I know I cheated by naming an author or a series, but I don't care!!! 2025 was a great reading year. I loved getting to talk about some of my top reads. It's been almost a year since some of them were read.

I had a hellish end to my 2025. I'm okay, but it greatly affected my reading. I talk about all of them with Michael.

(He lets me ramble more than Sephie. Lol!)

If you've been with me for a while, you might remember the forearms episodes. I had stopped them as I was reading fewer and fewer books with them, but this was fun!

What you all have been waiting for, the bloopers of Jayce. Editor Michael takes over the pod and presents the tangents, the goofs, and the random moments caught by him.

With all the end of year posts, videos, rants, etc, coming out, and all the end of year feelings already making some of us quick to trigger, please be mindful of what you are engaging with and how.

I'm really enjoying this new format for reading wrap ups. It keeps it moving, and I get to be silly. It was a fun month overall.

What happens when you get three romance book lovers in a virtual room? An awesome conversation!!! We had three different intros to romance, but found each other at Smut Lovers.

For full show notes, head to: www.jaycereadsromance.com/podcast/what-in-the-smut

This is Chloé's favorite romance novel. It's the first of a series, if you don't like to read before the second book comes out. We spoil everything, so fair warning. Enjoy!

I bring Sephie and Michael to talk about the evolution we've experienced in this second year of Jayce Reads Romance. We've grown. We've learned. We tried new things. We've abandoned those new things when they didn't serve us. I can't wait to see what we figure out next.

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.