• Fated Mates and Dom Chickens
    Jul 2 2026

    What’s fun, queer, and bad at idioms? It’s the Rainbow Book Rats podcast! We hope you are ready for confusion, hilarity and a week of excellent MM romance because that’s what we are bringing today!

    It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their latest reading recommendations with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode of our queer podcast, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the lgbtq romance books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

    JD wants to adopt an alien from Taste by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose, Kit is being Dominated by a chicken in Capture the Rain by Jules Gillem, Megan is ironing their best jeans while reading Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne, and Caity has discovered where the wildlings are in Unlawful Desires by Kelly Fox.

    Check out episode 13 for more discussion of Capture the Rain!

    Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

    In the meantime:

    Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

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    Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

    CWs for things mentioned in this episode include: Murder, kidnapping, bullying, injury in a fire, parental death, zombie apocalypse, fatphobic ex, emotional abuse.

    Books Mentioned:

    Taste by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose

    Daddy’s Muse by E Baileu

    Capture the Rain by Jules Gillem

    Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne

    Unlawful Desires by Kelly Fox

    Found in the Falls by JE Birk

    Hollow by MN Bennet

    Hush, Little Baby by E Baileu

    Feral by Emmy LaRoux

    Mortis by Lily James

    Ravage by Risa Cruise and Marra Moore

    Prejudice and Pride by Nik Knight

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Wear the Hat, Shibari the Cowboy
    Jun 25 2026

    Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read is brought to you by Their Boy by Cara Dee chosen by Megan.

    Left all alone in the world—and in a very big house—after the loss of his parents, Kit Damien has struggled to find his place in society and in the kink community he longs to be a more active part of.Daddy Doms Colt and Lucas have been a happy, committed couple for eight years. But two Tops need a bottom, and their quest for a Little to make their lives complete has led them to Kit’s empty doorstep.But just as with his physical wounds, Kit’s emotional scars won’t heal overnight. Colt and Lucas must challenge him at every turn to force him to open up and let them in, to let them use their own individual methods to make him whole again. Together, the three will embark on a journey to learn about true love, growing up, the importance of sprinkles, and the rules of The Game that can make them all winners.

    Of course, no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without one of the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today Caity is talking about Kelly Fox's Rebel Sky Ranch.

    Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

    In the meantime:

    Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

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    Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Cute Aggression, Feral Obsession
    Jun 18 2026

    We’re one BRat down, but no less chaotic! Caity’s cuteness aggression is whispering in her ear to bite, shake, and chomp until the cows come home. Protect your spinal corn and get ready for a more free-form version of our usual Rat Chat! It’s a Feral Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and on this special edition episode, we’ll be telling you about the books we’ve read, and discussing what we’re going to read next!

    Caity keeps her parts away from the superglue as she gushes about T!ts Out Slits Out by Emma Elizabeth, and JD hops in to help hype the deliciously filthy secret bathroom hookups in Charisma Check by Charlie Novak! Since Caity’s been on a roll with reading this week, she also tells us about Pinned by Love by Elaine J. Daniels. Sometimes, all you need to go from rivals-who-won’t-wrestle-together to wrestlers-who-use-the-ropes-for-some-X-rated-action, is a little forced friendship time.

    Also on Caity’s list of books read was a certain monster book that you know JD is beyond feral for, so it wouldn’t be a complete episode without Caity giving JD her thoughts on Suck by Cora Rose and E.M. Lindsey.

    Next, JD and Kit team up to tell us about a cinnamon roll plant dad who gets dragged into helping unleash the dragon in Dragon AU by A.M. Rose, and Kit keeps us guessing, but gives us some intriguing details about Entangled by Gale Ian Tate.

    Check out episode nine (Ohhhhh, That’s Tasty) for extra discussion of Suck, and episode one (Sad Boy Show Out) for more about Immersed, the prequel to Entangled.

    Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

    In the meantime:

    Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

    Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com

    Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/

    Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

    CWs for things mentioned in this episode include: vomit, underage drinking, murder, recreational drug use, alien violence, gore, and a toxic ex.

    Books Mentioned:

    T!ts Out Slits Out by Emma Elizabeth

    Charisma Check by Charlie Novak

    Proficiency Bonus by Charlie Novak

    Pinned by Love by Elaine J. Daniels

    Bromanstasy by Maire Roche

    Suck by Cora Rose & E.M. Lindsey

    An Unwitting Bargain by Grae Bryan

    Unlawful Desires by Kelly Fox

    Casual Felonies by Kelly Fox

    Dragon AU by A.M. Rose

    Taste by Cora Rose & E.M. Lindsey

    The Meet-Cute Collection by Lee Blair

    Robot AU by Amanda Meuwissen

    Dirty Hit by Avery Collins

    Immersed by Gale Ian Tate

    Entangled by Gale Ian Tate

    Always Watching by Lee McCormick & R.S. McKenzie

    A Thousand Cuts by A.M. Rose

    American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

    World War Z by Max Brooks

    Rebel Sky Ranch by Kelly Fox

    Monstrous by Lily Mayne

    The Rycke by Lily Mayne

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • It’s OK to Stalk Your Princess a Little Bit
    Jun 11 2026

    It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

    Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

    In the meantime:

    Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

    Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com

    Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/

    Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • We Love a Daddy
    Jun 4 2026

    It’s Thursday, we are queer romance readers, and you know that that means - it’s time for another episode of the Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast! Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you.

    Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read was Touch in Excess by EM Lindsey, chosen by JD.

    Of course, no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without one of the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today Kit leads us on a passionate exploration of age play in MM romanc. Look out for awesome book recs and an Own Voices testimony!

    You can find our episodes on all major platforms! So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today! And in the meantime:

    • find us on social media: @rainbowbookrats
    • Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com/
    • Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/RainbowBookRats/
    • Comment below or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • No And Then
    May 28 2026

    It’s the tenth episode here at Rainbow Boots Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! We hope you’ve been enjoying our strange humour, feral energy and our love of LGBTQ+ romance novels. To celebrate the podcast reaching its tenth show, this week’s episode is a mixture of outtakes, books we talked about but couldn’t fit in their episodes, and general BRat shenanigans! This has absolutely nothing to do with needing time to catch up on recording, we don’t know what you mean whistles innocently. It’s been a wild ride so far at Rainbow Book Rats but our thankfulness for our audience and our love of reading hasn’t gone anywhere. If you’re looking for your next MM romance podcast obsession, you love MX love, you want to hear about the newest FF books coming your way, or you love seeing queer MCs in MF novels, then we hope we might be the podcast for you! Early episodes contained some book spoilers but you’ll find that episode 8 onwards our policy changed to make sure that our podcast was safe for everyone to listen to! So come join the party today and as always, stay feral Brats! <3 In the meantime: Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/ Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

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    47 mins
  • Ohhhhh, That's Tasty
    May 21 2026

    It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by three feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

    JD is considering how swallowing sausages can save humanity with Suck by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose, Kit is getting moon eyed over purple people eaters in Don’t Eat Your Human Boyfriend by Lily Mayne, and Caity is ready to say that people who knit together, fit together in Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren. Sadly Megan couldn’t make it this week due to moving house; but they will be back next week!

    Check out episode three for more discussion of Knitting Needles and Suck!

    Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

    In the meantime:

    Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

    Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com

    Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/

    Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

    Books Mentioned:

    Suck by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose

    Blue Jay by Marina Pirlimpou

    Don't Eat Your Human Boyfriend by Lily Mayne

    Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren

    His Lethal Desire by Leighton Greene

    The Greening of Thaddeus Grey by Jay Hogan

    Thorne by RS McKenzie

    ENTANGLED by Gale Ian Tate

    Obsession by N. Slater

    After Hours Anthology by Evelyn Lee

    Save a Horse Ride a Cow Man by Emily Antoinette

    Stormz Rising by Nicky James

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • The Crying Episode
    May 14 2026

    It’s time to shed a tear with the UNedited version Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance podcast! Your favourite LGBTQ+ podcast is getting emotional today with a buddy read that brought us to our knees. We cried while reading it. We cried while recording. We cried while editing. There have been a lot of tears, ok? And the deep dive may not be sad, but the editing of that sucker? That made us cry too because it was a three hour beast. So strap in and get ready for a ride! Sniffles have been edited out for your listening pleasure, we (mostly) promise.

    So wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read is an MX romance brought to you by Pretty N Peak chosen by JD.

    Pretty N Peak is a heartfelt Daddy/boy contemporary romance with a boy who is dipping his toe in kink for the first time and a Dom who has lost his interest in kink but can’t help being drawn to the sweet, anxious boy desperate for his first spanking. Together they go on a whirlwind exploration of Daddy kink, lace and love in a weekend fling that neither of them can move on from, until they’re drawn back together again and neither of them can deny the connection between them.

    Make sure to get your tissues out for this one because it's an emotional discussion as the BRats talk about being in the closet, exploring your gender identity, and what it means to be surrounded by casual queerphobia. Get ready for a wonderful soft, sweet and healing Daddy/boy book with plenty of spice and all the cuddles!

    Of course, no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without one of the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today JD takes us on an absolute ride through the sweet, spicy and sassy world of Arden Steele’s At First series, a collection of fated mates MM romance novellas, and we are ready AF! These brilliant books are packed full of character and are fun AF.

    Check out episode four (Camboy Femboy Frenzy) for more discussion of Pretty N Peak!

    Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

    In the meantime:

    Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

    Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com

    Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/

    Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

    CWs for things mentioned in this episode include: Grief, past abusive relationship, death of family members, child abandonment, unsupportive family, toxic masculinity, queerphobia, internalised fatphobia, body image issues, having to live in the closet

    Books Mentioned:

    Pretty N Peak by Reese Morrison

    Petty AF by Arden Steele

    Confused AF by Arden Steele

    Messy AF by Arden Steele

    Ghosted AF by Arden Steele

    Dramatic AF by Arden Steele

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    1 hr and 1 min