Episode Summary:

It’s too hot here in Texas so today we’re dreaming about Fall and sharing a BIG list of paranormal reads to add to your TBR. We’ve got vampires and witches and shifters, oh my! Plus, you know Dawn is bringing dragons and Roni’s going to talk too much about Buffy. We’re also talking about how the trend of paranormals has waxed and waned over the decades and how it seems to be coming back after a dormant period. And we’re so here for it!

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Highlights:

Seasonal reading - our versions of it
Roni’s craving vampires
Roni is teaching her beginner romance writing class, you can sign up here (Code: EARLYBIRD gets you $20 off before August 25th!)
The paranormal craze of the aughts
Is the era of the rom com hitting the saturated point?
Dark books for dark times
How the pandemic may be playing into this potential trend
What each of us is looking for in a paranormal read
Dawn wants the weirdness
Roni’s obsession with Buffy the Vampire Slayer
YA paranormal vs adult paranormal
The trope of the Chosen One
Our favorite creatures/monsters
What doesn’t work for us in paranormals
Ostriches and ghosts of children
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A giant stack of book recs coming your way
First-book-in-a-long-series syndrome
Our RAD Recs of the week

episode spoilers ahead!

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Books recommended by Roni & her newsletter subscribers:

The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
The Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
The Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Steal the Light by Lexi Blake
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
The Last Wolf by Maria Vale
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (CHECK)
Sin and Chocolate by KF Breene
Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
Vampires Never Get Old by Zoraida Cordova
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

Books recommended by Dawn:

The Enchanted Rock Immortal series by various authors
In Blood and Ice by Susan Person
Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft by Mandy M. Roth
The Flanagan Sisters series by Amanda Reid
Book of Secrets by Claudia Blood
Fire in His Blood by Ruby Dixon
Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross

RAD Reading Recs of the Week:

Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews (Dawn’s rec)
In Every Generation by Kendare Blake

Other books mentioned:

A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward
Bloody Fool for Love: A Spike Prequel by William Ritter

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Another note: Because we are both in the publishing industry, sometimes the books we recommend might be by an author we know personally, an author who shares a publisher, editor, or agent with Roni, or an author whom Dawn has edited. Publishing is a small world, so that will happen from time to time. However, we guarantee that we only recommend books we love. We have not been asked to promote any of these books and none are paid ads. However, some books we review may be ARCs (advanced reading copies provided by publishers to reviewers for honest reviews.)