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Halloween is over, its time to get grateful. Are we grateful that we read this book... you be the judge of that one.

This week, Elle and Kay discussed Basted by Abby Hunter.

WITS Smut Scale: 🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙

This week, Elle has some "what not to do" financial advice in the first year of a relationship, and Kay gets to the root of where her hopeless romantic ideals come from. They question the choice to keep the MMCs as turkey basters instead of going the typical sentient object route of turning them into men, though the addition of magical tendrils helps a little. Also, as always, Elle has a visceral reaction to the introduction of gravy into places gravy should never go.

Overall, this was a ⭐ from both Elle and Kay. Its been a while since we had a story that really needed a little more plot for both of us.

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Basted by Abby Hunter

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This week, Elle and Kay are joined by a very special guest, Nik the Forge Bear to discuss Corny by Sabrina Cross.

WITS Smut Scale: 🐙🐙

Get ready for growls, laughs, and all the soapbox talks from Nik. Somehow, in a book about a succubus possessed crocheted candy corn, we discuss dating apps, utilizing toys with a partner, and of course, the age old debate of whether or not candy corn actually tastes good. Nik coins a new gender neutral term, and comes up with a term of endearment that both he and Elle are not at liberty to use as members of Camp No Candy Corn.

Overall, Kay gives this ⭐⭐⭐ while both Nik and Elle rated it a little higher at ⭐⭐⭐.5, and then we get a special treat of dual fan casts from Kay and Nik.

A very special thank you to Nik the Forge Bear for joining us!!

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Corny by Sabrina Cross

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Welcome back WITS listeners!!

Oh boy do we have a special one for you today. This week, in honor of the upcoming fall season, we read Corn Daddy by Helena Woodcock.

WITS Smut Scale Rating: 🐙🐙🐙🐙

We weren't really prepared for all of the dark romance elements in this book, which we really should have, considering the shopping list of trigger warnings. Elle and Kay discuss whether or not we would have the same reaction to finding ourselves in the predicament where our main character first meets the Corn King. We were also surprised to find that Corn Daddy has some boundaries when they first appear to not be on the same page with what they were each looking for out of their relationship. Also, we may never look at an ear of corn or melted butter the same way ever again.

This was the first book in a while that Kay and Elle had drastic differences in their ratings! Elle thought this was juuuust a little too weird for her and gave this ⭐⭐ while Kay loved the dark romance elements and thought it was also kind of hilarious, giving this ⭐⭐⭐⭐. Let us know whether you think you'd rate this one more in line with Elle, or do you agree with Kay this week?

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Corn Daddy by Helena Woodcock

Next Week: Forked by Ruth Cardello

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This week, we're discussing Squeak by Vera Valentine.

WITS Smut Scale: 🐙🐙🐙

We are back with a bit of a darker story from of our favorite authors, Vera Valentine. Another week, another Google search for Kay... who is going to volunteer to delete her browser history if anything happens? They discuss yet another sentient object/shifter romance, with yet another food flavored... well, you know. Also, Vera writes a pretty interesting miscommunication trope that moves things along between two of the characters.

Overall, Kay gave this ⭐⭐⭐⭐, still of the opinion that Vera Valentine can do no wrong, while Elle gave this ⭐⭐⭐, feeling like she wanted a little more.

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Squeak by Vera Valentine

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This week, we read Pounded by the Pommel Horse by Sabrina Cross.

WITS Smut Scale: 🐙 (1.5?)

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are back on our bullshit! This book had us back to feeling the way we were a la Unhinged. To start- Kay gives Elle a bit of an education on the difference between Men's and Women's gymnastics (with the limited knowledge that she has). Kay has her own little Ted Talk about germs on gym equipment, and she continues to struggle with the names of some of these sentient object characters. Also, Elle became Kay's idol in sharing a story about her own past, and honestly- goals.

Overall, Elle gave this ⭐⭐⭐.5 stars, and Kay gave it ⭐⭐⭐⭐ . What a nice change of pace!

Kay's fancast this week has a gymnastic legend, and a man that could rival the size of a pommel horse.

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Pounded by the Pommel Horse by Sabrina Cross

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As promised, this week we read Double Stuffed by Derek Masters.

WITS Smut Scale: 🐙🐙🐙

Elle and Kay are slowly coming back to life after never wanting to hear the word basilisk ever again, and finally got to read about a threesome that we feel we were owed with the last book.

Kay was momentarily (actually, it was several hours) left without power after speaking it into the universe during a thunderstorm while recording, but we got right back into it. We discuss whether or not a women writing about a FMC with her virginity would have written this in an entirely different way, but lets be serious, we could tell the writer was a man. We also find ourselves questioning... do men really think like this?

Overall, Kay gave this ⭐ due to the overwhelming virgin story arc, and Elle gave it a ⭐ because the two men were a little creepy and annoying.

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Double Stuffed by Derek Masters

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Welcome back WITS Listeners. If you listened to part one, and you're back for part two, you're one of the real ones!

This week, Elle and Kay discuss the ritual that Tem needs to go through in order to be accepted by her basilisk boyfriend's father. We continue to be disappointed that this love triangle never turns into a why choose, and we question if we've reached our limit of how much smut is too much smut in one book.

Overall, this gets ⭐⭐, from both Elle and Kay, due in large part to giving credit to the author where it's due.... over 500 pages is a huge feat to write!

As for Kay's fan cast... she googled "boring actresses" to find the casting for Tem. That should say enough for now....

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Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube

Next week: Double Stuffed by Derek Masters

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We've been talking about it for weeks, and it's finally here.... well, part one at least! We know we're yappers, but we really did try to keep it to the important info for this episode! This week, join Elle and Kay as they discuss the first part of Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube

WITS Smut Scale: 🐙🐙🐙

Kay and Elle discuss the fine line of having a book with no trigger warnings and what could be a LOT of triggering scenes, this book may not be for everyone. One of the major plot points, and a potential trigger is the very serious love triangle that we find ourselves experiencing throughout. We discuss basilisk lore and whether or not we believe that magic needs to have a specific set of rules.

We had a lot to say in part one, but stay tuned because it gets wild next week in part two!

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Welcome back WITS listeners!

In celebration of Kay's birthday this month, we read Wrapped by Nicole Parker!

WITS Smut Scale: 🐙🐙🐙

Kay and Elle discuss delayed gratification when it comes to birthday gifts, how quickly your 30's turn into aches and pains in the morning especially after a bottle of wine, and that men need to realize that girls dress for compliments from other girls- not for the male gaze.

In this week's book, Lena's luck certainly turned around on her birthday, and we're still not totally sure why Kyle is so "good in these situations." Also- just a reminder that all of this was a gift from her sister.

Overall, Kay and Elle both gave this ⭐⭐⭐, both wishing we got a little more from the magic!

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Wrapped by Nicole Parker

Next Week: Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube

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This week, join Elle and Kay as they discuss Bagged by the Groceries by Fannie Tucker.

WITS Smut Scale: 🐙🐙, maybe 🐙🐙🐙

We're good with weird, but we think even this exceeded our expectations. Kay and Elle discuss whether or not our FMC was set up to have a redemption arc, only for her to have absolutely no real punishment or lesson throughout. Our idea of the direction the story was going to go was WAY off, repeatedly, and overall... so much food waste.

Both Elle and Kay gave this ⭐⭐ and we truly wonder if it would have been different had this pile of groceries actually turned into a flesh and blood man. Probably not.

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Bagged by the Groceries by Fannie Tucker

Next week: Wrapped by Nicole Parker

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