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Spicy Bookish Podcast

Nikita and Tia aka Ginger and Spicepodcasters.spotify.com
Hosted by Nikita and Tia from 'Ginger and Spice' (on socials); 2 corporate besties that talk all things spicy books 🌶️📚 ✨ New episode every Saturday! ✨ We discuss everything from cute and cosy (but still spicy) Cowboy Romance to dark and depraved taboo romance, sometimes spicy horror, romantasy, the odd mafia romance, sports, popular hyped up books and the odd non spicy book thrown in for variety! Pretty much anything you can think of, we’ll cover it! Grab a drink and settle in gang, it’s about to get saucyyyyy
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Episodes

🌶️ 5 CHILLI BOOKS 🌶️ to add to your spicy TBR 😏💦

In this weeks episode of The Spicy Bookish Podcast, hosted by Ginger & Spice, we talk all things CHILLI PEPPAAZZZ.. specifically 5+ chilli peppaz. Yes, you read that right, one of the books discussed we've rated SIX chillis!! 😮‍💨 There is also a huge announcement for one of our favourite authors! 👀🎧 Books discussed in the pod: Shades of Red & Shades of Ruin (duet) by Willow Prescott Your Dad Will Do by Katee Robert The Secret Club & The Secret Job by Ruby Skye Midnight Mass by Si...

Apr 19, 20261 hr 16 min

🌶️📚 Spicy Mafia Romance 📚🌶️ - lets talk Rina Kent! 🖤

In this weeks episode of The Spicy Bookish Podcast, with Ginger & Spice, we talk all things ✨ Mafia Romance ✨ including the booktok famous Hunt The Villian by Rina Kent! Have you read the Rina Kent verse?? Is it worth it? One of us may be starting our journey in this universe so wish us luck! 👀 Of course also in this episode, we talk alllll about the spice and chilli peppaaazzzz 🌶️ in each of the books. Books mentioned in episode: Queens & Monsters series by JT Geissinger (the whole se...

Apr 12, 20261 hr 39 min

March Reading Wrap Up 📚🌶️✨

In this weeks Easter Sunday episode of The Spicy Bookish Podcast with Ginger & Spice, we talk all about the books we read in March! Including stars and chilli peppers for every single one! Nikita read 15 books in March and Tia read 20!! We discuss a handful of these in depth and boy is it a wild ride.. we had a month of chaos; reading slumps, weird books, 5 stars and 2 stars!! Grab and drink and settle in guys, it's a long one 🤣👀 Remember to follow us on TikTok and Instagram for more spicy...

Apr 05, 20261 hr 36 min

The Ginger & Spice Bookish Brunch 2026: MAFIA ROMANCE 🎩🔥🥂

In this weeks episode of The Spicy Bookish Podcast (hosted by Ginger & Spice), we talk all things BRUNCH!! You've all been asking us for nearly a year when the next brunch is, and we can finally say... IT'S HERE!!! 🥳 After much deliberation and many polls on socials, we have settled on a Mafia Romance theme. Last years theme was Cowboy so we've switched it right up! - so think mobster suits meets mob wife glam. We share some outfit inspo pics in the podcast if you are watching on video, so ...

Mar 29, 202645 min

🌶️✨ Spicy ✨🌶️ Cowboy Romance week! 🤠📚 - mixed reviews!!

In this weeks episode of The Spicy Bookish Pod, we talk all things spicy cowboys 😏 and if you've been around a while you'll know that cowboys is where Ginger & Spice FLOURISH! However... it wasn't a great week this time. We were slumping HARD after Pen Pal and really struggled through with the cowboys ☹️ some were really great and others were not good (for us). As always though, we still have plenty of great spicy scenes to discuss 😏 Books mentioned in pod: Dirty Cowboys by Jaye Pratt Cowb...

Mar 22, 20261 hr 13 min

Get to know us 🌶️✨ UPDATED ✨🌶️ - we answer ALLLLL your questions! 😏

In this episode of The Spicy Bookish Podcast, we finally answer all the questions we get asked on the daily! Plus some random fun quickfire questions (think 'would you rather' or 'who is most likely to'). This episode is split into 3 parts; Part 1 - bookish Q&A (fave books, tropes, bookish q's) Part 2 - quickfire funsies (this or that, kiss marry kill etc) Part 3 - we get personal (age, relationship status, kids etc) **Feel free to skip any parts you aren't interested in 🫶🏼** Also availabl...

Mar 08, 20261 hr 15 min

February ✨ reading wrap up ✨ including a DAGGERMOUTH review! 💟

In this episode of the Spicy Bookish Podcast with Ginger and Spice, it’s our February reading wrap up! Most of the books this month were valentines related or Zodiac Academy (covered in other episodes) so these are the books left over, including the highly requested DAGGERMOUTH! Kick your feet up, pour a glass of wine and enjoy!! Books mentioned in episode: 📖 Chasing the Fire by Paisley Hope 📖 One night scandal by Katelyn Taylor 📖 Twisted Game by Eva Ashwood 📖 Such a dirty girl by Effie Camp...

Mar 01, 20261 hr 20 min

12 books for 12 months! ✨clearing our TBR, 1 spicy book at a time ✨🌶️

In this **BONUS** episode of The Spicy Bookish Podcast with Ginger and Spice, we talk TBR! We all have one that is "as long as the circumfrence of the moon", so how do we ever clear it!!?? Well.. we've decided to pick 12 audiobooks and 12 eyeball books for 2026 EACH. Clearing 2 books a month each from our massive TBR. The Logic is there, but will it prevail...? Stay tuned for the monthly wrap ups to find out how we get on.. All books including the authors are stated throughout the podcast. If wa...

Feb 24, 202648 min

Our ✨top 10 book boyfriends✨ + fave spicy scenes!! 🌶️📚💦

In this episode of The Spicy Bookish Podcast with Ginger & Spice, we're talking all things book boyfriends! Giving you not only our TOP 10, but also our favourite spicy scenes from each saucy man. These scenes are sure to get your puleses racing ladies! Apologies in advance for Tia's very fun but very nonsensical explanations of some why choose scenes... So kick up your feet, grab a glass of vino and enjoy the ride! Book boyfriends (and their respective books) mentioned: Xaden Riorson - Empy...

Feb 22, 20261 hr 38 min

A very smutty valentines 💌🌶️

In this episode of the Spicy Bookish Podcast with Ginger & Spice, we’re talking all things valentines! There’s a plethora of spicy romances in here to get your pulses racing! So kick your feet up, pour a glass of wine and enjoy!! Books mentioned in episode: Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws knots About You by Effie Raye Flings And Arrows by Nicole Parker Valentines Slay by Navessa Allen A Play For Love by Trilina Pucci Bleed for Cupid by Aiden Pierce You’re Ours Now by Jayne Pratt & Samantha B...

Feb 16, 202653 min

Sports Romance Week: baseball daddies, 5 star reads and uncontrollable sobbing

In this episode of the Spicy Bookish Podcast with Ginger & Spice, we’re coming in hot with sports romance week. After ditching a whole series following the disappointment of the first 2 books, we suddenly became HUGE fans of the windy city series and we did not see that coming! So kick your feet up, pour a glass of wine and enjoy!! Books mentioned in episode: Caught Up by Liz Tomforde Face Off by Chelsea Curto Before The Chaos by Maggie Rawdon Rival Hearts by Maggie Rawdon My Pucking Crush b...

Feb 07, 20261 hr 21 min

January Reading Wrap Up

In this episode of the Spicy Bookish Podcast with Ginger & Spice, we’re doing our first reading wrap up for 2026 so we’ll be discussing our top spicy books from January. So kick your feet up, pour a glass of wine and enjoy!! Books mentioned in episode: Claimed by her fire daddies by Ruby Hayes Bad Bishop by LJ Shen Rogue by L.M Mountford The Edge of Desire by Katie Knowles For the Fans by Nyla K Unhinged series by Steph Macca Iron Rose by Molly Briar This episode is also available on YouTube...

Jan 31, 20261 hr 19 min

" The one where they were on a break " - Books we read on sabbatical!

In this episode of the Spicy Bookish Podcast with Ginger & Spice, we’ll be discussing some of the books we delved into whilst Nikita was on sabbatical at the end of 2025. We also want to discuss the booktok drama that occurred last week! So kick your feet up, pour a glass of wine and enjoy!! Books mentioned in episode: Plates Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy Filthy Rich Santas by Eva Ashwood Graves and Griggs by Katelyn Taylor Between Two Kings by Lindsay Straube This episode is also availab...

Jan 24, 202651 min

Best Books of 2025

Welcome back to the Spicy Bookish Podcast! In this episode we explore ginger and spice's top 10 books of 2025 and spiciest books of 2025! So kick up your feet, pour a glass of wine and enjoy!! books mentioned: Guild by Raven Kennedy Anathema by Kerry Lake Ruthless Boys by Caroline Peckham Feathers so Viscous and Shadows so Cruel by Liv Zander Gallows Hill - Katelyn Taylor Forged In Blood - Sadie Kincaid Darling Wildfire - Devon Rivers Hills of Shivers & Shadows - Pam Goodwin Onyx Storm - Reb...

Jan 17, 202652 min

Christmas Wrap Up 2025

In this episode of the Ginger & Spice reading wrap up, we talk all things spicy romance during the Christmas period! Who doesn’t love a little festive spicy book? So kick your feet up, pour a glass of wine and enjoy!! Our favourite book of the episode is Bullets and Mistletoe by CJ Lucci Books mentioned in episode: Mean One by Ab Cynthe Slay Ride by Lauren Biel The Naughty List by Jade West Bullets and Mistletoe by CJ Lucci This episode is also available on Youtube @xgingerandspicex Remember...

Dec 21, 202558 min

Reading Wrap up: Daddy Week " One should not be peed on "

In this episode of the Ginger & Spice reading wrap up, we talk all things daddy! And holy lordy was one of these spicy!! Overall they were very hit and miss so just bear with us 😂 Mountain Daddy by S.J Tilly Domination by B.J Alpha The Wild by K. Webster Take My Daddy, I’ll Take Yours by Jenika Snow This episode is also available on YouTube @xgingerandspicex Remember to follow us on TikTok and Instagram for more spicy bookish chaos! Handle: xgingerandspicex...

Oct 25, 202549 min

Zodiac Academy: Fated Throne book 6 “I mean, it was something….”

** CONTAINS SPOILERS ** Ok ok ok here us out… what was the point in last book?? 👀 we are absolutely buzzing for Seth and Caleb to progress! What is everyone going to think of Darius and his new promise to the stars and bring on more Xavier and Sofia!! ❤️ Is it bad that our favourite part of talking about the book was actually having the Kipling Cake Break 🤣 This next book better give us some answers and something better happen to Lionel or so help us! (Yes this is the same comment from last we...

Oct 17, 202549 min

Reading Wrap Up: Spicy Romance Indie Authors Edition ‘my favourite spicy book this year’

**CONTAINS SPOILERS** In this episode of the Ginger & Spice reading wrap up, we talk all things spicy romance! Specifically by some wonderful indie authors we have collaborated with over the past 2 weeks. Book of the week is The Secret Club by Ruby Skye - this was IMPECCABLE! Books mentioned in episode: Worth Every Moment by Rae Ryder Straight to Me by Emily Catlow Bianchi by Addison Tate Ravens: A Tripoli Duet by R.M McDonald Hateful Vows by C.J Lucci This episode is also available on Youtu...

Oct 10, 20251 hr 12 min

Zodiac Acedemy: Cursed Fates books 5 & 5.5

**CONTAINS SPOILERS** Sooooo…. Where do we even start with the plot lines in this book. Did anyone else see that coming with Orion? 👀 How are they going to deal with the Tory situation 🙃 and WHAT ABOUT THAT 3-WAY 🥵😮‍💨🫠 This next book better give us some answers and something better happen to Lionel or so help us! Don't forget to check us out on our other socials for more spicy book chaos! TikTok: ⁠ / @xgingerandspicex⁠ Instagram: ⁠ / ⁠ @xgingerandspicex YouTube: ⁠ / @xgingerandspicex Thank...

Oct 03, 202554 min

Reading Wrap Up: ROMANTASY "the way she writes dark, gothic vibes is unmatched!"

In this episode of the Ginger & Spice themed reading wrap up, we talk all things spicy Romantasy! Book of the week is Anathema by Keri Lake - this was PHENOMENAL! Books mentioned in episode: The Female and Her Males (books 1 & 2) by Invi Wright Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Maas Anathema by Keri Lake *this episode is also available on YouTube* Remember to follow us on social media for more spicy bookish chaos! TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@xgingerandspicex⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.inst...

Sep 29, 202552 min

Zodiac Academy: Shadow Princess Book 4

WE ARE BACK ON ZODIAC ACADEMY! After a brief hiatus with Ruthless Boys (which we loved btw..) In this episode we will be discussing all things Shadow Princess! Darius and Tory were the talk of the town in this one… Did anyone else see that coming? 👀 These books are really starting to step up now, the storyline is slapping HARD and even Max decided to say more than 3 words 👍. Also available on Youtube. Follow us on TikTok and Instagram for more book related content 🌶📚 Insta: https://www.insta...

Sep 19, 202533 min

Reading Wrap Up: COWBOY "one of the best chilli pepper scenes i've ever read"

In this episode of the Ginger & Spice themed reading wrap up, we talk all things cowboy romance! "because no woman has ever dreamed about being swept off her feet by an accountant"Books mentioned:Bull Rush by Maggie Rowden Alive and Wells by Bailey Hannah Where We Burn by Lea Rose Veiled Obsessions by Billie Jade Kermack My Sweet Ruin by Dani Rose (not cowboy, this is taboo)Remember to follow us on social media for more spicy bookish chaos!Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@xgingerandspicex Ins...

Sep 05, 202555 min

Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac: full series review! "the attachment I feel to these characters is insane"

**EPISODE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS** Ok ZA gang, it's been a minute but we are back! We didn't stop reading RB during our little break so we have a full series round up episode for Ruthless Boys 1-5 and boy does it get emotional! This is so bittersweet saying goodbye to this series and these characters; we have LOVED every single moment. And honestly, we already miss them so much **cries in fae-talian** We talk all things plot, spice (group scenes woo) and of course some of our favourite funny mo...

Sep 05, 20251 hr 1 min

Weekly Reading Wrap Up! Theme: TABOO! Includes the darkest book we've ever read!!

In this episode of Ginger & Spice Weekly Reading Wrap Up, the theme is Taboo romance! Some of these are exceptionally dark and taboo and won't be for everyone. Please proceed with caution and do your own research before reading. 2 of these books are currently banned but can be bought from the authors websites. Banned books highlighted below. Books mentioned: Double Edged by Nyla K **BANNED** - buy on authors website. Baked by AB Cynthe Forged by Shadows by Maddison Cole Darkest Descent by Ha...

Aug 22, 20251 hr 24 min

Weekly Reading Wrap Up! Theme: WHY CHOOSE - he puts her WHAT in his tea!!??

In this episode of The Ginger & Spice Weekly Reading Wrap Up, the theme is Why Choose romance! aka Reverse Harem... We have all series this week! Books mentioned: Ensnared and Entangled by Rebecca Quinn aka The Brutes of Bristlebrook series (books 1 and 2 of 3) Speak and Stutter by Ruby Darling aka The Rayne-Moore University series (books 1 and 2 of 2) Broken Bonds and Savage Bonds by J. Bree aka The Bonds that Tie series (books 1 and 2 of 6) No rogue books this week, we stuck to why choose....

Aug 08, 202550 min

Zodiac Academy: Ep.5 "RUTHLESS BOYS, DARK FAE" - there's a Basilisk!!

Ok ZA gang, we have stopped at book 3 and switched to Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac book 1 'Dark Fae'! This is the prequel series, it's Why Choose (wooo) and consists of 5 books. This is definitely the more grown up version of ZA, it's sexy and it's funny and we're loving it so far!! Join us whilst we get to know some of the characters in RB; Leon the Lion, Dante the Dragon, Ryder THE BASILISK! And of course our FMC Elise, who we LOVE plus many more (not forgetting Gabriel!). We talk all things sp...

Aug 05, 202528 min

Weekly Reading Wrap Up! Theme: WHY CHOOSE - "let's talk about Shrimping!"

In this episode of Ginger & Spice Weekly Reading Wrap Up, the theme is Why Choose romance! Books mentioned; Dirty Priest and Dirty Daddy both by Samatha Barrett, these are 2-3 MMC's and 1 FMC For the Love of Kane by Ames Mills, this is 4 MMC's no FMC Dear Reader and Watch Your Back both by Tate James, these are 3-4 MMC's and 1 FMC No rogue books this week, all are why choose themed! Some books that were read this week have been carried over to next weeks episode which is also Why Choose them...

Aug 01, 202538 min

Zodiac Academy: Ep.4 "THE RECKONING" book 3

In this episode all things THE RECKONING will be discussed!! Or lack there of... iykyk.. Plot development, character development and relationship development PLUS all things spice.. are we finally getting some saucy time?? Did Lance step up? Is Seth a nicer person yet or is he still peeing on people?? Has Darius accepted his love/hate relationship for the Vega twins..? Next week will be the start of Ginger & Spice diving into Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac! Starting with book 1 "Dark Fae". Reme...

Jul 29, 202526 min

Weekly Reading Wrap-Up: "DADDY" pt.3

This is our last Daddy episode and we are going out with a bang with a couple of seriously saucy numbers.. Books mentioned: Fierce Protector by Laura Bennett Dirty Little Sinner by Samantha Barrett Lucy's Story by Ali Fischer (not daddy) ONS / One Night Seduction by Katelyn Taylor Next week we start on the ever popular WHY CHOOSE! Because seriously, the more the merrier right? And we have SO many books to talk about!!...

Jul 25, 202536 min

Zodiac Academy: Ep.3 "RUTHLESS FAE" book 2

Lets talk about Seth and **that** peeing scene 😳💦 AND we finallyyyyy get a P in a V!! 🕺🏼 We are really starting to get into the nitty gritty of the story now and some character developments!! Also available on YouTube. Follow us on TikTok and Instagram for more book related chaos!

Jul 22, 202523 min
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