The GENRE'D Edit

Romance deserves some respect, grumpy book boyfriends are winning, and nobody is safe from a new TBR recommendation. We're talking to Adi of @adiinthelife about why no genre should be left behind.

It's been five years since we last visited Prythian, and apparently there was quite a lot we were supposed to remember. If you need a refresher before diving into our very spoiler-heavy opinions, we've got you. 📚 Everything You Need to Remember Before ACOTAR Book 6 From the aftermath of Silver Flames to the Crescent City crossover, consider this your crash course in everything we've forgotten over the last five years. Ancient magic, political drama, and one very suspicious d

Hockey romance where she’s the fan, answering-machine slow burns, and a very enthusiastic Grease 2 detour. Jacquelyn Middleton joins us to talk Love Wants Us to Win, indie publishing, and writing for hopeful romantics.

What happens when you take the dystopian romances we were obsessed with in the 2010s, add a morally gray military man, a very inconvenient love triangle, and Tessa Bailey-level spice? You get Broken Rival. And we have things to say. This week on Genre'd, Elyse and Katy are diving into Tessa Bailey's first dystopian romance, a time-travel love story that feels like The Hunger Games met The Vampire Diaries, except everyone is allowed to do a lot more than kiss. We're talking br

What does it actually take to sell a book? The founders of The Book Launch Club join Genre'd to discuss BookTok, author marketing, romance recommendations, and a very specific appreciation for men in billowy shirts.

A wedding, an ex-fiancé, a time loop, and a completely different horror movie waiting every time Willa wakes up. We’re talking Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison, why “bubblegum horror” might be our new favorite genre, and whether repeatedly dying is actually an effective breakup recovery plan.

Author Elizabeth Richardson joins Genre’d to talk about giving Trad a second life on Substack, the strange world of tradwife content, when an online persona becomes a scam, and why she thinks “pop fiction” deserves to be its own genre.

What if another version of you became the person you always thought you’d be? We’re reviewing Emily St. John Mandel’s Exit Party, from its fractured America and parallel universes to its morally gray heroine and biggest questions about identity, freedom, and safety.

Debut romance author Katie Jung joins Genre’d to talk You’re the One That I Haunt, her road to publishing, paranormal romance, yearning, fanfiction, and why romance is so much more than smut.

A fake dating deal, a $50,000 roof problem, old-money New England, sailboats, and one third-act breakup that had us changing our ratings in real time. Here’s our review of Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan.

Debut author Michelle Eileen joins Genre’d to talk A Real Paige Turner, cowboy romance, romantic suspense, female friendship, formative fantasy reads, and her seven-layer-dip approach to reading.

A dead body in a Impala, a beginner pole dancing class, an amateur sleuth, and the world’s most helpful group of new friends. We’re reviewing Last Night Was Killer by Mary Pauline Lowry, including what worked, the biggest twists, and why this funny mystery earned four stars from both of us.

Romance author Kate Robb joins Genre’d to talk Solar Eclipse of the Heart, magical realism, comfort reads, Hallmark movies, romance’s reputation problem, and the books she thinks every romance reader should have on their TBR.

We really liked In the Veins of the Drowning, so when it came time to finish Kalie Cassidy’s Siren Mage duology with In the Wake of the Ruined, this should have been an easy sell. It’s a duology. There are sirens. There’s gothic romantasy. Theo is now getting his own POV and, more importantly, spending most of it yearning aggressively for Imogen. And yet. We have things to say. Because while neither of us thought In the Wake of the Ruined was a bad book, this was one of those

Our little sister Amanda joins us for a wine-fueled Off Book episode about the genre that finally made her a reader. We talk Heated Rivalry, MM romance recommendations, forced proximity, stepbrothers, paranormal romance, and men who take far too long to discuss their feelings.

A serial killer’s daughter returns to the small town her family destroyed in Thornbird by E. Kennedy. We discuss the mystery, love triangle, true crime commentary, major twists, and why this dark YA thriller earned five stars from both of us.

This week on Genre’d Off Book, Katy and Elyse are joined by author Brooklyn Rose, whose debut romance Sex Positive is out August 4. And yes, the title is doing exactly what it needs to do. Brooklyn describes Sex Positive as the first book in a sexy new adult college romance series about characters taking control of their own pleasure and going after what they want. The story follows Charlie, a college senior trying to dismantle abstinence-only sex education and build somethin

A missing dog leads Jane Trevally back to a creepy London mansion connected to her past. We discuss the twists, Thornwood’s secrets, the ending, and whether It Could Have Been Her worked as a psychological thriller.

Halfway through 2026, we’re checking in on the books we loved, the books that personally attacked us, the genres that surprised us, and the romantasy formulas we may officially be tired of. From Daggermouth and Broken Dove to Yesteryear, A Murder Most Camp, and Into the Blue, this is our mid-year reading state of the union.

In this episode of Genre’d, we’re talking Broken Dove by Dani Francis, the sequel to Silver Elite and the book that brought us psychic war, rebellion politics, hidden powers, a morally suspicious mountain base, and one very emotionally inconvenient love triangle. We break down Wren, Cross, Gray, the Dagger, the Hollow, the Dani Francis conspiracy theories, and why this book is absolutely giving grown-up New Moon.