Bookish Confessional: Judge, Jury and Executioner — The Spicy Librarian Podcast

Dark romance and romantasy podcast, The Spicy Librarian is back — and this week we are confessing our deepest, darkest reading secrets, exposing the community, and serving as judge, jury and executioner on your most controversial bookish takes. Court is in session.

We have things to confess. You have things to confess. And somebody has to hold us all accountable — so this week on The Spicy Librarian Podcast we are doing exactly that.

In the confessional, we get into our own deep dark reading secrets. The books we pretended to love, the ones we secretly hated, the ones we read in one sitting and told nobody about. The bookish habits we own, the ones we're ashamed of and the ones we just can't quit.We're covering Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, The Never List by Jade Presley, Black Rose by Jade Presley and Elena Lawson, Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, and Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman and some of what comes out of this confessional are wild and shocking. Even to us.

Then the community goes on trial and *we* go on trial. You submitted your most controversial bookish confessions and Katie and Dee are ruling as judge, jury and executioner on every single one.

No one is safe. We are not sorry.

Timestamps

1:29 - Confession Opens

26:57 - We offer you our confessions

36:52 - Questions from the community

Books Mentioned

Spark of the Everflame — Penn Cole (romantasy, slow burn)Fourth Wing — Rebecca Yarros (romantasy, enemies to lovers)The Never List — Jade Presley (dark romance)

Black Heart Painted Gold — Elena Lawson (dark romance, indie, why chose)Song of Achilles — Madeline Miller (historical fiction, MM romance, greek retelling)Noughts and Crosses — Malorie Blackman (YA, dystopian)Daggermouth — H.D. Wolfe (dark romance)ACOTAR — Sarah J. Maas (romantasy, fae romance)If you loved this episode follow the podcast so you never miss a drop, leave us a review — it genuinely means the world — and head to our website or Instagram to submit your own confessions for a future episode. We'll see you next Thursday. 🖤