THE SMUT CLUB: Where Smut is Better with Friends

This week on The Short & Spicy, Hope (she/they) and Brandon (he/him) join your hosts to discuss WAG era Taylor, Waffle House, and getting all your friends sick. If you like this podcast, please rate and review it wherever you listen so more friends can join our club! Next week, we will be reviewing The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy, so please read along with us! As always, send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends ***ALSO: if you live in the USA and you aren't a registered voter, go register to vote! Your voice matters. The Smut Club believes in equity for all and supporting legislators who protect the rights of marginalized groups. Register to vote here: https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwqf20BhBwEiwAt7dtdb2A0cXiCczb0r5Xc8H8zfIRmxE2f4-phfUowROUR1O3rPcyCeHN2RoCzm8QAvD_BwE

This week, Anna and Katie review Ali Hazelwood's newest book, Not In Love. Join us as we revel in the sheer amount of dirty, dirty smut in this book! As always, send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriend@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. **Official discussion starts at 9-minute mark!

We're back from our mini hiatus with guest host Hope (she/they) to catch you all up on the plot of Cats, jet ski hook-ups, and Katie's 30th birthday! As always send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. If you like this podcast, please rate and review it so more smut girlies can join our club!

This week, Anna and Katie review Cleat Cute, a WLW romantic comedy that had us giggly as hell. Here on The Smut Club, we celebrate all identities and hope that wherever you fall on the gender and sexuality spectrums, that you feel loved and cherished! Happy Pride Month to our LGBTQIA+ friends! As always, you can email us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends *Official discussion starts at the 20-minute mark. Synposis and book review are right before that time stamp.

This week on The Short & Spicy, Anna and Katie take two Buzzfeed quizzes that understand them more than they understand themselves. If you're interested in taking these quizzes, the links are listed below! As always, follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends and send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com. If you enjoy this podcast, please leave us a review wherever you listen so more friends can join our club! First quiz: https://www.buzzfeed.com/angelicaamartinez/taylor-swift-eras-song-quiz Second quiz: https://www.buzzfeed.com/hazelyxlee/taylor-swift-rom-com-character-quiz

This week, in a classic Anna/Katie Mess Around™️, your hosts cover the book version of The Idea of You by Robinne Lee. This episode lightly covers the movie, but mostly focuses on the book. As always, send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends **Book synopsis and review start at 0:06:36

This week on The Short & Spicy, Anna and Katie play a very calm and normal game of Fuck, Marry, Kill that definitely does not end in arguing. Send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends.

This week, Savannah (she/her) and Brandon (he/him) join your hosts to discuss Emily Henry's newest romance novel, Funny Story. This book had us giggling and kicking our feet and crying the happiest tears. Join us as we relish in this sweet as sugar story! Send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. *Synopsis at 0:08:11

On this week's Short & Spicy episode, Brandon (he/him) and Savannah (she/her) join your hosts to discuss the surprising updates to the eras tour, the new Amazon Prime movie The Idea of You, and read an insane reddit story that has an even more insane update! Send us your wild stories to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends Next week, we will be reviewing Funny Story by Emily Henry, so read along with us!

This week, Anna and Katie review Helen Hoang's The Kiss Quotient. This is one of our favorite OG smut books, so read along with us as we bask in the smutty goodness of it all! As always, send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. The next book we will be reviewing is Funny Story by Emily Henry, so if you haven't read it yet, you've got two weeks! *Synopsis at 0:08:16 *Official discussion at 0:20:00

This week on The Short & Spicy, we come to terms with the fact that we were deeply wrong about what The Tortured Poets Department album had in store for us. Brandon (he/him) joins your hosts to discuss tour (current) favorite tracks and a wild reddit story about furry erotica! Send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. Also, if you hear an ad that does not align with the values of The Smut Club, please let us know so it can be addressed ASAP. This is a safe space for folks, and we want our ads to reflect that sentiment.

This week, Anna and Katie discuss Sally Thorne's The Hating Game, and dive into the difference between descriptive ~scenes~ versus explicit ~scenes~. As always, if you like this podcast please leave us review wherever you listen so more friends can join our silly little club! You can follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends and send us your comments, thoughts, suggestions, and stories to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com *Synopsis at 0:07:51 **Official discussion at 0:28:13

Happy TTPD release day to all those who celebrate. We hope you have thoroughly listened to the album before hitting play on this week's episode. This week on The Short & Spicy, Brandon (he/him) joins your hosts to break down the tracks on Taylor Swift's brand new album, The Tortured Poets Department. We hope our predictions are correct, but we all know they probably aren't! As always, follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends and send your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com.

This week on The Smut Club, Hope (she/they) joins your hosts to discuss the ever popular, Iron Flame, by Rebecca Yarros. Join us as we weed through this plot to get to the scenes we are actually here for! As always, please rate and review this podcast so more friends can join our community! You can reach us with your thoughts, comments, and rage about our opinions at smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. **Synopsis begins at 0:09:07 **Official discussion starts at 0:20:59

This week on The Short & Spicy, Hope (she/they) joins your hosts to discuss the importance of gossip and read a Reddit story about te presence of SpongeBob in the bedroom. Send us your stories to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. As always, if you like these minisodes, rate and review the podcast so more friends can join our club!

This week on The Smut Club Anna and Katie are joined by Savannah (she/her) and Brandon (he/him) to review Abby Jimenez's contemporary romance novel,Yours Truly. Join us as we discuss how we really feel about miscommunication in romance novels. As always, rate and review this podcast so more friends can join The Smut Club. Send your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends *Synopsis begins at 0:06:13 *Official discussion begins at 0:19:57

This week on The Short & Spicy, Savannah (she/her) and Brandon (he/him) join your hosts to divulge someone else's big secret affair. As always, if you like this silly little podcast, please rate and review and share it with your friends so more people can join our club! Follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends and if you want your story featured on one of these episodes, please send it to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com.

This week, in a classic Anna/Katie mess around, we're back to hockey smut! Join us as we review Collide by Bal Khabra. If you like this podcast, please rate and review and tell your friends! There's always room in The Smut Club for more members! As always, you can send your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. *Synopsis begins at 0:10:50 *Official book discussion begins at 0:17:13

On this week's Short & Spicy, Anna, Brandon (he/him), and Katie discuss the wild world of AI, and let ChatGPT write a spicy scene for them to read aloud. Join us next week for our review of the popular BookTok hockey smut, Collide by Bal Khabra. Follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends and send us your weird AI-generated stories to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com. If you like these little episodes, leave us a review so more friends can join our club!

This week, Anna and Katie review Ali Hazelwood's brand new romantasy novel Bride! Join us as we dive into the twists, turns, and knots thrown at us in this whirlwind of a book. As always, follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends and send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com. If you like this podcast, please rate and review it wherever you listen, so more friends can join our club! **Official book discussion starts at the 17-minute mark.

This week on The Short & Spicy, Anna and Katie discuss Taylor Swift's upcoming new album and just generally get really pissed at the patriarchy. If you want to hear your story featured on one of these episodes, send us an email at smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com. Follow us on socials @smutisbetterwith friends. Next week, Anna and Katie will be reviewing Bride by Ali Hazelwood, so grab your copy and read along!

This week, Anna and Katie cover the second book in the Maple Hills series, Wildfire by Hannah Grace. Brandon (he/him) joins your hosts and experiences his very first smut! Send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. **Official book discussion starts at 0:11:30

This week, Brandon (he/him) joins Anna and Katie to discuss...well, we're not actually sure what we're discussing here. And that's the beauty of The Short & Spicy. If you want your crazy dating story featured on one of these episodes, send us an email at smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com or send us a DM in IG or TikTok @smutisbetterwithfriends

Welcome to the first official Short & Spicy minisode where we banter and bullshit about whatever the hell we want. This week, Hope (she/they) joins your hosts Anna and Katie to chat about Mean Girls and read a crazy reddit story about a girlie looking out for another girlie. Send us your stories to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com - your story could be featured on a Short & Spicy episode!

Welcome to the season 2 premier of The Smut Club! This week, Hope (she/they) joins your hosts Anna and Katie to discuss the BookTok sensation Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Join us as we just gush about this book for 2 hours straight! As always, send your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends. *Official book discussion starts at the 21-minute mark

Season 2 is coming your way! Today, we talk about what The Smut Club Season 2 is going to look like. Thank you all so much for your patience while we took a little mini vacation! As always, please send your thoughts, comments, and stories to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com and follow us on socials @smutisbetterwithfriends! Your story could get featured on our Short & Spicy minisodes! Be on the look out for our season premier episode on Fourth Wing, available January 19th!

Helloooo and welcome to this week's episode of The Smut Club. Your hosts Katie and Anna are joined once again by Brandon (he/him) and Savannah (she/her) to close out season 2 of Bridgerton. Join us as we dive into episodes 7 and 8 and never go on weird tangents about Teletubbies. Anyway...follow us on TikTok and Instagram @smutisbetterwithfriends and send us your thoughts, comments, suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com. For those who celebrated Thanksgiving this week, we hope it was safe and restful, and if you need someone to tell your family drama to, you know what to do :) *Official discussion starts at the 15-minute mark

Welcome Smut Club members! This week, Anna, Katie, Savannah (she/her), Brandon (he/him) cover episodes 4-6 of season 2 of Bridgerton. Follow along as we complain about how little action we're getting in this season! As always, send us your thoughts, comments, suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @smutisbetterwithfriends! *Official discussion starts at the 5-minute mark

Welcome back to The Smut Club! This week, Katie, Anna, Savannah (she/her), and Brandon (he/him) recap episodes 1-3 of Bridgerton Season 2. Where are the Anthony girlies at?? Follow us on Instagram @smutisbetterwithfriends Email us at smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com Rate and review this podcast so more friends can join our club! **Official discussion starts at the 23-minute mark.

Happy 1989 (Taylor's Version) release day to all those who celebrate! This week, the band is back together! Savannah (she/her) and Brandon (he/him) join us to wrap up season 1 of Bridgerton. We discuss episodes 7 and 8 and start to look ahead to season 2! If you like this series, please rate and review the podcast so more people can join our smut club! Send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com, especially if those thoughts are about 1989 (Taylor's Version). *Official discussion starts at 16:30

This week, Brandon (he/him) joins us to discuss the smuttiest episodes of television ever made. Listen as we scandalize Brandon with the many places Daphne and Simon do it! This podcast covers episodes 4-6 of Season 1. If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a review, so more friends can join our smut club! As always you can reach us via email at smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com. *Official discussion starts at the 17-minute mark.

Welcome to the first official meeting of The Smut Club: Where Smut is Better with Friends! This week, we are beginning our series on the TV adaptation of Bridgerton. Savannah (she/her) joins your hosts Anna and Katie to discuss how hot bodice-ripping can really be. This podcast covers episodes 1-3 of season 1. Please email us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to our brand new email smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com. If you like this podcast and want to help grow our smut community, rate and review the show so more friends can grab a seat at the smut table! *Official discussion starts at the 9-minute mark.

Welcome to a surprise mid-week episode to let you all know that Our Kinky Kindles has officially rebranded to The Smut Club: Where Smut is Better with Friends. We have loved creating this podcast and watching it grow into something bigger and more special than we could have ever imagined. Thank you all for your continuing support, and welcome to The Smut Club: Where Smut is Better with Friends! You can reach us via email at smutisbetterwithfriends@gmail.com!

This week, Anna, Katie, and special guest Hope (she/they) cover the last (currently available) book in Sarah J Maas's ACOTAR series, A Court of Silver Flames. If you all have any comments, questions, suggestions, please email us at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod. Please rate and review our podcast so more smut friends can find us! *Official book discussion begins at the 31-minute mark. Also, in light of some of the themes discussed in the episode, consider donating to Planned Parenthood to help folks with uteruses have better access to healthcare! https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/other-ways-give

This week, Anna, Katie, Savannah (she/her), and Brandon (he/him) are live-reacting to the Red, White, and Royal Blue movie adaptation. This audio is pure chaos, just like us, and that is your informed consent for this episode. Sit back, relax, and enjoy watching (listening) to a movie with your besties! If you have any thoughts, comments, or suggestions please email us at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod. Love y'all. Be kind to one another. Please consider supporting organizations that protect our LGBTQIA+ friends. Here are a couple suggestions: The Trevor Project: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/63307/#!/donation/checkout It Gets Better Project: https://give.itgetsbetter.org/give/250737/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwvL-oBhCxARIsAHkOiu3TTJAub3EjSuqOZOxKWuNQALKUMg40QzlI2C46Bd6umz1mC7J-6mYaAhDQEALw_wcB#!/donation/checkout?c_src=googlegrant

This week, Katie and Anna are review the third and final novella in Ali Hazelwood's Loathe to Love you series, Below Zero. Thank you all for joining us on this little novella series. Please let us know what you want to hear next! Email us at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod. *Katie and Anna read a listener email at the 5-minute mark *Official book discussion starts at the 17-minute mark

Welcome to episode 2 of our Ali Hazelwood mini series! This week we are reviewing her second novella in the Loathe to Love You series, Stuck With You. Join us as we discuss the merits of MMCs packing a little to much ~heat~ IYKYK. Email us your thoughts, comments, suggestions at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod! *Official book discussion starts at the 8-minute mark.

Anna and Katie are back to regular old smut this week! For the next 3 weeks, we will be reviewing the three novellas in Ali Hazelwood's Loathe to Love You series. The first book up on the docket is Under One Roof. This beautiful forced proximity, enemies to lovers rom-com delivers everything you want in 137 pages! As always, email us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod. And if you want to be considered for our giveaway, leave us a 5-star review! **Official book discussion starts at the 15-minute mark.

We are closing out our mini series on The Summer I Turned Pretty! Brandon (he/him) and Savannah (she/her) are here for the final episode and things get heated! Thank you all so much for your support of this mini series! We had the best time making it, and don't worry, this is not the last you will hear of Brandon and Savannah! This podcast covers episodes 5-8 of season 2. As always, email us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod!

We're on to part 3 of our mini series on The Summer I Turned Pretty. Brandon (he/him) and Savannah (she/her) are back to help us really solidify our Team Jeremiah alignment. This podcast covers episodes 1-4 of Season 2. Send us your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod. Also, please rate and review our podcast, because we will be doing a giveaway to one lucky reviewer! *Official discussion starts at the 6-minute mark.

Welcome to episode two of our mini series on The Summer I Turned Pretty. Brandon (he/him) and Savannah (she/her) are back to join your hosts Katie and Anna to really just complain about Conrad and drool over Jeremiah. Today's podcast covers episodes 4-7 of Season 1. As always, reach out to us with your thoughts, comments, and suggestions at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod! Official discussion starts at the 4-minute mark.

It's mini series season! Please join us in welcoming our special guests Savannah (she/her) and Brandon (he/him). For the next four weeks, we will be covering the hit Amazon Prime series The Summer I Turned Pretty. Today's podcast covers episodes 1-3 of season 1. We are staunchly Team Jeremiah girlies on this podcast, and for that we make no apologies! Team Conrad, email us your dissenting thoughts at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod! As always, feel free to hit that five-star review--it will make Brandon and Savannah feel so good!

This week, Anna, Katie, and special guest Hope (she/they) discuss the third book in the ACOTAR series, A Court of Wings and Ruin, by Sarah J. Maas. We know this book is special to so many people, so please let us know if we skipped over your most favorite part! Email us at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod. If you enjoy this silly little podcast, leave a 5-star review! Book discussion begins after the 9-minute mark.

This week, Anna and Katie discuss Lana Ferguson's single-dad romance, The Nanny. Join us as we discuss the merits and downfalls of falling for your boss! Please reach out to us with your questions, comments, suggestions at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com, and follow us on TikTok @okkpod. If you're so inclined, you can hit that 5-star review to help grow our smut army! Book discussion starts at the 29-minute mark.

This week, your newly revealed podcast hosts Anna and Katie discuss Kandi Steiner's newest hockey smut, Meet Your Match. We also chat with our friend Savannah (she/her) who is IRL married to a hockey player. Join us as we discover the truth about how kinky hockey players really are! As always, reach out to us with any comments, questions, suggestions at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com. If you're so inclined, hit that 5-star review so more smut-enthusiasts can join this weird little community! Book discussion starts after the 13-minute mark. Conversation with special guest Savannah starts at the 45-minute mark.

This week, A & K review Ali Hazelwood's latest STEM-inist masterpiece, Love Theoretically. Take a breath of fresh air with us as we explore the wonders of Dr. Jack Smith-Turner, a man who LOVES to be on his knees, just like we like him. Email us your thoughts, suggestions, reactions at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod! Official book discussion begins after the 17-minute mark.

This week, A, K, and Special Guest H (she/they) review Emily Henry's latest book, Happy Place. Join us as we dive into why this book was not a Happy Place for us. Fair warning: we do not give this book a glowing positive review, so if you loved it, feel free to skip this episode or send us an email with your arguments! ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com Follow us on TikTok @okkpod! TW: Narcissistic parenting and parental loss Book discussion starts around the 3 minute mark.

This week, A, K, & special guest H (she/they) review the second book in the beloved ACOTAR series, A Court of Mist and Fury. Join us as we fangirl over Rhysand and dunk on Feyre...just a little. As always, email us your thoughts and suggestions at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod. **Book discussion starts after the 5 minute mark.

This week, A & K dive into the BookTok hockey smut sensation, Icebreaker, by Hannah Grace! TW: Discussions of disordered eating and narcissistic/borderline personality traits. If you would like some resources related to these topics, please reach out to us via email at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com. Take care of yourselves; we love y'all.

This week A + K and a special guest H (she/they) discuss the Emily Henry masterpiece Book Lovers. This book does have a lot of plot, so is it still smut? Follow along as we discuss the delicate balance of beautiful romance writing. As always, please email us your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com. Follow us on TikTok @okkpod, and if you're so inclined, rate us 5 stars!

This week, A & K jump head first in the reverse harem, fake dating, friends to lovers novel Faking with Benefits by Lily Gold. Come along with us on a rollercoaster where there's a seat for just about everyone, if you know what we mean ;) As always, please reach out with your questions, comments, suggestions at ourkinkykindlespod@gmail.com and follow us on TikTok @okkpod! If you would like some resources about Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM) or polyamorous relationships, email us and we would be more than happy to share!