First Down (ft. I Can See You)

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. ✨🌶️CHECK 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] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)

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.🫶🏼CHECK 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] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)

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.  CHECK 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] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)

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!CHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199677446072/?ref=share&mibextid=aE13LE🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vlpy6SA9TYMkpGiFs?si=qGFdhdefSeiwy8C27NzGXA🏹Email: [email protected] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)

Wildfire (ft. Cruel Summer)🐻Let’s go back to Maple Hills! Soaking up the last few weeks of summer, this book fit every vibe I wanted it to, and gave me flashbacks to one of the best summers of my life being a camp counselor, so we’ll definitely be chatting about that in this episode - along with the entire UCMH gang, a forbidden romance trope & some REALLY cute golden retrievers😍 Warning the spice is HOT, like ghost chili pepper spicy hot. I’ve had this book on my tbr for WAY too long considering how much I love Hannah Grace and her spicy romance books and I can’t wait to share Russ & Rory’s story on the podcast. AND Henry’s book (book #3 in the Maple Hill’s series) is officially on the shelves so go order “Daydream” now! 💜Our episode breakdown begins with a deep dive into the featured song which today just so happens to be Cruel Summer from the Lover album, we are going to get into a little bit of the Lover era, why Cruel Summer was never a single, how Cruel Summer became a single 7 years later, the meaning behind the song and the lyrics and of course how it ties into our book which, again, is Wildfire by Hannah Grace. If you love to sing and jam out to Cruel Summer with the windows down, then I think Wildfire is a book for you. Thank you for listening & THANK YOU for 10,000 downloads! 🥳CHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199677446072/?ref=share&mibextid=aE13LE🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vlpy6SA9TYMkpGiFs?si=qGFdhdefSeiwy8C27NzGXA🏹Email: [email protected] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)

Eras Tour London recap & I Can Do it with a Broken Heart music video (emergency episode) 🧡Swiftieeeessss!!! Emergency episode!! A recap of the Eras Tour in London is ABSOLUTELY necessary so here we are. SO much to talk about, so much to clown over so here we go. Episode breakdown includes every surprise to happen in the London shows: from N1 back in June, Hayley Williams for Castles Crumbling, then Gracie Abrams for Us, then Travis Kelce on stage, then Ed Sheeran for End Game to last night, N8 - Florida!!! with Florence the Machine, dbatc x Getaway Car with Jack Antonoff and the iconic recreation of the behind the scenes making of the bridge, So Long London, and premiering the “I Can Do it with a Broken Heart” official music video. And of course we have to talk about the surprise songs - London Boy, I Did Something Bad with My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys x Coney Island, Long Live x Change, YOYOK x The Archer. Does she have to be so obvious that London is the favorite??? WE GET IT. London you definitely won this war, I can’t even disagree. Loving making memories with the Eras Tour from a glitchy tiktok live stream. CHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199677446072/?ref=share&mibextid=aE13LE🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vlpy6SA9TYMkpGiFs?si=qGFdhdefSeiwy8C27NzGXA🏹Email: [email protected] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)

It Ends with Us (movie review)🌸You knew it was coming… i couldn’t resist. Blake Lively was an amazing Lily Bloom, and I did enjoy this movie but I enjoyed even more talking about it in this episode. I’m calling it the redemption episode for It Ends with Us because I 💩 on this book (and the behind the scenes movie photos) in previous episodes so I have a new outlook that I’m excited to share with you! Your episode breakdown includes: a recap of my initial thoughts on the book 2 years ago (which was the second episode ever published on this podcast), the marketing and publicity that this book has received, along with interviews, casting, my thoughts on the film, and of the book-film differences that I noticed/liked/disliked. There’s so much more that I’m missing and this is just the beginning, but the take away is that you should definitely go read the book. No movie adaptation can capture every detail that the fans want, and as a standalone I think that the movie is good and well done. It’s just not the same.  CHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199677446072/?ref=share&mibextid=aE13LE🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vlpy6SA9TYMkpGiFs?si=qGFdhdefSeiwy8C27NzGXA🏹Email: [email protected] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)

A beautifully written song from TTPD for an equally beautiful book in today’s episode.🤍The Prophecy is one of my personal favorites from The Anthology (second to The Black Dog). My overall interpretation of this song is feeling like you’re left behind and wondering when it’s your turn to be happy, whether that love or life, it’s about a sense of hopelessness that everything and everyone around you is happening without you. It’s so vulnerable and raw and a very complex song to break down in this episode. My first Abby Jimenez book: a success. I had to restrain myself from buying everything else she’s ever written. This book is giving 'IF HE WANTED TO HE WOULD.’  A golden retriever, good hearted, MMC paired with a  hardworking, emotionally traumatized FMC makes for a whirlwind romance that is so magical. This episode is backwards! We start with the song and finish talking about Justin & Emma’s love story. 💩👑CHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199677446072/?ref=share&mibextid=aE13LE🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vlpy6SA9TYMkpGiFs?si=qGFdhdefSeiwy8C27NzGXA🏹Email: [email protected] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)

Sarah Adams never lets me down.🩵 This book had all of my favorite things: second chance romance, enemies to lovers, fake dating, dual pov, spice, smut it's all there. It’s only lacking for me in very small elements of the book that as a reader, just dont work for me and I’ll get more into that with the spoilers. When I'm reading a book, I go into my own little world and I sometimes find it so difficult to separate book from real life. If you love Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, and are so smitten by their whirlwind romance, READ THIS BOOK. You won’t be disappointed. 🏈💍The crossover for today’s episode takes us back to the 1989 era. I have always seen this song as a step-by-step explanation from a girls point of view of how to win her back when you’ve made a mistake. This is how a guy is supposed to be. It’s interesting to think about the sarcastic undertones in the words, but in this episode, we get into a lyrical deep dive and why “How You Get the Girl” reminds me of Nora and Derek. CHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199677446072/?ref=share&mibextid=aE13LE🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vlpy6SA9TYMkpGiFs?si=qGFdhdefSeiwy8C27NzGXA🏹Email: [email protected] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)

The book that got me out of a reading slump💚 This is a debut novel for Grace Reilly and there will be a total of four books in her “Beyond the Play” series; all of which follow different sports and siblings of the Callahan family (all of which will be getting their own episodes as they come out). First Down is a college, fake dating romance that tells the story of James and Bex. They came together naturally as “friends” then quickly as a fake couple in a mutual arrangement to get Bex’s ex off her back and for superstar QB, James, to get the help he needs to pass his writing class. It’s a book that reels you in from the very beginning and keeps you hooked until the end.If you can’t handle the spice, then stay away from this episode because Grace Reilly is a SPICE. AUTHOR. Definitely a PG-13 rated book but I’ll tone it down for the younger audience on this podcast. If you know anything about me, I love smut. I’ll read it all damn day long. This book reminded me too much of one of my favorite vault tracks from Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). We all remember hearing that one, sultry lyric for the first time with our jaws dropped; at this point in her career, we had no idea Taylor had a spicy side and eleven years later, she is spilling the tea. This episode is a full book review (with and without spoilers, you know the drill) plus a lyrical AND music video break down of “I Can See You” from the vault. 👀CHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199677446072/?ref=share&mibextid=aE13LE🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vlpy6SA9TYMkpGiFs?si=qGFdhdefSeiwy8C27NzGXA🏹Email: [email protected] fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)