Booktrospective

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 the beginning. At Anaximander’s Academy, students learn how to bring to life the stories of Greek mythology as well as discover the Greek god whose principles they most embody. 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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, both cold and protective, and worse, she finds herself drawn to the very last person she should be falling for: Hal, one of the resistance leaders. Emeline is questioning everything—most of all whether she’ll have to give up her heart and even her life to stop them.Triggers:ClassismMurderSexismSexual contentViolenceDeathWarChild abuseDrug useAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 spoilers in our podcast is intended for those 18+ as it does contain mention of mature content. Please listen, like, rate, review and share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 on January 12, 2026! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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. So, when Nolan is assigned the sweeter-than-candy-canes antique shop owner for his holiday haunting, neither of them have any idea why. Triggers:Sexual contentDeathEmotional abuseGriefToxic relationshipAbandonmentBody shamingInjury/Injury detailCursingAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 to survive, they will have to fight. Triggers:DeathViolenceTorture MurderAnimal deathAnimal crueltyFire/Fire injuryGun violenceConfinementVomitAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 outside, she’s forced to rely on two Fae males to survive. Two very different, very dangerous, very attractive Fae males. When undeniable chemistry ignites, she’s not just in danger of losing her life, but her heart to the very creatures she can never trust. Triggers:DeathViolenceSexual contentRapeKidnappingInjury/Injury detailSexual assaultDeath of parentPregnancyAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 leader. Jade and Lukas form a mistrustful alliance. But as Mérecal erupts into chaos and the killer closes in, they must cling to one another for survival--and perhaps . . . something more?Triggers:DeathDeath of parentChild deathClassismViolenceGriefAnimal crueltyCursingBloodAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 debut novel, was an Indies Introduce and Indies Next Pick. She works as a therapist by day and lives in New Mexico with her daughter, husband, and parrots.Check out Ruby on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/rubymartinezauthor/.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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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:ConfinementCursingDeathDrug useInfidelityToxic relationshipViolenceGaslightingAbandonmentAlcoholInjury/Injury detailAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 those 18+ as it does contain mention of mature content. Please listen, like, rate, review and share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 life is falling part. Jamie is restructuring what his life looks like as a single dad. A fairy-tale ending could be in the cards, but only if the new couple can get out of their heads and put their hearts first.Triggers:MiscarriageSexual ContentPanic attacksGriefAbandonmentInfertilityPregnancyAdoptionInfedility 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 degree in Psychology and a lifelong love and appreciation for women’s stories. While she currently works in public health, she has embraced writing as a hobby since penning her first short story in second grade. When Ashley isn’t at the day job or writing, she is either at a Beyoncé concert, rewatching Mad Men, or arguing about basketball with anyone who will listen. In 2023, she became a Reese’s Book Club LitUp Fellow.Check out Ashley at https://ashleyjordanwrites.com/about/; her substack at https://ashleyjordanwrites.substack.com/about; and on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ashleyjordanwrites/.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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 seems. Roman is willing to do anything to protect his family. Anything. Nothing lasts forever and Everything burns.Triggers:ViolenceMurderGun ViolenceDrug AbuseSuicideDeath of a ParentAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 she is sure about—an abortion. When Truth performs a poem about her decision and her emotionally turbulent home life, the performance is recorded and posted online for everyone to see—including her mother.Triggers:Emotional abuseAbortionGrooming/Inappropriate age gapToxic FriendshipAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 William C. Morris Debut Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, a Rise Feminist Book Project Top Ten Title, a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, and an ABA Indies Introduce/Indie Next Pick. Her spoken word has been featured on the BBC’s World Have Your Say program as well as the National Education Association’s “Do You Hear Us?” campaign. Her written word has been included in Essence, xoNecole, and gal-dem. Sawyerr holds a BA in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Her sophomore novel in verse Truth Is (Abrams/Amulet) is slated for release on September 23, 2025.Check out Hannah at https://www.hannahsawyerr.com/; and on instagram at http://instagram.com/HannSawyerr.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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 intended for those 18+ as it does contain mention of mature content. Please listen, like, rate, review and share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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:BloodBlood drinkingToxic relationshipsViolenceDeathDeath of parentInjury and injury detailsMurderGoreAlcohol useGriefSuicideSexual harassmentMisogynySexismSexual contentChild deathFire injury/fireHomophobia/LesbophobiaMisogynySexismDomestic abusePanic attacksGaslightingPhysical abuseToxic friendshipEmotional abuseAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 knee-melting charm. Forbidden fruit is the juiciest, and this man is off limits if she plans to stay the course she’s set for herself.Triggers:DementiaSexual ContentGriefDeath of a ParentRacismMedical TraumaBody ShamingCar AccidentDeathAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 gives them an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid . . . and it’s usually paid in blood.Triggers:pregnancybloodgoreself-harmgraphic description of birthracism mental abuseAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 aspiring girl reporter and a handsome Irish bartender to mount a rescue effort, only to find their fates entwine with Medusa’s and Jack’s.Check out Julie at https://julieberrybooks.com/; on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/julieberrybookspage; and on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/julieberrybooks/.Triggers:RacismReligious prosecutionViolenceProstitution impliedAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 communication and an MFA from Vermont College. Julie owns Author’s Note, an adorable independent bookstore in Medina, New York.Check out Julie at https://julieberrybooks.com/; on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/julieberrybookspage; and on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/julieberrybooks/.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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. Triggers:TortureWarViolenceSexual contentPregnancyDeath of parentSuicidal thoughtsVomitAnimal deathAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing.Triggers:CancerGriefPregnancyAbandonment Misogyny 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 problems. Triggers:ViolenceDeath AddictionSuicidal thoughtsDrug AbuseSexual AssaultChild AbuseSuicide 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 husband won’t allow Noah back into their home. Just how far will she go to protect her son?Triggers:PedophiliaSuicideSuicide attemptSexual assaultPhysical assaultRapeVomitIncestCancerAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 received in Rifthold. Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need—and will honor it. Triggers:ViolenceDeathInjury/Injury detailSexual contentAbleismPregnancyVomitSuicideWarAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 pioneer, she discovered that even Marty Goddard's closest friends had lost track of her. TriggersRapeSexual AssaultRacism SexismAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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.Triggers:Sexual ContentDeathGriefTortureViolenceWarAbandonmentAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 than a strong Longjing to fix things. Triggers:murder death of a loved one 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 Giles, Mark Oshiro, Naseem Jamnia, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Terry J. Benton-Walker. Triggers: Blood Death Racism Body Horror Violence Cannibalism Deadnaming Sexual Assault BullyingAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 Violence Sexual content Murder WhippingAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 by sharing personal stories and lessons she’s learned along the way. Lauren Keyana Palmer gets real about life, work, love, and belief.They said, “Jack of all Trades, Master of None.”She said, “No, I am the Master. Of Me.”TriggersDomestic abuseRacismToxic RelationshipAdult/minor relationshipAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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, who little does she know is an author--her favorite fantasy author.TriggersGhostingParental AbuseToxic RelationshipChild NeglectCheatingAs 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 woman the entire Internet has become obsessed Janelle Beckett. Triggers Murder Racism Toxic Relationship Doxing 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 deal: they’ll find a match for each other—and whoever falls in love loses. Triggers Death of Loved One 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 protect Lavio, there are things that his right hand men can't be seen doing. Lavio is going to need someone behind the scenes to do the real dirty work, The Left Hand. Triggers: Murder Miscarriage Domestic Violence 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 unfold as Halloween draws near. Will the hostage takers become the hostages? Triggers: Incest Murder Rape Confinement Mental Illness Toxic Friendship Misogyny Death Infertility Child Neglect 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 Celaena name and has fully embraced Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. Triggers: Blood Death Grief Pregnancy (mentioned) Slavery Torture Violence 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 improve. 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 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 Celaena name and has fully embraced Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. Triggers: Blood Death Grief Pregnancy (mentioned) Slavery Torture Violence 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 impossible when someone is meticulously orchestrating their deaths, one by one. Triggers: death violence gore kidnapping rape mentioned cursing bear attack stalking breaking and entering burglary knife violence 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 Nutcracker with the help of the handsome Sugarplum Faerie with his promises of forbidden fantasies. Meanwhile the entire Seelie kingdom is under threat of conquest by the Rat King, ruler of the Dread Court. Triggers: family death violence gore monsters blood sexual threat light bondage light CNC explicit intimacy/spicy scenes primal play 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 of her co-workers' mean-spirited pranks. She also has a SECRET secret Santa who she must track down and figure out the true meaning of the cursed object in her possession before it destroys the company—and her soul. Triggers: Death of a family member Murder Dolls Bondage Broken Bones Nazis 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 Divorce Alcohol Abuse Parental Neglect 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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• Knife violence & stabbing• Physical assault• Hostage situation • Slavery• Slut-shaming• Forced sex work• Suicide• Murder & attempted murder• Torture• Poisoning• Fire• Drowning• Emesis 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 happy-go-lucky attitude win over the grumpy-but-gorgeous Logan? Triggers: Mentioned death of a parent Abandonment 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 Domestic violence Alcoholism Anxiety Death of a child Kidnapping Mentioned sexual Assault Murder 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

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 Blood & gore depiction Physical injury Grief & loss depiction Death of a friend Murder & attempted murder Knife violence & stabbing 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 share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.