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We are back for Season 4 of Booklandia! and we kick off the season with The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren. This marriage of convenience with only one bed and one see-through shower will steam up even the stoniest of hearts or will it?

This book is a "YES"! And a "Yes, please!" We loved this one and gushed about it. IF you feel similar, come hang with us or tell us why we are wrong about this one.

Science-minded revolutionaries and their faithful protectors!Yes, please.Arthur is big and brawny and Violet is a bit much, in the best way. Together they are a perfect concoction.

If you love a historical, a romance, and a science book all wrapped up into one, this book is for you. Oh, and have I mentioned they are lesbians for science?

We tried a classic of the craft. Lisa Kleypas is truly canon for the Historical Romance. Find out what we thought of the Wallflowers series' first novel.

What would be on your "Final Goodbye" Playlist? Ford and I try to find common ground on this episode, on a book, I for sure thought Ford was going to love. Are you ready for the existential labyrinth we accidentally head down?

Can you smell the laminating butter in the air? Grab your comfort and/or signature bakes and come listen to us discuss this romance set against a British baking show backdrop.

It's time to talk about a CLASSIC that is going to be made into A MOVIE!!! (Though we get so engrossed in the book we forget to talk about that...)Red White and Royal Blue by @casey.mcquiston is a masterpiece and one of our all-time favs!# Five stars, Four Flames. This book was the escapist reality I needed when it first came out and now looking back at it, still holds up. The characters, the scenarios, and the overall world that McQuiston creates pull me in and don't let go until the final page. Alex and Henry are great short-lived enemies-to-lovers. Cute, funny, sexy, and spicy. There is a rich world of politics in the background of this love story. The secondary characters are 3-dimensional complex beings. The stakes are high, and the love letters are well-written. I can keep gushing, but you get the picture. THIS ONE IS GOOOOD. And it's about to be a movie. If you haven't yet, get reading this one immediately. stmartinspressromance

We're back baby! We are kicking off season 3 with a recap of all the books we're read since we last chatted. Busting onto the scene "kool-aid man" style. We throw a lot of book titles and authors at you, so have your note-taking tools ready, we read a lot of good stuff!

We loved the Bastards so much we had to make a second episode. This time we are talking about the entire series. Join us to gush over these lovely historicals with a feminist flair! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, we talk about this back-catalog read as we wait for the follow-up to Bombshell to come out. (Which I loved and recommend to anyone who asks.) This series proceeds the Hell's Bells by a year or two, so the main characters of that series are secondary here, which is a fun glimpse. I am so glad I went back into these works, this series is a bunch of fun. I have never been into Historical Romance because it is so limiting in terms of who and what women can be, but Sarah MacLean is different and so are her women. I love a dark mysterious man, sneaking into rooms, hiding in shadows, using a silly moniker. Devil charmed me from the moment he was dumb-struck by Felicity. He is all brawn and power, but he cannot deny her needs and wishes. I did find some of the themes and even sentences repeated enough times that I noticed, but overall I enjoyed the flow of the book and the setup for future books. I special shout out to the whispering bench scene as one of the most original ones I have read in a while. Beast's story is next and you better believe I am already reading it. I also have a feeling that our villain is going to end up having a complicated story of his own. This one is a "yes, please" for me. -Sky ------------------- #Booklandia #StressReliefBookClub #BooksLover #BookCommunity #RomanceBooks #RomanceNovel #RomanceReads #RomanceReader #RomanceReaders #Romancelandia #HistoricalRomance #BookReview #BookReviewer #BookReviews #Bookstagram #Romancestagram #Podcasting #Podcaster #Podcast #RomancePodcast #BookReviewPodcast #PodcastersOfInstagram #PodcastersOfIG #wickedandthewallflower #bareknucklebastards #bareknucklebastardsseries #avonbooks --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the hot and steamy episode about Olympian Deities and what they do behind closed doors. We liked this one so much we got tongue-tied talking about it. It gets very steamy, you've been warned, twice now. QOTD: Are you obsessed with this series yet? #Booklandia #StressReliefBookClub #BookCommunity #BookClub #BookClubOfIG #BookClubOfInstagram #RomanceBooks #RomanceNovel #RomanceReads #RomanceReader #RomanceReaders #Romancelandia #BookReview #BookReviewer #BookReviews #Bookstagram #Romancestagram #Podcasting #Podcaster #Podcast #RomancePodcast #BookReviewPodcast #PodcastersOfInstagram #PodcastersOfIG #wickedbeauty #kateerobert #darkolympusseries --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Though a Die Hard CLo fan, I was not big of the last several books, so I came into this one with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I like a good, action-driven romance and in the beginning, this book is not at all that. It definitely turns in the action direction at the about halfway point. Lily and Leo have a previous history (a romance gone wrong), which was not truly well established. Their heartbreak, longing, and feelings of abandonment stemmed from a very short romance that, as a reader, I didn't quite connect to, but... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode of the podcast is slightly different. Instead of one book, we decided to compare Ice Planet Barbarian (Georgie's Book) and Lauren's Barbarian (Book 1 of Ice Home Series). Find out how we felt about the spin-off and if we like the OG Barbarians. #Booklandia #StressReliefBookClub #BookCommunity #BookClub #BookClubOfIG #BookClubOfInstagram #RomanceBooks #RomanceNovel #RomanceReads #RomanceReader #RomanceReaders #Romancelandia #BookReview #BookReviewer #BookReviews #Bookstagram #Romancestagram #Podcasting #Podcaster #Podcast #RomancePodcast #BookReviewPodcast #PodcastersOfInstagram #PodcastersOfIG #iceplanetbarbarians #icehomeseries --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Do you ever love a book so much, that you immediately start reading everything else the author wrote in hopes it would be as good? That was us with Claire Christian's work. This is our discussion of her first novel. Find out if we were as obsessed with this one as we were with Noni Blake. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Recently Ford and I have gotten very busy in our lives outside this podcast. This lead us to lose track of what each of us was reading, so we decided to do an episode, where we try to catch each other and all of you up on the things we read recently. I would advise listening to this one with a pencil handy, we name-drop a lot of books. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ford and I dive into the one and only OG. This episode was a long time in the making. We are so excited to unpack our feeling about Austen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Hating Game the movie came out, so we got together to watch it and compare it to Sally Thorne's book. This is also the very first episode in which we are in the same room (gasp!). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We talk Outlander the book series vs. the TV show. Have you seen it? Have you read the books? How do they stack up for you? Listen for our hot takes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Here is one of CLo classics that we could not let slide. Find out how this book affected our moods. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ari is a lovely, driven weather reporter for KSEA 6, is scheming with Russell, the sports guy, to bring their bosses back together after they witness a blowout fight. As Ari and Russ plot, they get closer and closer eventually falling for each other. I don't know. It was cute, there was banter, fun dates, weird music, swing dancing in full dress-up, a spunky teen with a great taste in musicals and yet, all I can muster is “I don't know, I guess it wasn't bad”. Great representation both of people who live their lives with clinical depression and DILFs. Russ is sweet. Ari is very in her head and he is just the person to get her out of there, but it's like I always knew nothing bad was going to happen. (I realize this is the escapist nature of romance). It was just too soft for me. I will continue to read RLS. She crafts great prose, but I think I like her YA characters better than her adults. This book did make me want to sit by the fire, under a blanket, and drink spiked hot chocolate.- Sky --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We are back for season two and we are starting with a blue bang! Join us as we dive back onto the planet of "Not-Hoth" for the second installment of Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Can you believe it has been a full season? We are thrilled to talk Year in Review, the books we loved and ones we didn't connect with. Listen to see if you agree. A special shout out to our editor Fionnegan Justus Murphy (of the RPG Concierge Podcast) for making us sound so good all season long. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We made two people who have not had a lot of exposure to romance read Take a hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert. A book we reviewed on our very first episode. Now we got to ask our SOs the same questions we asked each other, as well as some general feelings about the genre. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dear friends, do you suffer from "How is it already mid-December?" So do we and as such have a message for you. We love you.

There is a lot of stigma, still about sex work, but recently there is also a lot of fantastic books breaking that down and we are here for it! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Small towns are as quintessential as Apple Pie. In this minisode we visit a few of them, just to check if we could find a home in the quiet, remote places. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This series is so pulpy and sexy, we got lost in the anthropology of it all, but honestly how hot are these blue barbarians with solid manners? And where do I meet one? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Nerds, nerds, nerds. We love them, we are them, we want them, but why do we want them? Find out on this be-speckled episode. (Disclaimer: Thick-rimmed glasses are sexy.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What do you do for exercise? Do you have a favorite app for fitness? What if the possibility of the love of your life was on the other end of a chat with a coach? - Sky --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Do you like a little life-or-death situation with your romance? Do you enjoy people thrown together against impossible odds? Do you think they are in love or just high on the adrenaline? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be lost in the stars, in the desert, with the love of your life? - Sky Dante and Ari are spectacular. Their explorations are extraordinary. Enjoy their journey. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sometimes it's hard to find love, sometimes it's even harder if you are secretly, or not so secretly a princess, am I right? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Do you love women in STEM? Hot, hunky yet brooding professors? Actual scientific discovery? You might love this one. Also, if you love the Fast and the Furious franchise, there is a super fun tangent just for you. - Sky --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Do you believe that some people are meant to be together? These couples may have rocky starts, but they are inevitable! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I am obsessed with this series and Adriana Herrera. Not only do I spill the beans on this book, but wind my way to the other books in this series. I couldn't talk for long because I needed to get back to reading these, while Ford tried to reign me in. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I had no idea what this one was and I have to say, I AM INTO IT! -Sky Do you know any book stern brunch daddies, cuz they are my cup of tea, turns out. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We absolutely loved this adorable book and spend the episode gushing over all of the gooey parts. #DevandCharlieforever We also talk about coping mechanisms and checking in with your partners. CW: Clinical depression, OCD, and generalized anxiety disorder. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

They used to be in love, but something tore them apart, now the universe is putting them back together, should they give it a #secondchance? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We swerved away from romance in the traditional sense for this crossover with the amazing showrunner of @thegodfreyguide, Nicole Knudsen, to talk about #thepictureofdoriangray. It's a classic in so many ways, but why? Do its values transcend beyond its cultural moment? Is it a commentary on the particular English society of the time or all of us constantly? Find out what we learned in this episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Trope-alert! opposites Attract is one of the most popular tropes. They hate each other, they couldn't possibly get along and each they are both drooling for each other. Find out why we love or loathe this trope so hard! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to mid-season! This is the episode about all the reasons why we do this. Our favorite books and everything that makes steam come out of our ears. (In the sexiest way)! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A city girl in a small town, a rough and tumble MC in a posh castle, will they adapt, will they learn, why is this such a fascinating trope to read? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sky and Ford jump into the deep end of feminist theory, revenge plots, and biblical quotes? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join us as we chat Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding with the hosts of the Peony podcast. Head over to The Peony pod to hear us continue this conversation with the review of Bridget Jones's Diary, the movie. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Trope-alert! Fake Dating always starts harmless and sparks always fly. Find out why we think it works so well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sky feels old discussing the Q train and the 1970s being 50 years ago, while Ford tells us all about her time-traveling obsession, but that's just the tip of the glorious iceberg that is One Last Stop. Beautifully written with well-crafted characters, this one dragged us in and didn't let us go. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ford's all-time favorite trope, probably! Learn why this one is so appealing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

From the Vault. Sky and Ford fall in love with Denise Williams' writing and this fantastic story. CW: Abusive Relationship --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ever wonder what the difference between Graphic and Explicit is. We discuss what our definitions of the terms are. We are NOT experts...or are we? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

If it is possible to hear people drool, this is the episode on which both Sky and Ford can be heard doing so about this book. The flame level is through the roof and the consent cannot be sexier. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app