It’s too hot here in Texas so today we’re dreaming about Fall and sharing a BIG list of paranormal reads to add to your TBR. We’ve got vampires and witches and shifters, oh my! Plus, you know Dawn is bringing dragons and Roni's going to talk too much about Buffy. We’re also talking about how the trend of paranormals has waxed and waned over the decades and how it seems to be coming back after a dormant period. And we’re so here for it! 

Highlights: 

• Seasonal reading - our versions of it
• Roni’s craving vampires
• Roni is teaching her beginner romance writing class, you can sign up here (Code: EARLYBIRD gets you $20 off before August 25th!)
• The paranormal craze of the aughts
• Is the era of the rom com hitting the saturated point?
• Dark books for dark times
• How the pandemic may be playing into this potential trend
• What each of us is looking for in a paranormal read
• Dawn wants the weirdness
• Roni’s obsession with Buffy the Vampire Slayer 
• YA paranormal vs adult paranormal
• The trope of the Chosen One
• Our favorite creatures/monsters
• What doesn’t work for us in paranormals
• Ostriches and ghosts of children
• Join Roni’s super cool newsletter and you can chat book recs too!
• A giant stack of book recs coming your way
• First-book-in-a-long-series syndrome
• Our RAD Recs of the week

Click here to get the full show notes, including links to all of our recommendations and anything else we mentioned in the show.

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