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Bonkers Romance Katee Robert, Melody Carlisle, & Jenny Nordbak
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4.9 • 188 Ratings
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Katee Robert, Jenny Nordbak, and Melody Carlisle are taking their love for romance and dialing it up to 11 with your favorite authors and personalities from Romancelandia. Every Thursday, we recap a truly bonkers piece of romance media and discuss how it’s tropes are maximized and what they do for us. Along the way you’ll get commentary, book recs, hilarious stories, hot takes, and a unique peek into the brains of creators you admire. Join us each week as we celebrate the authors who really *go there* and show us that our hard limits... might just be guidelines.
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Bonkers Catch Up March 2023!
We've missed you! The three of us catch up by sharing bonkers book recs with each other!
Books we talked about:
The Monstrous Series by Lily Mayne
Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
Does It Hurt by H.D. Carlton
The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
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Pirates are waiting for you!
Six brand new bonkers pirate books you can read THIS MONTH from Katee Robert, CM Nascosta, Naima Simone, Andie J. Christopher, Jenny Nordbak, and Nina Saxena! Plus, foiled special editions with sprayed edges, gorgeous art, and so much more! Don't miss it!
Dangerous Tides! -
2022 Finale!
Hey gorgeous Joy Lovers! This is the public preview of our last episode of 2022! We haven't gotten to record together for a little while, so it gets a little silly. Not only do you get a behind-the-scenes look at how we've been commissioning pirate art, but Katee tells us about Haunting Adeline by HD Carlton! It's a little Bonker's style holiday fun = a dark romance that might include some hand removal for romantic purposes... look we're both delighted and confused. Then you get a sneak peek at our newest brainchild "Bespoke Bonkers."
In the full episode on The Temple, we tell cougar stories, talk about Jenny's newest obsession, the show Yellowstone, plus House of Dragons, Sophie Lark's Kingmaker series, a serial killer duology that Mel loved, and so much more!
We'll be back in 2023 with tons of PIRATE RECAPSSSSS! Email us with great pirate books we should read!
Mentioned in this episode:
Pirates are waiting for you!
Six brand new bonkers pirate books you can read THIS MONTH from Katee Robert, CM Nascosta, Naima Simone, Andie J. Christopher, Jenny Nordbak, and Nina Saxena! Plus, foiled special editions with sprayed edges, gorgeous art, and so much more! Don't miss it!
Dangerous Tides! -
Should It Bang? Xmas Movie Edition!
Julie Murphy AND Sierra Simone join us to discuss Christmas movies that should have... and should NOT have banged. They were also kind enough to write the Christmas romance we all deserve...and you can bet your asses it bangs. A Merry Little Meet Cute is out now and is not to be missed!
For bonus content or video of this episode, check out The Temple of Defiant Joy!
We'll be back next week with our final episode of the year, then we'll be taking a break for December to recharge, spend time with family, and scheme how we can make 2023 your most gloriously bonkers year yet!
Mentioned in this episode:
Pirates are waiting for you!
Six brand new bonkers pirate books you can read THIS MONTH from Katee Robert, CM Nascosta, Naima Simone, Andie J. Christopher, Jenny Nordbak, and Nina Saxena! Plus, foiled special editions with sprayed edges, gorgeous art, and so much more! Don't miss it!
Dangerous Tides! -
Save Your Screams
Jenny brings Mel and Katee gifts from the fae realm by recapping The Fae Queen's Captive by Sierra Simone! How does Queen Sierra do this to us every single time? We bow before the throne of her writing.
You can read the entire Peculiar Tastes series now on KU!
For bonus content or video of this episode, check out The Temple of Defiant Joy!
We'll be back next week with Sierra Simone herself AND Julie Murphy to help us bridge the gap between spooky season and holiday season...by talking holiday movies that should've f****d!
Mentioned in this episode:
Pirates are waiting for you!
Six brand new bonkers pirate books you can read THIS MONTH from Katee Robert, CM Nascosta, Naima Simone, Andie J. Christopher, Jenny Nordbak, and Nina Saxena! Plus, foiled special editions with sprayed edges, gorgeous art, and so much more! Don't miss it!
Dangerous Tides! -
Merman Pearls
Melody delights Jenny and Katee by recapping The Captive Merman's Promise by Zoey Castile! We discover a hard limit for Katee and learn what mermen have in their pocketses.
You can read the entire Peculiar Tastes series now on KU!
For bonus content or video of this episode (you really need to see Katee's expressions!), check out The Temple of Defiant Joy!
We'll be back next week to finish off the Peculiar Tastes series with a bang by recapping The Fae Queen's Captive by Sierra Simone!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Pirates are waiting for you!
Six brand new bonkers pirate books you can read THIS MONTH from Katee Robert, CM Nascosta, Naima Simone, Andie J. Christopher, Jenny Nordbak, and Nina Saxena! Plus, foiled special editions with sprayed edges, gorgeous art, and so much more! Don't miss it!
Dangerous Tides! -
Enter the Void
Today, Katee takes us through the twisty mind of the one and only Nikki Sloan with The Vixen's Deceit! YOWZA, she delivered a horror romance that got under our skin and stayed there.
Make sure to check out our Patreon equivalent, the Temple of Defiant Joy, for bonus episodes, Book Club, art, and more!
Sign up for our NEWSLETTER! You can opt into as much or as little info as you want.
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Get the PECULIAR TASTES books!
Mentioned in this episode:
Pirates are waiting for you!
Six brand new bonkers pirate books you can read THIS MONTH from Katee Robert, CM Nascosta, Naima Simone, Andie J. Christopher, Jenny Nordbak, and Nina Saxena! Plus, foiled special editions with sprayed edges, gorgeous art, and so much more! Don't miss it!
Dangerous Tides!
Customer Reviews
A joyful pleasure
It is SUCH a pleasure to listen to these recaps - I save them for when I’m stressed out or need a break, because I know I’ll be giggling the whole time.
Loved this show until I became a customer
This was my favorite show until the hosts started a Kickstarter for a series of books. That Kickstarter was so successful that they instantly did a second one and only recapped the books that they had written before the podcast suddenly stopped. The books all went up in Kindle Unlimited which was annoying as they were presented as only being available to people who participated in the Kickstarter.
I know writers don’t make much money and I support new ways to do so, but the speed at which this show went from being something fun to treating listeners like customers was not okay.
My comfort podcast
A joy to listen to whenever I need a pick me up. A podcast buddy to keep me company while I do whatever boring thing I don’t want to be doing.