani a...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 4 min
