Join Lindsey, Kelly, and Katharine as we deep dive chapters 1-8 of Child of Shivay!

Child of Shivay is JR Cathers debut novel, and is available now from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and smuttybuddies.com/jrcathers (where you can also find the gorgeous hardcover special edition!)

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Join Kelly and Jac as they sit down to chat about Souls in Ruin, the incredible DARK romantasy debut that is breaking bookstagram.

Part 1 of this episode is spoiler free. If you haven't read the book, you can watch the first part and then we will warn you when we switch into the spoiler zone!

Souls in Ruin releases on October 30- BUY IT TODAY. (Check your trigger warnings, please!)

Join Lindsey, Kelly, and Katharine for the start of the Child of Shivay deep dive series, with special guest JR Cathers!

This episode primes listeners with a reminder of the world, characters, and major plot lines- with some hints of unhinged theories thrown around. Also, hear from the author herself about where we should pay special attention in our re-read.

Child of Shivay is JR Cathers debut novel, and is available now from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and smuttybuddies.com/jrcathers (where you can also find the gorgeous hardcover special edition!)

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Join us to chat with Meg LaForge, author of Choke and Burn. We talk her books, indie author life, QUICKSILVER, and more!

Episode 3 of our Romantasy BookCon author highlight series- The Foxglove by Hannah Whitten!

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Join Lindsey, Kelly and Katharine for episode 2 of a 3-part Romantasy BookCon prep series. In this episode, we discuss Broken Souls and Bones by LJ Andrews. Come escape reality with us.

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Join Lindsey, Kelly, and Katharine for this standalone episode of Phantasma by Kaylie Smith! This is episode 1 in our 3-episode series covering some authors we will meet at Romantasy BookCon in October!

Join us for our first ever AUTHOR INTERVIEW! We are honored to have met Jess on Bookstagram and read an advanced copy of her upcoming debut, Child of Shivay. It immediately became one of our favorite books OF ALL TIME and we are so excited to be able to share it with our listeners. Listen in as we chat about what inspires Jess as an author, how she handles criticism, and get some hints about what we should look out for in our re-read.

Child of Shivay releases on October 16, 2025 and is available for pre-order now on Kindle (for only $.99 until release day!) or you can purchase the standard or special edition copies from Jess directly on smuttybuddies.com

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