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Booktrospective
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A podcast for all genres and every book lover! Join Dominyse and Keeley as they read all the books you’re dying to read and maybe some that are new to you. We will read them all from horror to fantasy, YA to memoirs, and more!
Episodes
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Episode 111: The Aftermyth Volume 1 by Tracy Wolff
This week we are covering The Aftermyth Volume 1 by Tracy Wolff. When Penelope and her twin brother Paris arrive at Anaximander’s, it appears fate has other plans. Penelope isn’t placed with Athena but with students who are anything but practical and who prefer parties to rules. And that’s just…
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Episode 110: Conform by Ariel Sullivan
This week we are covering Conform by Ariel Sullivan. Emeline has been waiting to be selected as a Mate for a procreation contract. When she is finally chosen, her Mate is revealed to be a member of the Illum named Collin, a man who seems to be harboring secrets of his own. Collin is confusing…
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Episode 109: Booktrospective January 2026 Chat
Happy 2026! We're back and this is our monthly chat! We plan for one episode each month to be a chit chat where we can sit down, recap last month, look at our goals for the upcoming month, and blab a little (mostly spoiler free!) This is also our 2025 recap. As always, our episodes contain…
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Episode 108: Booktrospective December Chat
We're wrapping up 2025! This is our monthly chat! We plan for one episode each month to be a chit chat where we can sit down, recap last month, look at our goals for the upcoming month, and blab a little (mostly spoiler free!) We will be taking our winter break after this episode and will be back...
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Episode 107: Good Spirits by B.K. Borison
This week we are covering Good Spirits by B.K. Borison. Nolan Callahan intends to spend this holiday season exactly like every other - haunting the terrible people of Annapolis in his aimless existence as the Ghost of Christmas Past. Harriet York is a good person – or, at least, she tries to be....
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Episode 106: 25 Days by Per Jacosbsen
This week we are covering 25 Days by Per Jacosbsen, a chilling holiday advent book. Adam Gray arranges a vacation in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain hoping to bring his family closer. The family makes a spine-chilling they’ve been dragged into a deranged game of Secret Santa, and if they want…
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Episode 105: Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
This week we are covering Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana. Lore makes a desperate deal with a Fae lord. She will leave her home to catalog/organize an enchanted library, but really she’s after the one thing the Fae covet above all: magic of her own. As Lore navigates the hostile world…
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Episode 104: An Embroidery of Souls by Ruby Martinez
This week we are covering An Embroidery of Souls by Ruby Martinez. Jade can manipulate souls with the tug of a thread-- she has the unique ability to stitch love, beauty, intelligence and to unravel even death. Lukas Keller is desperate to feed his family and makes a deal with a vicious gang...
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Episode 103: Meet Ruby Martinez
BONUS EPISODE! For this bonus episode, we sat down with Ruby Martinez to discuss her debut novel, An Embroidery of Souls, which released on September 9, 2025. Ruby Martinez is a Mexican American writer who stuffs her books full of magic, romance, and mental health rep. An Embroidery of Souls, her...
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Episode 102: Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
This week we are covering Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman. When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the same question, over and over . . . Bela understands that unless she says yes, soon her family must pay. Triggers…
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Episode 101: Booktrospective November Chat
Happy October! This is our monthly chat! We plan for our first episode each month to be a chit chat where we can sit down, recap last month, look at our goals for the upcoming month, and blab a little (mostly spoiler free!) As always, our episodes contain spoilers in our podcast is intended for...
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Episode 100: Once Upon a Time in Dollywood by Ashley Jordan
WE HIT 100 EPISODES!! This week we are covering Once Upon a Time in Dollywood by Ashley Jordan. A playwright must grapple with her difficult year and writer’s block while falling for the single dad living next door in this emotional debut novel. Eve is a rising star playwright, but her personal...
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Episode 99: Meet Ashley Jordan
BONUS EPISODE! For this bonus episode, we sat down with the new author Ashley Jordan to discuss her debut novel, Once Upon a Time in Dollywood, which released on August 5, 2025. Ashley Jordan (she/her) is a millennial from Atlanta by way of Brooklyn. She attended Spelman College, obtaining a…
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Episode 98: King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
This week we are covering King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby. A son returning home. A dangerous debt. Roman Carruthers left the smoke and fire of his family's crematory business behind until he gets a call from his sister, Neveah, telling him their father is in a coma and the accident may not be what it...
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Episode 97: Truth Is by Hannah V Sawyerr
This week we are covering Truth Is by Hannah V Sawyerr. Make sure you check out our last episode were we sat down with Hannah! Seventeen-year-old poet Truth Bangura begins senior year unsure of life after graduation, but when she learns she's pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, she makes one decision…
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Episode 96: Meet Hannah V Sawyerr
BONUS EPISODE! For this bonus episode, we sat down with the amazing Hannah V Sawyerr, author of Truth Is, which released on September 16, 2025. Hannah V Sawyerr was recognized as the Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore in 2016. Her debut novel in verse All the Fighting Parts was a finalist for the...
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Episode 95: Booktrospective October Chat
Happy October! This is our first official monthly chat! We plan for our first episode each month to be a chit chat where we can sit down, recap last month, look at our goals for the upcoming month, and blab a little (mostly spoiler free!) As always, our episodes contain spoilers in our podcast is...
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Episode 94: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
This week we are covering Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. This is a story about hunger. This is a story about love. This is a story about rage. From 1532 to 2019, from Santo Domingo to Boston. This is a story about life— how it ends, and how it starts. Triggers: Blood Blood...
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Episode 93: Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan
This week we are covering Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan. Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. She’s a woman with goals, dreams, ambitions but she's facing her toughest challenge caring for an aging parent. Tech mogul Maverick Bell is a dilemma wrapped in an exquisitely tailored suit and...
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Episode 92: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
This week we are covering Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix. They call them wayward girls, unwed mothers hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened. Then they meet a librarian who…
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Episode 91: If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry
Our first post hiatus review! This week we are covering the upcoming release - If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry, releasing September 16! In 1888 Jack the Ripper is on the run and an awakened Medusa is hunting him. Tabitha and Pearl's reluctant partnership is tested as they team up with an...
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Episode 90: Meet Julie Berry
BONUS EPISODE! For this bonus episode, we sat down with the phenomenal Julie Berry, author of If Looks Could Kill, which is available for purchase beginning September 16, 2025. Julie Berry is the an award winning, New York Times bestselling author. Julie holds a BS from Rensselaer in…
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Episode 89: We're Back!
Break is OVER! Keeley and Dominyse are back from hiatus with new episodes, new books, and just a good time! We missed you guys! As always, our episodes contain spoilers in our podcast is intended for those 18+ as it does contain mention of mature content. Please listen, like, rate, review and…
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Episode 88: Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
Just a reminder - we are taking the summer off! See you all in a few months. This week we are covering the final installment in the Throne of Glass Series - Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas! Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people. But with Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to...
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Episode 87: First Time Caller by B.K. Borison
This week we are covering First Time Caller by B.K. Borison! Aiden Valentine is the host of Baltimore's romance hotline and he's fallen out of love with love. Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine but when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life-or lack thereof. Maybe a…
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Episode 86: What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould
This week we are covering What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould. A group of troubled teens in a wilderness therapy program find themselves stranded in a forest full of monsters eager to take their place. When the campers wake up to find both counselors missing, therapy becomes the least of their...
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Episode 85: Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry
MAJOR TRIGGERS !! This week we are covering Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry. There weren’t any signs that something was wrong with Noah until the day he confesses to molesting little girls during swim team practice. His mother refuses to turn her back on him despite his horrific crimes, but her...
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Episode 84: Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas
Happy Monday! This week we are covering Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas. Chaol Westfall and Nesryn Faliq have arrived to forge an alliance with the Khagan of the Southern Continent. They have also come to Antica for another purpose: to seek healing at the famed Torre Cesme for the wounds Chaol...
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Episode 83: The Secret History of the Rape Kit - A True Crime Story Pagan Kennedy
This week we are covering The Secret History of the Rape Kit - A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy. In 1972, Martha "Marty" Goddard was on a mission to answer a question: Why were so many sexual predators getting away with these crimes? Journalist Pagan Kennedy went looking for this forgotten...
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Episode 82: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
This week we are covering Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. Violet Sorrengail knows enemies are closing in from outside their walls but it’s impossible to know who to trust. And they need the one thing only Violet can find—the truth. But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath....
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Episode 81: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
This week we are covering Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto. Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on the internet and when she finds a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, it’s going to take more...
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Episode 80: The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker
This week we are covering The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power - an anthology edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker and stories written by Adiba Jaigirdar, Alexis Henderson, Chloe Gong, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, H. E. Edgmon, Kalynn Bayron, Karen Strong, Kendare Blake, Lamar…
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Episode 79: Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas
This week we are covering Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas. Aelin Galathynius is determined to save and protect those she loves. But the only chance for salvation will lie in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear. Triggers: Blood Death Emesis Grief Slavery Torture...
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Episode 78: Master of Me by Keke Palmer
This week we are reviewing Master of Me by Keke Palmer. Keke Palmer talks about everything from her struggles with boundaries to unconditional love, forgiveness, and worthiness. Throughout the book, Keke also poses readers with the questions needed to get them through their own challenging times…
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Episode 77: The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forrest
NOTICE! We have changed the format of our episodes - please listen and enjoy! This week we are reviewing The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forrest. Lily Greene found escapism in her correspondences with her favorite fantasy author--until he ghosts her. Enter Nick Brown, her attractive new neighbor,...
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Episode 76: Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett
This week we are reviewing Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett. Breanna’s new boyfriend, Ty, took her to a luxury rowhouse in Jersey City for the weekend. But when Bree comes downstairs their final morning, Ty is nowhere to be found and there’s a stranger dead in the foyer—the missing white…
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Episode 75: Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
Happy Monday! This week we are reviewing Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen. Olivia is taking over her grandmother’s matchmaking business. L.A.’s most-eligible bachelor Bennett is behind the app that could destroy her family’s legacy. As the two businesses go head to head, Bennett and Liv make a...
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Episode 74: The Left Hand by Brittnay J. Sears
Happy Monday! This week we are covering The Left Hand by Brittnay J. Sears. Jan meets Lavio and after a whirlwind romance, they settle down and start a family as Jan starts to learn that there is something unusual about Lavio's profession. When things start to get dangerous, Jan realizes that to...
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Episode 73: The Hostage by Samyra Alexander
Happy Monday! This week we are covering The Hostage by Samyra Alexander. Brandy and Zane become homeless as a result of Brandy's mishaps. To earn back Zane's trust, Brandy creates a scheme to keep a client captive in their own home as means to provide a place for them to stay. Strange events…
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Episode 72: Queen of Shadows Part Two by Sarah J Maas
Happy Monday and Happy New Year! This week we are covering Part Two of Queen of Shadows. Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But is back in Adarlan for vengeance, to rescue her cousin and friends, and hopefully end this war before it can begin. She has now dropped the…
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Episode 71: 2024 Year in Review
Can you believe this year is a WRAP? Join us this week as we recap our 2024 with our favorite (and least favorite) books, covers, characters, and more! We are so thankful to all who have supported us! This is our first complete year of doing the podcast and we hope we continue to grow and…
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Episode 70: Queen of Shadows Part One by Sarah J Maas
Happy Monday! This week we are covering Part One of Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas. Part Two will be our first episode of 2025 ! We had the cutest special guest this week but she wanted to be heard so you will hear a little baby at times. Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from…
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Episode 69: You Better Watch Out by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth
This week we are covering You Better Watch Out by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth. Right before Christmas, a group of strangers find themselves trapped in an unknown, deserted town and they all share similar stories of being attacked and stranded there. Finding a way out seems nearly...
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Episode 68: A Court of Sugar and Spice by Rebecca F. Kenney
HEAVY TRIGGER WARNING ! This week we are covering A Court of Sugar and Spice by Rebecca F. Kenney . This is a dark and very spicy retelling of the Nutcracker and is very mature audiences only! Sisters Clara and Louisa, both in their twenties, begin a journey into the Fae realm to save the...
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Episode 67: Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer
This week we are covering Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer. Described as The Office meets Stephen King, the novel introduces Lussi Meyer an editor desperate for a publishing job. When she becomes employed at Prestigious Blackwood-Patterson due to the death of its owner, she finds herself the target...
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Episode 66: Big Chicas Don't Cry by Annette Chavez Macias
This week we are spoiling Big Chicas Don't Cry by Annette Chavez Macias. Four cousins Mari, Erica, Selena, and Gracie were inseparable growing up but as adults some have grown apart and they all are navigating love, loss, and the meaning of family. Triggers: Death of a family member Abandonment...
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Episode 65: The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J Maas
This week will meet Celaena Sardothien before she becomes the King's Champion. Through 5 stories, we learn of her time assassin and what we like to call - her villain origin story. is her kingdom’s most feared assassin. Triggers: • Blood depiction • Physical injury • Emesis • Death of a mother •...
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Episode 64: The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
This week we are covering The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore. This is book 1 of the Dream Harbor series. Jeanie's has taken over her aunt's Pumpkin Spice Café in the small town of Dream Harbor. Logan is a local farmer who avoids Dream Harbor's gossip at all costs. Will Jeanie's…
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Episode 63: Jackal by Erin E Adams
This week we are covering Jackal by Erin E Adams. Liz Rocher is coming home as a Black woman in a predominantly white town and her best friend's daughter goes missing. Liz is the only one who notices a pattern: a black girl goes missing every summer on the same night. Triggers: Racism Fatmisia...
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Episode 62: Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley
This week we are covering Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley! Annie Lane is used to being left behind but she’s never been left for dead before. She can’t remember who killed her, but she’ll stop at nothing to figure it out and make them pay. Triggers: Drugging Trauma Alcohol consumption...
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A podcast for all genres and every book lover! Join Dominyse and Keeley as they read all the books you’re dying to read and maybe some that are new to you. We will read them all from horror to fantasy, YA to memoirs, and more!
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