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Besties and the Books Podcast50 Shades DARKER?…YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?? 🤨 | Book 2 Review & Summary | Bonus MinisodeSend us a textGuess What? It’s officially grey! We are in it. Oh my! It’s Fifty shades of May over here on the Besties and the Books podcast. Welcome back to our spring mini episode series all about the extremely popular yet widely discredited book series: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. We’re officially into book two and things are not exactly going as planned…If you’ve been following along and watched our “Dark Romance Enters the Chat” episode then you know, we trace romance novels wayyy back to...2025-05-0947 min
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 60 Sarah J Maas’ “SECRET BOOK” CATWOMAN | Unpopular Books by Popular AuthorsSend us a textWelcome to our newest series reading “UnPopular Books by Popular Authors”! Today we’re kicking it off with Sarah J Maas and Catwoman: Soulstealer! ***A huge thank you to The Bookish Queen for Sponsoring this episode!*****Check out the ultimate bookish shop and use discount code “BESTIEBOOKS15” to save 15% on your order @ https://bookishqueen.com/discount/BESTIEBOOKS15 Follow and get Inspo from them on Instagram @bookishqueenshop**Have you already read this somewhat “secret” book by Sarah J. Maas and just want to hear m...2025-05-061h 12
Besties and the Books PodcastOUR FIRST TIMEđź¤â€¦ Reading 50 SHADES OF GREY! | Book 1 Review & Summary | Bonus MinisodeSend us a textGuess What? It’s gonna be grey…It is grey! It’s Fifty shades of May over here on the Besties and the Books podcast. Welcome to our spring mini episode series all about the extremely popular yet widely discredited book series: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. If you’ve been following along and watched our “Dark Romance Enters the Chat” episode then you know, we trace romance novels wayyy back to their origin so we can discuss what societal conditions helped to pro...2025-05-021h 12
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 58 “Unmasking The Monsters” in This Monster of Mine | Deep Dive Book Review & SummarySend us a textLiz and Ashley are locked and loaded and ready to talk about everything This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara. Today’s episode is the spoiler-y follow up to our spoiler FREE author interview that dropped last month for Shalini’s big romantasy debut! Watch our Author Interview with Shalini Abeysekara here | https://youtu.be/dMoOSLW1vTE?si=5iTgTD7AOw5robs5We discuss the reasons this book is so unique, and unlike any other romantasy we’ve read… because it’s a full-blown murder mystery with an Ancient Rome inspired s...2025-04-221h 03
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 56 MEET YOUR NEW OBSESSION! 🥵 This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara | Author InterviewSend us a textToday we have a very special spoiler free* interview with romantasy writer and Library Journal’s science fiction / fantasy debut author of the month for February, Shalini Abeysekara! We chat all things This Monster of Mine to celebrate the release of her very first published book!(*Author interviews will always be spoiler free so everyone can enjoy them and determine whether or not to add these books to our never-ending TBR. So, proceed with absolutely NO caution!*)Pick up your paperback copy or kindle download of This Monster of Mi...2025-04-0851 min