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Romance Recs
Unhinged Romance
Warning: If you are looking for a sweet romance, please listen to any of our other episodes. Unhinged romance books are full of "wtf" and "why?!" moments. But if you're looking for highly entertaining short reads this one is for you.
Main characters include:
- Balloon Animal Shifters
- The Corona Virus
- Sentient Utensils
- A Were-Turkey
- A Door
- Dinosaurs
- Pillows
Welcome to Romance Re, where book besties Explore the world of romance novels and encourage you to expand your tbr. Join us as we dive into the hottest releases and hidden gems of the genre. You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at Romance Rex Pod. Hi guys I kind of forgot that i was supposed to introduce myself after that. Hi guys, it's dev if you couldn't tell messing up the intro I am Kind of in between reading right now. I've got some arcs that I need to power through have not started them But next up for audiobook is going to be a soul to keep By opal rain I could that just came through on libby. So i'm really excited because i've been waiting to read that for a while
Christina:Hi guys. You haven't heard from me for a while, but I'm Christina back. No,
Jordan:yay.
Christina:you. I'm currently reading Heart of My Monster by Rena Kent. It's the third book in this trilogy, and I'm excited to tell you about it later on.
Jordan:Oh.
Devonnie:nice
Jordan:hi, I'm Jordan and I am currently Reading Keeper's Reign by Eliza Leone. And I'm re-listening to Corrupt by Penelope Douglas because I need some comfort read right now. And what doesn't scream Comfort read then
Christina:torture.
Jordan:a torture, bully Romance. Yeah, and I'm also listening to Knot All That Glitters by Devyn Sinclair, because I'm going through her whole catalogue. So buckle up for some unhinged bookish banter.
Devonnie:So unhinged
Christina:a lot of buckles for this one.
Devonnie:Wait, i'm actually so excited that you're reading eliza's, book. So
Jordan:I've got, I've gotten really into it. So for listeners, Eliza came to our book meetup this summer. We met her. She's amazing. She's written her own book. She just came out with the final installment of this series too. I started it months ago, but then I got distracted by ARCs and necessary reading and I'm back in it. I'm like two thirds of the way in, and I am so curious and it's so good.
Devonnie:Yeah, that's it. I can't wait to read that Yeah, that is Um, right.
Jordan:but I'm. So nervous for this and it's the perfect one for Christina to come back on.
Devonnie:To be so unhinged. I like, I, when I tell you I'm shaking in my boots at the quotes that I've highlighted to read, I don't even know where to begin. I have about six and I can't
Christina:I want to hear them all.
Devonnie:going to. Yeah.
Christina:Just read them all.
Jordan:so for those of you that didn't read the title of this episode, These are unhinged Rex. So I think they're all novellas because you can only take so much unhinged in one and when we say unhinged we're not talking like, oh, this is dark romance and they shouldn't have done that. It's who is doing what and how does that work? And yeah. Christina, do you want to read your quote first?
Christina:Sure.
Jordan:you're back with us, you want to kick us off?
Christina:Sure. Okay. My quote, is from Stuffed, which is a pillow romance by Sylvia Morrow.
Jordan:Oh, yes the classic pillow.
Christina:yes. Well, we've all known it.
Devonnie:I don't think all of us.
Christina:okay.
Jordan:I'm so happy
Christina:She says, Your cock is like something impossible. It's a combination of velvet, silk, and perfect latex.
Devonnie:I
Jordan:I mean it is impossible because it's a pillow because it's a pillow.
Devonnie:I, yeah that's real impossible. Okay. And the description. Oh, I don't need it. Okay. I, let's see. I'm going to pick, this is not super unhinged, honestly. This just made me sick to my stomach and I just want to share it with y'all. Okay. So this is actually from kissing the Corona virus by MJ Edwards, which yes, if you were wondering, am I going to talk about this book later in the episode? You'd be correct. I will be diving real deep into this book because I just don't understand. But anyway this is our main, yeah, right. Clearly which they actually mentioned in the, anyway, let me just, the quote is. His tongue so soft and hot like a chunk of microwaved fish sloshing around inside her mouth. I
Jordan:You already sent us that screenshot. I did not need to relive that in audio format.
Devonnie:just, I just really
Christina:Not warm fish.
Devonnie:Why would microwave fish be the thing you're using to make this sexy? I don't know. So enjoy that.
Jordan:So we've had a pillow. We've had the coronavirus. And I'm gonna get festive with you because it's almost Thanksgiving and so my quote is from Stuffed by the Were Turkey by Tate McKirk. This was crazy. She shouldn't be getting aroused. For fuck's sake. The man looked like a turkey. But those strong hands gripped her breasts, kneading them as strongly as she had the quinoa meatless loaf earlier.
Devonnie:No, I will actually be sick. I will actually be
Christina:Not between fish and quinoa loaf.
Devonnie:yeah, that's not as ruining foods. Oh my gosh. I would like to preface this by saying guys, if you came to this episode looking for the deepest reads that you've ever had for your life of your life, if you wanted like something really romantic and just so lovely, please go to another episode that we have. We have so many episodes where you could get. such great content.
Jordan:We just, this is our 26th episode. We have 25 before this. Yes, we just hit a big milestone of
Devonnie:love that.
Christina:This is a
Jordan:we had to celebrate by
Devonnie:us.
Jordan:taking ourselves seriously. That's how we're
Devonnie:Yeah. This is, you're going to have a lot of fun listening to these recs and who knows, you may be so intrigued that you go download these books and listen or read them yourselves. And we would like to know. Please
Jordan:yes, they are good palette cleansers. If you just need a laugh Honestly, and just to be grossed out
Christina:If you need something un
Jordan:you
Devonnie:heavy on the grossed out.
Jordan:if you want to freak out your partner and make them question your entire relationship like I did You just download these and read a random quote I mean it really gets them wondering who they married 10 years later and it's I don't know about
Christina:Just keepin it fresh. Just keepin it
Devonnie:Yeah.
Jordan:Or not fresh in the coronavirus's opinion. I mean like soggy fish. I can't get over that.
Devonnie:That's disgusting. Okay.
Jordan:Let's dive into this
Christina:Okay,
Devonnie:first rec is actually going to be, we're going to bring it back to coronavirus because with that cliffhanger, I'm sure you guys are waiting for more. Kissing the coronavirus is as you would expect. It's like Rushing to, you know, find a cure for this virus. That's like taking everybody away from us. This was a little too close to reality for me, but I digress. Yeah, so there's a doctor slash scientist named Alexa and then. There's supposed to be four other scientists in this group with her. Two of them have already died. Unfortunately.
Christina:Oh no,
Devonnie:death.
Jordan:is actually serious trigger warnings for
Devonnie:yeah, this, the this book coronavirus, I would say, yeah, it might be a little rough. Take from that what you will. Although it's very light. It's only 16 pages, my love. You can get through it, I think. So yeah, it's just her and one other scientist, Bob Gurtlychund, which I hate his name. I shouldn't say that because it's just a name.
Jordan:Bob what?
Devonnie:st Bob Gurtlychund. Gurtlychund? Gurtlychund? I stumbled over his name in my head every single time I had to say it. I wanted to punch air. Anyway, her and Bob are the last two on the coronavirus thing. We open with our good girl, Alexa, holding the tube of the coronavirus and just immediately feeling sexualized.
Jordan:because when I think COVID, I'm like
Devonnie:She's she's been trapped in this lab for months now. They've been working day and night to find a cure. She hasn't had anything big and stiff in a while. So she sees this test tube and she's interesting. What we have here. Thankfully Bob walks in on her and stops her thankfully. But through this, we're basically going through the motions of finding this cure. Alexa, who is a scientist. I want to keep, you know, reminding her that Alexa,
Jordan:An intelligent woman.
Devonnie:a very intelligent woman. Okay. She decides that even though the cure they have is ready to go mass produced and like needs to be sent out and it's so perfect. She decides that she knows it just needs a little bit more Corona virus in it. The girl opens up the fresh cure and taps a drop. Of extra Corona into the cure because she said, I just know now it's perfect. She alters the entire cure because she just is so in love with
Jordan:Because that's how
Christina:had a feeling.
Jordan:how,
Devonnie:yeah. So that's what pissed me right off because not this being how they do science, this is how they science it in the
Jordan:I love how that's what takes you out.
Devonnie:Oh yeah. That's the reality for me is
Christina:That's the unrealistic part.
Devonnie:I do have two quotes that I want to read that are Like about alexa and every time she's getting like hot and bothered the author makes her say something that reminds her of another thing that happened before so there are two quotes Please bear with me. Hold on. I'm, sorry because I will actually start dying Alexa's heart fluttered like it had done the time. She fucked the farmer's cross eyed son and uncrossed his eyes
Jordan:I've never,
Devonnie:I'm, actually gonna pee on myself Hold on My body just got hot and i'm light headed because why would you write that in the middle of the scene?
Jordan:How's that C section scar doing for you? Because
Devonnie:Oh, we're okay. We're okay right now.
Jordan:Oh!
Devonnie:We're okay right now, but it might get worse with the next one. Hold on
Jordan:Okay, I was about to take a drink, but I'll wait. I don't want to spit take all over this, mic. Okay.
Devonnie:Okay There was lots of sound and shaking and alexa's heart hammered harder than the time She was hammered by the carpet fitter when he came to fit carpets in her country manor
Jordan:I'm sorry, the first one still got me better. But th Is she just fucking any random guy she finds that does manual labor? Is that what gets her hot? I just
Devonnie:I don't, Alexa, I don't understand Alexa's motives other than getting out of the lab because she misses the real world. And I think both of these statements might have been said before she even comes in physical contact with coronavirus
Jordan:Okay, but I, so I do have a,
Devonnie:a
Jordan:one, one key detail is missing for me here. What does she fuck?
Devonnie:Okay.
Jordan:but I want to know what am I picturing here? That's my only other question about this. I don't even need to know how he comes into being. I don't need that. Give me an air of mystery with this. Hold that
Devonnie:So he's a real man. He's a real man. He's a real man. But remember how I mentioned, remember how I mentioned how Alexa tips a little bit of the virus into the cure? Dr. Gertlachand is it's too late for me, Alexa. I also have coronavirus. So I'm just going to take the cure. We can test it on me and we'll see if it works. So he has
Jordan:science. Like
Devonnie:Yeah. So he shoots himself up.
Jordan:Bob?
Devonnie:He's green and he has, There's a line where
Jordan:just gave up the whole plot twist. I'm gonna beep all that out because I don't want to
Devonnie:Yes. Bleep it. Yes. I'm sorry. Those are spoilers guys, but you know, you're going to have to read it to figure out what I just said, but yes, that is what happens. And there are, what is the DNA threads? Or no, what is it? You know, when you look at a virus the it's mentioned in the book, but she like describes it
Christina:M R N A? Myrna?
Devonnie:there's another word There's another word that the author used it with i'm pretty sure that's probably the only scientific thing in the book But that's he's essentially that with those things Sticking out of his body. So
Jordan:mutagen? I mean, obviously he mutated so like that.
Devonnie:yeah, and Bob is no longer with us after that. So
Jordan:Maybe I do need to read this
Devonnie:I mean for 16 pages you can do anything for 16 pages So that is the time I kissed the coronavirus Or
Jordan:big and green,
Devonnie:He's a big and green man, yes. So everything is man, it's just
Jordan:so I don't know why. I imagine the coronavirus just having a really limp dick, but I do. That's just what I imagine., I don't know why I'm imagining. I
Christina:he comin to you? Straight Corona?
Jordan:Oh, that's a great question!
Devonnie:What is described is that she is filled up with love lotion.
Christina:I'm done.
Jordan:I need to put
Devonnie:The actual word The actual words used to describe what she's filled up with after daddy corona comes is
Jordan:Oh, Daddy.
Devonnie:I hate it. I hate it. So that's my
Jordan:say daddy. See?
Devonnie:oh no Is your dad's name Chad?
Jordan:Yeah, please don't.
Devonnie:Hey, you know he'd be listening. I hope he's gone by this point in the
Jordan:I don't think he would. If he's listening to any episode, it's this episode.
Christina:Oopsies.
Jordan:And he did it to himself.
Devonnie:Right. So yeah that's what I got for you. You're welcome.
Jordan:I really appreciate that. That was a really good start. That was a really good start. It was, yeah, Christina. Please take it away
Christina:Okay. Here I
Jordan:gobble up the next one.
Christina:You're gonna make Devany die. I'm sorry.
Jordan:It's my goal.
Christina:Okay. Stuffed by Sylvia Morrow. This short story is 87 pages long. It follows Anne, who has half a phobia, which is an intense fear of being touched. She despises human touch. And she'll wash herself with heavy duty antiseptic soap anytime anyone touches her. She thinks humans are disgusting with sweat and other bodily fluids. Sex is off the table for her because she can't touch human, right? But she does have pictophilia. Which is what it's called when you're attracted to fictional characters. And I think we're all aware of that.
Devonnie:I also
Jordan:Well, I well no comment. I mean
Christina:Samesies. Hahaha.
Jordan:at you Sick fucks.
Christina:However, she is still a woman, and she does have a good orgasm, as we all do. You know?
Devonnie:As you do. Yeah.
Christina:So she often humps her pillow to find her releases.
Jordan:Ah
Christina:while watching anime, by the way, she gets off on this one anime guy who's a butler. Okay.
Jordan:No comment.
Christina:All right.
Jordan:No comment
Christina:What she doesn't know about her pillow is that among all the goose down feathers is one single phoenix feather.
Devonnie:please do not goose down for
Jordan:Yes! This is, I don't know why I'm into this story now, but I am. There's anime. There's Phoenix. I need to hear more. Hold on. Let the woman talk. I'm excited now.
Christina:It can absorb living things to try to regenerate, right? So anytime a fly, fly lands on her pillow, it zaps it dead. To suck in its to suck in its strength, right? This
Jordan:her in?
Christina:no, not yet.
Jordan:Aw, that was a missed opportunity.
Christina:One day soon, maybe. He's in love with Anne. But she doesn't know he exists other than being her pillow. But he's like the most perfect pillow, right? He's always fluffy and cool. Like he absorbs the little bugs to be a perfect pillow for her. So she wakes up surrounded by dead bugs every morning. It's fine.
Jordan:Oh!
Christina:It is what it is.
Jordan:I'm really sorry. This will be the last time I interrupt, I swear. So this is the pillow she sleeps on. Is this also the pillow she hums?
Christina:Yes, it is. She just flips it over.
Jordan:Oh, there's a hump side and a sleep side. Makes perfect sense. I am so sorry. I will not interrupt again.
Devonnie:This is crazy.
Christina:Come on. I'm just kidding. One
Devonnie:Anne's doing, on the pillow.
Christina:exactly, one day a co worker comes from her house, or comes over to her house to try to bother her, and she hates human touch. And so he comes into her room, right, and touches the pillow. The pillow, zoop! Sucks him in, right? Takes all his energy. So
Devonnie:Kills him, immediately.
Christina:yeah,
Jordan:Touch her and die.
Christina:Yes, he husks it up. So then, as Anne goes to work the next day, the pillow decides to use that strength to build a human body. Right? He wants to become a man for Anne. He wants to be Anne's man. She comes home, and he's like half formed. And she's okay, we'll go with this. He's like, how can I be the perfect guy for you? So she like shows him the anime and he becomes the perfect interpretation of this anime guy for her. Right. He becomes her perfect man, literally.
Devonnie:That.
Christina:yeah, he designs himself specifically to her specifications. All her specifications, mind you. She names him Ori, O R I. And she's able to bear his touch because it feels like satin. Like a satin pillow, right? Yeah and he can change shape however she wants, whenever she wants, like, when he's in her. He can expand a knot perfectness. And he has a satin tongue, and she loves it. And his cum is goose feathers.
Jordan:well, I don't want that in me. You had me
Devonnie:I don't,
Jordan:feathers.
Christina:Yeah, he pulled out,
Devonnie:was
Christina:pulled out, and then feathers fell all
Jordan:Oh, but how cute is that? It just, poof, how cute is that? Okay. I'm going to be honest. I might actually like this book. I'm gonna read it.
Christina:There is a sequel called Double Stuffed, which is, there's a second Pillow Man, and so it's a Y choose, pillow guys for Ann.
Jordan:Okay.
Devonnie:choose moment.
Jordan:I don't see anything wrong with anything you said. And I don't know how I feel about myself with that. But I kind of love the concept of all of this.
Christina:It's a good quick literary. It took me like a little over an hour, you know, 80 pages. It's perfect. The next one they'll be going. Yeah. Yeah, and he like anytime anyone touches her he goes and zaps some energy from them.
Jordan:Yeah, touch her and die!
Christina:I know, he's the perfect
Devonnie:crazy all our favorite tropes all our favorite tropes in a little pillow romance
Christina:Exactly. He says, I'm just one hell of a good pillow, that's what he tells me.
Jordan:yes, you are, buddy. Yes, you are.
Devonnie:so cute
Christina:We stand for Ori the pillow.
Jordan:I think I have to read this now. And I have to question everything about myself.
Devonnie:Yeah
Jordan:let me tell you about a story that made me question my whole existence and what the fuck I'm doing with my life. So my first rec is Stuffed by the Were Turkey by Tate McCurk.
Christina:Gobble, gobble.
Jordan:it's, yeah, and there's gobble, like a lot of gobbles.
Christina:Gobble till you wobble.
Jordan:no, it's only 13 pages. It's only 13 pages. It's Only
Christina:Perfect.
Jordan:13 pages.
Christina:Just a little
Jordan:Okay? No. He was not a little guy. He was not a little turkey. He was a big turkey with a big gobbler. Don't know how to properly explain that there is so much in these 13 pages. That really made me re evaluate my faith, and, or my lack of faith, and just my entire existence.
Christina:A lot for 13 pages.
Jordan:I don't even remember the main character's name because I really tried to block this out. But, you're gonna look it up, aren't you Dev? I see you instantly go. I see you instantly.
Devonnie:That's exactly what I
Jordan:right now.
Devonnie:I opened up a web browser. I was like, oh,
Jordan:I just realized
Christina:is on the
Jordan:wait, hold on Joe..
Devonnie:you found it before me.
Jordan:So Jo is this big Vegan PETA activist. Okay. She's outside a turkey farm where people go to get their fresh turkeys and she's protesting and a turkey runs out a little turkey runs out of the barn and runs straight to her She grabs it and she runs away with it. She's gonna save this turkey Okay, it's almost thanksgiving or it's the day before thanksgiving. She's gonna save this turkey the farmer's chasing after her shaking his fist. She gets the turkey in the car. She goes home she's gonna she doesn't know what she's gonna do with this turkey, but she's gonna save it She's feeling really good about herself. She's a lifelong vegan and activist. She Puts it in her bathroom naturally Right?
Christina:As one does
Jordan:She has to make Thanksgiving, her vegan Thanksgiving meal for all of her friends from PETA. Like she, they have a local organization from PETA, their PETA chapter, and she's hosting Thanksgiving. So she's making all this stuff and she locks it in the bathroom, but when she's in there, The turkey keeps like nudging her. It's just the turkey you guys. It's just the turkey. And she's what is going on? she leaves lots of turkey in there. She's making her food working really hard, but then she hears like crashes and things in the bathroom and she's What is that bird doing? She goes in the bathroom trying to clean when she's bent down picking stuff up. He keeps like bumping into her from behind Okay
Devonnie:please go to jail. Please go to jail right now. I cannot. I know where this is going. No
Jordan:Just then, a hand wrapped around her middle and started to fondle her tit. Huh! What? You guys, it's been a while. I don't know how I feel about this. She looks behind her. I'm gonna read the description. I'm gonna read the description of this quote unquote rare turkey. Are you ready?
Christina:I am ready.
Jordan:It starts with the pubes.
Christina:Perfect.
Jordan:were a strange reddish brown fuzz. Her gaze went higher, with her looking at the man's chest. Normal, except he had no nipples. Come to think of it, no belly button either. But there were more of the strange fuzzy hairs on his chest. No, not hairs! They almost looked like tiny feathers. With a harsh swallow, her gaze continued upward until she settled on his face. It took a moment for her to register that she was, what she was actually seeing. The man's head was wrong. All wrong. He had a turkey's head. More like THE turkey's head, you guys.
Christina:Perfect.
Jordan:His head never changes, he cannot speak, he can only gobble, gobble.
Devonnie:I hate it
Jordan:feathers, but he has a man's body, he has arms and legs. He fucks her all over this apartment, you guys. He literally does her in he literally does her in the mashed potatoes. There are two There are at least two if not three moments where she describes looking into his black beady eyes while they're fucking. Got the gobble. He's got like the,
Devonnie:this sounds like a haunted story a horror like
Jordan:oh, I need to read one more, one more quote, one more quote because then I'll get to the end here. It's just so It's something that's said in the heat of passion obviously by her because he can't talk cuz he's a fucking turkey
Christina:Gobble, gobble.
Jordan:Ready? Give me your meat. I love it more. Please more. I want it all
Devonnie:Jordan, please stop. And why would you read it with
Jordan:Because at the end, I'm just gonna give you the whole I'm just gonna give you the end you guys I'm so sorry spoilers at the end like she forgets all about her friends coming over for Thanksgiving And I guess the next day her friend from PETA comes over and knocks on her door and she gets up and she goes I'm And she's you are, you make me sick. I can't believe you'd do this to the group. And she's what are you talking about? She's we heard you last night. You were eating meat. You kept asking him to give you more meat. You are kicked out of PETA. And then she walks away and she just and she thinks to herself, well, it's fine. At least I have my hunky turkey to keep me company. And she's totally happy with keeping her weird turkey.
Devonnie:So he
Jordan:And that is it.
Devonnie:bathroom. That's what happened? Like he just, he turned into a man?
Jordan:We don't know more. It's 13 pages you guys and
Devonnie:Yeah.
Jordan:has changed my soul for not the
Devonnie:god.
Christina:I need to
Jordan:you know, it is, I know Christina needs it. Look at her. She's yes, give me this weird stuff.
Devonnie:The my favorite thing about these like unhinged books is like when I'm reading normally, of course, you know, you have reactions I don't know if everyone has reactions But I like gasp and scream and like playing my Kindle or my book or whatever it is But when I'm reading these specifically unhinged So I feel like it's even more intense because I am little I like I'm screaming at the top of my lungs I am Cackling. I'm highlighting ferociously. I think that's the best part. You really, even if you hate it, you really do have a good
Jordan:I didn't even tell you about his dick.
Christina:Oh,
Devonnie:Oh, you didn't.
Jordan:No, there are bumps on it. There are bumps on it. Like it's bumpy, like for rib, it's ribbed for her pleasure.
Christina:And see, Jordan and I had a discussion about turkey dicks. And actually, their lack of dicks, but
Jordan:Oh, we did! I forgot! Yes! Because, when, right? When, yeah, when you told your husband about the book, he's well, turkeys don't even have dicks. And I was like, well, let me tell you about a where turkey sticks. Because he doesn't
Devonnie:Wait, do they not? In real life, do they
Christina:birds don't. Ducks are like the only species of birds, or one of the only few species of birds that have them. They have coicas. I'll tell you about that in my dinosaur one.
Jordan:Oh, dear God,
Devonnie:so what the hell is going on? How are we getting more turkeys?
Jordan:What are we doing? What are
Devonnie:How are we getting more turkeys and birds?
Christina:It's a cloaca, it's an opening, and so they put their opening by the girl's opening, and then it like, splurts in there.
Devonnie:No, I do not need that. This is one science class I wish I didn't. No,
Christina:Well, you just asked!
Devonnie:to openings. I really did and I regret it. Thank you. No, thank you. Okay, moving along.
Jordan:I'm out of my cocktail and I feel like it was too soon for that to happen.
Christina:Sorry, I didn't I'll save
Devonnie:these books will drive you to drink, yeah, I don't even like that word, to be fair. Let me find if you never said it again, to be fair. Okay, my next rec is actually super unhinged because the
Jordan:even have any listeners at
Devonnie:Right. The title is Unhinged by Vera Valentine. Vera, I will be sending you my therapy bills because WTF. This is labeled as an erotic door romance. And like the opening tagline is dangers come a knocking. Sorry, jail. Okay. There is one quote. I'd love to start off with this one though.
Christina:Stop.
Devonnie:Wrapping my round brass protrusion in a soft cloth in a firm grip, she started polishing my knob with slow, smooth strokes that stirred something deep in my wood. Obviously this is the POV of the door. You mostly get the POV of the door because, I mean, he's seeing everything, baby. He's the door. You know what I'm saying? He has, account of everything. Yeah Tana. I think that's how you pronounce her name has moved into an apartment and her door is very sentient, even though he's shaped as a door. There's trouble afoot though. Danger truly does come a knocking because not only is Tana's door obsessed with her, but so is her landlord. And we are pretty sure that the landlord has been offing girls in the. Building community or whatever. The door catches the landlord, like sneaking into her apartment, you know, using his big old landlord keys and like rifling through her underwear drawer, drinking her orange juice, like just random shit. But obviously what is he going to do? He's a door. The best he could do is slam real hard. There's not, there's not much.
Jordan:that's like every woman living alone, that's like all of our worst nightmares.
Christina:Fierce.
Devonnie:That your landlord is walking in and doing all these things. And when she's home, the landlord always tries to go in while she's home Oh, I need to fix your light bulb. Oh, I need to double check your oven. And she's always she knows it's creepy. So she's always no, thank you. No, thank you. Then one day she gets a bright idea. Well, to be fair, she doesn't get the bright idea. She starts having dreams where basically the, her door is trying to warn her and somehow ends up in her dreams to warn her, to tell her what the landlord is doing and that she needs to protect herself because some girls have disappeared. He's pretty. Sure, he saw the landlord do it. You know, Vera, this is giving psychological thriller as well, babe. It's unhinged, but also psychological thriller. I just realized that. So yeah, Tana is like believing the dream. She's no, this is too crazy. I have to believe it. Okay. So she believes it. She's like, all right, I need to be on my P's and Q's. I need to make sure things are good. And then, you know, she's but the door. So she, Does the door as you while he's a door. He got a round little knob And as you could tell from my earlier quote, it's very smooth and polished. And she goes to
Jordan:chode of a doorknob, though.
Devonnie:Yeah, it really is but that thing must bust her wide open because after that Now he's real he becomes real. Oh also mythology is in this because hera and i'm pretty sure zeus Or also he's like a spawn. Yeah, exactly. Everybody's zeus's kid but like some tree in some grove that zeus done did something to with a dryad or something and now we have this wood From that is now the door anyway now he becomes a real person but like every full moon He'll turn back into a door or something Anyway, trouble ensues the door and hannah They do all kind of crazy stuff then he becomes a man and he has to learn how to walk and do all these things and You He does a lot of things to her and we still have the threat of our crazy ass. What's his name? Not his name. Landlord. Yes. So yeah, it actually, now I'm leaving a lot out because this thing was actually psychotic. Even though this one has way more plot than kissing the coronavirus. I don't want you to go in thinking that this is going to be something super amazing. The door, the story is called unhinged babe. Like truly it's going to be unhinged. But it was really good. I do want to read. Another quote though. Oh no. Oh, so Hara also said that you'll turn back into a door every full moon. So we'll need to repeat this when you transform so I can bring you back with my magic pussy.
Jordan:Mm well, who doesn't want a magic, who doesn't want to have a magic pussy? I mean,
Devonnie:that, first of all, the fact that she realized it's magical by inserting a doorknob, I don't want that kind of magic. I'm all right. I'll pass. No, thank you. Last quote, because I feel like this kind of summarizes the entire episode, but I mean, it can't hurt anything, right? I mean women fuck cucumbers and bedposts and balloons and shit. This isn't that weird, right? I Go into Yeah, so that's my rec for unhinged enjoy
Jordan:Can I just say, why do we not have a whole, or at least I don't know if we do, I never saw it in this weird search we've been doing. I need a series of Zeus fucking random things.
Devonnie:cuz he was up to no good a lot of the
Jordan:he fucked everything, all these animals, dry he fucked everything. So like, why do we not have a whole series of this?
Devonnie:maybe there is. We just gotta find it.
Jordan:Vera Valentine.
Devonnie:Yeah, get on it.
Christina:Get on this.
Devonnie:We need that.
Jordan:Oh my. Get on
Devonnie:Ha, does he ever.
Jordan:Christina, what do you have?
Christina:this one is called forked by Ruth Cardello. This series is actually a trilogy. The first one is Forked, which follows Mercedes and Hugh. The second is Spooned, which follows Cheryl and Jack. And the third is Knifed, which has Ashley and Ray. So they're couples. But they're all interlinked, right? So it's a trilogy. This series, I will just read to you what I have written down. This series is about World War II super soldiers, whose job is to hunt down German scientists to prevent the creation of an atomic bomb. The soldiers were all originally turned down for military service due to their disabilities. Hugh lost
Devonnie:Wait,
Jordan:Wait, we're this is Captain Amer this is Captain America. This is not where I saw this
Christina:tells
Devonnie:is not where I thought we were heading.
Christina:I told you this
Jordan:about cutlery!
Christina:deeper. I'm gonna get going. Let me just tell you.
Jordan:Oh, is this the one that you really liked? Is this the
Christina:I really liked this one. Yes! I did not expect it going into this. I'm gonna tell you there's a whole
Jordan:I'm gonna, I'm gonna mute myself now. I'm gonna mute myself.
Christina:All three of these soldiers, they wanted to join the military but they got turned down for disabilities. Hugh lost a finger. In a wood chopping accident as a child, Jack was born blind and Ray was beaten by his father until he was in a wheelchair from his disability, or because he couldn't move anymore. So a secret government agency decided to recruit these guys, a bunch of people and gave them injections, super soldier injections, and told them like, it's either gonna, it's either gonna heal you or kill you. Okay, of the 50 men that started, 12 of them survived and began working for the government. These super soldiers are not only healed of their disabilities, but they have super strength, super speed, and they can stretch any part of their body. And that's important later on.
Devonnie:Okay, taking notes.
Christina:Okay on the day that Germany surrenders the war in 1945, right? The government agency decides to use a ray gun to get rid of these super soldiers. to cover up their tracks. You know, it's a secret government agency, right? Unfortunately, due to some high tech science, I don't really understand the super soldiers weren't killed but turned into the silverware that were on the table behind them.
Jordan:I'm sorry,
Devonnie:Oh my god.
Jordan:but maybe because it's fictional and never, it's like, of course you didn't understand. It's,
Christina:but there's all these words like atomic bo atomic bonding.
Jordan:Yes,
Christina:got rearranged and stuff and anywho, so like in 2024 they're asking AI if this is even possible and AI is no. Anywho, so we wake up to it
Devonnie:turn them into the silverware. That's
Christina:later. Mercedes buys this box of antique silverware, right? And she is immediately drawn to this fork. It's her favorite fork. Food just tastes better when she's got it in her mouth, right? She's always just twirling around her tongue. She's gotta have this fork with her at all times, right? And then she decides to lay down on the couch and get intimate with her fork.
Jordan:I mean, can you just tell me like, mouth or other get intimate?
Christina:Other. It vibrates.
Jordan:It's a fu okay.
Christina:She is the other end,
Devonnie:do you mean it vibrates?
Christina:Well, because, like, when the guy is
Devonnie:Not the tines of the fork?
Jordan:but who doesn't have
Christina:yeah, she uses the
Jordan:okay, to be fair Doesn't everyone have a favorite utensil? Not to be weird about it. Not like that kind of favorite utensil,
Christina:In
Devonnie:gonna lie. Yeah, I like eating from wooden spoons. And I know that's like weird.
Jordan:you. Okay. Okay, not get intimate weird, but
Devonnie:No,
Christina:in this book, they call it their cutlery kink cult. Anywho, okay,
Devonnie:do they?
Jordan:I like that for them.
Christina:yes, it's perfect for them. Anywho, as she's doing her vibration, right as he's, she's about to hit the big O, poof, he turns back into a man. And, yeah. So he's fully there in his uniform because he had just been at this fancy dinner for Germany's surrender and yada. So he's in his all World War II uniform, and Mercedes is like, WTF, and she's hears his,
Jordan:That's why you liked it, man in uniform. You're a sucker.
Christina:was good. It was good. Hears his whole backstory and she literally tells him, she's you're exactly like Captain America.
Devonnie:Okay, so the author knew
Christina:it, but he doesn't. Because Marvel didn't exist back then, but, anyhow, that's all I think. Anyways, so she decides to,
Jordan:if in this world Marvel was written based on him? Sorry, Captain Marvel. I'm sorry.
Christina:That was a forking good comment, Jordan. Mercedes wants all the re well, Mercedes and Hugh, that's his name, the soldier. He wants to unlock the rest of his Platoon, because it's you know, they're brothers and they all said, till death, you know, we're gonna stay together. And he wants to like, see what this government agency's up to. So she gives her good friend Cheryl a spoon, and Cheryl gets intimate with the spoon in the sequel, and brings about Jack. And then there's a third friend in the third one, and that is, um, Ray. He's a knife. Because he's a really dangerous guy, right? It's a whole thing. But they adapt really quickly. They are able to use phones and stuff, and they're like, It's just interesting to me, because I wouldn't think someone from 80 years ago would adapt easily to this day and age. But they seem to do pretty well. And they're like,
Jordan:it.
Devonnie:Yeah, Christina's deep thinking about the forks, about the damn cutlery. Coming
Jordan:Christina, let's be honest. Are you gonna write some fanfic on AO3 about
Christina:I might. It's pretty good. This is pretty good.
Jordan:Need to Yeah.
Christina:author says one day maybe she'll write A follow up, and call it Sporked, and it's about their kids.
Jordan:Yes.
Devonnie:No.
Jordan:different responses.
Devonnie:Yes.
Jordan:No.
Christina:Well, anywho
Jordan:can I do you need a co author? Do you need
Devonnie:right,
Christina:I'll write with you.
Jordan:I have ideas.
Christina:they're trying to take down the secret government agency, figure out what all happened. Here's my favorite part, Jordan, you'll understand why. The one girl, she's a scientist, and she figures out what was given to them to help them transform and stuff. And so it was, like, anatomy, or DNA of certain sea creatures, right? Cephalopods. Octopi. Bye! Which is why they can regrow limbs and stuff.
Jordan:I don't know why you say me, this is about you, ma'am.
Christina:But I knew you'd get
Devonnie:I was like, why would Jordan like this?
Jordan:Christina, it's, look in the mirror, babe.
Christina:Okay Yes,
Jordan:sorry, no, keep going, please tell me about
Christina:They have super speed, super strength, and they can regrow any limbs. If they haven't been 100 percent killed, they can come back from anything. Even a snap neck. They can come back from pretty much everything. It's just really cool and interesting. And they also can grow to whatever size they want. So There's a lot of hot steamy sex involving that and also like they move at super speed including their tongues, which is great. It's just a lot of steamy sex
Devonnie:understand why that fork was funny.
Christina:library.
Devonnie:we were all talking at once right there.
Christina:I don't know. I just love this series a lot more than I was so good.
Devonnie:Well, okay i'm not gonna lie to be fair so far yours sounds like it has the most plot
Christina:It
Devonnie:what I'm saying?
Christina:a hundred and eighty pages
Devonnie:a lot of smutty scenes and super erotica.
Jordan:That or
Devonnie:yeah, so they're a long way longer. Yeah.
Christina:Mhm.
Jordan:that or she just is really into it and is like talking.
Christina:I'm just like, yes, keep going.
Jordan:It's what?
Devonnie:Wait,
Christina:No, just me. Dreaming about it, that's all. I want to get forked.
Devonnie:sorry Adrion.
Jordan:Oh, there it is. There's the quote of the night. Thank you.
Devonnie:interesting.
Jordan:Ah,
Devonnie:No thanks. Yeah,
Christina:Yeah, Jordan,
Devonnie:say.
Christina:take us in. I
Jordan:squeak. I should have gotten balloons for this and rubbed them together for the
Devonnie:No, that would actually drive me crazy. I
Jordan:Because, so for my second squeak who knew? I'm going to cut so much of this dirty stuff.
Devonnie:don't have another rec,
Christina:have one more and it's short,
Jordan:okay. Squeakverse, number one, from Vera Valentine. Okay. This is a twisted tale.
Christina:Dun!
Jordan:I want you to just, I need everyone to close their eyes for a moment, and I need you to Two balloon animals, one a vibrant purple, and another a bright red. And those are your two MMCs, okay? This is a Why Choose. This is an Omegaverse. Which it said that at the beginning, but it did not quite register in my brain Omegaverse until I got to that part in the book and I was like, oh, what the mother just happened? Okay. So Poppy, everyday gal, she's going to art school at a local com Yep, at a local community college. She goes to the zoo with her sketchbook because that's the best place for her to see get inspiration and like sketch people, right? She has this corner. She goes and sits in. One day, really hot. She's thinking about going across the way to go to the water fountain, but she doesn't want to pack all her stuff up to go a few feet, but she doesn't trust to leave it and all of a sudden she hears this squeak behind her. And she looks behind her and the balloon, the guy that does the balloon animals. Is standing behind her and he's so hot. Enter Sebastian. He does balloon animals for all the kids. He's I'll watch your stuff for you if you need to go get a drink. Better yet. Better yet. My buddy is working in the concession and if you want to come cool off in the concession stand, I'll get you a bottle of water. Thank you so much. Okay. Let's go. Anyway, she goes. This other guy, his friend, glares her down. Doesn't want her in there. What the fuck is she doing in here? Get out of here. She's drawn to those broody eyes. But she leaves. She's not welcome. Okay, plot twist. I guess, Sebastian and I always forget the other guy's name. Kian. They are not just BFFs. They are lovers.
Christina:Nice. Okay.
Jordan:Not only that, but they are were balloons? They're all they're technically tulpas. So tulpas are, it comes from a form of magic where if you believe in something enough and put belief into an object, it will come to life. So these are balloon men. Essentially they appear human. There's a whole system to do with their cocks based on the. What is it, the, not the tulpa master, the tulpa whatever person. This woman from a carnival brought them into being using magic that she had found and she basically used them as sex slaves. And slaves around her tent in general. And they discovered that they didn't have to just exist for her. They could be together. And so they found comfort in each other until they finally were able to sneak away from her in the circus. And so what they're doing at this zoo, is they got jobs there to try and find a way to become permanent without being around her, right? So they're on a clock. They're trying to get away from this abusive situation. So it's actually, there's a very serious Side to this
Devonnie:that's very serious.
Jordan:there's, yes, it is very serious. It's 54 pages. Just a heads up, it's not like this big novel. And there together, Kian is very territorial over Sebastian. Sebastian was created to be like the fun, charismatic guy to hand out tickets and get sales. Kian was more muscle to like, take down the tents and things like that, so he's very serious about that. But Kian goes to try to find they need an artist to do these sigils, right? Because the magic will only work if a real living being does it. They are technically not real living beings, so they cannot do the magic that's needed. And that's why Sebastian brought her in to begin with, because he's she's a really good artist, she can do these sigils, like we can get her to do this for us. And Kian's screw that, she's, the way she's, I don't like the way she's looking at you, I'm gonna get a different artist. So he takes the bus to the local school. And he accidentally ends up, spoiler, he ends up near the art class, right? Cause he's looking for an artist. And the teacher's thinks he's the male model, because of course the woman that created them made them into her perfect images. So they're of course hot. So he gets stripped down to pose. Peace. Guess who's class he's in to pose for? And guess who ends up fucking in the supply closet after class? Things happen. And if you know Omegaverse, know what happens in the act. And so it's like this big thing Things are revealed But I'm gonna read. I just I won't tell you all the details of the dicks in this because There is something special about it. Obviously, if it's Omegaverse, there's nodding. it's very unique to this. Also, their cum is funnel cake frosting
Christina:would literally love that. I'd be drinking it
Jordan:because they're from the circus. I mean, yeah, Dev, you're on mute, but like I see you agreeing. Yeah.
Devonnie:I forgot I was on mute. But yeah, I would love that.
Jordan:Yeah. I mean, who
Christina:gobbling that up.
Jordan:This is from the Supply Closet. Poppy, you're safe, but we really need to talk. He tilted his hips and nodded downwards, where his entire pelvic region, still locked into my own, had gone a deep royal purple and translucent. I screamed.
Christina:I would too.
Devonnie:too. Can you imagine? You look down and there's a balloon? That's crazy.
Jordan:You just had the best sex of your life and you look down and it's it's an inflatable. And
Devonnie:Oh my
Jordan:heard squeaking.
Devonnie:Vera. Oh, no.
Christina:Squeak.
Devonnie:No,
Christina:10 out of 10.
Jordan:good. Anyways, it's actually, if you're looking for something unhinged, it was good. I mean, like for unhinged, it, there was a plot. I thought of you a lot, Christina. I was like, this is Christina written all over it. So that's squeaking.
Christina:read that.
Devonnie:Yeah,
Christina:Okay, so back to me again.
Jordan:I'll never look at it the same.
Devonnie:right.
Christina:I would just lick
Jordan:you have another one, I have one to mention, but you do your last one.
Christina:Okay, here's my last rec. This book is called Triceratops and Bottoms by Lola Faust.
Jordan:Yes.
Christina:If you couldn't tell by the title, this is a dinosaur erotica. It's very short, about an hour on Audible, which is how I listen to it. It's set about a hundred years in the future. Humans have nanobots that cater to their every need. They also have Dev, this is for you. Interactions with aliens, specifically blue aliens.
Jordan:Oh, yeah. I was like, why are you calling her out? Oh, that's why.
Devonnie:Love my blue aliens.
Christina:so the main character, Erin, has had interactions with these aliens and she's done pretty much everything she wants to do and she's she's a sexaholic and she's bored. So she decides to try something new and use this new invention called a time belt, which is like a time machine you wear to travel back to the Jurassic period. And She decides.
Jordan:dinosaur.
Christina:Mhm, yeah. It is. She decides she wants new sex partners. Her first is a Triceratops that she names Sarah. I mean, they can't speak, right? But she's thinking that he's into her,
Devonnie:wait a minute.
Christina:Yes, Jordan.
Jordan:Christina?
Christina:Yeah.
Jordan:So I guess my first and really only question for this one is are these literal dinosaurs?
Christina:They are, Jordan. They are.
Jordan:Are they able to give consent? Follow up.
Christina:I mean, they seem to be into it, I guess, in the
Jordan:Oh, no. Oh
Devonnie:crazy. I thought we had, I thought we
Christina:goes underneath the Triceratops and she's like underneath.
Devonnie:No
Christina:She also takes it from behind, which I think would be really hard.
Jordan:Crushed
Devonnie:could imagine.
Jordan:Did
Christina:She says he's very gentle and doesn't step on her. But it's not just Sarah, okay? She goes back multiple times to a Plesiosaur, a Carnotaurus, a Pterodactyl. Plesiosaur is in and out of the water. Pterodactyl while they're flying. She gets banned from the use of this time belt because of her sexual explications with Dinosaur.
Jordan:Rhysand?
Christina:Yeah, she was probably into the Batboys. Living out a fantasy. This is a very specific niche kink, just letting you know that. Also there's eight books in this Dinosaur Erotica series by Lola Faust. I'll read you two of my favorite titles. All I Want for Christmas is Utahraptor. And Tyrannosaurus Sext.
Jordan:I
Christina:haven't read them all. I just read this one. But yeah. Oh yeah, the All I Want for Christmas is Utahraptor, that's the Christmas special one, if you want to unwrap a dick in a box, that's very large.
Devonnie:This actually
Jordan:dicks. I thought you said they don't have dicks.
Christina:Yes, now I'm, that gets to my scientific part of this. Dinosaurs don't have dicks because birds are their descendants, right? But in this story, they had dicks because she's all up rubbing on their hard length and stuff like with two hands because they're very large, right?
Jordan:She's just walking up to random I'm
Christina:well, she says,
Devonnie:Yeah, she has a problem.
Jordan:Oh,
Devonnie:needs to seek help. In her world, she needs help. How does she know?
Christina:Well, like there's a Tyrannosaurus after her and the herd of Triceratops protects her, like puts her inside the herd like they do the babies, you know, and stuff like when
Jordan:because she's tiny.
Christina:And so this one keeps nudging on her and stuff and looks into her eyes and she's I felt a connection.
Jordan:Hey, you didn't think it was sweet when the turkey in the were stuffed by the were turkey did it, so why is it sweet when a dinosaur does it? It's not.
Devonnie:It's not.
Christina:It's unhinged, that's all I have to say.
Devonnie:Like I like that she gets her privileges revoked from the
Christina:take away her rights. But then a really rich lady buys her another time belt because the rich don't have any laws they have to follow. Go figure. So Anywho, if you are a paleontologist, you may not like this story because you know that dinosaurs have cloacas. Daphne doesn't like the word cloaca, but they have cloacas. And, not dicks, but cloacas.
Jordan:love you so much. I'm so glad you're here to give us these recs. I'm gonna talk about one that I intended to read, but I didn't have enough time. I'm just gonna move away from that word and pretend it never happened. So one I really want to read. So for reference, we are filming this on November 4th. Tomorrow is the election here in the United States and we're all feeling a lot of feels. Okay, a lot of us are very stressed. It's we're trying to disassociate But if you would like to disassociate and obviously this is going to come out after the election for whatever happens Which I comment but no comment. If you need something to laugh about In relation to this pushin cushions a political sentient object romance by vera valentine in unfortunate reads
Devonnie:look
Christina:about?
Devonnie:Pharah.
Jordan:Dennis J. Rantz has been under immense pressure since being chosen as the vice presidential candidate. His running mate is a dumpster fire, his wife left him, and he's working 90 hours a week. He desperately needs a break and decides it's time to take care of himself for once. So what's a man to do? Yeah, what's a man to do when he's alone and needs release? Not the shower, apparently. Cause, well, Dennis is a little different. When his unusual usual methods fail, it's time to indulge in one of his most forbidden desires. It worked for him in college, with that ratty old couch. And this new one is just so plush. Dennis doesn't know this furniture has a sinister secret of its own. This is a demon couch and he fucks the demon couch.
Devonnie:I just yeah Vera, you're something else, babe.
Jordan:Okay, so that's the description on goodreads, but I do want to I do want to bring this over to the The legal info they had to put at the beginning of this book So if you're listening to this and you are offended by this and you're offended by this Sorry, you're gonna be offended by a lot, I would say. But the following sentient object romance story is a work of fiction and is classified as parody. For legal reasons, the authors are clearly stating that there is no hard evidence that any Republican vice presidential candidate has ever had or desired sexual relationships with furniture or oceanic mammals. Political satire is an art form that has existed for hundreds of years. This is just the latest incarnation. Regardless of whether you find this story hilarious or infuriating, we encourage you to check out Our voter registrations your voter registration status and show up to the polls on election day to exercise your rights.
Devonnie:Yeah, I remember reading that. I was like, good for you.
Christina:I love it.
Devonnie:Cause that one came out this year, I
Jordan:yeah.
Devonnie:Pushing Cushions
Jordan:This came out july 27. It's like the story broke. They're like perfect. We're writing it Let's do it. 44 pages I look forward to We'll see how tomorrow goes I might not be in the read the mood to read it But I feel like i'm gonna be in the mood to read it soon no matter what happens Like it's gonna be a good cathartic and when I tell you so I'm looking at the ratings This has a for an unhinged vera valentine story. It has a 3. 89 It has 142 5 star ratings 89
Christina:Wow.
Jordan:4 stars so 40 rated it 5 star 25 rated it 4. I mean
Christina:It's well liked.
Jordan:The top review is titled Justice for Cat Ladies. That's all I have to say.
Christina:The childless cat ladies are here.
Jordan:Push
Christina:love that. That's just perfect.
Jordan:Deb, did you had one that you were gonna read? Or you were going to and you didn't have time or something?
Devonnie:Yes, I wanted to read Cold Sweat, which is also by Vera Valentine, and this one is like a step sibling romance, but the male sibling is actually the Kool Aid man. That's all I got for you. That's all I got for you about that one.
Jordan:I saw
Christina:my gosh. Literally was when I started like researching these books and like the recommended books that were coming up and I'm like, There's so many of these. This is great.
Jordan:so funny. It made, it makes me feel like I could write something. I mean, this gives you the audacity, right? This makes you think.
Christina:Jordan, do one about your, do one about your podcast microphone.
Jordan:mean this
Christina:one night while I was editing, it was just me
Jordan:It's awfully
Devonnie:That would actually be funny.
Christina:It'd be perfect.
Jordan:Oh god.
Christina:Put it up on AO3, I'll read it. Aw,
Jordan:This is I really missed you
Christina:I
Jordan:We talked a lot outside of it But I have really missed you in this space and I hope we'll have more time in the future thanks everyone for listening to us ramble about our truly unhinged romance books. If you're looking for more Romance Recs, be sure to follow us on Instagram and TikTok at Romance Recs Pod. You can also find us on Threads now and Discord. You can find our favorite book Recs from our episodes as well as behind the scenes content. Again, that's at Romance Recs Pod, so make sure to give us a follow and we'll be back in a little bit with another episode. Bye!
Christina:Bye!
Devonnie:Bye!