Better than the Movies (ft. Fearless)

Tis the season for a small town, enemies to lover holiday romance🎄 Despite the mixed reviews that I've seen, this book single-handely put me in the Christmas spirit. It put me in such a perfect mood for this time of year, and yes, it was a 5 star for me. I listened to the official audiobook on Audible, which was so easy to listen to and very entertaining, and the cast really brought the entire book to life so if you're looking for a good audiobook to try, this might just be the one. 🎧This episode includes a little rating recap on this 5 star Christmas read, and there is  a lot about this book I want to talk about: the Grinch references and the Christmas Kringle contest, Cole and Story’s story - their relationship, their past and the SPICE. Absolutely talking about the spice duh you know me (I may never look at a candy cane the same anymore). The episode will wrap up with lyrical deep dive into the featured song that I chose for this book which is I Think He Knows from the Lover album, which is also a fun sexy song that to me... feels like a sister song to Dress from Reputation. A song about that is about this deep attraction you have for someone and the secrecy of the early feelings of love and what will happen when you finally obtain the object of your desire.  So that’s what to expect from this episode so thank you for listening & I hope you enjoy! ❤️Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

While I support anyone who already has their tree and decorations up, I live in a house where we wait and decorate on Black Friday. So it is not too late for a cutesy fall small town romance!!🧡  It’s still fall in my world, and it’s technically still fall in everyone’s world for a few more weeks. I wanted so badly to throw this episode in here bc the book we are about to talk about is just so cozy and adorable and something I really enjoyed reading for the vibes. Your episode breakdown is pretty straight forward: a mini rant about booktok, a summarized version of my review on this book, the Dream Harbor series and Laurie Gilmore, and ofc the things that I liked and disliked about this book and end the episode with some of my favorite lyrics from Everything has Changed.☕️Everything Has Changed is about how love can change you in a split second. It’s the miraculous feeling that the world around you has gotten better simply because you’ve gotten better: you’ve found comfort in loving someone. Taylor once explained this song begin about “the moment that both people are having where they see each other and, all of a sudden, the world looks different ‘cause everything changed.” And the insta-love trope in this book is why I chose this song. And if you ask me how I feel about the insta-love trope... I'll tell you to listen to this episode. 😉Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

Halloween special!!!!👻 Getting into the spooky szn vibes with a vampire x werewolf romance🖤 Never would’ve guessed that I would like this book as much as I did, but I should’ve known better bc it’s @alihazelwood & I love anything she writes. I mean how could I not love an intelligent, witty fmc paired with a confident Alpha werewolf who will do anything to protect his pack? Not to mention their bed chem.🌶️🔥🥵 (Disclaimer: This episode and this book are both rated R.)The first song that actually came to mind for this book was the albatross from the TTPD Anthology, but selfishly… I do so much prep and require a dictionary to talk about most TTPD songs and I wanted this episode to be fun & light hearted & spooky so Anti-Hero it is. Which is still a really good choice lyrically of this book, in my opinion. It's a secretly vulnerable song about the thoughts and insecurities that keep us up in the middle of the night, so it's perfect to talk in comparison to our heroine, Misery, in Bride. Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

Welcome back, silly little love lovers to the sequel episode from last week - Nothing like the Movies by Lynn Painter 💜 I loved these books so much, and I hope someday in the lifetime of this podcast, we get the chance to talk about these books as movies but for now, we can at least admire their love story by reading it.  One of my favorite things in a book is dual POV; you all know how much I looooove dual POV. Liz was the silly little love lover in Better than the Movies, but Wes Bennet turning into a hopeless romantic was not on my 2024 reading bingo card. 😂I already talked a little bit about Liz & Wes in last week’s episode, but today we are really going to talk about their second chance love story and a little bit more about them as characters and how they developed  from the first book. Then we will listen to some of the songs that I love, where they’re mentioned in the book & pick out a few of my favorite lyrics that fit Wes & Liz the best. (Some of the bonus songs are: I Love You I’m Sorry by Gracie Abrams, Still by Niall Horan, another Taylor song that is placed perfectly which is Illicit Affairs, and I’m sorry but another Taylor Swift song that is mentioned in both book which is New Year’s Day.) Holding on the memories of WES + LIZ. 🍿🎶Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

Petition to add Fearless to the soundtrack of Wes Bennett & Liz Buxbaum💛 A good old fashioned, rom com book that I loved so much I was running for the sequel when it hit the shelves! This is a double drop episode with Nothing Like the Movies next weekend!! Lynn Painter is not only a new favorite author of mine, but also one of my favorite humans. She writes a mix of adult and YA rom-com books, and it is very clear that she has a thorough appreciation for 90’s and 2000's rom coms which I can absolutely relate to. AND I love a book that has a playlist.🎶 You all know how I listen to music and why I love Taylor Swift so much, and I am also one of those girls like Liz Buxbaum that always has a song for every emotion and every situation that life throws at you. This episode is a little bit about Lynn Painter, the author and why I love her so so much, then we will doing a lyrical dive in our song featured in today’s episode, Fearless, and talk about the Fearless era and some common themes in the album, I also have to talk about the playlist for this book that Lyn Painter created for the moments in this book, and then my final thoughts on Better than the Movies and of course, my newest addition the podcast: fancasting. Bc this book 100 % deserves it’s own Rom com.🎬🖤Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

This is episode is for my Disney princess girlies.🙊👑 I love sneaking in little Easter eggs for the songs I choose, and why, and I had a fun little one to sneak into this episode. The title of our book, Part of Your World and the title of our song But Daddy I Love Him are both a song and a quote from a movie that we all grew up, listening to with the same hidden message. Go ahead take your guesses now. I’ll wait until you think of it... It’s the Little Mermaid. Ariel, Alexis and Taylor Swift all have one thing in common and that is: they all fall in love with a man that they know that they shouldn’t, and these relationships are sabotage by the critique they get from the people in their lives. The rest of your episode breakdown includes, a lyrical breakdown for But Daddy I Love Him and that’s essentially going to be the script for this episode on its own bc it just fits this book THAT GOOD. We are breaking up our fantasy era of A Court of Thorns and Roses with a little Rom-com book bc that’s what I do best. This book is about Alexis Montgomery, an ER doctor from a big city with a family title she has to uphold, and Daniel, a carpenter/mayor, (figuratively not literally) in the tiny town of Wakan, MN and he runs a B & B, he has a dog and a baby goat and he’s absolute perfect of a male main character. The two could not be more different and their worlds couldn't be farther apart but just like in The Little Mermaid, they build their own happily ever after.  🧜🏼‍♀️❤️Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

This episode is sponsored by the Night Court, Rhysand, Cassian and Azriel, and my new bat boys sweatshirt which you can see me wearing for this episode live on YouTube. 🌃 It is in fact the second episode in a double drop for the series, and is not surprisingly longer than the previous one. So if you press play, don't say you weren't warned... Instead of a summary of this book, bits & pieces of the plot will be sprinkled into this episode when we are talking about characters, lyrics, etc.It may not seem like a lot to talk about but trust me we have a lot to cover in this book.This episode is a little bit of background information on the reputation era and why I chose the song ...Ready for It? for Rhysand and Feyre, and it is also your second lesson in ACOTAR for Dummies - we talk about each of the 7 high lords and their power, plus of course more magical creatures and faerie terms, and the thing i restrained from talking about it the last episode… the love triangle of Tamlin vs Rhysand. Which will transition us perfectly into talking about some new characters from Rhys’s inner circle of the night court and my Fancast vote for who I think should play their role in an adaptation. So much fun, thank you for listening to another magical episode on Faeries and smut. ✨🌶️Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

Who’s afraid of little old Feyre?? AMARANTHA SHOULD BE.⚔️ I am officially in my fantasy era by starting this series, but still living forever in my romance era because these books are still romance heavy (and breaking the spicy pepper scale).🌶️ I never expected to love this series so much. Now I'm 3 books deep, living in the magical world of Prythean and adding phrases like "by the Cauldron!" in my daily life. When I tell people how good this series is and they say, "oh I don’t read fantasy." My response is neither do I. I haven’t read a fantasy book since Twilight in fifth grade, so I wouldn’t tell you as a non-fantasy reader that it was good if it wasn’t and I’m so glad that I started with it to get me to try something.This episode is an introductory course into fantasy and Prythen. I call it "ACOTAR for Dummies." I talk a lot about the characters and the plot, while also giving you some of my opinion on the first book (trying to be as unbias as possible since I've read the next two books in the series) and of course, listen & sing along to an incredibly dramatic song from the Tourtured Poets department. It is THE LONGEST episode in DBATB history and a DOUBLE DROP with the second book, so thank you as always for tuning in.🫶🏼Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

I might be missing something bc i don’t understand where the lemons on the cover came from, but we’re going with it. I have to admit that this book got me! I enjoyed it so much more than I expected to. Most romance novels that I read, specifically second chance romance, end with the main couple getting back together. Previously, I would swoon over a guy in second chance romance that sees his ex after 10, 15, 20 years, whatever and immediately breaks up with whoever he’s with because he realizes he is still in love with someone else. I love that shit, round of applause because no girl deserves to be with someone that is secretly in love with someone else. But because I am an empath, my heart still breaks for that girl that gets left even though it’s the right thing. Funny story is about that girl. Miles & Daphne are a story I would read over and over again, and it really is a funny story. 🤭This is a perfect example of a forced proximity, friends to lovers trope. It’s 100% a slow burn. It’s got spice, like right in the middle of the hot pepper scale - the perfect amount to produce that chemistry. I have always love this song, but somehow these lyrical breakdown make me love songs even more, bc even tho I know in my head what I think they’re about, really digging deeper into the lyrics and the eras and explaining the meaning out loud on the podcast is so much fun.  Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

This summer will NOT be different if there’s a cheating trope @carleyfortune 🤨 but there wasn’t so I’m happy and this book was my first and only 5 star read of the summer🌟💛 We are now entering our fall era - sweater weather, football, blankets, pumpkin spice, spooky season!👻 I am a very seasonal reader. I like my books to match the vibes, so I think this book is perfect to transition from our typical summer romances to that cozy kind of fall vibe. This episode features That’s When (ft. Keith Urban) from the Fearless vault tracks and it seriously fits this romance SO well. This book is a mix of all my favorites put together - friendship, second chance romance, friends to loversss!!!! Its giving Happy Place meets The Summer I Turned Pretty with maybe a little bit of Love and Other Words thrown in there too, which were all some of my favorite books. So it would make sense that I would love this mashup. But more than anything I just love how Carley Fortune writes bc she just gives you so much literary imagery, so you truly feel like you’re on PEI. I loved Lucy & Felix, and their relationship but something about Carley Fortune’s writing makes you feel like you’re physically in the book. Everything about this book feels like home. The authenticity of the setting feels unmatched.🇨🇦 I don’t think Carley Fortune gets the credit she deserves for her writing so I hope I can change your mind in this episode!Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]