Comrades! We're diving into the piping hot waters of romance community tea with today's topic: Book Boyfriends! The cishet white men popping up in online romance spaces with shady at best intentions. We talk parasociality, the capitalism of it all, centering men, and how BookTok and Bookstagram have become ground zero of a change we're seeing in the separation between real and online life. Do you agree with our takes? Are you a book boyfriend defender forever? Do you have absolutely no idea what we're talking about because you're not chronically online? Let us know in a review or in the comments on our socials. Enjoy the show!

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Comrades!! It's the beginning of a new era! Caro officially joins the podcast as a co-host. We're debuting some new theme music. And to kick it all off, we're talking about thee primordial rom-com and also the inspo behind the name of this podcast, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT. Y'all are not gonna believe how many of your favorite tropes were birthed from this movie or just how sexy it is considering our MCs never kiss on screen. Enjoy the show!

Caro's previous episodes: Wuthering Heights; All-Nighters

Marxist High School Musical

Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny

SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting our Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from the store, we earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop!

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A New Era dawns in Romancelandia! Alison, a romance author and reader, and Caro, a romance blogger, chat the romance novels that make us want to stay up reading and the romance community tea that keeps us up too. Join us weekly for book deep dives, hot topics, watch parties, author interviews, and more!

SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting our Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, we earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee and shop some WRION merch!

FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight

FOLLOW Alison on Instagram/Threads @thealisonfinch

FOLLOW Caro: on Instagram/Threads @difficultwomanthreads

Facebook: We Read It One Night

Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com