#113 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (with Torry of Ready to Be Petty)

Tune in as Torry (Ready to Be Petty) rejoins Arthur for a review and recap of The Bromance Book Club, the 2019 second chance romance novel by Lyssa Kay Adams that explores what happens when a guy embarks on a plan to save his collapsing marriage by joining a club full of men who read romance books to educate themselves on love, women, and healthy masculinity. All the sexism that our society has aimed at the pumpkin spice latte, the pleasure of meeting side characters in a romance book who you realize will star in their own standalone sequels, and the many times when Arthur and Torry push for these characters (not only Gavin and Thea, but Liv as well) to seek therapy comprise a few of the topics that get discussed. TW: sexual content, past child neglect, bullying for a speech impediment, past infidelity, vomiting, profanity, and alcohol Spoilers start at 20:15 Show notes: • Lyssa Kay Adams’s interview with The Everyday Magazine: https://theeverydaymagazine.co.uk/fictionandpoetry/talking-to-lyssa-kay-adams Good Word: • Torry: The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent • Arthur: GrayStillPlays’s Happy Wheels playthroughs (Arthur has been watching them through the Tiktok account @gspfanpage) Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @two_centscritic Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell