In this episode Kate and Mikayla gives their 2023 reads awards like: best covers, best fight/grovel, most awww, and most sxx scenes.
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss their favorite reads of the 2023 bookish year.
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss holiday novellas (both the cute and the wtf) and debate whether the term krampussy should be in our lexicon.
In which Kate and Mikayla discuss the book Unhinged by Vera Valentine where the heroine has intimate relations with her front door. Please note this episode was recorded in September before Kate's new baby arrived so some topics of conversation may be out of date.
In which Kate and Mikayla catch up after their two month break, go off on a bunch of wild tangents, and drop their favorite reads from their time apart.
In this episode, Kate and Mikayla discuss the existence of aliens, give some great alien recommendations, and talk about how Mikayla accidentally read an alien novella with zero sex and ruined her day. List of titles and authors discussed available on IG @upthesmutpod
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss the taboo (is it really?) of step-sibling romances & then drop some hot recommendations on the subject.
In this episode, Kate and Mikayla discuss Mikayla being knocked the fuck out by COVID & her ACOTAR fever dream, Kate's string of bad pregnancy luck, and some of their latest 5 star reviews.
In which Kate has a discussion with the Queen of monster romance recommendations, @carmenreadsromance (on Instagram). They discuss how monstrous is too monstrous, the spectrum of monster romances, how to make out with a skull head, and also remembered to give a few monster recommendations spanning beginner to expert.
In which Kate drops a massive portion of her "work place romance" Goodreads shelf on you without breathing. Recommendations span subgenres: MM, paranormal, monsters, contemporary, fantasy, and more.
In which Kate interviews her own mother about her reading habits, book recommendations, and what it's like being the mother of a proud, shameless smut-fluencer.
In which Kate and Mikayla talk about their favorite and most absurd dark romance recommendations. Kate also provides a very personal and very elaborate scale with which to rank dark romance and Mikayla talks about her COVID experience and the 5 dinner rolls her father brought her to survive (it was 6 but he ate one on the way).
In this episode Kate lets you in on all the secrets of the life of a book reviewer including: how to start and grow your bookstagram account, how to stand out from the crowd, getting those advanced readers copies, and keeping track of what you're reading.
In this episode Kate and Mikayla reconnect after a week of mundane messaging and illness, talking about cat's middle names, how many times is too many times to say "brother" during sex, and why 30 year olds make terrible romance heroes.
In this episode Kate and Mikayla rattle off their top recommendations for hockey romances (MM and MF), discuss the popularity of the subgenre, and make general conversation about random shit.
In this episode Kate (AND MIKAYLA) interview Why Choose Hockey Romance author Emily Rath about her book Pucking Around in which three NHL hockey players get absolutely filthy with a sex-positive heroine who never tires. Mad respect.
In which Mikayla goes on an expected and welcome anti-billionaire tirade and then we bring you our favorite and most tolerable billionaire romance recommendations. From contemporary to sci-fi to fantasy and more. We've got the recommendations you need.
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss heroines who get a lot of hate but who we absolutely adore. And go off on like 15 different tangents per usual. Fuck you, Gwyneth Paltrow.
In which Kate interviews her obsession Cate C Wells, an author who writes whatever the fuck she wants including psychopathic mafia books, rejected mate shifter books, motorcycle club books, small town romance books, and more. We're all over the place and we're loving every minute of it.
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss their love of Praise Kink and shove one million recommendations down your throat. Have a pen ready. Or check our Instagram @UpTheSmutPod for a list of everything we talk about this episode.
