We’re one BRat down, but no less chaotic! Caity’s cuteness aggression is whispering in her ear to bite, shake, and chomp until the cows come home. Protect your spinal corn and get ready for a more free-form version of our usual Rat Chat! It’s a Feral Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and on this special edition episode, we’ll be telling you about the books we’ve read, and discussing what we’re going to read next!

Caity keeps her parts away from the superglue as she gushes about T!ts Out Slits Out by Emma Elizabeth, and JD hops in to help hype the deliciously filthy secret bathroom hookups in Charisma Check by Charlie Novak! Since Caity’s been on a roll with reading this week, she also tells us about Pinned by Love by Elaine J. Daniels. Sometimes, all you need to go from rivals-who-won’t-wrestle-together to wrestlers-who-use-the-ropes-for-some-X-rated-action, is a little forced friendship time.

Also on Caity’s list of books read was a certain monster book that you know JD is beyond feral for, so it wouldn’t be a complete episode without Caity giving JD her thoughts on Suck by Cora Rose and E.M. Lindsey.

Next, JD and Kit team up to tell us about a cinnamon roll plant dad who gets dragged into helping unleash the dragon in Dragon AU by A.M. Rose, and Kit keeps us guessing, but gives us some intriguing details about Entangled by Gale Ian Tate.

Check out episode nine (Ohhhhh, That’s Tasty) for extra discussion of Suck, and episode one (Sad Boy Show Out) for more about Immersed, the prequel to Entangled.

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

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CWs for things mentioned in this episode include: vomit, underage drinking, murder, recreational drug use, alien violence, gore, and a toxic ex.

Books Mentioned:

T!ts Out Slits Out by Emma Elizabeth

Charisma Check by Charlie Novak

Proficiency Bonus by Charlie Novak

Pinned by Love by Elaine J. Daniels

Bromanstasy by Maire Roche

Suck by Cora Rose & E.M. Lindsey

An Unwitting Bargain by Grae Bryan

Unlawful Desires by Kelly Fox

Casual Felonies by Kelly Fox

Dragon AU by A.M. Rose

Taste by Cora Rose & E.M. Lindsey

The Meet-Cute Collection by Lee Blair

Robot AU by Amanda Meuwissen

Dirty Hit by Avery Collins

Immersed by Gale Ian Tate

Entangled by Gale Ian Tate

Always Watching by Lee McCormick & R.S. McKenzie

A Thousand Cuts by A.M. Rose

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

World War Z by Max Brooks

Rebel Sky Ranch by Kelly Fox

Monstrous by Lily Mayne

The Rycke by Lily Mayne

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

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It’s Thursday, we are queer romance readers, and you know that that means - it’s time for another episode of the Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast! Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you.

Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read was Touch in Excess by EM Lindsey, chosen by JD.

Of course, no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without one of the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today Kit leads us on a passionate exploration of age play in MM romanc. Look out for awesome book recs and an Own Voices testimony!

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It’s the tenth episode here at Rainbow Boots Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! We hope you’ve been enjoying our strange humour, feral energy and our love of LGBTQ+ romance novels. To celebrate the podcast reaching its tenth show, this week’s episode is a mixture of outtakes, books we talked about but couldn’t fit in their episodes, and general BRat shenanigans! This has absolutely nothing to do with needing time to catch up on recording, we don’t know what you mean whistles innocently. It’s been a wild ride so far at Rainbow Book Rats but our thankfulness for our audience and our love of reading hasn’t gone anywhere. If you’re looking for your next MM romance podcast obsession, you love MX love, you want to hear about the newest FF books coming your way, or you love seeing queer MCs in MF novels, then we hope we might be the podcast for you! Early episodes contained some book spoilers but you’ll find that episode 8 onwards our policy changed to make sure that our podcast was safe for everyone to listen to! So come join the party today and as always, stay feral Brats! <3 In the meantime: Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/ Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by three feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

JD is considering how swallowing sausages can save humanity with Suck by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose, Kit is getting moon eyed over purple people eaters in Don’t Eat Your Human Boyfriend by Lily Mayne, and Caity is ready to say that people who knit together, fit together in Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren. Sadly Megan couldn’t make it this week due to moving house; but they will be back next week!

Check out episode three for more discussion of Knitting Needles and Suck!

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

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Books Mentioned:

Suck by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose

Blue Jay by Marina Pirlimpou

Don't Eat Your Human Boyfriend by Lily Mayne

Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren

His Lethal Desire by Leighton Greene

The Greening of Thaddeus Grey by Jay Hogan

Thorne by RS McKenzie

ENTANGLED by Gale Ian Tate

Obsession by N. Slater

After Hours Anthology by Evelyn Lee

Save a Horse Ride a Cow Man by Emily Antoinette

Stormz Rising by Nicky James

It’s time to shed a tear with the UNedited version Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance podcast! Your favourite LGBTQ+ podcast is getting emotional today with a buddy read that brought us to our knees. We cried while reading it. We cried while recording. We cried while editing. There have been a lot of tears, ok? And the deep dive may not be sad, but the editing of that sucker? That made us cry too because it was a three hour beast. So strap in and get ready for a ride! Sniffles have been edited out for your listening pleasure, we (mostly) promise.

So wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read is an MX romance brought to you by Pretty N Peak chosen by JD.

Pretty N Peak is a heartfelt Daddy/boy contemporary romance with a boy who is dipping his toe in kink for the first time and a Dom who has lost his interest in kink but can’t help being drawn to the sweet, anxious boy desperate for his first spanking. Together they go on a whirlwind exploration of Daddy kink, lace and love in a weekend fling that neither of them can move on from, until they’re drawn back together again and neither of them can deny the connection between them.

Make sure to get your tissues out for this one because it's an emotional discussion as the BRats talk about being in the closet, exploring your gender identity, and what it means to be surrounded by casual queerphobia. Get ready for a wonderful soft, sweet and healing Daddy/boy book with plenty of spice and all the cuddles!

Of course, no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without one of the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today JD takes us on an absolute ride through the sweet, spicy and sassy world of Arden Steele’s At First series, a collection of fated mates MM romance novellas, and we are ready AF! These brilliant books are packed full of character and are fun AF.

Check out episode four (Camboy Femboy Frenzy) for more discussion of Pretty N Peak!

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

In the meantime:

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CWs for things mentioned in this episode include: Grief, past abusive relationship, death of family members, child abandonment, unsupportive family, toxic masculinity, queerphobia, internalised fatphobia, body image issues, having to live in the closet

Books Mentioned:

Pretty N Peak by Reese Morrison

Petty AF by Arden Steele

Confused AF by Arden Steele

Messy AF by Arden Steele

Ghosted AF by Arden Steele

Dramatic AF by Arden Steele

Come on down to the Rainbow Book Rats menagerie! We’ve got giant mafia himbos! Cunning stepbrothers! Black cat omegas! Builders getting horny! We hope you’re prepared for the selection of delicious main characters we have available on our little Queer Romance podcast today, because it’s time to start listening and get ready to take one (or all!) of these bad boys home with you. Oh, you want the broken sad boy? What an excellent choice!

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

JD is dreaming about being kidnapped by giant himbo mafia guys in Blood and Lace by Brea Alepoú and Skyler Snow, Kit is getting caught up in the games being played in Taboo Caresses by N Slater, Megan is feeling the heat with Gone Wild by Jesse H Reign, and Caity is getting her downstairs caulked with Caulky by KM Neuhold.

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today!

In the meantime:

Find us on social media @rainbowbookrats

Check out our website: https://www.rainbowbookrats.com

Join our Patreon for unedited episodes, merch and more (free tier available!): https://www.patreon.com/cw/rainbowbookrats/

Comment below, DM us or send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

CWs for things mentioned in this episode include:

Serial killing, stalking, assassins, child molesters, forced marriage, kidnapping, violence, rape, murder, stepcest, romance scam, inappropriate touching, mating without consent, alcohol

Trope highlights:

Himbo, instalust, possessiveness, knotting, tail play, power bottom, mafia, size difference, forced marriage, black cat x golden retriever, obsession, omegaverse, mpreg, heat, snowed in, accidental mating, rut, hook up to forever, online dating.

Books Mentioned:

How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae

Blood and Lace by Brea Alepoú and Skyler Snow

Taboo Caresses by N Slater

Gone Wild by Jesse H Reign

Caulky by KM Neuhold

The Night the Sea Kept Me by A. Anderson

Match Made in Hell by RS McKenzie

Open Liner by Katherine McIntyre

Instant Bond by LA Lambert

Callback by Lee McCormick and RS McKenzie

I Accidentally Locked Down a Witch by Jessica Cage

Soul’s Hunt by Lee McCormick

Unalive on Air by Jemma Croft

High Achiever by Grae Bryan

Grifting the Griffin by Duckie Mack

We hope you're ready to wolf out with us, because it's time for another episode of Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! Four feral besties foaming at the mouth ready to get yapping in this week's Digging Deeper episode celebrating the LGBTQ+ romance genre. Expect werewolves, vampires, aliens and scariest of all… bratty boys!

It wouldn’t be a Digging Deeper episode without the BRats going feral over their latest buddy read, and today we are bringing you an absolute feast of a cozy paranormal gay romance with The Full Moon Problem by Kay Claire.

Set in an idyllic small English town, we are all ready to move next door to our transgender main character, witch Felix and watch as he falls in love with his really shy, really sweet werewolf delivery man… by being penpals! Swoon. We were eating it up with a SPOON. Listen now to find out all about how their queer romance progresses and get all our thoughts on what was so magical about this book and why every BRat wants their own werewolf now.

For this week's Deep Dive, each BRat has chosen two queer romance books with main characters that they really relate to for one reason or another.

Settle in with your weighted blanket while JD talks about the amazing anxiety representation in Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak, and how much they love the agender main character and polyamorous relationship in All Tied Up by Reese Morrison.

Next, find out what Kit thinks is so amazing about how ADHD is represented in You’re Not My King! by Eryn Hawk, and why Silvyr is the trans masc autistic king in The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard.

Get ready to vibe with the brilliant chaos gremlin Noa from Doll Parts by Cara Dee alongside Megan, followed by golden retriever ADHD main character DJ and his Dom partner Rake (Inhuman Nature by Marra Moore) who is another excellent autistic character that means a lot to our BRat.

And finally, Caity brings it home with a sweet as sugar discussion on why the asexual representation in Nik Knight’s Enchanted By Envy means so much to her, followed by an honest and important discussion of depression and life as a plus sized person thanks to Behold Her by Emily Antoinette.

Check out episode three (This Episode Is Cursed) and episode two (Where Are All The Bunnies?) for extra discussion of Enchanted By Envy!

Whether you’re looking to discover a new favourite indie author or reminisce about queer books you already love, get listening to the Rainbow Book Rats podcast today! You can find our episodes on all major platforms. And in the meantime:

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• Subscribe to us wherever you’re listening so you never miss an episode!
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CWs (Content warnings) for things mentioned in this episode include: grief, Alzheimer's, past abusive relationship

Books Mentioned:

The Full Moon Problem by Kay Claire

Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak

All Tied Up by Reese Morrison

You're Not My King! by Eryn Hawk

The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard

Doll Parts by Cara Dee

Inhuman Nature by Marra Moore

Enchanted By Envy by Nik Knight

Behold Her by Emily Antoinette