Book Club After Dark

In this week's episode we review a small town, romantic suspense novel, Bourbon & Lies by Victoria Wilder. This was a quick, exciting and spicy read that we'd highly recommend. As always this episode contains spoilers.

This week we are discussing some authors we have been loving lately, what we've read by them and what is on our TBR!

This week we discuss "Never Been Worse", the latest release by one of our auto buy authors- Morgan Elizabeth. Spoiler alert: we loved every page of this book! As always this episode contains spoilers so listen with caution. And Morgan if you're listening we'd love to have you on the pod

This week we discuss our March book club pick, Boarded Hearts by Ruth Stilling. While we gave the book similar ratings we actually had quite conflicting opinions! As always this episode contains major spoilers.

This week we are back again reading One Star reviews of some of our favorite books. These goodreads reviews had us cracking up! Some of the books mentioned include Butcher & Blackbird, Reckless, Binding 13 and Never Been Worse. This episode contains spoilers.

This week we have a special guest- our bestie Kylie! As our listeners know CJ and I love to ruin Kylie's day by telling her about all the ridiculous and messed up books we read. Sorry Kylie!

In this week's episode we discuss what books are on our spring TBR. We cover a range of genres (although mostly romance of course) including fiction, mystery, fantasy, and monster romance.

This week's episode is a double feature: Ruthless Creatures and Carnal Urges, the first two books in the Queens & Monsters series by J.T. Geissinger. This series is a mafia romance series and books 1 and 2 feature MMCs from the Russian and Irish mafias specifically so there are some darker themes and content. As always this episode contains spoilers so listen with caution

In this week's episode we discuss our February book club pick: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. As always this episode contains major spoilers for the whole series so listen with caution if you haven't read Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm yet. We also celebrate our 1 year anniversary of Book Club After Dark!

In this week's episode we discuss All My Love by Morgan Elizabeth! All My Love is the first book in the Atlas Oaks series and is a second chance, childhood friends to lovers rockstar romance. Please check trigger warnings prior to reading because heavy topics are discussed. As per usual this episode contains major spoilers.

This week in honor of Valentine's Day we are matching all of the songs on Taylor Swift's album Lover with books we've read (and loved). Featured books include Lovelight Farms, Play Along, and The Hunger Games.

In this week's episode we are continuing our discussion of the Zodiac Academy series. If you missed our last discussion- check out our November book club episode! Topics in this one include Xavier, Darius' deal with the stars, and Orion's trip to jail. As always this episode contains spoilers. For bonus content we also included our draft for next week's episode- the Lover album as books.

This week's episode is all about our January book club pick- The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. We thoroughly enjoyed this fantasy romance and think you will too- especially if you enjoy books like Percy Jackson and The Hunger Games. As always this episode contains major spoilers.

In preparation for the next Stuff Your Kindle day later this month we are telling you all about our experience with Stuff Your Kindle Days past- including a 5 star read! We also give a little haul of what we we picked up in the December event- including a whole lot of dark romance and monster romance

In this week's episode we are discussing all the theories we've heard regarding Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm as we anticipate the release of Onyx Storm later this month. We also discuss a few of our general thoughts and reactions on the series so far. As always this episode contains spoilers so listen with caution.

Happy New Year! In this week' episode we are discussing our 2024 wrap-up. We discuss our 5 star reads, how much we saved from using Kindle Unlimited and the library, and handed out some book superlatives. We are so excited to see what 2025 has in store for us

This week we are discussing our December book club pick- How the Grump Saved Christmas by Claire Kingsley. This book is the perfect holiday season read for anyone who loves a Hallmark movie (and also squirrels)

As always this episode contains major spoilers for the book.

In this week's episode we discuss the 25 books we each want to read in 2025. We also go over how we did in 2024 (not well), general goals for 2025, and predictions we have for our reading year

In this week's episode we review Lights Out by Navessa Allen. Lights Out is a dark romantic comedy following a trauma nurse and her stalker who also happens to be her favorite masked social media star. This book had us laughing out loud and swooning over Josh. As always this episode contains spoilers