We have a bone to pick with the romantasy genre. The misuse of tropes, the imbalance of romance & fantasy plot lines, the questionable quality… The list goes on. In this episode, we breakdown what makes a romantasy book/series successful within its genre. Specifically, we’ll list out books we’ve read that do romantasy a disservice & books that redeem why we should all still give romantasy a chance. (P.S. this episode is spoiler-free!)

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💌 May Book Club: Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider

📖 Books Mentioned:

• Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider
• A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas
• Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas
• Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry
• A Court of Silver Flames - Sarah J. Maas
• Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
• From Blood and Ash - Jennifer L. Armentrout
• Heartless Hunter - Kristen Ciccarelli
• Anathema - Keri Lake
• Obsidian - Jennifer L. Armentrout
• Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi
• Zodiac Academy - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
• Never Keep - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
• The Knight and The Moth - Rachel Gillig
• One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig
• The Ascended - Bree Grenwich and Parker Lennox
• On Wings of Blood - Briar Boleyn
• Blood and Steel - Helen Scheuerer
• This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me - Ilona Andrews
• Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews

Abby Jimenez’s new novel The Night We Met is here & we are feeling alllll the emotions. Tune in for our full review of this book in which we dive into the writing, characters, plot, romance, & more! Warning: tears ahead… (P.S. this episode contains spoilers!)

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💌 April Book Club: The Night We Met - Abby Jimenez

📖 Books Mentioned:

• The Night We Met - Abby Jimenez
• Say You’ll Remember Me - Abby Jimenez
• The Friend Zone - Abby Jimenez

Abby Jimenez’s new novel The Night We Met is here & we are feeling alllll the emotions. Tune in for our full review of this book in which we dive into the writing, characters, plot, romance, & more! Warning: tears ahead… (P.S. this episode contains spoilers!)🤍 All CTB Links: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/checkthisbookout💌 April Book Club: The Night We Met - Abby Jimenez📖 Books Mentioned: * The Night We Met - Abby Jimenez* Say You’ll Remember Me - Abby Jimenez* The Friend Zone - Abby JimenezTimestamps:00:00:00 intro & book club kickoff

00:02:15 star ratings reveal

00:04:20 high level plot

00:05:30 entering spoiler territory!

00:06:30 jumping to the end lol

00:09:45 the friend zone by abby jimenez

00:11:00 abby's writing style has changed

00:15:00 favorite quotes

00:17:30 TOP BOOK BF

00:21:15 the beginning was boring

00:25:45 woofarine???

00:27:00 the chris/mike dynamic

00:34:30 we loveeee chris

00:38:30 did we like larissa?

00:45:30 love triangle

00:52:00 our fav & least fav scenes

00:56:00 the uncomfortable ending

01:00:00 our final thoughts

01:05:00 may book club announcement

01:09:30 hannah's an author

No book is perfect, but some are pretty close! 💐 In this episode, we recommend fantasy & romance books that we rated four stars. Sure, we docked a star in our rating, but they still deserve recognition! These books are dear to us, so we bet y’all will love them, too!

P.S. This episode is spoiler-free!

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💌 April Book Club: The Night We Met - Abby Jimenez

📖 Books Mentioned:

• The Prison Healer - Lynette Noni
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab
• Flawless - Elsie Silver
• The Ex Vows - Jessica Joyce
• Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry
• Yours Truly - Abby Jimenez
• Shadow Reaper - Lynette Noni
• Heartless - Elsie Silver
• Wild Love - Elsie Silver
• Rites of Starling - Devney Perry
• The Night We Met - Abby Jimenez

⏱️Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Welcome!

01:31:19 The Prison Healer

06:38:05 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

09:10:00 Flawless

14:09:15 The Ex Vows

18:44:20 Shield of Sparrows

24:36:13 Yours Truly

30:00:07 Join our Fable book club!