We’re joined by one of our favorite BookTokers, Hillary (@bookishhill), to recap Love and Monsters by Raven Flanagan! Our minds were blown in the best possible way when Hillary shared her path to becoming a bonkers romance reader and the journey she’s been on for the last year!

This absolute delight of a book features a human who finds herself accidentally transported to a monster world where she gets chucked into a dungeon with a demon who has many redeeming qualities for a cellmate. Not only can he efficiently deal with her period in a way we’re frankly jealous of, but he’s (ahem) massively well endowed and can procure things like hot baths while locked in a dungeon. We laughed excessively while recording it and we hope you will too while listening, but don’t be fooled—we adored the book!

Our After Care suggestions were:

Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux

It Ain’t Me, Babe by Tillie Cole (all the trigger warnings, seriously…you’ve been warned!)

Love and Leashes (Netflix tv show!)

For links to all the books we mentioned, check out the show notes on our website!

If you’re reading ahead, here are some of the books we’ll be reading in upcoming episodes (though the schedule isn’t set yet):

The Initiation by Nikki Sloane

Unhallowed by Jordan L. Hawk

A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon

We’ll be back next week to recap Unhallowed by Jordan L. Hawk with Roxie Noir!

If you want more bonkers in the meantime, there’s a ton of bonus content in The Temple of Defiant Joy!

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September in the Temple!

- This month we're back with Katee regaling us with more Fertile in My Ex-Boyfriend’s Dungeon (and we discover an actual hard limit for Katee!), and Hannah Whitten is going to stop by to give us all her best spooky season recs. - In Book Club news, everyone in the Joy Bringer and Celebrant tiers can download their ebooks of MY WICKED PRINCE by Molly O’Keefe and the entire audiobook collection of COURT OF THE VAMPIRE QUEEN by Katee Robert! - And finally, Joy Bringers and Celebrants can check out all the digital art we’ve created for the Temple! It’s all on one convenient page waiting for you.

Temple of Defiant Joy

Pirates are waiting for you!

Six brand new bonkers pirate books you can read THIS MONTH from Katee Robert, CM Nascosta, Naima Simone, Andie J. Christopher, Jenny Nordbak, and Nina Saxena! Plus, foiled special editions with sprayed edges, gorgeous art, and so much more! Don't miss it!

Dangerous Tides!