We have a super special guest this week, indie author Trish Heinrich! We talk about everything under the sun including the writing process, tropes, and our favorite - cock pockets!

WHAT WE'RE READING:

1. Kitty: Insurrection by RL Caulder & M Sinclair
2. Sarah 1: Inferno by Trish Heinrich
3. Sara 2: Debt of Time by ShayaLonnie

4. Trish: Embers in Snow by Anna Carven

MUSIC:

• Track: "Be Bee Double You"
• Music provided by https://slip.stream
• Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/LaJ8OV

We were very good girls (gender neutral) and did our summer reading. Now get our very official reports! Get updates on our reading goals (however great or terrible they might be!) and what we're looking forward to reading the rest of the year!

WHAT WE'RE READING:

• Marie: Bad Guy by Ruby Dixon
• Sarah 1: ARC of Inferno by Trish Heinrich and ARC of Summoning my Grumpy Demon Boss by Ami Wright
• Kitty: These Ties that Bind - eurhythmix

MUSIC:

• Track: "Nickname"
• • Music provided by https://slip.stream
  • Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/nI1ZeF

  
  

This week the Feral Friday squad is talking about a monsters of all kinds in Marisol Knight's Monster Universe novella series. What steamy shenanigans do her humans and monsters get up to in less than 100 pages? Tune in to find out!

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WHAT WE'RE READING:

• SARAH 1: Rare Royal by Torah Channing
• MARIE: Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo | part 2 of the Ninth House

• Track: "Shake It", Dreaded OtakuMusic provided by https://slip.streamDownload / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/pgu6wgListen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-dreaded-otaku

This week, we're celebrating a special occasion—it's Sara 2's birthday! And what better way to mark the day than with a hilarious, eye-opening exploration of some of the most bizarre and wonderfully bad books Kindle Unlimited has to offer? In this episode, Sara 2 shares her handpicked selection of short novellas that range from the absurd to the downright questionable.

Get ready to join us on a wild ride through stories featuring unexpected romances with dinosaurs, sentient inanimate objects, and some truly strange humanoid creatures that defy all logic and reason. We'll be discussing everything from the jaw-dropping plot twists to the laugh-out-loud moments that make these books so uniquely entertaining.

Whether you're a fan of bad literature or just curious about the weirder corners of the literary world, this episode promises to deliver plenty of laughs, a few raised eyebrows, and maybe even a new appreciation for the art of writing that’s so bad, it’s good.

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WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK:

1. Marie: Prison Planet Barbarian by Ruby Dixon
2. Sarah 1: Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen
3. Kitty: Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha & The Martian by Andy Weir

MUSIC:

Track: "So Alive", Teaz-R

Music provided by https://slip.stream

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Listen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-teaz-r

Today we are introducing another fun new quarterly episode series we're calling Smutty Whore-o-Scopes! In each of these episodes we'll cover 2-3 of the upcoming Zodiac seasons, what they mean, and what you can READ to harness the sexy energies coming up in the next months! And if you happen to be one of these signs, you're extra lucky because it will be YOUR time, so make sure to get extra sexy and smutty.

Today we are going to talk about Virgo, Libra, and Scorpio Seasons, which will get us through October! We'll have a blog post with all the suggested reads, but once again, I recommend having your notebooks readyyyyy. Sorry to your TBRS, in advance.

WHAT WE ARE READING THIS WEEK:

• Ivy: nadaaaa, Listening on repeat: Everywhere I Go by Hollywood Undead
• Kitty: nothingggggg....some fanfic stuff
• Sara 2: Lola & The Millionaires Part 2 by Kathryn Moon
• Marie: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez | Barbarian’s Redemption by Ruby Dixon (Elly & Bek)
• Sarah 1: an ARC of Brand New Omega by Ramona Maxine

MUSIC:

Track: "Digital Dreamers", Teaz-R

Music provided by https://slip.stream

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Listen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-teaz-r

This week the Smut Heathens pulled tarot cards to help them pick books to read and recommend! Each card aligned with some of our favorite smutty tropes and themes! Grab a pen and paper so you can add these to your ever-growing TBR!

CHECK BACK HERE FOR A BLOG POST WITH ALL OUR RECOMMENDATIONS!!

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WHAT ARE WE READING THIS WEEK?

• Kitty: Run Run Little Rabbit by ThornedHuntress AND Last Love by blackcatkitchen
• Marie: Barbarian’s Heart IPB #9 by Ruby Dixon
• Sarah 1: Death by Laura Thalassa
• Sara 2: Lola and the Millionaires by Kathryn Moon
• Ivy: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, Free food for Millionaries, Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

MUSIC:

Track: "Haze Out"

Music provided by https://slip.stream

Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/CBzp5e

This week we have a very special guest, our pod bestie and one of our favorite authors - Ash Raven!

Ash Raven (@authorashraven on instagram and threads, www.authorashraven.com) is an indie author who specialise s in spicy monster and alien romances that focus on plus-size and LGBTQ+ leads who get the love of a lifetime. They strive to write stories that are inclusive and real, with a touch of magic and a boat load of spice. When they are not writing, they are cuddling with their two orange cats and drinking oat mochas through a straw.

WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK:

Ivy: Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jee Lee

Marie: A Soul to Touch by Opal Reyne and An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

Sarah 1: A Soul to Touch by Opal Reyne and All I wanted was to become a scientist but now I've got an Alien Boyfriend by Petra Palerno (audiobook)

Sara 2: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas

Kitty: This Race is Prophesy by B_lovedhunter on ao3 Ash: A Soul to Keep by Opal ReyneMUSIC:

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/atm/dream-land

License code: JFMVAVQKCJXYDEJA

This week we are talking about women loving women, sapphic romance, lesbian love... yeahh baby! If you're here because you have a weird fuckin fetish for lesbians, please keep to yourselves. Women loving women are not here for the weird cis hetero toxic male gaze. There are so many things we can love about sapphic romance aside from the actual physical side of things!

WHAT WE'RE READING:

Marie: Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe

Ivy: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Sara 2: Assassin's Blade by SJM

Kitty: Lunar Reverie - caraciatus [wolfstar] // Heart’s Ease - Walgesang [Pansy/Luna + bdsm]

Sarah 1: just finished Co of Fiends by Kathryn Moon...and started Pirate Queen of Ruin by Ash Raven

Music:

Track: "Flower Crowns Are Cancelled"

Music provided by https://slip.stream

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