Would You Rather: They Don't Have to Agree But They Do Have to Justify — The Spicy Librarian Podcast

Dark romance and romantasy podcast The Spicy Librarian is back — and this week Dee and Katie are being dropped into their favourite books, whether they like it or not. Would you rather learn magic or warfare? Lead armies or strategies? Forced proximity or enemies to lovers? They don't have to agree. They do have to justify. This week on The Spicy Librarian Podcast, we are asking the questions that actually matter. Katie and Dee are being dropped headfirst into the worlds of their favourite dark romance and romantasy books — and they have to choose. High-stakes wars or slow-burn romance? Intense physical challenges or forbidden magic systems? Lead the army or mastermind the strategy from the shadows? Face your enemies-to-lovers moment or suffer through forced proximity until someone breaks first? Every answer has to be justified. Every disagreement has to be defended. And there are a lot of disagreements. This is the episode for every reader who has ever finished a book and immediately thought — I know exactly what I would do in that situation. You probably wouldn't. Neither would we. But we had a very good time pretending. Books Mentioned-  Games God’s Play- Abigail Owens (Romantasy, Greeks Mythology) Fourth Wing- Rebecca Yarros (Romantasy, Enemies to Lovers) A Court of Mist and Fury - S. J Maas (Romantasy) A Court of Silver Flame- S. J. Maas (Romantasy, Enemies to Lovers) A House of Earth and Blood- S. J. Maas (Urban Romantasy)  Kingdom of Ash- S J Maas ( Fantasy)  Quicksilver/ Brimstone- Callie Hart (Romantasy, Enemies to Lovers) Auction- Sadie Kincaid (Dark Romance) Lights Out- Navessa Allen (Dark Romance) Under Yours Scars- Ariel Anderson (Dark Romance, Indie) Haunting Adeline- H D Carlton (Dark Romance) A Touch of Darkness- Scarlet St. Clair (Romantasy, Greek Retelling)  Nightshade/ Daybreak- Autumn Woods (Dark Academia)  Starside- Alex Aster (Romantasy)  Dire Bound- Sable Sorenson (Romantasy)  Heated Rivalry- Rachel Reid (Sports Romance, Queer) Powerless - Elsie Silver (Sports Romance) The Dorians- Nick Cutter (Horror) Incidents Around The House- Josh Malerman (Horror) Little Stranger- Leigh Rivers (Dark Romance, Taboo) White Rose Painted Red- Elena Lawson (Dark Romance, Why Choose, Indie)  Daggermouth- H M Woolfe (Dystopian Romance)  To Cage A Wild Bird- Brooke Fast (Dystopian Romance)   Timestamps-  00:00 Intro and meeting Yob the Bear 5:09 - Would You Rather 32:39- Continued Chaos 38:39- Katie’s Driving History 40:05- Back to Would You Rather 1:07- Goodbye and See you Next week xo   If you loved this episode follow the podcast so you never miss a drop, leave us a review — it genuinely means the world — and head to our website or Instagram to send in your own would you rather questions for a future episode. We'll see you next Thursday. 🖤