Menace II Book Society

This week, the menaces talk about documentaries, group project foes, surgery woes, and review Dominion x Addie E. CitchensBooks Mentioned:I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend x Jessica CageI Accidentally Hooked Up With a Vampire x Jessica CageI accidentally Hired a Shadow Hunter x Jessica CageHoney x Imani ThompsonRich and Rotten x Jahquel J. A Love Song For Ricki Wilde x Tia WillaimsReel x Kennedy RyanBehind Closed Doors x B. A. ParisRed Series x Tanisha StewartThe Student The Bridesmaid The DeadbeatEternally Tetheres Series x Christina C. Jones Haunted CovetedRestored Behind Closed Doors x B. A. ParisJudge Stone x Viola Davis/James Patterson Capri Series x Jahquel J. Quasim Series x Jahquel J. The Next Book:In The Gray x B.B. ReidIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

This week, the menaces talk about their hobbies, book clubs, health, and review Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman.Books Mentioned:Reel x Kennedy Ryan My Darkest Prayer x S. A. CosbyRiches and Rotten x Jahquel J. (Obvious series coming. And she need to hurry it up!!)Divorce Party x Daisy Savage Flowers Sisters Series x Asia Monique:Magnolia: A Perfect LoveLilac: A Sound LoveJuniper: A Worthy Love Daisy:A Timeless LoveBlossom: A Passionate LoveThe Love Dare:Flowers SisterWith Love:The Flowers SistersX+E : The Teachers of Harwood High School x Nina High Passing x Nella LarsenHaunted x Christina C JonesJudge Stone x Viola Davis/ James Patterson Sunrise on the Reaping x Suzanne Collins Quasim II x Jahquel J The 7-10 Split x Carmen LeeThe Next Book: Dominion x Abbie E CitchensIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

Charisse and Ja Lessa review Girls Who Play DeadBooks Mentioned:The Collective Series: Book 2 & 3 x K. C. Mills Dawning and ResurgenceEmergence and AscendenceHouse of Eve x Sadeqa Johnson Dali: The Demolisher x B. LoveMPWG Lawfirm Book 2 x B. LoveInadmissible FBW BOOK 2 x Alexandra WarrenDarkest Prayer x S. A. Cosby Reel x Kennedy Ryan Quasim II x Jahquel J Incidents Around the House x Josh MalermanKeeper of Lost Children x Sadeqa Johnson The Seven Daughters of Dupree x Nikesha Elise Williams The 7-10 Split x Carmen LeeBig Girl Blitz x Danielle AllenThe Next Book:Incidents Around the House x Josh Malerman If you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

This week, Charisse and Ja Lessa talk about life, books, and review Cursed Daughters x Oyinkan BraithwaiteBooks Mentioned:I, Medusa X Ayana GrayThe Collective Series: Book 1- Shadows and Whispers x K. C. MillsThe Seven Daughters of Dupree x Nikesha Elise Williams Burn Down Master’s House x Clay Cane FWB #1- The Games We Play x Alexandra Warren Capri 3.5 x Jahquel J. Quasim I x Jahquel J. If I Ruled the World x Amy DuBois BarnettBayou Dreams series 1-3 x Farah Rochon The Scammer-Tiffany D. Jackson The 7-10 Split x Carmen LeeBig Girl Blitz x Danielle Allen The Next Book:Girls Who Play Dead x Joelle WellingtonIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

Charisse and Ja Lessa return after a break and talk about what they have been reading and play bingo.Next book: Cursed Daughters x Oyinkan Braithwaite

Charisse and Ja Lessa play a game and review Five Survive x Holly Jackson, in their last episode of 2024.Books Mentioned:Plus Size Player X Danielle AllenCapri 2.5 X Jahquel JRhythm Blues X Kimberly BrownLove Scammed X Rilzy AdamsSounds Like a Plan X Pamela Samuels Young &Dwayne AlexanderModel Home X Rivers SolomonThe Blonde Dies First X Joelle WashingtonIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

Charisse and Ja Lessa Shantel discuss books, if constantly calling out your haters is necessary, and review Honeysuckle and Bone x Trisha Tobias.Books Mentioned:The Maidens X Alex MichaelidesRoses & Thornes Series X Christina C. JonesThe Reinvention of the RoseThe Rose That Got AwayThe Unbroken RoseSugar Baby X B. LoveCurvy Girl Summer X Danielle AllenCapri 2 X Jahquel JModel Home X Rivers SolomonThe Blonde Dies First X Joelle WashingtonNext Book: Five Survive X SurviveIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

Charisse and Ja Lessa Shantel review First Family x Granger

The menaces are back with a review of Guilt and Ginataan x Mia P. Mansala.Books Mentioned:House On Mango Street Capri 1.5 X Jahquel J. The Friendship Contract X Mia Heintzelmam The Prisoner X B. A. Paris Holding X Alexandria HouseAssist X Alexandria HouseCapri 2 X Jahquel J. Sugar Baby X B. LoveZora Books Her Happy Ever After X Taj McCoy The Secret World of Maggie Grey X GrangerThe Maidens X Alex MichaelidesNext Book: The First Family (Drew Collins Book 2) x GrangerIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

M2BS Episode description:Books Mentioned:Crossroads: A Small Town Sapphic Romance x Karmen LeeBones at the Crossroads x LaDarrion Williams A Witch’s Guide To Magical Innkeeping x Sangu MandannaCapri 1 & 1.5 x Jahquel J. Never Saw Me Coming x Vera KurianBirth of a Dynasty x Chinaza BadoHolding x Alexandria HouseKing of Ashes x S. A. Cosby Lillith x Alexandria House Finding Yvonne x Brandy Colbert Next Book: Guilt and Ginataan X Mia P.  ManansalaIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

Next Book:Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes x Sandra Jackson-OpukoIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

This week, we have a special guest! Lisa joins Ja Lessa and Charisse in their shenanigans.Books Mentioned:Books Bones at the Crossroads X LaDarrion WilliamsHouse of Monsterous Women X Daphne FamaCappadonna I and II X Jahquel J.The Wilderness Angela FlourenoyBlood Moon X Britney S. LewisThe 7-Day Hitch: The Black Wife Effect X T.L. Martin Wreckless Love X NinaHoney and Spice X Bou BabalolaKing of Ashes X S.A. CosbyUnlucky X K.C. MillsRevive Me Part 1-The Act X J. L. SeegarsRevive Me Part 2-The Affair X J.L. SeegarsRevive Me Part 3- The Apology X J.L SeegarsMore Than You’ll Ever Know X Katie GutierrezNext Book:  Cappadonna III x Jahquel J.If you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

In this week's episode, Charisse and Ja Lessa talk about traveling, wedding/party dress codes, and review Rare Danger by Beverly Jenkins.

Books Mentioned:Jasiel, The King Who Got Me x Miss JenesequaJaxson, The King Who Got Me x Miss JenesequaAisha and Gage: Wedding Special x Tay Mo’NaeMimi Lee Cracks the Code x Jennifer J. ChowHow to Love a Jamaican x Alexis ArthursThe Ghost of Gwendoly Montgomery x Clarence A. HaynesChain Gang Allstars x Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Where There’s Smoke x Arica AlexanderA Girl Within A Girl Within A Girl x Nanda ReddyNext Book: Rare Danger x Beverly JenkinsIf you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

In this week's episode, Charisse talks about K-Dramas. They discuss the books they are and aren't reading, JaLessa asks a hard question, and they discuss "Can't Get Enough" by Kennedy Ryan.Books Mentioned:Capone (1-3) x Jahquel J.From Come Over To Come Home X Jahquel J.He’s My Next Mistake x Jahquel J. Brookwood SeriesI Got You x Miss JenesequaAisha and Gage: Wedding Special x Tay Mo’NaeDial A For Aunties x Jesse Q. SutantoMiMi Lee Reads Between the Lines x Jennifer J. ChowChange Gang Allstars x Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahNext Book: Audre and Bash are Just Friends x Tia WilliamsIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

In today's episode, Charisse asks JaLessa a tough book question, they play some bookish games, and review Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) x Jesse Q. Sutanto.Books Mentioned:How About Forever X Rilzy AdamsCapone x Jahquel J.I Got You X Miss JenesequaAisha and Gage:Wedding Special X Tay Mo’NaeDial A For Aunties x Jesse Q. SutantoMimi Gets A Clue X Jennifer ChowPlus Size Player X Danielle AllenOur Vicious Oaths X N.E. DavenportBlack Son X Rebecca RoanhorseNext Book: Can’t Get Enough X Kennedy RyanIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

Charisse saw Kendrick Lamar, the menaces talk about Sinners, and review The Art of Scandal x Regina BlackBooks Mentioned:Ante Upx Christina C. JonesKing of Hearts x Christina C. JonesDueces Wild x Christina C. JonesFriction x Christina C. JonesHow About Forever x Rilzy AdamsDial A For Aunties x Jesse Q. SutantoA Voice in the Wind x Francine RiversCapone x Jahquel JTheir Eyes Were Watching God x Zora Neale HurstonHarlem Rhapsody x Victoria Christopher MurrayNext Book: Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) x Jesse Q SutantoIf you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram @menace2booksociety

The menaces review The Wife Before x Shanora Williams.Books Mentioned:Love You a Little Bit x Kasha ThompsonLegendborn x Tracy DeonnAnte Up x Christina C. JonesPlus Size Player x Danielle AllenWhen We Go Missing x April HenrySomadina x Akwaeke EmeziNext Book: The Art of Scandal x Regina BlackIf you have book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] us on instagram @menace2booksociety

The menaces review Destry x K.C. Mills and Titus x Charity ShaneBooks Mentioned:Dominoes, Danzon and Death x Raquel V. ReyesCan't Help but Love You x Tay Mo'NaeHow About Forever? x Rilzy AdamsMarshall: The MannyCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents x Isabel WilkersonThe Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother x James McBrideNo Ordinary Love x Myah ArielLove You a Little Bit x Kasha ThompsonTheir Eyes Were Watching God x Zora Neale HurstonHarlem Rhapsody x Victoria Christopher MurrayNext Book: The Wife Before x Shanora WilliamsIf you have any questions or book recommendations, email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

JaLessa's mom listens to SPICY books and the menaces review The Love Lyric x Kristina Forest.Books Mentioned:The Wilderness x Angela FlournoyOathbound x Tracy DeonnThe Blood Gift x N.E. DavenportGoals x Alexandria HouseI Think I Might Love You x Christina C. JonesI Think I Might Need You x Christina C. JonesI Think I Might Want You x Christina C. JonesRazorblade Tears x S.A. CosbyDominoes, Danzon and Death x Raquel V. ReyesCan't Help but Lobe You x Tay Mo'NaeCan't Get Enough x Kennedy RyanHow About Forever? x Rilzy AdamsCapone I-III x Jahquel JCappadona 1 x Jahquel JMarshall: The MannySunrise on the Reaping x Suzanne CollinsNext Book:Destry: Rodeo Season x K.C. MillsTitus: Rodeo Season x Charity Shane’If you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

This week, Charisse is without a computer and they review Blacktop Wasteland x SA Cosby.Books Mentioned:Capone x Jahquel J.Oathbound x Tracee DeonnThe DJ Saved My LifeHow About Forever x Rilzy AdamsThe Library Game x Gigi PandianThe Love Lyric x Kristina ForestYou Truly Assumed x Laila SabreenCaste x Isabel WilkersonGo Tell It the Mountain x James BaldwinNext Book: The Love Lyric x Kristina ForestIf you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

The menaces play build your book boyfriend and review Vivid x Beverly Jenkins.Books Mentioned: Through the Storm x Beverly Jenkins Can’t Get Enough x Kennedy Ryan A Young Thug’s Kryptonite x Ke'Asia Morris A Little Kissing Between Friends x Chencia C. Higgins A Victim at Valentine’s x Ellie Alexander The Lies: The Lies We Tell About Life, Love, and Everything in Between x Christina C. Jones Frenemies with Benefits x Synthia Williams Last Night a DJ Saved My LifeNext Book: Blacktop Wasteland x SA CosbyIf you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

The menaces play a quick game and review A Love Like the Sun x Riss M. NeilsonBooks Mentioned:Sula x Toni MorrisonI Think They Love You x Julian WintersCan’t Get Enough x Kennedy RyanThe Fifth Season x N.K. JemisonJames x Percival EverettRosewater x Liv LittleGo Tell It On the Mountain x James BaldwinThrough the Storm x Beverly JenkinsA Little Kissing Between Friends x Chencia C. HigginsA Young Thug’s Kryptonite x Ke’Asia MorrisThe Truth x Christina C JonesYou Truly Assumed x Layla SabreenX+E: The Teachers of Hardwood High x Nina HighGucci Guilty x Between the Lines (WAWG Studios Series) x Christina C JonesShe a Badder x Monique FisherHow About Forever x RilzyNext Book: Vivid x Beverly JenkinsIf you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

Happy New Year!! The menaces are back with rants about life, Charisse is convinced that JaLessa is the feds, and they review Perfect Peace x Daniel Black. Books Mentioned: Their Vicious Games x Joelle Wellington X+E: The Teachers of Hardwood High x Nina High  Who Put This Song On x Morgan Parker Don’t Cry for Me x Daniel Black Isaac’s Song x Daniel Black The Trees x Percival Everett Colored Television x Danzy Senna Sula x Toni Morrison Next Book: If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

In the last episode of the year, JaLessa and Charisse list their top 8 books and review Christmas in Spite of You x K.C. Mills. See you in 2025! Books Mentioned: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies x Deesha Philyaw Write Before Christmas x Lauren W. Roach You’re a Mean One Mr. Chef x Lauren W. Roach A Novel Christmas x Charity Shané Hollywood Homicide x Kellye Garrett Hollywood Ending x Kellye Garrett Twelve Dates of Christmas x Rilzy Adams The McClain Brothers x Alexandria House (series) This Ravenous Fate x Hayley Dennings The Wright Brothers x Christina C Jones (series) The Happiest Ending: A New Year's Short x Shae Sanders Charisse’s Top 8: The First to Die at the End x Adam Silver Indigo x Beverly Jenkins Where Sleeping Girls Lie x Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Curvy Girl Summer x Danielle Allen A Love Song for Ricki Wilde x Tia Williams The Secret Life of Maggie Grey x Granger Honorable Mentions: Christmas in Spite of You x K.C. Mills The Very Irregular Witches x Sangu Bandanna JaLessa’s Top 8: A Love Song for Ricki Wilde x Tia Williams Hold Me While You Wait x Kimberly Brown Allegedly x Tiffany D. Jackson This Could Be Us x Kennedy Ryan Ate x Rilzy Adams Off the Record x Camryn Garrett Only for the Week x Natasha Bishop Death by Dumpling x Vivian Chen Honorable Mentions: The Coldest Secret Ever x N’Dia Rae I’m Glad My Mother Died x Jennette McCurdy  If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

Charisse tells JaLessa about new things going on at their alma mater and they review When I Think of You x Myah Ariel Books Mentioned: Blood at the Root x LaDarrion Williams  Shadow Coven x S. Isabelle It’s Elementary x Elise Bryant  This Ravenous Fate x Hayley Dennings A Novel Christmas x Charity Shane’ The Twelve Dates of Christmas x Rilzy Adams Love After Series x Christina C. Jones The Strickland Sisters x Christina C. Jones Them Boys x Christina C. Jones Equilibrium x Christina C. Jones (Holiday in the Heights audiobook is all three books in the series) Make a Scene x Mimi Grace Rosewater x Liv Little Next book: Christmas in Spite of You x K.C. Mills If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

If anyone advocates for DNF’ing (did not finish) a book, it’s Charisse. JaLessa Shantel reviews Jana Goes Wild and Charisse talks about why she DNF’d it. Books Mentioned: A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death x Valerie Burner Higher Love x Alexandra House Made to Love x Alexandra House The Coldest Secret Ever x N’dia Rae The Coldest Karma Ever x N’dia Rae The Coldest Karma Ever Finale x N’dia Rae Spiked Hot Chocolate x Rilzy Adams Unleash for Love x Alicia Renee This Poison Heart x Kalynn Bayron The Blood Trials x N.E. Davenport The Secret World of Maggie Grey x Granger Next book: When I Think of You x Myah Ariel

As always the Menace's talk about any and everything. They play this or that, Charisse talks about things she hates in books, and they review The Black Girl Survives in This One. Books Mentioned: Indigo x Beverly Jenkins Spiked Hot Chocolate x Rilzy Adams Treble x Rilzy Adams Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking x Raquel V Reyes Next book: Jana Goes Wild x Farah Heron If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

In today's episode, the menaces discuss reading burnout and reading goals, and review Such Charming Liars x Karen M. McManus. Books Mentioned: Society of Lies x Lauren Ling Brown Shadow Coven x S. Isabelle When We Were Birds x Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Fledging x Octavia E.Butler Rare Breed x Charity Shane Fated Breed x Charity Shane Minion x L.A. Banks Sing Me to Sleep x Gabi Burton The Naturals x  White Fragility Tattooist of Aushwits  I’m Glad my Mother Died x Jeanette McCurdy Mango, Mambo, and Murder x Raquel V. Reyes Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking x Raquel V. Reyes Crimes of Passion x Jack Harbon Technically Speaking x Micheal Elliot Treble x Rilzy Adams The Skin I’m In x Sharon G. Flake Next book: The Black Girl Survives in This One If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

Charisse starts word of the day and JaLessa Shantel feels like The Reformatory was 200 pages too long. Books Mentioned: Treble x Rilzy Adams Technically Speaking x Michael Elliot Crimes of Passion x Jack Harbon Where We End and Begin x Jane Ighiro Barbacoa x Raquel V. Reyes House of Hunger x Alexia Indigo x Beverly Jenkins Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal x Raquel V. Reyes Mango, Mambo, and Murder x Raquel V. Reyes Fledging x Octavia E. Butler Sleeping with the Frenemy Next book: Such Charming Liars x Karen M. McManus If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

In today's episode, the menaces talk more about the books they're reading separately, trying avoid reviewing Do What God Mother Says Books Mentioned: Unexpected Lovers x Riley Adams So Lucky x Nicola Griffith Full Disclosure x Camryn Garrett Off the Record x Camryn Garrett Celestial Monsters x Aiden Thomas Bad Witches x H.B. Akumiah Chosen by a Vampire x Wynta Tyme The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years x Shubnum Khan Cemetary Boys x Aiden Thomas House of Frank x Kay Sinclaire House of Hunger x Alexis Henderson Next book: The Reformatory x Tananarive Due If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

In this episode, Charisse talks about a booktoker that doesn't read the books they review and how Spotify played her with the cap on audiobook listening hours. They also review Partner Plot x Kristina Forest (FYI, Charisse lied...she rated the book 5 starts). Books mentioned: Hold Me While You Wait x Kimberly Brown Next book: We kick off our spooky season reads with Do What Godmother Says x L.S. Stratton If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

We took a little break because life has been LIFING! But the menaces are back and in this episode, they do a little catching up, talk about some book drama, and review Sight Unseen x Kasha Thompson. Next book: Partner Plot x Kristina Forest If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

The menaces review A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

The Menaces try to give you a shorter episode and review one of their favorite authors Tiffany D. Jackson. Next book: This Could Be Us x Kennedy Ryan

JaLessa tells us all about her cruise and how she doesn't like the beach. The menaces review Radha and Jai's Recipe for Romance x Nisha Sharma. Next Book: Allegedly x Tiffany D. Jackson

After, enjoying their holiday break the menaces are back and talking about what they did and read on their break! Books Mentioned: Rootless by Krystal Zara Appiah Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen Only For The Week by Natasha Bishop The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison Taste Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma Thicker Than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker You Hide I'll Seek: A Halloween Erotica by M.L. Bash Next book: Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

****PREVIOUSLY RECORDED**** JaLessa Shantel gives Charisse the worst choices for f**k, marry, k*ll and they review one of their favorite authors books Murder and Mamon.

The menaces talk about their life anthem, or anthems in Charisse's case, and review Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers x Jesse Q. Sutanto

Charisse DNFs another book, so JaLessa reviews most of it by herself.

The menaces are OBSESSED with Tiffany D. Jackson and her writing. In this episode, they review Monday's Not Coming and Charisse vows to read the rest of her books by the end of the year. Next Book: Black Cake x Charmaine Wilkerson If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

The menaces play He's Perfect But, Charisse is going to see Beyonce (9/21), and they review One of Us is Back by one of their favorite authors Karen M. McManus Books Mentioned: Beautiful x Danielle Steele Accidentally Pinup x Danielle Jackson Blood Scion x Deborah Falaye Portrait of a Thief x Grace D. Li Darling, Rose Gold x Stephanie Wrobel He Started It x Samantha Downing The Suicide House x Charlie Danlea Better Together x Christine Riccio Behind Closed Doors x B.A Paris The Dilemma x B.A Paris Next book: Monday's Not Coming x Tiffany D. Jackson If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

The menaces are back after taking a break this summer. They talk about what they did and some books they read this summer. Books Mentioned: They Both Die at the End x Adam Silvera The Thing About Home x Rhonda McKnight Just for the Cameras x Viano Oniomoh Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Inheritance Games (series) x Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Perfect Find x Tia Williams The Keeper of Happy Endings x Barbara Davis Accidentally Engaged x Farah Heron Hoops Series x Kennedy Ryan Grip Series x Kennedy Ryan Next Book: One of Us is Back x Karen M. McManus If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

*PREVIOUSLY RECORDED EPISODE* Charisse and JaLessa play some games and ramble on the season finale. Charisse does a semi-review for Last Night at the Telegraph Club x Malinda Lo. Books Mentioned: Sinful Redemption x Asia Monique Honey and Spice x Bolu Babalola The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsye Hussle x Rob Kenner If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

In this episode, JaLessa Shantel asks Charisse a random this or that and they review Memphis x Tara M. Stringfellow. Next book: Last Night at the Telegraph Club x Malinda Lo If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

On this week's episode the menace's talk about how people can be assholes online and how much they didn't like the book for this week, one of them didn't even read it. Books Mentioned: Lone Women x Victor LaValle Belladonna x Adalyn Grace Reel x Kennedy Ryan The Marathon Don't Stop The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle x Rob Kenner Dark of Night x Colleen Coble Next book: Memphis x Tara M. Stringfellow If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

In this episode, the menace's review Final Girls x Riley Sager, JaLessa Shantel talks to us about her Christian bookclub picks, and Charisse talks about how she's getting more arcs and making friends in the book world. Books Mentioned: The Cemetery Boys x Aiden Thomas Lone Women x Victor Lavalle The House of Eve x Sadeqa Johnson They Bothe Die at the End x Adam Silvera The Shadow Sister x Lily Meade Take My Hand x Dolen Perkins-Valdez Next book: Love in the Time of Serial Killers x Alicia Thompson If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

In this episode, Charisse isn't sober, her brain hurts from reading too many books, and she sings y'all a little diddly. JaLessa talks about the MS walk the menaces are participating in on Saturday, and they review Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon. Books Mentioned: Reel x Kennedy Ryan Cemetery Boys x Aiden Thomas Dear Senthuran x Akwaeke Emezi A Million Quiet Revolutions x Robin Gox Bitter x Akwaeke Emezi Pet x Akwaeke Emezi One to Watch x Kate Stayman-London Edge of Dusk x Colleen Coble Strands of Truth x Colleen Coble Sweethands x N.G. Peltier The House of Eve x Sadeqa Johnson The Deep x Rivers Solomon Next book: Final Girl x Riley Sager If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

Charisse and JaLessa talk about how not everything should go on the internet, recommend books they have been reading separately, and give their first two-star review of the year. Books Mentioned: The Grim Reapers Lawyer x Mea Monique The Monsters We Defy x Leslye Penelope Reel x Kennedy Ryan Sinful Vow x Asia Monique Coming Home x Kennedy Ryan Next book: Instructions for Dancing x Nicola Yoon If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

JaLessa Shantel and Charisse talk about Charisse's failed February TBR, why people insist on making terrible comments about Black authors, JaLessa's baby locs, and review Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan. Books Mentioned: Belladonna by Adalyn Grace Decent People by De'Shawn Charles Winslow The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope Next Book: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to emailus at [email protected] Follow us on IG and TikTok @menaceiibooksociety