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Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Romance novels, smutty tropes, and two Aussie girls who absolutely CANNOT keep it together. Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily is just like a virtual book club - but louder, messier, and fully obsessed with BookTok’s spiciest reads. From Colleen Hoover heartbreaks to dark romance disasters, fae fantasy smut to fake dating, nothing is safe from our unhinged commentary! If 'enemies to lovers,' 'forbidden romance,' or 'why choose' has ever ruined your sleep schedule, you’ll feel right at home…
Episodes
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm - He Has Gills and We’re Not Mad?
Welcome to our special Halloween episode! Carla and Emily are un-enthusiastically diving deep into the dark, breathtaking, and consuming world of Whispers of…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black - Enemies to Lovers or Pure Bullying?
Carla and Emily are diving deep into the wicked, treacherous, and deeply dramatic world of The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. The ultimate YA fae fantasy that…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Wanting Mr. Cane by Shanora Williams - Down Bad for Dad’s Friend!
We're baaaaaack (part II)! Carla thought literally no-one has been listening to our podcast, so we hit an editing SLUMP. If you are enjoying Lose the Plot…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Exodus by Kate Stewart - Respectfully, We Are Not Okay
Carla and Emily are diving deep into the rainy, high-stakes, and completely consuming world of Exodus by Kate Stewart - the ultimate Ravenhood book that took…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Never Lie by Freida McFadden - The Ultimate BookTok Thriller Brain Rot!
We're baaaaaack! Carla thought literally no-one has been listening to our podcast, so we hit an editing SLUMP. If you are enjoying Lose the Plot leave us a…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOMF) by Sarah J. Maas - Is Rhysand Actually the Blueprint?
This episode on Lose the Plot, Carla and Emily are officially spiraling over A Court of Mist and Fury - the book that took Spring Court depression and turned…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
The Deal by Elle Kennedy - Fake Dating, Real Feelings!
It's time for Carla and Emily to Lose the Plot over The Deal by Elle Kennedy, the college hockey romance that said 'fake dating for academic purposes' and then…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter - We Support This Level of Delusion!
Carla and Emily dive into Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter - a rom-com love letter to cheesy tropes, fake dating schemes, and the unshakable belief that…
Lose the Plot with Carla and EmilyThe Plotties 2025 with Carla and Emily!
Welcome to The 2025 Plotties - our wildly unofficial awards where we crown the best, worst, and most emotionally irresponsible romance and smut books we read…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry - The Witcher from Temu?
This episode of Lose the Plot, Carla and Emily dive into Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry - a romantasy situation involving cursed realms, forced proximity…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey - A HR Violation, but make it Christmassy!
In this episode of Lose the Plot, Carla and Emily spiral over Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey - the festive workplace romance that boldly asks: what if retail…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney - Writer’s Retreat or Lesbian Cult Camp?
This episode we unravel Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney - a book filled with secrets, lies, memory gaps and suspicious women. Join us as we judge Grady’s…
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Flock by Kate Stewart - We Flocked Around and Found Out Nothing!
Carla and Emily dive beak-first into Flock by Kate Stewart, the book that asked, 'Why choose one man when you can have… several questionable ones and multiple…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett - Protein, Pastries & Panic Attacks!
In this very special Halloween edition of Lose the Plot, Carla and Emily are thirsting, gasping, and questioning werewolves' hygiene standards after reading…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Mile High by Liz Tomforde - We’ve Lost Cabin Pressure (and Our Dignity)
Buckle up, babes - it’s turbulence and trauma time! Carla and Emily tackle Mile High by Liz Tomforde, the spicy hockey romance that somehow mixes locker room…
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50 Shades of Grey by E. L. James - Welcome to Christian's Red Room of Disappointment!
Ana’s life takes a wild turn when she’s roped into interviewing Christian Grey — the richest creep in Seattle and the king of monotone trauma dumps. What…
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Five Brothers by Penelope Douglas - The MOST Scandalous Why Choose Smut?
Kris-Jen is back and things are getting messy — literally. She’s on a mission to uncover which of the five Jaeger brothers she hooked up with in their swampy…
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The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren - An Enemies to Fake Married Spew Fest!
Olive is the most unlucky woman alive — but at least she dodged the vomit-and-diarrhea disaster at her sister’s wedding. Small wins! That is, until a lie with…
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Lights Out by Navessa Allen - We Hope You Have a Mask Fetish!
Aly’s a hard-working nurse by day and an unhinged BookTok addict by night — especially for one very specific masked thirst-trapper. Enter Josh: hacker…
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Quicksilver by Callie Hart - The MMC's Name is KINGFISHER Guys...
Saeris Fane and her hopeless brother unleash chaos after stealing a golden groin piece (yes, you read that right) — and suddenly they’re on the radar of…
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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer - This is the Podcast of a KILLER Bella!
Hoa hoa hoaaaa hoa hoooooo — welcome to FORKS, the moody hometown of sparkly vampires and questionable life decisions. In this episode of Lose the Plot with…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden - Sydney Sweeney Won't Be Able to Save This Plot!
Millie is the ultimate pick-me disaster in The Housemaid by Freida McFadden — a viral psychological thriller turned BookTok sensation soon to be adapted into a…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Lightlark by Alex Aster - Another Teen Girl without Powers!
Isla Crown is your classic 19-year-old virginal heroine in a spicy romantasy full of ancient rivalries, magical realms, and love-triangle chaos. Thrust into a…
Lose the Plot with Carla and EmilyThe Plotties 2024 with Carla and Emily - We Rank the BEST and WORST Smuts We Read this Year!
Welcome to The 2024 Plotties, where we crown the best (and absolute worst) romance and smut books we read last year. From most disgusting sex scene to the…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - RYLE is VILE, this is NOT a Rom-Com!
Lilly Blossom Bloom moves to the city for a guy (Atlas), forgets he exists, and somehow ends up in a mess of a relationship with Ryle, a neurosurgeon who…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
How My Neighbour Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn - An Enemies to Lovers Christmas Treat!
It’s our chaotic Christmas romance special! 🎄 Cole Black is the ultimate emo grump, a small-town bad boy with a lifelong grudge. Storee, a city girl in crisis…
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) by Sarah J. Maas - Does this Romantasy Live Up to the Hype?
Welcome to the wild world of A Court of Thorns and Roses 🥀 the BookTok romantasy that launched a thousand spicy fanfics. Feyre — our 19-year-old illiterate…
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God of Malice by Rina Kent - The Book Where Consent Goes to Die!
Welcome to the unhinged world of dark romance BookTok, where red flags are basically plot devices. KILLIAN (yes, Kill-ian) is a psychopathic med student with a…
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Corrupt by Penelope Douglas - Just Another Teen Groupie Cult, Nothing to See Here!
Welcome to the unhinged world of dark romance BookTok, where logic goes to die and obsession is the love language. Rika is a teenage heroine with one goal…
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Scarred by Emily McIntire - A Dark Lion King Re-telling that No-one Asked For
Sara B is out for blood, and maybe a little love on the side. In this BookTok-approved fantasy romance, our vengeance-obsessed heroine is betrothed to a prince…
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Powerless by Lauren Roberts - AKA Supernatural Hunger Games from Temu
Paedyn is your classic 'not like other girls' heroine, a powerless underdog stuck in a world ruled by the super-powered Elites. When she’s accidentally chosen…
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Priest by Sierra Simone - Can We Get a Clean-Up in the Confessional Booth?
Tyler has been a bad… BAD boy, and Poppy’s the good girl who somehow attracts a lot of attention. This episode dives into one of the most talked-about BookTok…
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Bride by Ali Hazelwood - Fangs, Fur and Confusion!
Ready to lose your mind in a vampire and werewolf romance that gets more bewildering with every chapter? Bride might just be the most chaotic BookTok fantasy…
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Verity by Colleen Hoover - We are Quite Simply Traumatised.
Lowan is an indie author with the deal of a lifetime - finish a best-selling writer’s series after the mysterious Verity Crawford can’t complete it herself…
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Flawless by Elsie Silver - The Cowboy Romance We Never Knew We Needed!
Summer Hamilton is a PR princess and total nepo-baby determined to prove she’s more than her last name. Rhett, a washed-up bull-rider bad boy, needs a…
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The Fine Print by Lauren Asher - Just Let Us into Dreamland Damn It!
Zahra is just a small-town hairstylist with big dreams... literally, she works at 'Dreamland' the world’s most magical theme park. All she wants is to design…
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The Serpent and the Wings of Night and The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent - Send Help.
Oraya is just your average 23-year-old human girl trying to survive in a bloodthirsty vampire world - no big deal. Her only goal? Win a deadly tournament to…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
The Mindfuck Series by S.T. Abby -
Lana is a mysterious, knife-wielding badass with a dark past, and Logan is a rule-following detective with a weakness for the wrong women. When their worlds…
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Does it Hurt by H.D. Carlton - Sharks, Smut, and Psychological Damage!
Sawyer is on the run and somehow ends up in Australia the OG land of danger, casual attitudes, and hot men with criminal energy. Enter Enzo, a morally void…
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King of Wrath by Ana Huang - Romance or Stockholm? Let’s Discuss.
Vivian is your classic 'good girl' heroine:sweet, people-pleasing, and one parental guilt trip away from a full breakdown. When her parents set her up with her…
Lose the Plot with Carla and EmilyThe Plotties 2023 with Carla and Emily - We Rank the BEST and WORST Smuts We Read this Year!
Welcome to The 2023 Plotties, where we crown the best (and absolute worst) romance and smut books we read last year. If you love BookTok recaps, spicy romance…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Trick Shot by Kayla Grosse - A MMF Chaotic Christmas!
Riley’s Christmas is officially cancelled, or so she thinks, until she’s stranded at an airport bar with a ridiculously hot hockey player. One drink turns into…
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The Pucking Wrong Guy by C.R. Jane - Slapshots and Situationships!
Blake has officially entered her main character era, fresh off rejecting a proposal from long-term boyfriend Clark (red flag much?). Enter Ari Lancaster: a…
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Hooked by Emily McIntire - Wendy, Darling… Therapy Is That Way →
Wendy Michaels just wants a quiet life as a small-town barista, far away from her family’s money and drama. Enter Hook, the brooding, tattooed bar owner who…
- Lose the Plot with Carla and Emily
Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight - The Mafia Reverse Harem Episode!
Roxy starts out strong, independent, fiery, and ready to take on the world... until her deadbeat dad’s debts land her in the hands of four brooding mafia men…
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Unhinged by Vera Valentine - Open Wide... The 'Romance' We Regret Reading.
Tana’s life is perfectly normal, until her front door decides to get… handsy? ✨🚪 Suddenly she’s caught in a paranormal love-triangle between logic, lust, and…
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Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver - The One with the Accidental Cannibalism.
Sloane is a vigilante serial-killer killer, cleaning up the streets one creep at a time. Then she meets Rowan, a fellow murderer with morals (kind of), and…
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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - Violet, Xaden & the Horny War College!
Violet Sorrengail never wanted to be a dragon rider, she just wanted to stay in the library and mind her own business. But instead, she’s thrust into Basgiath…
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Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas - Olivia & Clay: Rivalry with Benefits!
Clay and Olivia can’t stand each other, the golden girl and the rebel locked in a years-long rivalry that’s one snide comment away from violence… or maybe…
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Pen Pal - by J.T. Geissinger
Kayla is just a little girl living in a big big spook spook house. The rest of this book is completely a blur so there's no point trying to summarise the plot…
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Done and Dusted - by Lyla Sage
Clementine Ryder is is heading home to Rebel Blue Ranch after a traumatising accident. She didn't expect running into her brother's childhood friend Luke…
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Praise - by Sara Cate
Charlotte has been a good girl her whole life, but finds out her boyfriend Beau has been cheating on her and is actually kind of an ass. By chance she meets…
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It Happened One Summer - by Tessa Bailey
Grab your fishing boots, panties and Step-Father's credit cards, we are reading 'It Happened One Summer' by Tessa Bailey! What could possibly go wrong when…
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Haunting Adeline - by H D Carlton
Carla and Emily dive head-first into Haunting Adeline, the much-hyped dark romance that everyone and their Nana is reading. Who is Zade/Z/Zaddy? Do we ever…
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Grounded - by Kristin Mulligan
Reunited a decade later, Theo and Amelia return to their shared past as former step-siblings, but this time, there's an undeniable twist of forbidden desire in…
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The Stopover - by T L Swan
Get ready for an intense episode as we explore the complex and toxic relationship between Jameson, an emotionally abusive millionaire, and Emily, a promising…
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Priceless - by Miranda Silver
Join us for a steamy episode as we delve into the world of Patrick, a man with a cold, icy blue gaze and Christina, a former cheerleader struggling to make…
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Twisted Love - by Ana Huang
Get ready for a heart-pumping episode as we explore the electrifying story of Ava, a college student with a bright future, whose overprotective brother enlists…
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Credence - by Penelope Douglas
Prepare for a potentially disturbing episode as we dive into the world of Tiernan, a 17-year-old girl who has just lost her parents and is invited to live with…
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Daisy Jones and the Six - by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy is a wild girl who was born to be famous, Billy is a control freak with a tendency to mess up his own life. What could possibly go wrong when they are…