One Star Reviews of Our FAVE Books!

Summary

Podcast Summary: “One Star Reviews of Our FAVE Books!”

Podcast: I’ll Read What She’s Reading
Hosts: Reggie, Mikayla, Kennedy
Episode Date: February 11, 2026

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Overview

This episode brings the third installment of the fan-favorite “One Star Reviews” segment, where Reggie, Mikayla, and Kennedy read brutal, funny, and occasionally justified one-star Goodreads reviews—this time, of books they personally love. The trio laughs, cringes, and passionately defends (or occasionally agrees with) their faves, exploring what subjective hate reveals about the book community. They kick off with recent reads, then dive into the lowest-rated books on their own shelves, books on their TBRs, and finally, beloved popular titles that have somehow earned a scathing review or two.

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What We’ve Been Reading

Segment starts: 00:38

Mikayla

• Emma M. Lyon Series by Beth Brower

  • Binge-read all eight books in a week, praising the series' unique, journal-entry format, sharp wit, and fun side characters.
  • “Beth Brower just like sprinkles a little crack in between her lines.” (01:30, Mikayla)
  • Recommended for fans of Bridgerton, but set in 1883 with a sassy, independent heroine.
  • Wishes it was a TV show; excited for the ninth and future books.

• The Will of the Many (Book Club Read)

  • Finding it dense—not in plot but in writing style.
  • “You can tell a man wrote this book… I have had to go reread quite a few different parts...Let me make sure I’m understanding this.” (05:21-05:55, Mikayla)
  • Mixed on style but intrigued.

• Culti by Mariana Zapata

  • Soccer slow-burn romance.
  • Loved by Mikayla, especially due to her soccer background.
  • Age gap, coach/player dynamic; slowest of burns.
  • “I ate it up. I ate it up.” (06:05, Mikayla)

Reggie

• The Good Part by Sophie Cousins

  • Time-skip magical realism; woman wakes up in her own future as a mother.
  • “There were a lot of moments that…made me sob.” (10:11, Reggie)
  • 3.75 stars; recommends for anyone feeling stuck in life, though a bit odd in its “futuristic” details.

• Conform (Book Club/Patreon Read)

  • Hoped for more romance/wold-building from this dystopian.
  • Despite disappointment, plans to continue the series.

Kennedy

• Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz
  • Memoir by One Tree Hill actress, candid about being in a cult during filming.
  • Enjoyed the audio format and TV show tidbits, though not the best memoir ever.

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Fun Banter & Bookish Commentary

• The ladies bond over nostalgia for One Tree Hill and compare TV series adaptations to books.
• Ongoing inside jokes about DNF’ing, star ratings, and the pain of finishing bad books “just for the reading goal.”
• Discussion on the subjective (and sometimes cruel) nature of book reviews:
  • “This is why authors just should not read their reviews.” (24:54, Reggie)
  • “Specifically with books…people are more harsh with reviews.” (25:23, Mikayla)

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Main Segment: One Star Reviews

Segment starts: 17:05

1. Lowest Average Rated Books They’ve Read

(17:10)

Mikayla

• The Betrothed by Kiera Cass
  • “I’m going to use my last three brain cells to try and write a cohesive review… hard because there’s nothing cohesive about this story.” (17:53, one-star reviewer)
  • Hosts agree the book flopped compared to Cass’s earlier work.

Reggie

• Drop, Cover, and Hold On by Jasmine Guillory (Meet Cute series novella)
  • “Full body cringe…so glad it was over fast.” (20:51, one-star reviewer)
  • Reggie confesses she finished just to hit a reading goal; regrets it.

Kennedy

• Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
  • “I’ve had more fun at the dentist.” (21:41, one-star reviewer)
  • None of the hosts recall details; universally disliked.

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2. Lowest Rated On Their TBR

(22:18)

Mikayla

• Married to a Pirate by Athena Rose
  • “So utterly predictable and the steamy scenes were completely glossed over…”
  • “This was bad in so many ways, I don’t even know where to start.” (22:52-23:05, one-star reviewers)
  • Promptly removed from her TBR.

Reggie

• This Is the Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall
  • “I wish I could give this book zero stars… five days and 469 pages I’ll never get back.” (24:16, one-star reviewer)
  • Points out she found mostly DNF reviews online.

Kennedy

• The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers by Sarah Tomlinson
  • “Whoever said this was similar to Daisy Jones and The Six can choke.” (25:40, one-star reviewer)
  • Kennedy added it to her TBR based solely on that comparison—now regrets it.

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3. One Star Reviews for Personal Favorites

(26:12)

Emma M. Lyon (Beth Brower)

• “Trying to be witty with absurd vocabulary instead of just saying the words… I just couldn’t.” (26:34, one-star reviewer)
• Mikayla defends the humor and style, calling one star harsh.

People We Meet on Vacation (Emily Henry)

• “Reading this book is like seeing your pre-teen cousin at Christmas and them telling you about every inside joke they’ve ever had… as you feel your last brain cell die.” (27:56, one-star reviewer)
• Hosts acknowledge the critique but still love the book.

Play Along (Liz Tom Ford)

• “My grandparents who hate each other have more chemistry than the main characters.” (28:24, one-star reviewer)
• Kennedy notes others hated the FMC (named Kennedy), and that reviews often seem to exaggerate for attention.

The Bridge Kingdom (Danielle L. Jensen)

• “This just made me want to jump off the bridge.” (29:30, one-star reviewer)
• Group agrees the joke is at least clever.

The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah)

• “There are a million ways to die in Alaska, in case you forgot. And one of them is probably reading this pile of trite, repetitive, melodramatic garbage.” (31:02, one-star reviewer)
• Kennedy admits it’s a dramatic book, but loves it more than The Nightingale.

The Right Move (Windy City series) by Liz Tom Ford

• “More like the wrong move. DNF at 55%.”
• “I read the sentence ‘I’m not like other girls’ and deleted it from my Kindle. Bye.” (35:22-35:36, one-star reviewers)

Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)

• “Every so often, I’m lucky enough to come across something that reminds me how beautiful the diversity of the human experience is. For example, some people love this book.” (35:53, one-star reviewer)
• Kennedy stands by her belief that the movie will be even better.

Shield of Sparrows (Devney Perry)

• “If I had a dollar for every horrible romantasy released in the last five years, I’d be a trillionaire.” (36:58, one-star reviewer)
• Mikayla feels personally attacked, insists it stood out among recent romantasies.

First Time Caller (BK Borison)

• Pineapple pizza as a metaphor for a spicy scene.
• “Pineapple pizza is borderline orgasmic.” (38:36, quote from book discussed by Reggie)
• They joke about spicy pizza associations now being lifelong.

Lightbringer (Pierce Brown)

• Complaint about graphic details and “eating poop” (39:33, one-star reviewer)
• None of the hosts remember these scenes; suspect selective reader trauma or exaggeration.

Empire of Storms (Sarah J. Maas)

• Multiple jokes about the character Dorian; one reviewer laments “the disrespect” shown to Dorian—mostly memes used in place of reviews. (41:27)

Atmosphere (Taylor Jenkins Reid)

• “Not for me, but Katy Perry would love this book because she went to space.” (42:36, one-star reviewer)
• Kennedy and Mikayla are baffled; Reggie reveals, hilariously, that this is true—Katy Perry did go to space! Group erupts in laughter.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On reviews and subjectivity:

  • “Reading is subjective.” (28:40, Kennedy)
  • “Sometimes I wonder if people just write reviews like that just for the attention.” (29:18, Kennedy)

• On the cruelty of one-star reviews:

  • “If I was seeing anything anyone said about anything I have created, I would actually pass away.” (25:04, Reggie)

• On romance expectations:

  • “When people say it’s boring, I’m like, what are you expecting out of [a romance]?” (34:44, Reggie)

• On brutal reviews:

  • “Next summer, when I say I want to read the new Carly Fortune book to give her another chance, just shoot me instead.” (33:45, Kennedy quoting one-star reviewer)

• On comparing books and TV adaptation potential:

  • “I would absolutely love to see this as like a TV show. Anyways, I’m just eating it up right now.” (04:23, Mikayla on Emma M. Lyon)

• On pineapple pizza and spicy book scenes:

  • “It is a spiritual experience for me every time I eat pizza with pineapple on it.” (39:13, Mikayla)

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High-Energy Closing

(44:16-onward)

The episode ends with everyone in stitches over the Katy Perry/space trivia, and the hosts reflecting on the catharsis and chaos of hate-reading bad reviews (and how such subjectivity keeps the book community vibrant and weird).

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Useful Timestamps for Key Segments

• Recent Reads: 00:38–17:05
• One Star Reviews, Lowest Rated Reads: 17:05–26:12
• One Star Reviews, Faves & Popular Books: 26:12–44:16
• Katy Perry went to Space: 42:52–44:09

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In Conclusion

This episode is a rollicking celebration of booklove—and the weird, cruel, hilarious, and sometimes insightful world of Goodreads reviews. The hosts’ banter, willingness to poke fun at themselves and each other, and endearing bookish enthusiasm make it a delight for anyone who’s wandered into the “Reviewer swamps” and lived to tell the tale.

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Transcript

[Mikayla]

Foreign.

[Reggie]

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to I'll Read what she's reading. I'm Reggie.

[Kennedy]

I'm Mikayla. And I'm Kennedy.

[Reggie]

And we are doing. This might be our third episode now because you guys love this. So much of reading one star reviews specifically from books that we love. So we're ready to be hurt. Yeah. And off. And you guys might as well because some of these reviews are so brutal.

[Kennedy]

I. Some of us are right, though.

[Reggie]

Yeah. Yeah. Some of them are funny. Some of them are just straight up terrible. But it always, you know, makes for some good laughs and probably some good discussion. So before we get into that, though, we're going to update you guys on what we've been reading because it's been a minute. Anyone want to start?

[Kennedy]

I think Michaela should start because she's starting a revolution.

[Mikayla]

Starting a revolution. Are you talking about. Yes, Ms. Emma M. Lyon. So, yeah, I read all those books.

[Kennedy]

There's eight just so every reason I.

[Mikayla]

Read all of them. Literally, I think in a week, maybe last.

[Reggie]

I mean, they are short.

[Kennedy]

Yeah. In your defense, what's. How long's the longest one? Like an eight hour listen.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, eight or nine hours. But I feel like I couldn't listen on two times speed just because of like the accents and stuff. I don't know, they're just so fun. There's just like, I don't know, Beth Brower just like sprinkles a little crack in between her lines. I don't know, like I'm obsessed and I am waiting with bated breath for the next one.

[Kennedy]

It's fun because they're written like journal entries.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

So. So it's a little bit different, but I think I said in maybe a TikTok. I can't remember if you're in a Bridgerton hangover if you finished the first part of the fourth season. Right.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Pick up these books. It like just kind of fills that little bit of void that they leave. You set in the same time?

[Mikayla]

Yeah, I think it's much later.

[Kennedy]

Later.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

1883. Oh, I know the year for a fact.

[Kennedy]

When is Bridgerton? What time?

[Unidentified Guest]

I don't know.

[Mikayla]

It's. The standards are similar, esque, but maybe a little looser. Yeah, just a little.

[Kennedy]

Because she still needs a chaperone.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, she needs a chaperone. I don't know. Should I look up one?

[Kennedy]

When does Bridgerton take place? They're just. They're really, really fun.

[Reggie]

I've only read the first one.

[Kennedy]

They get better and better every time.

[Reggie]

So I can't say much, but it is very fun. She's a. She's a funny character.

[Kennedy]

One of my reviews on Goodreads said that she's just that girl. I don't know what it is.

[Mikayla]

She's just.

[Kennedy]

She's just so cool. Like, I want to be friends with her. She's sassy and witty and, like, some of the side characters are so fun. Now I feel like with the first book, you don't really get a lot from the side characters, but now because.

[Reggie]

I'm in book five, it's set in.

[Kennedy]

The scene you're really just knee deep in these people's lives.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Kind of a little synopsis of it is there is this girl, Emma M. Lyon.

[Kennedy]

She.

[Mikayla]

Her parents both pass away and she goes to, like, this school to get her education finished up. And like, her plan was once her education was finished up, she was going to go back to her estate that her parents left to her and she.

[Kennedy]

Would get her dowry, inheritance.

[Mikayla]

Inheritance. And when she gets there, people that were close to her pretty much spent it all. So she has, like, no money, but she's a very determined girl and wants to, like, keep her estate. And it's just pretty much her life and her journal entries and they're just so fun.

[Kennedy]

There's a lot of, like, hijinks. There's just a lot of fun little side quests that go. It's just really, really fun.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, I would absolutely love to see this as like a TV show. Anyways, I'm just eating it up right now. It is planned to be a 12 book series. I don't know. There could be more, but that's what I think. I have seen the author say so, and she's only written eight of them.

[Kennedy]

The ninth is rumored to be put out this year. Yes.

[Mikayla]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Reggie]

Like, how quickly has have all these books come out?

[Mikayla]

Well, I've been looking at the timeline. They've come out, like, almost every year since she started them. But the eighth one came out in.

[Kennedy]

2023, so maybe the newest, the ninth will just be longer. And so it's taking her longer to.

[Mikayla]

Or maybe it was 2023. No, I'm pretty sure it was 2023.

[Kennedy]

I don't know. Anyways, they're fun. Try them out.

[Mikayla]

They're so fun.

[Kennedy]

They're really fun.

[Reggie]

Anything else?

[Kennedy]

I mean, that girl read eight books in that series.

[Mikayla]

I'm reading the Will of the Many right now, which is our book club book, and I am really liking it. It's really. I'm really excited to discuss it with you guys. And it's just really intense. Not necessarily storyline, but verbiage. And the way he writes. It's not that I dislike it, but it's. You can tell a man wrote this book.

[Kennedy]

You know, it's weirdly, like, descriptive, but yet you're confused.

[Mikayla]

Yes.

[Kennedy]

You're like, huh?

[Mikayla]

So I have had to go reread quite a few different parts, just so I'm like, Let me make sure I'm understanding this correctly because I feel really dumb reading it. But.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

And the last one I read it or I listened to in one, Go on a drive. It's called Culti by Mariana Zapata. And I ate it up. I ate it up. It's about a soccer player who plays in a pro league and inner coach. Oh.

[Kennedy]

Oh. Scandal.

[Mikayla]

Oh. At first I was like, this is really weird.

[Kennedy]

But anyways, Slow burn.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, Very slow burn. Yeah.

[Reggie]

Okay.

[Mikayla]

Okay. It makes him sound old. He, I think is 37.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Mikayla]

And she's like, no, maybe he's 39 and she's 28.

[Kennedy]

Okay. Okay, okay.

[Mikayla]

27. Something like that.

[Kennedy]

Okay. Not weird.

[Reggie]

Yeah, she loved it.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. And we'll just say when she was a. I don't even know how old she was, she had, like, posters of him. Oh.

[Kennedy]

Because he was probably a professional soccer player. Yeah.

[Mikayla]

I think he went into, like, professional soccer player when he was, like, 19.

[Kennedy]

So.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Anyways, yeah, I just really.

[Kennedy]

I.

[Mikayla]

At first I was like, this is gonna be weird, but I'm obsessed. I was obsessed.

[Kennedy]

So what did you rate it?

[Mikayla]

Four.

[Reggie]

Okay.

[Mikayla]

I think a lot of people are like, it's too much soccer in a book. And I, I, I disagree. Mostly because I played soccer for literally 12 years of my life, and so, like, I loved it, but I couldn't understand why if you hadn't played soccer, it would be like. Okay, get to the point. You know? So I would say if you've played soccer before, you probably like it. If not, it could be hit or miss.

[Kennedy]

So I've never read a soccer romance. I feel like Mariana Zapata's books are very hit or miss for me in general. Yeah. So, yeah.

[Mikayla]

Cameo from one of her other books.

[Kennedy]

And I was, I, I'm assuming the Wall of Winnipeg in Me.

[Mikayla]

I actually haven't read that one.

[Kennedy]

Really?

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Maybe it was, I don't know. I don't know, maybe a football player. No. Oh, it was under lock.

[Kennedy]

Oh, I haven't read that one. You haven't read the Wall of Wind picking me. No. Really?

[Reggie]

Should I?

[Kennedy]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you have. Yeah, you have. Yeah. I was like, yeah, you have.

[Mikayla]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, I did. Try one of those. Reggie out. Try. Try. Mariana's a pot of slow burn. Red and Mariana, they're just a lot of time commitment.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

For them to kiss on page like 600 of 700.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

I like a slow burn, though.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I don't know.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Anyways, I was. Yeah, I don't know. I was in a Mariana Zapata. I was like, next one. I don't know.

[Kennedy]

They're fun. Yeah, they are fun. They are fun. Reggie.

[Reggie]

My most recent read, I finished last night the Good Part by Sophie Cousins.

[Kennedy]

Is this the one that people were talking about at the retreat? Okay.

[Reggie]

And it was a book that got picked from my Patreon vlog and so I had to read it, but I decided to continue reading it because it was very interesting concept. It's about a girl who. She's like 26, I believe, and she's just, like, really stuck in life. She doesn't, like, love her job and things are hard, and she's just living in this crappy flat with her friends, and she just wants to skip to the good part of her life. Mm. And so she uses a wishing machine that she finds and wishes to skip to that part. And so it's got some magical realism. And the next thing she knows, she wakes up in this house with this man, and he's, like, older. And she's like, what the heck? Did I, like, sleep with someone last night? Like, what's going on? And then she looks in the mirror and she's 42, and there's these kids calling her mom, and she's like, what is going on?

[Kennedy]

That would be a trip that would.

[Reggie]

And so there were a lot of moments that, like, made me sob. Like, I said this in my review that I probably could have binged this in one sitting because it was so interesting. But, like, it made me stop to, like, go take time with my family because it kind of like has this underlying message of just, like, to not take moments for granted.

[Mikayla]

And.

[Reggie]

And it was very interesting concept and I did really enjoy it. There were just, like, random one liners or little side quests that really took me out of the story, that I was like, what is the point of this? And this is so weird because it's set in the future, you know, it's like, what is it, like, 16 years into the future or something like that. And so there were a lot of elements of, you know, it felt like, almost too futuristic. Like, some of the things that were happening. I'm like, why are people. I don't know. Just lots of talk of. It's like, the author really wanted you to know that this is in the future, but it was like, almost too much. Yeah. And just weird little side quests and comments from people in her work that I was just like, wait, what? That really took me out of the story. I also don't know how I feel about the ending. I was kind of, like, expecting more from it. But it's a pretty good, like, feel good book and I could relate to a lot of things because, you know, all of a sudden she's just like this mom of two kids and she's like, what is going on? And how am I supposed to navigate this? There was also, like, a left turn that it took that I was just like, uncontrollably sobbing and I was like, I don't know if I like this. It was just. It was a lot of emotions. Like, I was laughing and I was crying, and then I finished the book and I'm like, I gave it 3.75 stars. Yeah. So one I definitely recommend to anyone who's maybe just feeling stuck in life and you want to skip to, like, a better part of your life. I don't know. Or just like any. Any moms out there that feel like you could use a good chuckle.

[Kennedy]

Cute.

[Reggie]

I don't know. It was. It was a fun read, that's for sure. Conform. Should we talk about conform for two seconds? Yeah, sure. That was our book club book for our Patreon. And I was so stoked when I started the book because I was like, yeah, dystopian. And then I, like, finished the book and I was like, what did I just read? I was a little disappointed because I felt like I was seeing a lot of hype about it. But I'm really excited for the next books to kind of see where things go. It just didn't feel, like, very romantic and it didn't feel. The concept itself was cool and the vibes were cool, but I don't know, there's something about the plot that was just kind of.

[Kennedy]

It, like, was trying to do too much and everything just kind of felt.

[Reggie]

Like halfway done, like, no world building. I don't know. Definitely glad I read it.

[Kennedy]

Will you be continuing the series?

[Reggie]

Yeah, because I. My interest is piqued.

[Kennedy]

Will you be continuing Michaela?

[Reggie]

Yeah, I'm not gonna be like, that's how I'm not Gonna be like dying to pick up the book because I just find it.

[Kennedy]

I find it interesting that she's releasing a prequel.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

And then also this year she's releasing the second book, which someone on our Patreon told us that it is a nine book series. But I think it's kind of like the Crowns of Niaxia where it's like three books.

[Reggie]

Yeah, that wouldn't surprise.

[Kennedy]

Three books. Three books.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

So, yeah, we shall see.

[Mikayla]

Felt very juvenile.

[Reggie]

Yeah, it was.

[Mikayla]

And the characters are older.

[Reggie]

It felt. Yeah, it felt very ya.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kennedy]

With some F words and some sex.

[Reggie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. About sums it up. So anyways, all the other books I've been reading have been for.

[Mikayla]

I don't.

[Reggie]

Know, just book club that we'll discuss later. And the book Michaela picked for me, which we'll discuss later. So, yeah, I've kind of just been. Since I've been in the reading the Will of the Many, it's been quite the read. So it's just, it's taken a lot of mental energy.

[Mikayla]

So.

[Reggie]

Kennedy.

[Kennedy]

I obviously read the Will of the Many. Obviously read Emma Lyon, but I'm only on book five, so don't need to go into too much detail for those. A lot of the books that I've been reading lately have been on my winter tbr. So I'm not going to talk about those, the last like three of them. But I will talk about this book and I'll keep it a little brief. So I listened to Dinner for Vampires, Life on a Cult TV show by Bethany. Bethany Joy Lens. Michaela, have you ever watched One Tree Hill? No. Have you watched One Tree Hill? Okay. If you ever get bored, like it's an iconic, what, 90s 2000s show. Like very dramatic, like basketball team, just small town, like soap opera, but like teens. Teens.

[Mikayla]

I don't know.

[Kennedy]

How would you kind of like not Gossip Girl, but like, you know how Gossip Girl was so iconic at its time? That was what One Tree Hill was.

[Mikayla]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

Anyways, so I watched, I don't think growing up. I didn't grow up with a TV show. I watched it later on, like at the end of high school. But basically it just follows her life and how she got like caught up in a cult. And also it was really cool because Bethany Joy Lens. So what is her character's name? On One Tree Hill, she marries the dark haired brother. Not Chad Michael Murray, the other one.

[Reggie]

I know who you're talking about. What is her name? Oh, Haley.

[Kennedy]

Yes, Haley. And it's kind of cool. Because in certain parts of the book you have cameos. Like Chad Michael Murray is in there, another guy's in there.

[Mikayla]

Nicole.

[Kennedy]

No. Okay. So it's kind of crazy because she's like on this reality tv, not real on this like huge TV show, but then she was also in a cult at the same time. So it was kind of interesting just to like hear the dynamics of how someone even gets there and then also how the behind the scenes of being cast and also starring in this huge show. So yeah, I listened to it. She narrates it. It was fun. Not my favorite memoir I've ever listened to, but it was a good time. And then, yeah, like I said, the other books are literally book club books. The book Reggie picked for me and then my winter tbr. So we'll just leave it at that.

[Reggie]

Amazing. Let's chat one star reviews, shall we? We'll start with Mikayla.

[Mikayla]

Oh boy.

[Reggie]

What, what book you got first?

[Mikayla]

Should I start off? What did I screenshot first?

[Kennedy]

Maybe we should do like. Okay, so we, we did a little bit different. We did our lowest rated books that we've read, like lowest average rated books that we've read and then the lowest average rated book that's on our tbr. Should we start with those?

[Reggie]

Okay, yeah, let's do it.

[Mikayla]

Okay, I'm gonna do the lowest book that I've read.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Mikayla]

Yes, the average rating was low and coincidentally I rated this book pretty low too.

[Kennedy]

Oh, I thought you were gonna say high.

[Mikayla]

No, pretty low. It's the Betrothed by Kiera Cass. She wrote like the selection.

[Kennedy]

Oh, and is this a part of that series?

[Mikayla]

No, it's like, it's separate.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Mikayla]

But this one star review, I rated it 2.5. That was my rating. And then the average rating was close to like two point something three. So this one star review says I'm going to use my last three brain cells to try and write a cohesive review for the betrothed, which is hard because there's nothing cohesive about this story. The characters are anything in it. If you looked at the rating, it is not well liked. And now after reading it, I can share their sentiments. Keep in mind, I'm not angry with hate. I'm more disappointed with Kira Cass. It's a lot longer review, but that's just like the first beginning of it.

[Kennedy]

Was it ya?

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I wonder if it like was this thing where you read those when you were like ya age. And then she released a book as you guys were adults and you guys were like, oh, I Actually, literally don't.

[Mikayla]

Remember anything from it, so.

[Kennedy]

Well, I won't be reading it.

[Reggie]

Is it series?

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Okay. But I don't. I don't know what's after it.

[Kennedy]

I don't think I finished the selection, actually.

[Reggie]

I didn't read the.

[Kennedy]

I think I read.

[Reggie]

I remember I had Michaela tell me what happens, because I think I started it and then I was like, I don't know if I want to read this.

[Kennedy]

You know, it would have been a really cool, like, Imagine that show because it was supposed to be by Netflix, right? Imagine. Because is Bridgerton ya. No, no, no. They're spice in the actual books. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. There is.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Oh, because I was gonna say imagine.

[Reggie]

I was gonna say Bridgerton.

[Kennedy]

Did you? No, I meant the books. Imagine the selection done in the same way Bridgerton has been done. That would be fun. Yeah, that'd be really fun.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Honestly, I feel like the selection is iconic, but what she tried to do after it was not great.

[Kennedy]

It's almost like if Suzanne Collins tried to write in a new series, would it be as good as.

[Mikayla]

I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah.

[Reggie]

Who knows? All right, all right. Mine was one of the novellas from that. Remember those audiobooks?

[Kennedy]

Oh, the meet cute ones. Oh, yes.

[Reggie]

This one was Drop Cover and Hold on by Jasmine Gulery. I remember wanting to DNF it after like, five minutes of listening to it, but then I was like, if I just listen for like, 20 more minutes, you'll be done. I'll be done. I was trying to hit that reading goal. The reviews are literally all bad. Literally all bad. Someone says some authors should get an editor and that you. Who I'm talking about is Jasmine, the author. Someone says, no. Just no. I feel bad giving this one star, but the entire time I was just having full body cringe. And the amount of times I got the ick. So glad that was over fast. So many of the reviews were about just, like, having the ick. And I remember thinking that the entire time. It's funny to. I don't even remember the plot. All the reviews just said I had the major ick and it's been blocked from my brain, so.

[Kennedy]

Aye yai yai.

[Reggie]

Sometimes it's like, yeah, you gotta do what you gotta do to hit your reading goals. But then I'm like, is. Was that worth it? Was that 30 minutes of listening really worth hitting my reading goal over? Probably not, but.

[Kennedy]

Ooh, you've matured as a reader. Yeah, I guess my lowest Rated book was Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson. Quite literally. I can't remember what this book is about, but I do remember not liking it. She's either obsessed with serial killers. She has like a serial killer podcast meets a serial killer falls. I can't remember. I don't remember. Straight up, this one star review says, and these two. I picked it specifically for these two because I know how much they love this certain thing. She said, I've had more fun at the dentist. Honestly. Yeah, Relatable. I don't remember the plot, but I do remember not liking it.

[Mikayla]

That's a great iPad movie, so I can't imagine that.

[Kennedy]

And the unfortunate thing is, I think you DNF'd a book by the same author.

[Mikayla]

The Boat.

[Kennedy]

Did you read about one about people on a boat? I'm Pretty sure you DNF'd a book by this author. So unfortunately, I don't know if this author. I will be reading from this author again.

[Mikayla]

Alicia Thompson. Yeah, I did DNF a book, but I did read another one that I liked of.

[Kennedy]

Was it a baseball one? It was a baseball one, so maybe it's just hit or miss. So let us know if you like her books, because I did not like the first one, but that's just me. Okay.

[Mikayla]

Now this is one that I haven't read yet, but.

[Kennedy]

And I'm sure it's making you want to read it tbr, but it's on.

[Mikayla]

My TBR and it's making me want to read it so bad. So bad. Just kidding. Yeah, I probably won't read this book. I try not to look at reviews before I read a book, but maybe it was a good thing I read these reviews. So this one is Married to a Pirate by Athena Rose. And this review says, I had such higher hopes. Bad last. This was so utterly predictable and the steamy scenes were completely glossed over. And this other one said, this was bad in so many ways, I don't even know where to start.

[Kennedy]

Immediately takes it off your tbr.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

I'm like, okay, bye. See ya.

[Kennedy]

Dang. There's not a lot of pirate books out there. Too bad. It's not good.

[Mikayla]

I feel like they're starting to become more. Oh, for sure. Yeah.

[Reggie]

I've been actually seeing a lot of TikToks that are like, pirate romances need to be the next.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Pirates of the Caribbean.

[Reggie]

Yeah. Yeah, I'm here for that.

[Mikayla]

I'm also here for it. So, yeah, I'm. I. I'm taking it off my tbr.

[Kennedy]

I respect that.

[Mikayla]

I'm so sorry.

[Reggie]

Well, I'm taking this one off my TBR as well. Ouch at these reviews. This is the last one by Rachel Housel Hall. There might be, like, some spoilers in this review, so I'll try to, like, skip the spoilery part. But it says, I wish I could give this book zero stars. That's how much I hated it. I know I can't completely blame the audiobook narrator because they aren't her words, but she was so over the top. And for what reason? I'd never read another book she narrates. My goal is to DNF more books I hate in 2025 because this was 5 days and 469 pages I will never get back. We start with a girl who has no idea who she is, and by the end, we still have no idea.

[Kennedy]

Who the hell she is.

[Reggie]

I mean, literally, in the last two chapters, they're like, we're gonna explain things. And then they didn't. I guess I'm just gonna read this. No side character got a resolution at all. Half the characters just disappeared. I'm gonna skip this next part. I wouldn't wish this book on my worst enemy or pick it back up even if I was stranded on a desert island with no entertainment. No, no, no. Awful. Bad. Please don't pick this one up. No matter how much the COVID or sprayed edges try to pull you in. I tried to look up summaries online and everyone I found was the reviewer saying, I DNF'd this book. So if you're looking to have any idea what happens in this book, you're sol.

[Mikayla]

Wow.

[Kennedy]

Ouch.

[Reggie]

This is why authors just should not read their reviews. Because if I was seeing anything anyone said about anything I have created, I would actually pass away.

[Kennedy]

Well, you. I mean, you can read one star reviews.

[Reggie]

Oh, yeah.

[Unidentified Guest]

You can create it.

[Reggie]

Yeah, you can. But yeah.

[Mikayla]

What are you talking about? Never read.

[Reggie]

Never. No, no.

[Mikayla]

Never.

[Reggie]

Gives me.

[Kennedy]

Who would do that?

[Unidentified Guest]

Why would you do that to yourself?

[Reggie]

But I just think it would be really. Yeah. I can't imagine.

[Mikayla]

I feel like specifically books, I feel like people are more harsh with reviews.

[Kennedy]

Well, it's a lot of time. Like, you're putting a lot of time in and so, you know, it's your life. Like five hours. Like you said. Five hours or whatever. For life.

[Mikayla]

Sad.

[Kennedy]

That's crazy.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Okay. Mine is the Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers by Sarah Tomlinson. And the reviewer says, whoever said this book was similar to Daisy Jones and the six can choke. Oh, and it's funny because the only reason I put it on my TBR.

[Mikayla]

Is because someone said that it was similar to Daisy Jones and the 6.

[Reggie]

Well, I think I have it on my TBR, so see ya there you have it. I can see it on my shelf also right now.

[Mikayla]

Oh, you have it?

[Reggie]

I'm pretty sure I have it.

[Mikayla]

Oh.

[Kennedy]

All right, well, let's move on to books that we actually enjoyed. All right, shall we?

[Reggie]

Let's get hurt.

[Kennedy]

You want to go first, Michaela?

[Unidentified Guest]

Yeah, sure.

[Kennedy]

Let's do it.

[Mikayla]

Okay. This one's from MM Lion.

[Kennedy]

Oh, no. It hurt. Okay. But here, here's the thing. We were looking as we were looking. This is the only. Most of the books don't have one star reviews.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

But this one, which number is it? It's number one. Oh, okay. Go ahead.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, yeah. It says, I read this for book club and thank goodness it was short or I wouldn't have made it through. I could not stand the writing style or lack of plot. Granted, Regency era style books are not my type, but this is the reason why. Trying to be witty with absurd vocabulary instead of just saying the words that need to be said, I just couldn't. I mean, I feel like the words. In my defense, I think the absurd words were made it funnier.

[Kennedy]

Oh, for sure. Because that's actually how they talked. Yeah, but I like if they don't.

[Reggie]

She's writing in a journal.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I mean, I guess the first book doesn't really have a plot, I suppose.

[Mikayla]

Sure.

[Kennedy]

But if you don't like Regency era.

[Mikayla]

I feel like one star is a bit harsh for like a two hour book, you know?

[Kennedy]

It is, it is. But Reggie's also read one from a two hour book and that's true. It was trash.

[Mikayla]

So I just gotta defend my girl Emma.

[Kennedy]

I love her.

[Unidentified Guest]

I really do.

[Reggie]

Okay, this one's People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. Since I think that this is a book that's been on a lot of our minds and one I know we enjoyed. Reading this book is like seeing your pre teen cousin at Christmas and them telling you about every single inside joke they've ever had with their best friend in one long run on sentence as you fill your last brain cell, suffocate and die.

[Unidentified Guest]

I mean, it's pretty accurate though.

[Kennedy]

Poppy is that one cousin that you.

[Mikayla]

Would see and she would.

[Kennedy]

Oh my gosh, let me tell you.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Reggie]

Yeah. Well, and there was also one that was said. I'm very concerned about Poppy's Hygiene habits.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Anyways.

[Mikayla]

Oh, wow. Yeah. Ouch.

[Reggie]

I thought that one was funny.

[Mikayla]

That was funny. Oh, man.

[Kennedy]

All right, this one's for Play along by Liz Tom Ford. And the review says, my grandparents who hate each other, have more chemistry than the main characters. Respectfully, I disagree. But sure, you can have your opinion.

[Reggie]

That's insane. That's. That's a crazy take. But reading is subjective.

[Kennedy]

It's funny because a lot of the. In the one star reviews that I was seeing for this book, a lot of people did not like Kennedy. Like, they thought she was insufferable. They hated the. I'm so hard towards anyone except for the sunshine man, you know?

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

What? But I thought they had great chemistry.

[Mikayla]

I thought so, too.

[Kennedy]

To each their own. Another review for this one says, wellness check on everyone that rates this above one star. Worst book in the series by far.

[Reggie]

Honestly, they need a wellness check because. What do you mean?

[Mikayla]

What do you mean? I'm doing great?

[Reggie]

What do you mean you did not enjoy a single aspect of that book?

[Kennedy]

Sometimes I wonder if people just write reviews like that just for the.

[Reggie]

You know, I do think people do.

[Kennedy]

I mean, I would do it if I was clever enough or mean enough. Anyways, okay, moving on.

[Mikayla]

This one's for the bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen. Makes me laugh. This. It says this just made me want to jump off the bridge. Oh, my. Oh.

[Unidentified Guest]

I mean, that's funny in the context of the book. Like, that's funny.

[Kennedy]

That's good. Thank you.

[Mikayla]

That made me giggle so bad.

[Unidentified Guest]

You'd be jumping into some water.

[Mikayla]

It's not that hard for a nice.

[Reggie]

Little swim with some sharks.

[Mikayla]

Oh, sorry.

[Reggie]

Sorry. I know you've been really liking that, and it's also been picked up by someone.

[Kennedy]

I'm very excited.

[Mikayla]

I don't care what anyone says. I'm excited.

[Reggie]

I'm happy for you.

[Mikayla]

I'm so.

[Reggie]

This one is Rewind Back by Liz Tom Ford. Tom Fordy. Nothing prepared me for that. I love the entire series, yet this is the worst book I have ever read. Nothing makes sense. And the love story made me want to never love anyone.

[Kennedy]

Oh, my gosh. Like the dramatics.

[Reggie]

You're telling me that you loved all the other books in the series so much, but you hated this book so much that it makes you never want to love anyone? Okay, that's pretty. Wow.

[Mikayla]

All right. Okay.

[Kennedy]

Get a girl.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

My next review is for the Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. Have either of you read this?

[Mikayla]

No. Okay.

[Reggie]

No.

[Kennedy]

There Are a Million Ways to Die in Alaska in case you somehow forgot. And one of them is probably reading this pile of trite, repetitive, melodramatic garbage.

[Mikayla]

Oh, my gosh. Speechless.

[Reggie]

Gasps.

[Mikayla]

I'm utterly speechless. I. Yeah, honestly, you want to know what's funny?

[Kennedy]

I think I almost like this book more than the Nightingale, which I know is kind of a hot take, but this book, I feel like, had a more steady stream of action, whereas I feel like the Nightingale kind of didn't have action until the very end of the book. I mean, it is very dramatic. You guys know Kristen Hannah. It's very, very dramatic and traumatic.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

But. Wow, that's a long book to read. To rate it, one star. Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Wow. Okay, that. That's wild. Maybe just don't pick up another Kristen Hannah book ever. Seriously. That's how all our books are.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Like very long, dramatic. Okay, this is for May Luna.

[Reggie]

This might be the same one.

[Mikayla]

Oh, it's really short.

[Reggie]

I have.

[Mikayla]

It says boring. Snooze fest. Dnf. Okay, I respectfully disagree, but tweets the own.

[Kennedy]

I also think May Luna would make such a great movie. Yeah, I don't think TV show, but movie.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, I. Yep.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Yep.

[Kennedy]

I didn't find it boring. I didn't either.

[Mikayla]

I was intrigued the entire time.

[Kennedy]

Me too.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

It was also just really beautifully written too.

[Mikayla]

Oh, I also have another one from it.

[Reggie]

No, no.

[Mikayla]

This says this was actually painful to read and the ending pissed me off. Please be serious. Please be serious, Cat. I get the ending maybe pissing you off, but also, like, one star.

[Kennedy]

Let's also take into consideration the fact we've all read it. We know what the ending is. The fact that it made her feel so viscerally. You have to kind of, like, give credit.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

You know, give credit where credit's due. Yeah.

[Mikayla]

At least two.

[Reggie]

Yeah. Especially if you finished it. Yeah, I don't care anyways.

[Kennedy]

Just try not to.

[Reggie]

This one's gonna make you guys chuckle. Are you ready? Wild Dark shore by Charlotte McCogney. Okay, McConne.

[Kennedy]

He.

[Reggie]

Anyways, I love dramatic irony. For example, this is a book about climate change. Ironically, it is also a trash heap.

[Mikayla]

Oh, I wouldn't call it a trash heap.

[Reggie]

All right, to each their own.

[Unidentified Guest]

Moving on. Moving on.

[Kennedy]

This is for One Golden Summer by Carly Fortune. If I was Carly Fortune and read.

[Mikayla]

This review, I would just be like.

[Kennedy]

Next summer, when I say I want to read the new Carly Fortune book to give her another chance, just shoot me instead.

[Unidentified Guest]

The gas, the dramatics.

[Kennedy]

Someone commented.

[Mikayla]

Well, damn.

[Reggie]

Tell us how you really feel.

[Kennedy]

Oh, there were actually A lot of pretty bad reviews for that book.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, I have one. Oh, let's hear it.

[Kennedy]

I'm ready. I'm ready.

[Mikayla]

Boring, dry, and flat. The writing was so simple, it was dull. It felt like the author wrote it in one sitting. I really hope she uses her editor. She could all. Also, could a Canadian tell me if they're using the word effing?

[Kennedy]

Because I know.

[Mikayla]

Correct. If I know correctly, it's a word they're using in a British English. The book is set in Canada.

[Kennedy]

All right. Wait, it is in Canada?

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Oh, all right.

[Mikayla]

That's just. Okay.

[Kennedy]

I don't catch on to stuff like that.

[Reggie]

I don't either.

[Mikayla]

Also, I did not find the writing to be boring.

[Kennedy]

Me either.

[Mikayla]

I don't know. It's crazy how you can have such different experiences reading a book.

[Reggie]

Well, and also, I feel like with romance books, when people say it's boring, I'm like, what are you expecting out of. Like, I compare One Golden Summer to some other romance books, and I'm like, obviously not every romance book is the same. But I'm like, what were you expecting if you were that bored?

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

You know what I'm saying?

[Kennedy]

And also, what were you expecting if you. Did you read the other book? What's the first one? Every summer after.

[Mikayla]

Every summer after.

[Kennedy]

And did you read the other one? It was very. It was very on par.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Yeah. You know, we got some more from the Windy City series.

[Kennedy]

Oh, here we go.

[Reggie]

The right move.

[Kennedy]

Oh, boy.

[Reggie]

More like the wrong move. DNF at 55%. And then we have. I read the sentence, I'm not like other girls and deleted it from my Kindle. Bye.

[Kennedy]

What book was that from?

[Reggie]

The right move.

[Kennedy]

Hold on. Wait. Which one's the right move? Bosqual.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Ryan Shea.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Wow.

[Kennedy]

Wow. I also feel like there was a lot of kind of funny, brutal reviews for all of those books.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Since we were kind of on this topic just two seconds ago. This is for Project Hail Mary, which, you know, I can't wait for the movie. Every so often, I'm lucky enough to come across something that reminds me of how beautiful the diversity of the human experience is. For example, some people love this book.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. That's brutal.

[Kennedy]

It is brutal.

[Mikayla]

That's pretty brutal.

[Kennedy]

I do stand by the fact that I think it's going to be a better movie than book.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, I think it will be good.

[Kennedy]

I'm gonna.

[Mikayla]

I'm very excited.

[Kennedy]

Firm stance on that.

[Mikayla]

During the Super Bowl, I was literally yelling at everyone, said, don't watch the movie trailer. I don't watch it.

[Reggie]

I was thinking they're gonna play the brand new trailer that came out yesterday, but they didn't play the brand new one. From what I saw, they just put like a 30.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Teaser. And I don't think you guys have watched the new trailer.

[Kennedy]

And I'm not gonna.

[Reggie]

This is my problem, you guys. I start watching it and I just. I. I couldn't stop. I was like, I have to watch the whole trailer. It's a little mad that I did, because I know I'm like. A lot of things don't feel like a mystery to me now. But even though I read the book, but that said, I'm still gonna love the movie. I can't wait.

[Kennedy]

So good.

[Mikayla]

This is for Shield of Sparrows by Deveny Perry. Okay, let's read it. If I had a dollar for every horrible romantasy that's been released in their past five years, I would be a trillionaire, not billionaire. Trillionaire.

[Kennedy]

Listen, that was one of the better ones that was released last year, so.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, I'm just, like, really offended, actually. I didn't feel like it was bad. I mean, I really liked it, so.

[Kennedy]

I liked it. It was one of the better ones. A little bit more unique.

[Mikayla]

Unique.

[Kennedy]

But what I think, kind of going back to what Reggie said about the romancing. What are you expecting when you go into a romanticy? Like, romanticy has been so popular for the last. We'll just say three years. Not that everything has kind of been done, but. Yeah, you have to reinvent the will to impress people, you know?

[Mikayla]

Yeah, yeah, maybe I feel like we all predicted things, but I'm also like, if you read enough books, you. You catch the signals, you catch the foreshadowing. You become a seasoned reader where you're. You're not gonna guess it, but I feel like if someone wasn't a seasoned reader and picked that up, they wouldn't guess.

[Kennedy]

Yes. You know? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mikayla]

So I don't know. Anyways, I don't want to talk about it anymore.

[Reggie]

Hmm. All right, my next one is from First Time Caller by BK Borison. And this is a quote from the book, why did riding my thigh make you think of pizza? Well, pineapple pizza is borderline orgasmic. Is that so? Yeah, it's really good.

[Kennedy]

Yeah. No words needed. I do not.

[Unidentified Guest]

I don't remember that either.

[Reggie]

I do remember that because I remember, like. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Why? Like why? Why?

[Reggie]

Because, I mean, I'm not gonna lie. I remember that. And when I went to a Pizza place. I literally remembered the phrase in my head, pineapple on pizza is orgasmic. And it just popped into my brain. I was like, oh, I did read that in a book. That was weird.

[Kennedy]

Now I'm forever gonna think of that when I order.

[Reggie]

Sorry, I just ruined on my pizza, everybody. My favorite pizza.

[Mikayla]

It is a spiritual experience for me every time I eat pizza with pineapple on it. Wow.

[Kennedy]

I don't remember that at all. I do. Maybe I skipped the spicy scene. I don't know.

[Mikayla]

I mean, she. That is a. That. That. Yeah. That's a wild quote to pull from that book. Yeah. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Okay, this review. I'm so confused. Not confused, because I. None of this is in my recollection, but we'll read it anyways. You guys let me know if you remember this. Okay? This is Lightbringer by Pierce Brown. This book was disgustingly long for no particular reason. My first issue is that nobody cares about poop and odd wounds. Pierce Brown. I do not want to imagine a man's scalp hanging off his duels. That's nasty. Nor do I want to imagine anyone eating poop or drinking water from a bowl naked like a dog. If all the men were Virginia, this book wouldn't need to be this stupidly long.

[Unidentified Guest]

I don't remember.

[Reggie]

I mean, I can picture maybe what character. The scalp thing. I mean. Yeah, but it's like a brutal book. Like, they're fighting, whatever.

[Kennedy]

Naked like a dog.

[Reggie]

Man. The amount of out of context things people could pull from this episode. We just went from orgasmic pineapple pizza to eating poop out of a bowl. Like, who are we? I don't know, but I'm okay to like, not remember that.

[Mikayla]

Same. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

So anyway, I don't have.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, I have zero recollection of some of that trauma block. It is. It is a longer book, but, like.

[Kennedy]

It was mostly the poop thing that I don't remember because I feel like I would remember that. Yeah. So anyways, okay.

[Mikayla]

Maybe she read a dhl. What is it called? The. The Knockoff Store. Oh, dhgate. DHK version version of it, maybe.

[Reggie]

Okay, this one is for. Honestly, I just really liked the gifts that someone left on this review, so I can't really show it, but it's for Empire of Storms. It just says Dorian was not born for this disrespect. Goodbye. And then it's a picture of.

[Mikayla]

What?

[Reggie]

Adam Levine holding a dog. And it says Dorian before and it says Dorian after. And then it's the guy from 50 Shades of Gray saying, I f. Hard it just. Oh, my gosh.

[Kennedy]

Because fleet foot, I just put that together.

[Mikayla]

Okay. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Here we are. It's getting there.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

That's. Huh. Anyways, maybe maybe screen keep that screenshot posting on her stories when this comes out.

[Reggie]

Literally all of the reviews. Once our reviews were about Dorian.

[Mikayla]

Really?

[Reggie]

Yep.

[Mikayla]

I don't remember him specifically sticking out to me.

[Kennedy]

Me either. I love that man.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Unapologetically love him. He could do no wrong.

[Reggie]

According to the one star reviews, he. He definitely does.

[Kennedy]

So haters gonna hate. That man is perfect.

[Reggie]

I'd lay my life down.

[Kennedy]

I would lay my life down for Dorian.

[Mikayla]

I'm just kidding.

[Kennedy]

Okay. Is this the last one? Am I reading the last one?

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Okay. I wouldn't say this is necessarily a good review.

[Mikayla]

Did you read.

[Kennedy]

You didn't read Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, did you?

[Mikayla]

I have not.

[Kennedy]

Okay. A listener or Reggie is going to need to explain this to me because I don't get it. Okay. Scared Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The review says, not for me, but Katy Perry would love this because she went to space.

[Unidentified Guest]

Oh, my gosh. When did Katy Perry go to YouTube? How have you not seen this?

[Reggie]

It literally was like, when did she.

[Unidentified Guest]

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[Kennedy]

She went to space with Gayle King.

[Unidentified Guest]

I knew there's like a.

[Reggie]

For literally, like, 20 seconds. And she's like, she lands in space. She lands back on Earth.

[Kennedy]

And she sings.

[Reggie]

They're like, katie.

[Unidentified Guest]

You'Re not. I do not recollect those happening.

[Reggie]

Oh, my gosh.

[Unidentified Guest]

How did she.

[Reggie]

Do you live under a rock, apparently.

[Kennedy]

What?

[Unidentified Guest]

Wait, she really went to space?

[Kennedy]

Yes.

[Unidentified Guest]

I thought maybe it was like something about her song Firework. I don't know.

[Reggie]

I am so happy you read that review. That just made my entire day. I'm crying.

[Unidentified Guest]

You got to see the looks on both of your faces when I said that. I just feel like you're usually in the know about things. I know she went to space. I was like, what do you mean? I'm sorry. I didn't know she went to space.

[Reggie]

Oh, my gosh.

[Mikayla]

There's tons. So funny.

[Reggie]

Well, fun fact, in case you didn't know. Can you play with space?

[Unidentified Guest]

Well.

[Reggie]

Oh, my gosh.

[Kennedy]

There you have it. Crying.

[Reggie]

What a way to end the episode. What a bang. Thanks for listening, you guys. We're starting with this, like, you know, elevated your heart rate, made you curse, elicit some feelings. Yeah, Our apologies. But, you know, these episodes are always a hit, and it's been a while, so we had a. How to bring it back. So thank you so much for listening. We hope to see you next week because we have episodes every Wednesdays. If you want to subscribe for more content, we do have a Patreon that you can go check us out there and you can always follow us on Instagram and TikTok at what she's reading Pod. Thanks so much for listening slash watching and we will see you next time.

[Kennedy]

Bye.