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A podcast about the worst books in existence...YA paranormal romance novels.Sit down as we dive deep into the bloody, cringy, sometimes incestuous and usually non-consensual world of fang bangers, fairy fornicators, and other manic magic teenage romance Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bad-book-bash--5889791/support.
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Gal With No Diet

Betsy Cook Speer

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Betsy, author of 527 Things to do Before You Die...t and founder of popular Facebook group Gals With No Diet, was a serial dieter. She had her own groundhog day diet-hell going on. Diet-after-diet put on more and more weight. Obviously, diets weren't working. In fact, they were holding her back. So she DIET DITCHED. It was a life-changer. From then on, she set out to help others escape the same nightmare by crafting a life they love. She began to inspire women worldwide to diet ditch and go ...
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Stefan saves Elena from getting attacked in the forest, and she gets mad at him for it..? We learn more about the thirsty thruple that was Catherine, Stefan, and Damon; turns out manipulative women have always been the boys' types. Elena finds out that Stefan is just as much of a stalker as she is, and nothing makes her happier. She also completely…
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Elena continues on her quest to woo the ever-elusive Stefan Salvatore, by... checks notes ...spreading false rumors that he's an undercover cop, telling everyone that she has a fake foreign boyfriend, trying to get her very-recent-ex to help her spend alone time with him, and making out with the guy who bullied Stefan on his first day of school. Cl…
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We find more damning evidence of how "Twilight" completely robbed from TVD. Elena goes full stalker on Stefan; she promises herself that they will both die if he doesn't return his love for her, and she makes her friends do a blood oath to help her win his heart. For some reason nobody thinks this is creepy and everyone still thinks she's the coole…
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We hear more of Elena's inner dialogue; she thinks everyone at school besides her and her friends are 'peasants' and she gets offended when boys don't sexually harass her in the hallways. She openly admits to using boys like objects; Stefan claims to be attracted to her because he can read her mind and finds it to be 'strong' and not 'psychopathic'…
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We are reviewing the 1991 novel "Vampire Diaires", written by LJ Smith and the inspiration behind the 2009 show "Vampire Diaries!" Book-version Elena is very different than TV-show Elena, mainly being that she's a complete bleach-blonde-Regina-George-mean-girl, and as the reader we're supposed to get behind that....? She literally calls other stude…
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The very first book we ever reviewed on this podcast; "Marked: A House of Night" novel written by mother-daughter duo PC and Kristen Cast! The full review is available on the Bad Book Bash Patreon page. Starring Irish comedians Brian O'Toole and James Cadden, hosts of the "Brian and James Fuck Each Other" podcast! Become a supporter of this podcast…
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The very first book we ever reviewed on this podcast; "Marked: A House of Night" novel written by mother-daughter duo PC and Kristen Cast! The full review is available on the Bad Book Bash Patreon page. Starring Irish comedians Brian O'Toole and James Cadden, hosts of the "Brian and James Fuck Each Other" podcast! Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Episode starts off with a stranger staring at Raven through her bedroom window late at night, and she's perfectly unbothered by it because it's such a normal thing for her. Jagger is still on his bullshit, trying to kidnap Raven and turn her into his vampire bride, so Alexander and Raven hatch a plan to throw him off for good. At the very end of th…
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Raven doesn't learn her lesson about why she shouldn't keep sneaking into creepy, abandoned buildings, so she finallygets kidnapped by Jagger, and he almost forces her to vampire-marry him until Alexander swoops in to save the day! Becky talks about her favorite erotic zones, and Ren still can't get over the mirrors-and-vampires thing in this book …
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Raven continues on her search for her mysterious, vampire boyfriend while also being stalked by another creepy villainous teenager, so not much has changed from the first book. Despite her stalker being an obvious creep who tried to roofie her, she is worried that she's being a vampire-racist, so she follows him into a dungeon where she is surprise…
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Raven goes to Hipsterville to find her "gothic prince" while she's visiting her Aunt Libby, her cool hipster-aunt that Raven makes fun of for having alt fashion...the hypocrisy is lost on her. She visits "The Coffin Club", a nightclub that totally doesn't have vampires why do you ask? While there, she meets the mysterious Jagger who is also totally…
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Quick recap: Raven Madison is a goth girl in the town of "Dullsville", who claims she doesn't fit in because the rest of the town is too preppy, but in reality it's because she's a judgmental pick-me. She meets Alexander Sterling, the only other goth she's ever met so they immediately fall in love. Everyone in town, including Raven, thinks Alexande…
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Lucien talks more about his vampire childhood, and complains about how his own 100-year-old daughter is but a young infant. Meanwhile, he continues to pursue the busty 25-year-old Paulelica when she's just trying to girl-boss it over here. Paul gleefully throws away Betsy's money on in-app diamonds in order to make questionable decisions for his fi…
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Paulelica continues to try to find Lucien a love match, while he continues to waste her time in his attempts to f*ck her. Lucien makes Paulelica wait at the bar while he goes on dates, then when she gets mad, he apologizes by buying her more drinks at the bar while he continues to go on more dates. Betsy and Paul discuss vampire hygiene (are they a…
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This trailer contains snippets of the "Courts of thorns and roses"/ACOTAR season we did a while back. I've been going back and fixing the audio on the older seasons, because as many of you know, the audio wasn't great and i didn't have the equipment that I have now. if you'd like to hear the full season of ACOTAR, and not just clips, head on over t…
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This trailer contains snippets of the "Courts of thorns and roses"/ACOTAR season we did a while back. I've been going back and fixing the audio on the older seasons, because as many of you know, the audio wasn't great and i didn't have the equipment that I have now. if you'd like to hear the full season of ACOTAR, and not just clips, head on over t…
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Hey folks! So since I've been busy with wedding planning, I haven't had much time to work on new episodes, however I've gone back to some older seasons and edited the "Dark Heroine" season into one giant episode; if you'd like to listen to the full thing, visit www.patreon.com/badbookbash. I also edited the audio; granted it's still not great since…
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Salvio and Molly get married despite her miscarriage, because he tells her that she's still fertile enough to give him kids. He doesn't want an equal partner, he essentially wants a baby-making sex slave, and poor Molly goes along with it because he also agreed to pay her brother's debts. The entire struggle of their relationship is Molly trying to…
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Salvio claims he can smell if a woman is on her period....? Also he proposes to Molly, telling her he is only proposing because she is agreeable, beddable, and pregnant, then he's confused when she's sad at how fucked up his proposal is. Keego and Alex talk about how Salvio is turning into a literally dick Become a supporter of this podcast: https:…
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Molly confesses to Salvio that she is pregnant; he accuses her of tricking him into impregnanting her for his money...even though he was the one who seduced her, brought the condoms, and offered her a job. He also accused her of lying and saying it was someone else's baby; despite knowing that they only had sex a week ago (how did she even know she…
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Molly takes up Salvio's offer for a new job, since Lady Avery fired her out of jealousy. Salvio thinks Molly is a stalker for this, even though he knows she has nowhere to go and he's half the reason she was fired. Molly also finds out that she is pregnant, despite the mini mountain of condoms she and Salvio burned through and it only being a week …
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Molly has to prepare dinner for the Averys and Salvio, but she gets distracted by her own horniness and ruins the whole dinner. Later, she joins Salvio in his room for a nightcap, where, despite being a complete virgin, she turns out to be a master at sex because of course she is. All female characters written in these sorts of books are basically …
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We have a Christmas special for Bad Book Bash! Join Keego, Alex Byrne, and Betsy as we review “The Italian’s Christmas Housekeeper”. This book was picked because of the hilarious description on the back, starting with this line:“Shy Housekeeper Molly Miller always tries her best.”Molly is an English maid who meets Italian billionaire Salvio De Genn…
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Paulelica faces more stressors at work, such as human discrimination and sexual harassment, but luckily she deals with it by getting wasted in the middle of the day. Lucien, like all vampires we've encountered in this podcast, insists on acting like he's 15 instead of 15-hundred. Paul gets upset that so many CEOs are trying to buy female interns (n…
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We learn more about our character's backstory, like how she knows about the supernatural world because her mom was bitten by a WEREBADGER?? Paul thinks Lucian is the ideal sigma male, and Betsy tells her fiance how she fancies Robin Hood, the cartoon fox version. Our character (Paulelica) also has to take "samples" from her vampire client Lucian, a…
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NEW PODCAST SERIES ALERT!! Listen in as we do a gameplay of the infamous, interactive story app “Chapters”. In this app, you play a character; usually a young, busty woman, and make decisions for her as she navigates her creepy, supernatural romance plotline. Our “Chapters” gameplay has all of the cringe, ghoulish plotlines as our regular YA novels…
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We've reached the end of our journey with Raven Madison and Alexander Sterling! They get ready to go to the school "Snow Ball" together; a dance where everyone is supposed to wear white but the two goth teenagers show up wearing all black because dressing differently is the only way they know how to rebel. At the dance, drama ensues involving Trevo…
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The Sterling family continues to drop major hints that they're vampires, not at all trying to maintain secrecy in this tiny, boring suburban town. Raven also continues to commit more crimes, such as breaking and entering into the totally-not-a-vampire-family house in order to get to know the guy she has a crush on. I mean it wouldn't be a YA book i…
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"Weekend's coming up, time to do some skanking!" -Becky CheatleRaven and Trevor continue their terrible feud, by taping things to Raven's locker (and only her locker, like she doesn't even touch his). Also, Betsy revisits her memories of church camp, and Becky reveals that Betsy's fellow campers were probably trying to get her to unalive herself. R…
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Halloween is upon us, both in the real world and in the "Vampire Kisses" novel! Raven decides to be edgy for Halloween and dresses up as a normie tennis player. She then goes to the creepy mansion with the new family, and instead of asking for candy, asks for toast because she's QuIRKy! Meanwhile, her arch nemesis, Trevor, is still trying to get wi…
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Our newest season on Bad Book Bash stars Irish comedians Ren Forsythe and Becky Cheatle as we review the vampire teen series, “Vampire Kisses”! Raven Madison is a goth girl trapped in a suburbanite town….and that’s really all there is to her personality. Nobody at school likes her; she claims it’s because of how she dresses but she equally makes fu…
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We've reached the end of our review for Midnight Sun! The Cullens enact their plan for saving Bella and killing James. Edward finally has a chance to meet Bella's mom, Renee, and is nothing but a judgemental prick for no reason. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bad-book-bash--5889791/support.…
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We are going to release a walk-through review of a story from the "Chapters" app! The video can be found under the Patreon page. Also, I have a Patreon page, please give me money: https://www.patreon.com/BadBookBash Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bad-book-bash--5889791/support.…
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Edward and Bella confess their love to each other, despite only dating for 2 weeks. Bella expresses interest in sexy time, but Edward tells her that he is afraid of literally crushing her skull. Jess tells the story of how she fainted during her first kiss Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bad-book-bash--5889791/s…
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Edward finally reveals his sexy, sparkly skin to Bella, who immediately thinks that he's on fire because the sparkles are so strong?? She runs to him and tries to put him out. Edward then admits to watching her sleep at night, and she responds in her typical atypical way. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bad-book…
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Edward and Bella talk more about their dating history, which is basically non-existent for either of them. Jess highly doubts that Edward is a 90-year-old virgin and goes on a rant about what a liar Edward is. Also, it's revealed that Edward would have totally murdered Bella if he didn't fall in love with her. Become a supporter of this podcast: ht…
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Bella and Edward both get themselves cancelled in this episode. Bella goes on and calls herself "disabled" while Edward continues with the 3 P's of red flags: being a pervert, pussy, and pedo. Bella gets in an argument with Jessica because she doesn't "know" Edward like she does, while forgetting that Bella herself doesn't know him either. Also, Be…
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Edward gets himself mad by imagining a hypothetical scenario where Mike Newton is a vampire, and then gets angry at fake vampire Mike Newton, while also reassuring himself that he's not that bad because he isn't as bad as imaginary vampire Mike. Then he follows/stalks Bella and her friends while they're shopping, and happens to save Bella from some…
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Edward continues to stalk and breathe in Bella's stank; meanwhile my guests discuss how someone can be "genetically sexy", wtf a genome is, and if Stephanie Meyer and JK Rowling have ever hung out? Also, Edward throws a panic attack because Bella falls asleep and shade falls onto her. That's not an exaggeration, that's literally the plot of an enti…
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Honestly not much continues with the plot, as 95% of this book is Edward moping, plotting, and stalking. He gets upset that Mike Newton likes Bella, to the point where he fantasizes about murdering him. Also, Jess, Sinead, and Betsy get into vampire philosophy, like does the "half your age plus 7" rule apply for vampires? Is period blood less appea…
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Edward decides to breathe in Bella's scent for a full 8 hours every night so he can get used to her stank. Then, he offers to drive her for 3 hours to a nearby city, while repeatedly telling her he's dangerous. She, for some weird reason, accepts, much to his dismay and delight. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/b…
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I'm not gonna lie, listeners, not much really happens as far as plot in this episode. Edward continues to sulk, stalk, and simmer while Bella just goes about her day being an average teenage girl. Although one particular note in this section, Edward realizes that he loves her, although everyone on the pod agrees its just an extreme form of limerenc…
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Apologies for the late upload, I was busy with my day job which is how I eat and pay rent Edward continues to be flabbergasted at the most basic mundane things that Bella does, such as: driving safe, being a shy person, and displaying empathy. For someone who's lived to be as old as him, you'd think nothing surprised him anymore. His other family m…
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We talk about Jessica...no not our lovely comedian guest star Jessica Collins (we wait for her to leave before talking about her), but Jessica Stanley, Bella's frenemy in "Twilight"/"Midnight Sun". Edward is annoyed that she finds him hot, even though literally every other girl feels the same way. Edward continues to broil in his hanger as Bella's …
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This season's book is "Midnight Sun", a "Twilight" spin-off written by the main lady herself; Stephanie Meyer!! "Midnight Sun" is "Twilight" from Edward's perspective, and somehow SM managed to make this version even more creepy and cringe than her original book! Our guests for this season are the lovely and hilarious Irish comedians, Sinead Walsh …
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Once again, we have vampires trying to SA a young teenage girl, but luckily this girl literally has claws and forgets until the last second that she's a werewolf and kicks the pervert's ass. The werewolf rescue crew are able to find the vampire layer pretty quickly, as in it was probably just in the field over from their little town. Azalea gives b…
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