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Episode Description
Let’s end spooky season with a clink: a neon-blue zombie cocktail meets a cozy Oktoberfest beer as we close our creature feature month and dig into two wildly different monster romances. First up, Zombie Moon by Lori Devoti drops us into “Brain Alley”, Wisconsin, where a werewolf zombie-hunter and a mystery woman collide over brain bait and secrets. We unpack the moral gray zones, the alleyway action, and the sticky question of how zombies can roam for decades without going public. The romance lands as serviceable heat but the undead conspiracy hooks us — labs, ethics and a whiff of cover-ups that beg for a sequel that never came.
Then the energy flips from grit to gleeful with That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon by Kimberly Lemming. Our female lead is Cinnamon, a fierce spice farmer with hidden-pocket skirts and a soft spot for snacks. Cin ends up teaming up with a cursed demon to smash chalices and break a witch’s hold. It’s fantasy romance that sparkles — cheese-queen shenanigans, mead-fueled mishaps, and a map-rich world that embraces fae, shifters and orcs. We talk spice levels (jalapeño-to-habanero thanks to language and playful kink), the “mate” trope as a love-it-or-hate-it trigger, and why humor might be the best antidote to curses and cravings alike.
Along the way we savor food as intimacy — crawfish boils, nacho buckets and experimental kitchen dates. We also trade a practical relationship takeaway: play to each other’s strengths. When one partner can solve a problem faster or safer, let them. It’s not surrender, it’s strategy. We also tease what’s next: a full-on hockey romance month featuring Stay by Elle Kennedy and Sarina Bowen and One Shot by A.C. Wonderland, with anonymous texting, second chances, campus PR drama, and captain-on-a-mission stakes ready to skate onto the page.
If you’re into monster romance, laugh-out-loud banter and a little spice with your world-building, this one’s for you. Hit follow, share the show with a fellow bookish biddie, and leave a quick review to help more romance readers find us. Which creature romance should we read next?
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Cocktails for this Episode
Meghan’s Book & Cocktail: Zombie Moon by Lori Devoti with Bacardi Ready-to-Serve Zombie
Nicole’s Book & Cocktail: That Time I Got Drunk & Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming with Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest Beer
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