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This week on The Cosy Cup Book Club, we’re joined by author Merel van der Calk to chat about her romantasy novel Veiled in Grey — secrets, tension, morally questionable decisions, and the kind of emotional damage we absolutely signed up for.

Meanwhile, Rosie’s Bit on the Side takes a truly unhinged turn into literary territory nobody asked for but everyone now has to live with: a story about a sentient pillow. Yes. A pillow. With thoughts. And feelings. And frankly more emotional availability than most fictional men.

Cosy drink in hand, judgement firmly suspended, and dignity left at the door — come join the book club you don’t have to do the reading for.

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This week we’re diving into First Time Caller

We chat first impressions, emotional damage, romantic tension, and the characters we would one hundred per cent argue with in real life. Is confidence attractive or just loud? Who thinks they’re mysterious but is actually just bad at communicating? And which book boyfriend would crumble the second he heard “you’re live on air”?

As always, expect strong opinions, mild delusion, questionable loyalty to problematic favourites, and at least one character we defend far more passionately than they deserve.

Pop the kettle on. We’re taking calls.

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This week, Katy and Rosie are joined by S. J. Gathercole for a chat about her gripping novel The People We Trust. They dig into messy friendships, buried secrets, and those unsettling moments when the people closest to you might not be quite who you think they are.

Meanwhile, in Rosie’s Bit on the Side, things take a turn… skyward. A cloud. A sexy cloud. We’re not saying it awakens anything, but we’re also not not saying that. It’s whimsical, it’s slightly unhinged, and it raises far more questions than it answers.

Pop the kettle on, get comfy, and join us for an episode that’s equal parts trust issues, author insight, and unexpected atmospheric attraction.

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This week we’re asking the important questions. What actually makes a great villain? Is it the trauma? The moral greyness? The unhinged behaviour we absolutely should not be rooting for… but kind of are?

We dive into our favourite fictional villains, the ones who live rent-free in our heads, before turning our attention to Credence – a book that is many things, not least emotionally chaotic, deeply uncomfortable, and impossible to stop talking about. Expect messy family dynamics, questionable decisions, and at least one moment where we all collectively go, “oh… oh no.”

As always, there’s strong opinions, mild outrage, questionable taste confessions, and the comforting knowledge that if a character is morally dubious, we’re probably about to defend them anyway.

Pop the kettle on. This one gets feral. ☕📚

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This week on The Cosy Cup Book Club, we’ve somehow ended up discussing two wildly different books in one cosy little episode.

First up: Knifed — featuring a super soldier and a premise that made us pause, blink, and say, “Right. Go on then.” It’s weird, it’s bold, and it sent us down a very specific rabbit hole.

Then we swing hard into Broken Princess, a dark mafia romance that delivers exactly what it promises: power, control, danger, and characters making choices that would absolutely ruin your life in reality.

We’re joined by author Laura Bennett to talk all things Broken Princess — from dark romance territory to writing morally questionable men and heroines who’ve been through it.

Expect cosy drinks, chaotic reactions, and that familiar Cosy Cup whiplash of going from “what did I just read?” to “I fear I enjoyed it.”

Pop the kettle on — it’s a mixed bag, and we loved it. ☕📚

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This week, we’re chatting about Scrapbook of an Unfound Songstress by Vicky Nolan — a book that feels like flicking through a scrapbook of half-remembered songs, lost voices, and the stories we build around them. We talk creativity, memory, identity, and the quiet ache of things that almost were.

Somewhere along the way, the conversation takes a turn into an apocalypse hypothetical — specifically, who we’d want to spend the end of the world with (emotionally, not strategically). It’s reflective, a bit unhinged in places, and exactly the sort of tangent you’d expect from us.

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This week’s episode is exactly as unhinged as the title suggests ☕🦆

We’re joined by the wonderful Emily Catlow for a cosy (and slightly chaotic) chat about The Secret We Keep – a book packed with tension, secrets, and the kind of emotional moments that make you stare into your mug and reassess your life choices.

Expect honest conversations about complicated relationships, quiet heartbreaks, and the very real art of pretending you’re fine when you absolutely are not.

Rosie's bit on the side is totally normal; about dating rubber ducks.

It’s warm, funny, a little bit emotional, and very Cosy Cup-coded. Pop the kettle on, get comfy, and join us for a chat that feels like sitting at the table after everyone else has gone home.

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This week we’re joined by Nan Tuckette for a very civil, absolutely normal untucked chat that definitely stays on topic.

We talk books, reading habits, and then — inevitably — Heated Rivalry, a MM hockey romance that has no business being as addictive as it is. There are opinions. There is banter. There is a surprising amount of investment in fictional men who should probably communicate better.

As ever, we discuss what worked, what made us sigh, and why this book continues to live rent-free in so many readers’ heads. No shouting, no academic analysis — just cosy book chat with a guest who fits the vibe perfectly.

Pop the kettle on, get comfy, and join us for another episode of chatting books like we’re meant to be doing something else.

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