Fantasy and scifi book reviews, analysis, and sass.
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The comedy podcast that unpacks the bananas world of romance novels.
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Return of the Alien Boyfriend?? (Apostles of Mercy | Lindsay Ellis)
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Episode 142: This Book is Rachel-Coded
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Hello Friends! Before the Gay Council arrests me HAPPY PRIDE! This week, Margie is telling Rachel about Christie Randall's The No-Girlfriend Rule. After our most recent aggressively heteronormative read, this book felt like a fresh breath of gay air. Thank God the baby gays are alright.By Textual Tension
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Sort of roasting THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS (Ali Hazelwood)
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Too many bewbs in the Witcher?? (The Last Wish | Andrzej Sapkowski)
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Happy Pride listeners! Sadly, this is the opposite of gay, it is OFFENSIVELY heterosexual, and....incomprehensible. Thank you for being patient for this episode and please enjoy as Rachel tells Margie about Parker S. Huntington and L.J. Shen's My Dark Romeo.By Textual Tension
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Who's most likely to marry Rhyssand??
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Kids read this?? (House of the Scorpion | Nancy Farmer)
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What that goat do (Slewfoot | Brom)
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WWI Ghost Story (The Warm Hands of Ghosts | Katherine Arden)
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ROASTING A Fate Inked in Blood (Danielle L. Jensen)
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Praise be! Your favorite Co-Hosts are tackling another Love Inspired book! Tune in this week as Margie tells Rachel all about Protecting Holly by Lynn Bulock. How many computers must a man hack to know himself? It turns out none when He is helping! Check out our Instagram : Facebook : Goodreads : Website…
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Does it stick the landing?? (Dune pt 2 | Movie vs Book)
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ROASTING The Stardust Thief (Chelsea Abdullah)
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Ep. 139: Kidnapping All the Way Down
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Yeehaw partners! Your favorite Co-Hosts are headed out west this week in an EXTREMELY kidnap heavy adventure! Rachel is telling Margie all about Caine's Reckoning by Sarah McCarty. We've got kidnapping. We've got poorly handled trauma. We've got more kidnapping. What more could you want?! Check out our Instagram : Facebook : Goodreads : Website Che…
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ROASTING Butcher & Blackbird w/Swell
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Ep. 138: Big Boobs = Great Responsibilities
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Who doesn't love a good fairy tale retelling? Even better if that retelling involves cinnamon rolls and some crazy twists! This week, Margie is telling Rachel all about The Royal, by Susan Stoker. And before you ask, no. Murder does not a good hobby to have Check out our Instagram : Facebook : Goodreads : Website…
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Responding to YOUR comments #4 (Six of Crows edition)
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Ep. 137 Supplemental: Science and Spicy Light
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Have you ever wondered how gravity works? Have you ever wondered how electromagnetism works? Have you ever wondered how gravitoelectromagnetism works? Well you're in the right place! You're Co-Host Rachel is coming to the rescue with a very special "mini" episode all about the science we experienced in our most recent episode! Get ready to tackle t…
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Ep. 137: Now With 100% More Lizards
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We're back with another exciting installment of "Is It Gay Enough?!"! As always, the answer is no, but we think we're getting close! This week, Your Co-Host Rachel tells Margie all about Gravitational Attraction by Angel Martinez. Strap on your space pants and get yourself a space snack, because we're going....TO SPACE Check out our Instagram : Fac…
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Orc opens coffeeshop, hilarity ensues (Legends and Lattes | Travis Baldree)
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Ranking our favorite romance tropes
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What's your favorite color? Is it red? blue? green?....gold? Your Co-Host Margie is taking us on a journey of self discovery; full of twists, turns, and dragony wings as she tells us all about Dragon Foretold by Eve Langlais! Where will we end up? We hope you can tell us because we still don't know! Check out our Instagram : Facebook : Goodreads : …
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ROASTING Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
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ROASTING The Saint of Bright Doors (Vajra Chandrasekera)
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Comment Response! (what books won't we read, atmosphere how to, why does Will hate male characters.)
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Ep. 135: Incest (but not like that)
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Last time on Textual Tension....Margie was upset that Rachel read a really good book....Today? Vindication. How's that for a dramatic intro? Rachel is redeeming her self by telling Margie all about Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost. Because what's sexier than some light impaling? Check out our Instagram : Facebook : Goodreads : Website…
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London is Hungry (Mortal Engines | Philip Reeves)
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The Book That Wouldn''t Burn | Mark Lawrence
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Episode 134: The Loose Wet Shrimp Multiverse
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Guys, Marvel's got nothing on us here at Textual Tension. This week, tune in as Margie tells Rachel about Odette Stone's Beautiful Russian Monster. Listen, STREET SMARTS: NEVER allow yourself to be taken to a secondary location. Or a third, or a fourth, or a fifth...By Textual Tension
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Roasting NIGHTBANE, Lightlark's sequel (Alex Aster)
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Saving the universe with tea (Keys to the Kingdom 5-7 | Garth Nix)
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What if the universe was run by British people (Keys to the Kingdom 1-4 | Garth Nix)
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Episode 133: Oops! All Commandments
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Listeners, Rachel has let us down AGAIN. That's RIGHT, she found ANOTHER good book. UGH, honestly Rachel RUDE. How DARE you tell us about Manda Collins adorable AND cozy book A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem. Honestly the book was ANNOYINGLY good, with 11th hour kidnappings, labyrinths, and dusty old shed smooches. Rachel, how DARE you. The AU…
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Unhinged lesbian fairytale deconstruction (Princess Florinda | Tamsyn Muir)
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Hey friends! Margie is back with a bang! (ooohhh maybe I should have put that better). This week Margie tells Rachel about Jennifer Snyder's Redemption of a Wolf, and well...look this episode isn't sponsored by Better Help but hey...it could be. As could the characters. (Don't put your friends down, it's just not nice.)…
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Ok, but make it sapphic (Swordheart rewrite)
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Roasting ALL THE MURMURING BONES (Angela Slater)
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Ep. 131: Short King (feat. The Ladies of Strange)
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Happy New Year! And what better way to ring in the new year than with a friend...and also an EXTREMELY gay book. We sure can't think of one! This week, Your Co-Host Rachel is joined by Tiffany of The Ladies of Strange! Listen in as we hear all about The Magpie Lord, by K. J. Charles. Magic? Check. Gay? Check. Sexy tattoos? A thousand times check Ch…
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Roasting DIVINE RIVALS (Rebecca Ross)
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Have we given much thought to what Charles Dickens TRULY wanted in A Christmas Story? Was he perhaps looking for...an alien romance fanfiction of his work? I think we should at LEAST consider it. Please tune in to Margie telling Rachel about Honey's Phillips's Skruj.By Textual Tension
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Manic Pixie Hobo (The Slow Regard of Silent Things | Patrick Rothfuss)
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ROASTING Fourth Wing's Sequel IRON FLAME (Rebecca Yarros)
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Please enjoy our latest episode! This week Rachel covers Linda Howard's Death Angel. There is definitely quite enough death...and then not death...and almost murdering. And OOOHHHHHH MAFIA BOIS?!?! <3 <3 Can you tell Margie wrote this description? Anyway enjoy!By Textual Tension
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Hot man trapped in sword?? (Swordheart | T. Kingfisher)
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Episode 128: Angel's Fall Bar and Grille
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Hey listeners! Welcome back to another installment of Margie's Mafia Restaurant Madness! This week we're tackling another Michelle Heard novel: Tempted by the Devil. Get comfy, get your mozzarella sticks, and DON'T go murdering people in your family restaurant.By Textual Tension
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Lesbian Haunting?? (A Guest in the House | Emily Carroll)
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Enter the Brandoverse (Mistborn | Brandon Sanderson)
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