Book Club After Dark
Join CJ and Holly, two best friends who share a love of reading as they discuss books they’ve loved, books they want to read, the best and the worst of tropes, and a lot of sports romance and fantasy books. Please note this is Book Club After Dark because we especially love to read and discuss dark romance
Episodes
This week we are discussing a book to screen adaptation- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. We are both huge Hunger Games fans and have read all the books/watched all the movies. In this case we both agree- the book is better than the movie. As usual this episode contains major spoilers (for both the book and the movie).
This week we are discussing our July book club pick, The Wingman by Stephanie Archer! It is no secret we are huge fans of this series and hockey romance in general. As usual this episode contains spoilers.
This week we are pairing alcoholic drinks with different book tropes and giving examples of books that fit the vibe. Drinks include Long Island Iced Teas, Whiskey Sour, and Dirty Martinis. Enjoy this silly episode!
In this week's episode we discuss Till Summer Do Us Part by Megan Quinn. This is a hilarious, spicy romcom about a fake marriage in trouble taking place at a marriage boot camp. It was ridiculous but also sweet. As always this episode contains spoilers.
In this week's episode we are doing a mid-year reading check-in. How many books have we read so far? What are our top genres? and most importantly- how close are we to completing our 25 books to read in 2025 lists?
This week we are discussing our June book club book- Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. This is CJ's first time reading the series and Holly's second so that makes for some interesting discussions as Holly tries not to spoil anything accidentally. However this discussion contains spoilers for Book 1 of the series and CJ shares some predictions for the rest of the series.
We are following up our Summer 2025 TBR episode by sharing books we think should be on your summer TBR! We have a little of everything- romance, thrillers, fiction etc. A few books include Tourist Trap, Till Summer Do Us Part, and The Family Experiment
We've been loving the propaganda we aren't falling for trend and had to make a bookish episode! Topics covered include AI, book buying bans, and of course third act breakups.
In this week's episode we discuss Camera Shy by Kay Cove. Buckle up for a bumpy ride because we have quite a few thoughts about this one (and the toxic side characters)
This week we are reviewing what books are on our summer 2025 TBRs. Our lists include romance, mysteries, nonfiction, and women's fiction by favorite authors and new to us authors!
This week we are reviewing Fight by Sloane St. James. We had such a fun time with this book about an EMT and a wild fire firefighter and will definitely be continuing the series. As always this episode contains spoilers.
This week we are discussing Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez! This is the perfect read to kick off your summer reading- it has humor, a sweet love story, and also a serious plot to go along with it! Both CJ and I really loved this one and instantly fell in love with the characters, the setting, and of course the author. As always this episode contains spoilers.
In this week's episode we are discussing how many drinks it would take for us to hook up with book characters. We included some of our favorite book boyfriends (cough Christian Harper cough) as well as some diabolical options (the Bone Carver)
We are back from our accidental time off with a part 2 of our Over vs. underhyped books (along with the bonus category of appropriately hyped books). We cover a wide range of genres- monster romance, cowboy romance, thrillers, fantasy, and historical fiction!
This week we discuss our April book club pick- Deep End by Ali Hazelwood. It seems like everyone who reads this college sports romance either loves it or hates it- spoiler alert we love it! As always this episode contains major spoilers for the book so listen with caution.
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.
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