Things are about to get weird around here - it’s the Cursed Episode! We wish we could say this was all about dark fantasy romance, but no, this is the episode we do not speak of in the group chat. You have been warned!

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

JD is leading us all astray with Morally Gray by Becca Vale, Kit is getting mushy over My Everything by Jayda Marx, Megan is making it rain with Cold Hard Cash by KL Hiers and Caity thinks maybe the mafioso life is for her with Married to the Mobster by Leighton Greene.

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CWs for things mentioned in this episode include: incest, flight turbulence, stalking, murder, parental death, false imprisonment, debt, breaking and entering, threats of violence, sex work, evidence of past violence, stabbing, amateur medical procedure, parental abandonment, kidnapping, forced marriage, dead people, haunting, drugs, life as an unhoused person, mention of past cheating by a side character

Books Mentioned:

In Flight Entertainment by Becca Vale [09:55]

Morally Gray by Becca Vale [12:42]

My Everything by Jayda Marx [22:22]

Cold Hard Cash by KL Hiers [29:38]

Hard Earned Cash [37:20]

Married to the Mobster [41:09]

Dead Nights by Crea Reitan [52:50]

Shake Your Boo Thang by Chloe Archer [55:10]

Monster Hollow series by Chloe Archer [59:05]

Violent Devotion by L. Norell [59:53]

Shadow Prince by S. Rodman [1:01:43]

Wish We Were Here by Risa Cruise [1:04:08]

Lockstep by CT Whistle [1:06:08]

Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren [1:08:14]

Suck by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose [1:09:30]

Enchanted by Envy by Nik Knight [1:11:12]

A Daddy for Cooper by Emory Winters [1:17:07]

It’s Thursday and you know that that means - it’s time for another episode of the Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favorite reads with you.

Hold on to your tails everyone because it’s time to talk bunnies! That’s right, this Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read breakdown is brought to you by Sugar Bunny by Colette Davison. Our four feral rats don their bunny ears, burrow into their blanket nests, and bring you all their thoughts on the cutest bunny play MMM romance book around!

Of course, no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without one of the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today Caity treats us to an absolute feast of found family recommendations and discussion, proving why it’s one of her (and the rest of the BRats) favorite tropes. We love found family in this nest! So, tune in now for all the feels and all the best book recommendations.

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CWs for things discussed in this episode include: parental abuse, gambling addiction, spousal abuse, child neglect, predatory workplace, financial struggles, financial abuse, talk of burnout, estranged family, murder, toxic masculinity, apocalypse, transphobia, amnesia, unsupportive family while coming out, grief.

Books Mentioned:

Sugar Bunny by Colette Davison [01:47]

Their Boy by Cara Dee [22:05]

Soul Eater by Lily Mayne [25:04]

The Rycke by Lily Mayne [25:56]

Edin by Lily Mayne [26:00]

Lor by Lily Mayne [26:24]

A Monstrous Christmas in the Camp by Lily Mayne [26:36]

Roman by Grae Bryan [29:32]

Lucien by Grae Bryan [30:28]

Colin by Grae Bryan [30:41]

Wolfgang by Grae Byran [31:01]

Johann by Grae Bryan [32:35]

Wreaking Havoc by Grae Bryan [32:42]

An Unwitting Bargain by Grae Bryan [33:05]

Inviting Bedlam by Grae Bryan [33:57]

Passing Through Purgatory by Nik Knight [34:48]

Gratification in Gluttony by Nik Knight [35:27]

Enchanted by Envy by Nik Knight [40:37]

Shroom for Improvement by Jemma Croft

By the Pint by Jemma Croft [45:32]

By the Fae by Jemma Croft [47:49]

To Catch a Firefly by Emmy Sanders [48:13]

Shroom for Improvement by Jemma Croft [50:22]

We hope you're ready to get feral, because it's the first episode of the Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast! Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you.

In this episode we'll be discussing how our week went (tragically), how great the books we read this week were (awesome) and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance releases - if we can survive the excitement (we cannot). JD takes us down the rabbit hole of Dark Trails, Kit gets feral over Once Bitten, it’s a great groundhog day for Megan in PAH! and Caity gets inducted into the horny weirdo family in F**k, Marry, Kill Me, Daddy.

You can find our episodes on all major platforms! So wherever you are, whatever the time, subscribe today! And in the meantime:

• find us on social media @rainbowbookrats
• Check out our website rainbowbookrats.com
• Join our Facebook group: The Rat's Nest - Rainbow Book Rats | Facebook
• Send any questions and comments to us at rainbow.book.rats@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!

CWs for this episode include: mentions of CNC, murder, serial killing, emotional abuse, forced medical procedures, incest, parental death, death, suicide, torture, sexual assault, life as an unhoused person, violence by an animal, attempted murder of an animal (brief), unsupportive family while coming out, threats of violence, conversion therapy, ableism, stalking, internalised queerphobia, dubcon. As always please protect your own mental health and make sure you check all the CWs for any books you choose to read as necessary.

Books Mentioned:

• Dark Trails trilogy by Em Jae Black (11:57)
• Designation: Prey by Jamie Kassel (27:12)
• Touch Starved by Becca Vale (31:29)
• Once Bitten by AM Rose (33:26)
• How Not to Kill a Hellhound by Shannon Mae (37:23)
• IMMERSED by Gale Ian Tate (39:06)
• Ugly by Roe Horvat (41:45)
• Pretty Boy by Jett Masterson (43:34)
• PAH! By EM Lindsey and Cora Rose (44:04)
• Roman by Grae Bryan (48:22)
• Plaything by Colette Davison (50:04)
• F**k, Marry, Kill Me, Daddy by Lance Lansdale (53:07)
• Licked by Charlie Novak (57:39)
• Dipped by Charlie Novak (59:02)
• Topped by Charlie Novak (59:24)
• Under the Surface by NR Walker (59:50)
• The Handyman’s Howl by Duckie Mack (1:00:54)
• Den of Paradise by Eryn Hawk (1:02:36)
• Bruiser by Emmy Sanders (1:04:10)
• A Present Mistake by Alice Winters (1:04:36)
• Deathball by WH Lockwood and TJ Rose (1:06:10)
• Glitched Fates and Stolen Mates by TJ Rose (1:06:40)
• Caleb by Cora Rose (1:07:19)