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200. The Time War is Foreplay--"This is How You Lose the Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
We dive into the exquisite love-letter architecture of This Is How You Lose the Time War and ask what happens when desire is literally written into existence. We linger on what it means to love with…
199: Forty Shades of Green - "The Ground She Walks Upon" by Meagan McKinney
And now we arrive in Ireland. Finally. To discuss THE GROUND SHE WALKS UPON by MEAGAN MCKINNEY (1994).Ravenna is a social outcast who is also magically bound via geish to the Lord of her home, County…
Whoa!nus 2025 Year In Review
What was 2025, really? What did we say we were going to do—and did we do it?In this Year-in-Review episode, we take stock of the year with clear eyes. We revisit the wins, the misses, and the pacing…
198: The Reason for the Peenin' - The Earl's Christmas Pearl by Megan Frampton
Man the canons, yr Colonels in the War on Christmas are attacking THE EARL'S CHRISTMAS PEARL by MEGAN FRAMPTON.The titular Earl meets the titular Pearl after her family abandons her in London over…
197.2: Return to SpookyU: Nocticadia by Keri Lake
In part two of our discussion of NOCTICADIA by KERI LAKE yr grls dive into chapters 39 - epilogue. Does the ambiguity of an HEA in horror make it impossible (if already strange) bedfelllows with…
197: Gothy McGotherson: Nocticadia by Keri Lake
Stop twitching, that isn't the fluttering of dusty moth wings in your ear - its yr grls discussing NOCTICADIA by KERI LAKE.Lilia Vespertine is a destitute but extraordinarily hot smart orphan in…
196: NOThic: The Ruin of Evangeline Jones by Julia Bennet
Don't be scared! That is just the loud cracking of our ankles over a totally normally recording of Whoa!mance's discussion of THE RUIN OF EVANGELINE JONES by JULIA BENNET.The titular Evie is a…
The Final Four: Who's Your Shadow Daddy?
Welcome to the Shadow Daddy Bracket: Final Four, where our pleasures are interrogated and pitted against one another. Our contenders? Rochester brooding in his attic-bound domestic gothic, Rhysand a…
The Shadow Daddy Bracket
Shadow Daddy's abound. But how do you pick the best one? what would the best even mean? How do you quantify or categorize the shadows and the daddies?Morgan and Isabeau developed a tournament style…
195.2 A Kingdom of Cocks and Shadows: Quicksilver Part 2: by Callie Hart
Morgan and Isabeau return to the back half of Quicksilver—and yes, the vampires have arrived. With plenty of biting insights, they unpack what makes for a strong first-person narrative (and what can…
195.1 Shadow Daddy: The Sum of His Parts: QuickSilver By Callie Hart
This week we’re diving deep into the shadowy (haha) corners of QuickSilver—where Saeris Fane finds herself escaping a burning kingdom in the arms of a shadow daddy by the name of Kingfisher. Badass…
194. Kit is the whole caboodle: A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
Doff your strawiest cap, we're on a summer holiday to Cornwall with "A Shore Thing" by Joanna Lowell.Muriel has been pigeon-holed into presenting on seaweed instead of her preferred botany interests.…
193. Intergalactic Gothic: Thrum by Meg Smitherman
Do...do you hear that? That-that...throbbing hum? Then adjust your speakers! You're gonna wanna hear us discuss THRUM by MEG SMITHERMAN.Astronaut Ami is the lone survivor of a mysterious accident…
192.2 What is Romance without Affection? Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland
We read the second half and discovered that you can live with a heart murmur, but maybe a romance can't exist well without some critical affection for its main characters. Join us as we investigate…
192.1 Profoundly Un-cozy: Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland pt. 1
It is a renn fest season and Pride month. Perfect time to chat about chapters 1 through 8 of Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra RowlandTam and Lyford get it on like all the time. Much to Tam's…
191.2 Give to the Poor: Through a Dark Mist By Marsha Canham prt. 2
Well we stood and are now delivering to you part 2:This episode covers chapter 15 through the epilogue of THROUGH A DARK MIST by MARSHA CANHAM, book 1 of the Black Wolf Trilogy.To recap we learn that…
191.1 Steal From the Rich: Through a Dark Mist By Marsha Canham pt. 1
What ho! A new challenge faces yr grls as they attempt a new format. An intentional two-parter! This episode covers the prologue through chapter 14 of THROUGH A DARK MIST by MARSHA CANHAM, book 1 of…
Time Sucks
On this whoa!nus listen along as Morgan and Isabeau engage with Time magazine's 50 Best Romance Novels to Read right now (August 2024). You can hear in real time (haha) as Isabeau is faced with the…
Emily Henry is a romance novelist. [Whoa!nus]
Over one frenzied month Morgan read all five of Emily Henry's original adult romance novels. Along the way, she lost herself. She turns to Isabeau to help her trace her way back, though the work and…
190. Water Bored: Deep End By Ali Hazelwood
Hold your nose and close your eyes - we're jumping feet first into DEEP END by ALI HAZELWOOD.Scarlett Vandermeer attends real-life American University Stanford on a diving scholarship. Tall, blond,…
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