This week we read “Thrum” by Meg Smitherman We ask the most important question: Should you fuck the machine? How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of smutshame. https://www.youtube.com/@smutshamepod https://www.instagram.com/smutshame.pod https://www.tiktok.com/@smutshamepod
This week we read “She Came from the Swamp: A Steamy Monster Romance (Dreamers & Demons: Sapphic Monsters Book 1)” by Darva Green In case you forgot, we looooove monsters! Russian mobsters, dream walking, and smoking weed by the swamp with your girlfriend . . . Does Killian finally pick a lesbian novel that isn’t terrible? How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of smutshame. https://www.youtube.com/@smutshamepod https://www.instagram.com/smutshame.pod https://www.tik...
This week we read “Pounded by Produce: A Veggie Love Tale” by G.M. Fairy Yup! It’s just what it sounds like! The capability of vegetables sinning, what going to confession is really like, and an unnecessary conversation on necrophilia. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of smutshame. https://www.youtube.com/@smutshamepod https://www.instagram.com/smutshame.pod https://www.tiktok.com/@smutshamepod...
This week we read “Blood Orange: A dark & spicy gothic romance (The Dracula Duet Book 1)” by Karina Halle A cello bow on a clit, a university sex dungeon, and one cheesy-ass vampire. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of smutshame. https://www.youtube.com/@smutshamepod https://www.instagram.com/smutshame.pod https://www.tiktok.com/@smutshamepod...
This week we read “Pen Pal” by J.T. Geissinger Habitats of various pet names, terrible pillow talk, and a reminder that dead girls can be dumb, too. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of smutshame. https://www.youtube.com/@smutshamepod https://www.instagram.com/smutshame.pod https://www.tiktok.com/@smutshamepod
This week we read “The King's Spinster Bride” by Ruby Dixon A geriatric protagonist, eating pizza-boobs off the ground, and the age-old question of body hair. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of smutshame. https://www.youtube.com/@smutshamepod https://www.instagram.com/smutshame.pod https://www.tiktok.com/@smutshamepod
This week we read “Kiss and Don't Tell (The Agitators Series Book 1)” by Meghan Quinn A Canadian cabin full of professional hockey players, two secretive lovers, and way too much talk about milk. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of smutshame. https://www.youtube.com/@smutshamepod https://www.instagram.com/smutshame.pod https://www.tiktok.com/@smutshamepod...
This week we read Psycho Shifters (Cruel Shifterverse Book 1) by Jasmine Mas Sadie lives in the shifter world, working as a lowly servant for a Beta; a Beta who, all of Sadie's life, has cruelly abused her. At 20 years old and full of scars and trauma, Sadie finally has an opportunity to leave when she discovers that she is an alpha. The first female alpha ever. She gets dropped at Portal Number 3, an important training and fighting center in the war against the Fae Queen and the fae realm. So n...
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This week we WATCHED “Babygirl” directed by Halina Reijn The film stars Nicole Kidman as a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins an affair with a much younger intern ( Harris Dickinson ). How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of diktok. https://www.youtube.com/@diktokpod https://www.instagram.com/diktokpod/ https://www.tiktok.com/@diktokpod...
This week we read “ Beyond Shame (Beyond, Book 1)” by Kit Rocha All Noelle Cunningham has ever wanted was a life beyond--beyond her stifling role as a prim and proper councilman's daughter, and beyond the walls of the patriarchal city of Eden, the only remnants of safety in a world destroyed by solar storms decades earlier. But when she's banished for violating the prohibition against immorality, she's unprepared for the lawless world outside the city's walls. The sectors surrounding Eden house ...
This week we read “Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy, Book 1” by Brynne Weaver Every serial killer needs a friend. Every game must have a winner. When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that p...
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This week we read “Pushin' Cushions” by Unfortunate Reads and Vera Valentine Dennis J. Rance has been under immense pressure since being chosen as the Vice Presidential Candidate. His running mate is a dumpster fire, his wife left him, and he’s working 90 hours a week. He desperately needs a break, and decides it’s time to take care of himself for once. So what’s a man to do when he’s alone and needs release? Well, Dennis is a little…different. When his unusual “usual” methods fail, it’s time to...
This week we read “Twisted Love” by Ana Huang Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can’t escape. Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can’t remember. Despite her broken past, she’s never stopped seeing the beauty in the world…including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn’t want. Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen—but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both…and e...
This week we read “Hot Mess: A Kinky Neighbors-to-Lovers MM Romance” by Misha Horne London is an adult, but he doesn’t feel like one. He buys a new house because he can afford to, and it seems to be the next most logical step as an “adult,” but he’s ill prepared for the realities that come with owning a house, and, let’s be honest, adulthood as a whole. But then he catches sight of his next door neighbor, the cool, calm, collected, and totally hot Eric. Can his handyman neighbor Eric actually fi...
This week we read “Manacled” by Senlinyu For the first time ever, we are reading a fanfic. Not just any fanfic, but one inspired by "Harry Potter.” (Get ready, we have a lot to say.) In this world, the Death Eaters won the war, Harry and Ron died in the final battle, and Hermione was imprisoned in a sensory deprivation cell for about 18 months. The story commences when Hermione is dragged from her cell by Umbridge, who has been acting as Voldemort’s prison warden To replenish the magical populat...
This week we read “Hooked (Never After Series)” by Emily McIntire Wendy has been cloistered away most of her life by her wealthy cold father, but a spontaneous night out with friends turns into an intense and addictive love affair with the dark and brooding James. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can’t seem to shake her desire for him. But as their relationship grows more heated and she learns more about the world he moves in, she finds herself unsure if she’s falling for the man k...
This week we read “Cosmic Crush: An Alien Burlesque Romance (Galactic Gems Series Book 2)” by Clio Evans Mari is a famous star in her intergalactic troupe. As headliner at the Comet Canyon Saloon, the last thing she expected to go wrong was being lassoed off stage by a chaps-wearing outlaw. Raider’s name has been tarnished by his good-for-nothing brother. The only way to clear it is by kidnapping the precious burlesque gem, Little Miss Mercury. After being stranded together during a desert storm...
This week we read “Freestyle (Academy of Stardom Book 1)” by Bea Paige Things have always been tough for Pen but she has had one constant love; Dance. Dance makes her forget the hardships in her life–her terrible family, her controlling boss, and her 4 best friends and dance crew that were cruelly torn away from her years ago. When Pen gets the opportunity to attend a prestigious dance academy, things finally seem to start to turn around in her life. But who should she immediately encounter but ...
This week we read “Behold Her: A Spicy Dark Monster Romance (Monsters of Moonvale Book 1)” by Emily Antoinette Welcome to Quickie–a quick take on what one of us is reading and what we think. This week, Killian is reading Behold Her, the first book in Monsters of Moonvale, the follow-up to Maneater , which we read last episode. What did we think? Find out on this episode of diktok. https://www.instagram.com/diktokpod/ https://www.tiktok.com/@diktokpod...
This week we read “Maneater: A Spicy and Cozy Monster Romance (Monsters of Moonvale)” by Emily Antoinette Shane, a very shy, new-to-town witch, who moonlights as a private investigator, gets a surprise invitation to a coven for a meet and greet. He is nervous but decides to go to meet new people. He soon realizes that they are summoning a demon to be their sex slave for the night. When the most gorgeous succubus appears in the summoning circle, Shane is flabbergasted and disgusted by the coven’s...
This week we read “Unhinged” by Vera Valentine Someone’s been watching Tana closely, but he’s a lot closer than she realizes. From intimate moments to lazy afternoons on the couch, he’s secretly seen it all - and fallen for her along the way. When a man claiming to be her front door enters her dreams to warn her about an imminent threat to her life, Tana initially chalks it up to her weird late-night snacks. But she rethinks things when her earnest visitor insists he’s also ready to protect her ...
This week we read “A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 1)” by Sarah J. Maas FINALLY! The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of diktok. https://www.instagram.com/diktokpod/ https://www.tiktok.com/@diktokpod...
This week we read “A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows” by Holly Renee Adara's fate has never been hers. Betrothed to the crowned prince of Citlali, the Starblessed, Adara, is taken to the Palace to fulfill her destiny. Her blood is the key to unlocking the High Fae's dormant powers, but when Adara turns up to the palace, she's actually more drawn to the Prince's brother - tall, dark and brooding Evren. Suddenly, Adara is torn in two between what her heart wants and saving a kingdom. How did we rate ...
This week we read "The Fine Print (Dreamland Billionaires Book 1)" by Lauren Asher. Rowan I’m in the business of creating fairy tales. Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels. Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland. My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her. Things spiraled out of control once I texted her using an alias. By the time I realized where I went wrong, it was too late. People like me don’t get happy endings. Not when we’re de...
This week we read “Squeak: A Balloon Animal Omegaverse Tale (Squeakverse Book 1)” and “Squeal: The Squeakquel: A Balloon Animal Omegaverse Tale (Squeakverse Book 2)” by Vera Valentine A dedicated art student at her local community college, Poppy practically lives inside her sketchbook. Drawn to the distracted crowds of the local zoo, her planned day of anonymous figure-sketching is interrupted by the charming Sebastian - and his brooding, borderline-rude friend Keane. Little does she know the tw...
This week we read “Anastasia” Sophie Lark Anastasia is the princess no one needs: the fourth daughter born to an emperor without a son, and the only royal lacking a magical gift. Until she collides with a young Cossack rebel, changing both their lives forever. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of diktok. https://www.instagram.com/diktokpod/...
This week we read “The Wolf and the Wildflower” by Stacy Reid London is buzzing with the news that James Winters, the Duke of Wulverton—thought lost at sea a decade ago—survived in the harsh wilderness of the Yukon. Now he's been returned to his family, his responsibilities, and a nightmarish world of artifice and noise. He has three weeks to become a refined, elegant duke for the Queen . . . or doom the entire family to ruin and scandal. Promising psychologist Jules Southby knows a lot about di...
This week we read “Fear: A Terrifying Love Story” by Kathryn Ann Kingsley Emily is an adrenaline junkie. She rides fast motorcycles, loves her job as a fireman, and does a bit of urban exploration. She craves fear like a drug. One night while exploring an abandoned sanatorium, she has a run in with a nightmare come to life. Emily is forever changed when she realizes that she has met Fear himself and she loves what he does to her. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of...
