*Victoria Justice voice* "My best friend's brother is the one for me, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!" Ahoy! We're discussing the best friend's sibling/sibling's best friend trope in today's episode and it's a doozy of a show, especially as we talk about some romance classics. (Editor's note: at around the 7min mark there are some strange tapping sounds that last for about 2 minutes. They go away afterwards. We apologize if that's annoying!)

Books discussed: Guarding Temptation by Talia Hibbert, Pretending He's Mine by Mia Sosa, and Hold Me by Courtney Milan.

Media mentioned: Best Friend's Brother by Victoria Justice, Make a Scene by Mimi Grace, Acting On Cue by Mia Sosa, and Halsey's newest album.

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Theme music: Positiv Trumpet by John Yasut. Cover art by Luis Esteban @drawnesteban.

As Stefani Germanotta once said, we're doing it for The Fame, because we're talking about celebrities in romance! Books discussed: Flashed by Zoey Castile, Scoring the Player's Baby by Naima Simone, and You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria.

Help! We're drowning in the yearning because we're discussing the second chance romance trope... But we have a friend to keep us afloat this time around, because SILVANA REYES aka Sil @THEBOOKVOYAGERS (Frolic, Book Riot) is our special guest for this episode! We talk why we're drawn to the trope, hate f*cks, falling in love all over again, and the aching domesticity in romance.

Gonna take my horse to the small town roads, gonna: riiiide 'til we can't no more! Marianne, Adriana, and Paola talk Small Town Romances in this episode, the "pueblo chico, infierno grande" phenomenon, quirky town antics, US imperialism, and dragging abusers. We contain multitudes.

Books discussed: Sandcastle Beach by Jenny Holiday, From Scratch by Katrina Jackson, and A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert.

Marianne, Adriana, and Paola dive into the deep end with Royalty Romances, discussing: Monarchies Shouldn't Exist, Hallmark Movie Vibes (in a good way), and The Best Royalty Romance Of All Time…

On our very first episode we tackle FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS! Books discussed: The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert, Dance With Me by Alexis Daria, and Go Deep by Rilzy Adams. We mention Silvana Reyes @thebookvoyager, who's the queen of trope lists.

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Theme music: Positiv Trumpet by John Yasut. Cover art by Luis Esteban @drawnesteban.