Dearest Gentle Reader,

For this episode, we are deep-diving Julia Quinn's An Offer From a Gentleman, as well as Bridgerton Season 4 (part one). We have been THOROUGHLY charmed by Benedict and Sophie, and had just the best time discussing their season, the changes from the book, and our excitement for part 2.

Recent Reads:

• Lady Like by Mackenzi Lee
• One Day in December by Josie Silver
• Crash Test by Amy James

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Heavy content warning for this episode, please listen with care! While we do not go into gratuitous detail in our recap, this book does contain references to many serious subjects. Proceed with caution & definitely don't listen to this episode around children!

Today we're revisiting Redeeming Love and...we did not like what we read!

Skip to the recent reads: To hear our letters to our future husbands following our fraught Redeeming Love discussion, skip to 53:11. Recent reads start at 59:33.

Recent Reads:

• The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid
• Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? by Pierre Novellie
• Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor

We're going to be honest, we were not fans of Netflix's People We Meet on Vacation adaptation. This was not helped by us loving the book! But we're here to deep dive the movie and share all of our thoughts.

Just a fair warning if you loved the movie, this episode may not be for you.

Plus:

• New Game Changers book, Unrivaled!
• Wuthering Heights trailer reactions
• Recent Reads: The Favorites by Layne Fargo, leave the ruins where they fall by sharpa, and Question of the Day by wilmonstan12345

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