The Bibliofiles

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a spicy and steamy episode! This week Allie and Meg discuss the hit sensation Butcher and Blackbird with sexual health and wellness EXPERT, Julie! The ladies met at a Pure Romance party with Julie as their fearless leader and immediately hit it off.  So, naturally...it led Allie and Meg to some smut/darker romance book recommendations. Get ready for what feels like a girls' night in including: the Ruinous Romance cocktail of the week, a mini intro to Pure Romance, all things B&B, and what toys and/or sexual enhancements would best go with your favorite bookish couples!*Please tune into the beginning of the episode for a Bibliofiles statement regarding recent allegations that have come to light in the book community, and as always be sure to check your trigger warnings before reading...we love you*

This week the ladies recap ALLLLLL THE FEELINGS they f*cking went through during House of Flame and Shadow.  And believe us, there are a ton.  Allie and Meg also discuss their thoughts on the possible future of the CC series, ACOTAR 5 predictions, and how the CC books/characters measure up to the rest of SJM's catalog.  Sip on your "Through Liquor All Is Possible" themed cocktail of the week and enjoy the anxiety attack.

Hello bookish babes! Join Allie and Meg on an absolutely wild ride preparing for CC3. The ladies discuss multiple theories regarding all our favorite SJM characters and their potential fates going into House of Flame and Shadow. If you have not read any book in the CC/ACOTAR/TOG worlds, this content is not for you. There are entirely too many spoilers. You've been warned. See you after January 30th (sweating).

Well, bookish babes...that marks another reading year down! This week, Allie and Meg reflect on their reading journeys of 2023, the goals they met, and their hopes for 2024. Pop the bubbly and enjoy!

Alright bookish babes, we did our Iron Flame predictions...and now it's time for our reactions! Beware of spoilers and some fan theories if you have not finished the book!

Let's see if this ages well...* no Iron Flame spoilers whatsoever, only spoilers if you haven't read/finished Fourth Wing *

Hello bookish babes and welcome to our very first Penelope Douglas episode! This week Allie and Meg discuss Credence, the dark/taboo romance that is one of our steamiest reads of the year. Sip on your All In The Family Credence-inspired cocktail of the week and enjoy!

The book and the movie reviews bookish babes! Happens to feature a surprise guest who is simply adorable. Sip on your Red Wine and Royal Booze cocktail of the week and enjoy.

Hello bookish babes. You know what time it is. Let's talk the book that took the romantasy world by storm: Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing. The ladies discuss the major plot points as well as their favorite and least favorite characters, best scenes, predictions for Iron Flame and much more. Sip on your dragon inspired cocktail of the week and get ready to enter the Riders' Quadrant.

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a mini episode that you'll want to listen to with your book bestie. This week, Allie and Meg blindly rank book boyfriends, FMC's, authors, tropes, and much more without knowing what comes next. Sip on your cocktail of the week and get to ranking!

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a very exciting, and if you will THRILLING episode of The Bibliofiles. This week, the ladies are joined by author Amy Engel to discuss her new thriller/mystery novel I Did It For You. This book takes you on a journey throughout the small town of Ludlow after it is devastated by 2 sets of murders too similar and too personal for Greer Dunning to ignore. The book explores themes of how different and yet how eerily similar the grieving process can be for the victim's and the perpetrator's families in the aftermath of a violent crime. Did we mention that Amy also throws in a little bit of forbidden romance to really keep you on the edge of your seat?? I Did It For You comes out July 25th so this is a spoiler-free episode that you won't want to miss!

Let's play a game bookish babes! This week, Allie and Meg take turns providing short and very poorly explained synopses for multiple books while the other must decipher the nonsense to guess the book correctly. This is a very fun game to play with your book besties while sipping on this week's book -inspired cocktail. Enjoy!

Hello bookish babes and welcome to our first hockey romance episode! This week, the ladies are discussing Hannah Grace's bestselling phenomenon Icebreaker. It's about damn time Allie and Meg got their hands on this book, because quite frankly it's infused with crack. It's giving reverse grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, MCs and side characters to die for, and some high quality spice. Sip on your icebreaker cocktail of the week and enjoy!

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a romantic episode featuring nanny leading ladies and single father leading daddies. Allie discusses The Confidence of Wildflowers by Micalea Smeltzer, Meg discusses The Nanny by Lana Ferguson, and the ladies chat about the single parent/nanny tropes as a whole. Sip on your Cranny Nanny cocktail of the week and enjoy!

Bookish babes: this episode "we could make a good thing bad" as the ladies discuss the amazing Daisy Jones & The Six TV show adaptation. Allie and Meg reveal their favorite album songs, actor performances, characters, and changes from Taylor Jenkins Reid's book. Sip on your Daisy Jones inspired cocktail of the week, start up the record player, and enjoy!

Hello bookish babes! Allie and Meg are finally back and they have some stories to tell. The ladies have returned from the Spain and Portugal adventures and are ready to make all their travel recs as well as book recs from April. Some books include Why Choose romances, The Ravenhood Trilogy, Dark Romance, fantasy and much more!

We love new episodes of The Bibliofiles, don't we baby? Get ready to feel all of the emotions this episode bookish babes. Sad, angry, happy, in love, betrayed, horny, on the edge of your seat...really, you name it and Kate Stewart brings it. The stories told throughout Flock, Exodus, and The Finish Line follow some of the best and most heart-breaking characters / relationships Allie and Meg have ever read on top of a non-stop plot. Sip on your Rainy Days cocktail of the week and brace yourselves.

Hello bookish babes, sun summoners, darklings, and crows! This week, Allie and Meg discuss Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse including Shadow and Bone S2 and the Six of Crows Duology. The ladies also discuss their rankings of the Crows, season 1 vs season 2, hopes for season 3, and more. Sip on your sun summoner cocktail of the week and be prepared to enter Ravka, Ketterdam, and The Fold.

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a mini episode to talk about all the things. Allie and Meg talk all things Shadow and Bone TV show in comparison to the books, Daisy Jones and the Six TV show, FBAA TV deal announcement, the Deuxmoi post regarding the ACOTAR TV show, and the Crescent City House of Flame and Shadow release date with synopsis. Sip on your bookish cocktail of the week and get ready to discuss.

Hello bookish babes!  Get ready to go on a magical ride.  This week, Allie and Meg discuss the fantastical worlds of the Caraval and Once Upon a Broken Heart series written by Stephanie Garber.  The ladies discuss what they loved about the plots and writing, their favorite characters, THAT ENDING of The Ballad of Never After, and their hopes/theories for A Curse for True Love.  Sip on your Archer and Fox cocktail of the week and enjoy.

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a fun mini ep! This week the ladies go head to head in rapid fire games of 20 questions in order to guess a book, book character, bookish couple, and an author of the other's choosing. Sip on your book-inspired cocktail of the week and play along!

Hello and welcome to the Bibliofiles Super Bowl! This week, Allie and Meg had the pleasure of interviewing one of their favorite authors, Danielle L. Jensen. You may know her for her Malediction, Dark Shores, or Bridge Kingdom series. You may be highly anticipating her new series A Fate Inked in Blood. You may have seen teasers all over bookstagram and booktok for these amazing books. Regardless of how you know of her work, Danielle was kind enough to give the ladies an inside look on what inspired her to become an author, who her favorite character is, and the advice she would give to her younger self before she became an author. The trio also discusses the influence and pressures from social media like booktok and bookstagram, including the rise in demand for spice/smut in novels. Danielle gives an update on all of her works in progress and concludes the episode joining Meg and Allie in a rapid-fire game of would you rather. Fans of fantasy romance, this episode is for you!

You know the drill by now bookish babes. We're talking all things JLA once again with the recent-ish release of A Light in the Flame. We pick up with Sera and Nyktos right where we left off after a BRUTAL enemies to lovers and back to enemies journey. Allie and Meg review the second book of the prequel series, give their ratings and raking among the series, discuss all the smut (talk about them shadows), and the future of the FBAA universe. Sip on your Daddy Nyktos cocktail of the week and stick around till the very end for a special announcement.

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a Rom-Com episode! This week the ladies are talking about some of the amazing books written by Tessa Bailey! Allie and Meg review It Happened One Summer and Happenstance in detail, as well as provide very brief overviews for My Killer Vacation, Window Shopping, and the Hot and Hammered Series. Let's just say we conclude the episode with a classic game of "Who said it: A Tessa Bailey MC or a porn star?" Sip on your Bailey Bellini cocktail of the week and get ready for another amazing episode.

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 BOOKISH BITCHES! This episode is mayhem and chaos and pure drunk girl in the bar bathroom energy that we are here for in season 2 of the pod. Allie and Meg have created a bibliophile version of the popular drinking game Kings. Grab some book besties, grab your cocktail of the week, and strap in because it's going to be a bumpy ride into S2!

Hello bookish babes and HAPPY FREAKING NEW YEAR! Join Allie and Meg as they reflect on their 2022 and set goals for 2023. The ladies discuss their personal bests as well as bookish bests including favorite authors, books, podcast episodes, and more There is also a special announcement that will definitely lead the ladies and the pod into 2023 with an amazing start!

It's episode 69 bookish babes, and that can literally only mean one thing. This week the ladies are talking all things SMUT, spice, and everything nice. It's a Christmas freakin miracle. Listen and sip on your smutty sangria as Meg and Allie discuss their favorite and least favorite smut authors, books, couples, tropes, kinks and more!

Hello bookish babes, and welcome to a new fantasy series that has captured the ladies' hearts. Furyborn, Kingsbane, and Lightbringer by Claire Legrand follow the story of two young women separated by millennia, but connected by the foretold prophecy of the Sun Queen and the Blood Queen. If you are a fan of epic fantasy series like Throne of Glass, An Ember in the Ashes, or From Blood and Ash, then this series is a MUST TRY! These books pack an emotional punch giving you all the action, plot twists, romances, and character arcs set in a one-of-a-kind fantasy backdrop with a unique magic system.  Sip in your Furyborn inspired cocktail of the week and get ready to celebrate and cry over what is one of Allie and Meg's favorite reads of 2022 so far!

What happens when we die? Where will you be in 5 years? Do you believe in aliens and ghosts? This week the ladies spend time asking and answering all of random questions that came to them throughout the week prior. Some of their answers may shock you. 

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a dark and steamy episode this Sunday. This week, Allie and Meg discuss books by author HD Carlton including the Cat and Mouse Duet and Does it Hurt. The ladies discuss the specific kinks, tropes, and dark aspects that make up Zade and Adeline and Sawyer and Enzo's relationships. This type of romance may not be for everyone so PLEASE check trigger warnings before listening to this episode or reading these books. After that, feel free to sit back with your Sharkbait cocktail of the week to enjoy!***This episode serves to provide general plot summaries and aspects of these dark romance books that we as readers liked/didn't like. We discuss parts of these books which may potentially be triggering for some people including gun play, knife play, breath play, blood play, bondage, stalking, violence, homicide, suicidal ideation, incest, rape, torture, and dubious consent. While we do not go into graphic detail, the books do. We strongly recommend that for your own well-being you check the books' trigger warnings before reading.***

Hello bookish babes and fans of Colleen Hoover! This episode, the ladies discuss CoHo's newest release: It Starts With Us.  As the story of Lily and Atlas continues, the reader is introduced to new characters, a new POV, and an epic second chance romance. True to fashion, when it comes to Colleen Hoover books Allie and Meg have very different opinions on this book. It is our wish for you to drink like a fish, so sip on your CoHo cocktail of the week and enjoy the episode!

Hello bookish babes and Game of Thrones fans. This week, the ladies welcome special guest Doug onto the pod as a GOT connoisseur and Meg's fiancé. Honestly it's about freaking time.  The trio discuss season 1 of House of the Dragon in depth. Sip on your Uncle Issues cocktail of the week and see if you agree with their choices and opinions regarding favorite/least favorite characters, the time jumps, that ending, theories on where HOTD will go, and the production of Snow. Happy Sunday and Dracarys motherf*ckers. 

Hello bookish babes and welcome to the world of Faerie! This week, Allie and Meg are discussing the very popular YA fantasy duology by Lexi Ryan: These Hollow Vows and These Twisted Bonds. The ladies dive into spoiler filled reviews of both books as they sip on their Twisted cocktail of the week. They also discuss who the FMC should have ended up with, what they loved about the duology, whether they identify with the Seelie or Unseelie court, and the definitive answer of who the next book should be about. Happy Sunday and even happier reading!

Bookish babes, let's get real for a minute, okay? If you're not here for the spice this episode, then I would see yourself out now. Why? Because we are discussing the greatest smut writer of our generation: Katee FREAKIN Robert. Allie and Meg discuss general plot summaries of Katee's Wicked Villains, Dark Olympus, and Court of the Vampire Queen series. But don't worry, the ladies go into all the heavy details for the smut, kinks, romance, and characters who they've come to love. Sip on your Katee's Kiss cocktail of the week and get in touch with your smutty side this Sunday! 

Hello bookish babes and welcome to episode 61! As promised, now that Allie and Meg have finished all 3 Sarah J Maas series, the definitive episode is here. The ladies discuss every book, FMC, MMC, side character, villain, trope, couple, character death, and plot twist. There are even talks of who would make the best inter-universe couple. They also rank every book from Throne of Glass through House of Sky and Breath from best to worst. The episode concludes with Allie and Meg's hopes for the ACOTAR Hulu adaptation, CC3, a potential continuation of TOG, and when we'll know any single thing about the next ACOTAR book. Sip on your Sangria J Maas and get ready to Light it up!

Hello bookish babes, and welcome to an extremely special episode 60! As many of you probably already know, the Throne of Glass series is very special to Allie and Meg's hearts. They're getting freakin tattoos for the books - it's a big deal, okay? This is finally the episode where the ladies can review all 8 books of the series and get into all the feels, twists, and turns that this series provides. They're talking favorite and least favorite characters, couples, villains, and plot points. They give their definitive opinions on their recommended reading orders. All of this and more is amazing enough, but it will also prepare you for out ultimate Sarah J. Maas episode coming next week. Sip on your Rattling Stars cocktail of the week and join the ladies of The Bibliofiles on an epic ride fit for the TOG series.

Hello bookish babes and welcome to another exciting episode. This week - after revealing which book won the pretty book cover challenge - we're discussing bodyguard romances. Allie and Meg briefly summarize 3 books including Twisted Games, The Royals Next Door, and The Bodyguard. The ladies give their ratings, explain why they think bodyguard romances are so popular, and if they'll be reading any new ones in the future. Sip on your boozyguard cocktail of the week and get ready to break all of the rules because a hot bodyguard is never really off limits.

The ladies have been off, but they're back and they've got announcements and reading updates! You'll have to listen to fin out more bookish babes.

WE'RE BACK BOOKISH BABES! This week on The Bibliofiles, Allie and Meg go head to head once again in a challenge to determine the prettiest book cover. The ladies took turns presenting and describing 6 of the most stunning books on her shelf to compete against each other. Join in as they sip on their book-themed cocktail of the week and participate in everyone's guilty pleasure: judging books by their covers!

Hello bookish babes! Allie and Meg are back at it, filling this episode with some major life news, a bookish cocktail of the week, and of course a full review of One True Loves by the genius Taylor Jenkins Reid. This book is full of love, heartbreak, healing, suspense, and gut wrenching decisions as we follow our the story of Emma and the loves of her life Jessie and Sam. The way that TJR makes you root for her characters is unparalleled and true to fashion, it's a story that has a ton of grey area. The ladies fully review the book, talk whether they were Team Jessie or Team Sam, discuss how this book ranks against Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones, and Malibu Rising, and finally discuss their future TJR reads. Happy Sunday!

Welcome to another fantasy week bookish babes! For this episode, Allie and Meg give spoiler filled reviews of two EPIC fantasy books from extremely popular book series. Empire of Storms features all the feels from Throne of Glass, while The War of Two Queens of FBAA is bringing all the heat...of the drama and the threesome variety. Sip on your Honeydew / Joining cocktail of the week and enjoy this fantastically steamy Sunday!

Hello bookish babes! Welcome to another episode in which Allie and Meg discuss their current reads. This week, the ladies review People We Meet on Vacation, Beach Read, and newly released Book Lovers all written by the romance genre sensation, Emily Henry! SPOILERS ahead for all 3 books. Sip on your Emily Henry inspired cocktail and allow the ladies to romance you. As always, new book assignments are provided at the end of the episode.

Hello bookish babes, and welcome to an episode where you cal let your toxic flag fly! That's right, in this week's mini ep, Allie and Meg discuss their personal red flags as readers and things get...interesting. Sip on your Reading Red Flag cocktail of the week and see if you can relate to any of these habits as a reader.

Summer is here bookish babes and so are all the reading recs you'll need when sitting by the pool or on the beach, drink in hand, and feet kicked up.  Allie and Meg discuss what they specifically look for in a summer read and then give 10 amazing summer book recommendations.  The ladies give you romance, thriller, fantasy, and smut suggestions for your reading pleasure.  It's getting hot in here, so sip on your Beach Read cocktail of the week and get that summer TBR going!

Holy freakin fantasy bookish babes! Here's the rundown: Allie gives general reviews for the entire Mortal Instruments series as well as the LOTR series from The Hobbit through Two Towers. Then Meg updates on where she's at with the Throne of Glass series. The ladies combine forces to talk about The Crown of Gilded Bones, A Shadow in the Ember, and spoiler free for The War of Two Queens. Sip on your fantasy inspired cocktail of the week, because getting through 4 epic fantasy series in one hour is...interesting to say the least. Happy Sunday and even happier reading.

It's episode fifty people.  Let's talk books and burning bookish questions while the ladies play power hour.  That is all.

Hello Bookish Babes!  Welcome to the second episode featuring a novel by the one and only, Taylor Jenkins Reid.  Rather than Evelyn Hugo and old Hollywood, Daisy Jones and The Six brings you into the golden era of rock and roll.  Daisy, Billy, Graham, Karen, Camilla, and the rest of the gang are a star studded cast that make you feel like you're on the road with a real-life rock band whose album has just hit the top of the charts.  Between the songs, the relationships, and the heartbreaking revelations, you're going to want to sip on your Honeycomb cocktail of the week for this one.  Allie and Meg finish the episode discussing the upcoming TV adaptation of DJAT6, as well as announcing what they have in store for EPISODE FIFTY!   *trigger warnings for this episode include drug use and abuse, alcohol use and abuse, overdose, relapse, the termination of a pregnancy, an abusive relationship,  and death of a loved one*

Well bookish babes, it's finally here. This episode, Allie and Meg go into heavy detail on what they loved and didn't love about the long awaited Crescent City sequel by SJM. The review contains MAJOR HoSaB spoilers, so if you haven't read it and bookstagram didn't already spoil this book for you, then please don't listen. For those of you who have read and had your world turned upside down, then this episode is for you. Sip on your Crossover cocktail of the week, listen to the plot review, and then see if you agree with the ladies' opinions on the characters, the plot twists, and THAT ending. They also discuss some hopes and predictions for CC3, so you'll want to stick around until the very end! 

Hello bookish babes! Allie and Meg are back with a very special mini episode. If you've ever read a book and thought, "that character reminds me of my best friend," then this is the episode for you! The ladies take turns naming 5 book characters from any genre that they think makes up the other's personality. The choices are absolutely priceless, and the episode will have you wanting to sip on your Book Bestie cocktail of the week and doing this with all of your bookish friends. As always, the episode ends with a book assignment for next week...and lets just say Allie and Meg are ready to light it up for this highly anticipated sequel.

Hello Bookish Babes! Allie and Meg are BACK this week to finish up Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes fantasy series. The ladies cannot possibly recommend these books enough. As Reaper and Storm are the last two installments of the series, they have action packed storylines, characters that are sure to burrow their way into your hearts, stakes that are unbelievably high, and twists that will have your jaw dropping to the floor. Sip on your Beyond the Storm cocktail and settle in because this week, the Kehannis are speaking!