Sometimes you just gotta eat a 7-11 hotdog.

Silver Elite by Dani Francis

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217245572-silver-elite

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22328546-red-queen

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213075476-an-ember-in-the-ashes

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61431922-fourth-wing

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The Bird and the Sword might be for you if you loved the mysterious eagle rescue in Tamora Pierce's "Wild Magic," but want something more grown up with a witcher-style MMC. The writing style wavers between fairy tale and heavy introspection and our woebegone heroine Lark might annoy you with her poetry.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29008738-the-bird-and-the-sword?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6z5vwruIWd&rank=1

Other books mentioned in this episode:

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13836.Wild_Magic?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=RyhWgeTvq9&rank=1

Thorn by Intisar Khanani

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51265989-thorn?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60717747-half-a-soul?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6qRtvWQZtq&rank=1

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13928.Daughter_of_the_Forest?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=lMYP39a6xD&rank=1

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Happy Friday, Readers! This was our first Hot & Bothered episode published almost a year ago on our Patreon, right after we had finished reading Fourth Wing. (Please forgive our general Violet snarkiness.) We have a handful of others H&B episodes we'll be posting on random Fridays, let us know what you think and if you'd like to see more of these.

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The theory: some readers can skim past a bad heroine for a vicarious romance with a shadow daddy, while others may DNF a book if they can't relate to the POV. We suspect this might account for the vast discrepancies in ratings in our beloved genre.

What do you think? Can you overlook a Violet to get to a Xaden?

Do you miss the early 2000's romcoms? That's Jordan's pick in book form. Low threat at only 180ish pages on Kindle Unlimited.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/763219.Impetuous

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9408584-an-offer-from-a-gentleman

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213238-the-hating-game?

The Deal by Elle Kennedy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45484397-the-deal

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Welcome back to another NAH season! We're kicking off the year with a romantasy throwback. "The Bird and the Sword" by Amy Harmon will post next Monday, January 12th. Frankenstein (the Netflix version) and Heated Rivalry are also around the corner.

We're planning to chew on Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey throughout the year (Seriously, have you seen how thick this book is? It puts Alchemised to shame.) And if you're like us and can't stop re-reading Grace Draven, she has her first new novel coming out in YEARS. "The Moon Raven" will publish January 30th. Check out the free first chapter on her website here: https://www.gracedraven.com/hidden-page-sample-tmr/

The Bird and The Sword by Amy Harmon

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29008738-the-bird-and-the-sword?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6z5vwruIWd&rank=1

Frankenstein

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frankenstein_2025

Heated Rivalry

https://www.hbomax.com/shows/heated-rivalry/50cd4e99-04ee-427b-a3b4-da721ed05d9c

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153008.Kushiel_s_Dart?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14

The Moon Raven by Grace Draven

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241601258-the-moon-raven?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=IT7HRpQxxg&rank=4

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Another season down! Thank you all for sticking with us through this year of too many Ali Hazelwood books and very questionable monster romances. Our season 4 trailer is out on January 5th and our first book review of the year will post the very next week.

Some housekeeping notes:

We had a few issues with our recording equipment this episode so you'll hear a bit of an echo through certain bits of the audio. We promise our season 4 episodes will be much cleaner.

Curious to see how truly silly we are during our recording sessions? This episode is also available as a video on our YT channel.

Thanks for listening, readers! We'll see you all in 2026.

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Katie's first 3 star Ali Hazelwood. Maybe the audiobook-only form had something to do with that?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242109300-bound

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A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

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Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood

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Lynn Viehl’s Darkyn Series

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Sunday’s Child by Grace Draven

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Maxton Hall is an Amazon Prime show (2 seasons, 6 episodes each) based on the novel Save Me by Mona Kasten. This was originally produced in German and we highly recommend avoiding the English dub version.

Gossip Girl but if Disney produced it. Bella meets Hermione with a whole helping of saintliness.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35060774-save-me?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Lp3niQrAsJ&rank=1

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