This is an episode that is part industry secrets, and mostly my feelings about it. I am not a neutral party when it comes to ARCs. I've been participating in the ARCs world for over a year now, and I've learned a lot.

Sometimes you choose a book by its cover. Or in this case, its sprayed edges. Kaitlin and I both had this book on our shelves and appreciated the push to read it.

WARNING: We spoil everything.

CW/TW: We talk about trauma in this episode. Please do not listen if you are not able to do so in a healthy way.

Chloe and I talk about smut and the connection it can have to our healing.

I talk about subjective feelings with Sephie. I also share my definition of subjective feelings. I then share my star and spice rating systems so you can better understand what I mean when I'm rating something.

We finally read Phantasma! It was so much fun getting to talk with her about. We have spicy and critical talk.

This was my recovery month from the summer, so I didn’t read much, but I’m really proud of the reading I did do.

Sephie and I talk about how the culture in the kink world not only supports but encourages continuing to learn and try new things. Where the predominant message in the vanilla world is...not that. We talk about ways to incorporate learning into the vanilla bedroom.

I've been hearing the word slut/slutty used more frequently as a positive attribute for men. As someone who grew up with that being a terrible word to be called, we discuss why its use for men is deemed positive.

I talk with Sephie about why romance has had my heart for over 20 years. Why I am constantly excited to open a new book, or reread a favorite.

In this episode I go over my understanding of what happened with one of the cons I planned to attend this year. It was a con I went to last year and had a great time. We discuss how the information was shared, how confusing it was at times, and how important the group chat is!!

July was rough. Dealing with health issues took so much out of me. I was barely functioning. It affected my reading more than I expected.

Here are all the books I grabbed quotes from. I haven’t added them to the podcast BookShop page because there are too many. Each title uses my Affiliate link.

• God of Malice by Rina Kent

• Den of Vipers by K. A. Knight

• The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

• Promises and Promises by Sav R. Miller

• Merged with Him by Kylie Kent

• The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

• Love Redesigned by Lauren Asher

• Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend by Penny Reid

• Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot

• Fake and Don’t Tell by Rebel Bloom *This is an amazon link because it’s not on BookShop

• Witch Please by Ann Aguirre

• The Dark King by Gina Maxwell

• Liars Like Us by J. T. Geissinger

• Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

• The Perfect Fit by Sadie Kincaid

This is our most vulnerable episode yet. We touch upon:

• Purity Culture

• Sexual Education. In the media. In our upbringings.

• How I learned that clits could be stimulated during sex. And how that affected me.

• Anatomy of the clitoris. My main reference material is: Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

This topic might be sensitive to some listeners. It was sensitive to us when we recorded it. We hope this this episode gives you some insight and some hope.

Interview with Devyn Sinclair & Terreece M. Clarke

I was so lucky to meet these two at the Smut Lovers conference in September. While the conference was an amazing personal experience, I’m so glad I get to bring these two authors to you! They themselves met at a conference back in April.

There was honestly NO WAY that Sephie could’ve kept this to one episode. The conversation was flowing and I didn’t want to cut out ANY of it.

Here’s where to find these two:

• Terreece M. Clarke

  • Website

  • Instagram

  • TikTok

  • Book of theirs I started with: The Christmas War Paws

• Devyn Sinclair

  • Website

  • Instagram

  • TikTok

  • Book of theirs I started with: Knot Your Damn Omega

The shortest reading month ever!!!! At least for me. There were highs and lows. I’m loving this new format. Let me know if you are too.

Hi friends. We are working on getting you the episodes as soon as possible.

In this episode Sephie and I talk about the dangers of parasocial relationships. I explain why I feel alone in treating everyone I interact with on the internet as a human in front of me. And why I believe with my whole heart that it's a feature and not a bug.