Sanjana and Tyler dive into romance criticism, the newsletters keeping it alive, and why even a good hater should be devoted. Then Bad Words author Rioghnach Robinson joins to talk about turning book criticism into a whole (extremely compelling!) enemies-to-lovers plot. Plus: the best sex scenes Sanj and Tyler read this month, from Scandalized to a stalker romance involving a multi-tasking hockey stick. <ul> <li aria-level="1">The Substack romance criticism reading list: Sanjana&rsquo;s own <a href="https://sanjanabasker.substack.com/">Underlined</a>, the trio of newsletters from the <a href="https://reformedrakes.com/">Reformed Rakes</a> podcast crew (<a href="https://theloosecravat.substack.com">Sawyer Upton&rsquo;s The Loose Cravat</a>, <a href="https://ministrations.substack.com/?utm_source=homepage_recommendations&utm_campaign=1412988">Beth Haymond&rsquo;s Ministrations</a>, and <a href="https://restorativeromance.substack.com/">Emma Kearney&rsquo;s Restorative Romance</a>), and <a href="https://shelflovepodcast.substack.com/">Andrea Martucci&rsquo;s Shelf Love</a>.</li> <li aria-level="1">Rioghnach Robinson&rsquo;s adult romance debut, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/bad-words-a-novel-rioghnach-robinson/9454eae594e8f0b9?ean=9781250431295&bkshp-astro=t">Bad Words</a>, is out Oct. 6, and it&rsquo;s enemies-to-lovers done right.</li> <li aria-level="1">This month&rsquo;s best sex scenes: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/scandalized-ivy-owens/c5bc2591f3d0c06f?ean=9781668213209&bkshp-astro=t">Scandalized by Lauren Billings</a> (one half of Christina Lauren) and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5T2H43Z?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback">Midnight Message by Avina St. Graves</a> (on KU).</li> <li aria-level="1">Also: Come hang with Sanj and Tyler at <a href="http://831stories.com/romcon">RomCon</a> on Saturday, October 24, in Industry City, Brooklyn. Guests include Brooke Averick, Regina Black, Hannah Brown, Sarah MacLean, Casey McQuiston, Nikki Payne, and more!</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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