Plot Twist, Please
Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists.
✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space!
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Episodes
40 episodes
Performative Reading Is Taking Over BookTok.. And We're ALL Guilty
In this episode of Plot Twist, Please, we're diving into the rise of performative reading and how social media has completely transformed reading culture. From BookTok trends and reading goals to trophy books, aesthetic bookshelves, and ...
Readers Are ONLY Reading the Dialogue Now, AI Bookstagrammers... What Are We Doing?!
This week on Plot Twist Please, we're diving into one of BookTok's most controversial reading debates yet. From dialogue-only readers and AI Bookstagrammers. We have one word: Wild.📚 Spoiler alert: No books were spoiled in the making of ...
Marry, Hook Up, Or Friend Zone: OFF CAMPUS 🏒 … Things Got MESSY!
This week we're heading back to Briar U to talk about the series that helped launch the hockey romance obsession and gave readers some of the most iconic book boyfriends of all time. From Garrett Graham and John Logan to Dean DiLaurentis and Tu...
'Allie Rose Co' Just Trademarked "Hot Girls Read"... And BookTok Is FURIOUS
A BookTok controversy has taken over the reading community. 📚 This week we're discussing the backlash surrounding Allie Rose Co's trademark of the phrase "Hot Girls Read," the internet receipts, and the bigger question of whether a ...
Is Nora Roberts Still the Queen of Romance… Or Has BookTok Moved On?
This week on Plot Twist, Please, we're tackling one of the biggest names in romance: Nora Roberts. Is she still the Queen of Romance, or has modern BookTok left her behind? ✨ Today’s cocktail: Donna Italian Spritz ...
This Book Had a 16-Year-Old FALLING for a 10-Year-Old?! | DNF DIARIES
📚 Welcome back to another chaotic episode of DNF Diaries: Listener Takeover! This week, we’re reading YOUR most unhinged book DNF stories — from a romance involving a 16-year-old and a 10-year-old 😭 to AI boyfriend apps, confusing plots, rage-i...
Men Written By Women Have RUINED Real Men… And Reddit AITA Stories Confirm It 👀
In this episode of Plot Twist Please, we’re diving into the internet’s obsession with fictional men and asking the important question: have book boyfriends completely ruined our standards for real men? 💘📚 From “touch her and die” MMCs to husban...
Kindle Book Prices Are OUT OF CONTROL… Is This the End of E-Reading??
Kindle books were supposed to be the affordable alternative to physical books… so why are we suddenly paying hardcover prices for digital files we don’t even technically own?? Are Kindle prices officially out of control… and is this...
We Got Competitive This Month… And SOMEONE Won! | APRIL READING WRAP UP 📚🍸
This week, we're diving into a reading wrap up that covers all our recent reads in APRIL. Let's just say it took a turn. We talk about books that were our favs, worst books, unhinged moments and Susie and Beth get a little feisty?!
These One Star Reviews Tried to RUIN Our Favourite Books!!
Welcome back to Plot Twist Please—where we sip, flip, and spill the tea on books and booze 🍷📚This week’s episode is… chaotic.We each picked some of our absolute favourite books, both current obsessions and old-sc...
Mia Ballard’s “Shy Girl” AI Drama is MESSY..
In this episode, we’re diving into the Mia Ballard “Shy Girl” AI drama that’s been all over the internet. From what actually happened to why people are so divided, we break down the controversy, the rise of AI-generated personas, and what this ...
These Popular BookTok Books DID NOT Live Up to the Hype… And Yes, We Fought 😭
This week on Plot Twist Please, we’re calling out the books that BookTok SWEARS are amazing… and asking the real question: are they actually good… or just popular?We each brought our picks for overhyped and underhyped<...
She DNF’d His Book… Then the Author Went AFTER Her?! | DNF DIARIES
From overhyped BookTok reads that completely missed the mark, to characters with zero chemistry, to books so frustrating they had you doing chores instead of reading… we are diving into your DNF graveyard.📚 Books Discussed in This Episod...
Haley Pham’s Book Is Causing CHAOS on BookTok… Is the Book Actually Bad?
In today’s episode, we’re diving into the internet’s latest book drama… 👀📚BookTok has been going OFF about Just Friends by Haley Pham... from the word choices, to the writing style, to the characters AND we had to sit dow...
This Thriller Made Us Suspect EVERYONE… | Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
This week on Plot Twist Please, we’re diving into the rom-com murder mystery Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson. When Jet Mason learns she only has days to live after a brutal attack, she decides to spend her final week solving...
These Bookish Hot Takes Are WILD... We Almost Got in a Fight!
In this episode of Plot Twist Please, we’re bringing the chaos with some seriously spicy bookish hot takes and debates. From controversial reading habits to unpopular opinions about the book community, nothing is off limits — and yes… things ge...
Jamie Fraser Has Us in a Chokehold… | Outlander Book & Season 1 Discussion
If you could time travel… would you risk it for a Highlander?This week, Susannah, Cass, and Beth are finally diving into the world of kilts, curses, clans, and catastrophic time travel as we unpack Outlander by Diana Gab...
Wrath.. The Demon That Is Our TOP Book Boyfriend?! | KINGDOM OF THE WICKED
Enter the dark streets of Palermo where witches hide in plain sight, demons rule from the shadows, and revenge tastes sweeter than fear. 🖤🔥In this episode of Plot Twist Please, we’re finally diving into Kingdom of the Wicked ...
He Wanted Her to Do WHAT!? What an A**HOLE! | AITA *VALENTINES EDITION*
Love is in the air… and so is the drama. 💌🍷In this Valentine’s Day special episode of Plot Twist Please, we’re putting down the romance novels (well… briefly) and picking up the internet’s messiest relationship dilemmas. That’s ...
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These Little Novellas May Make You Believe in Romance Again.. (Maybe)
In this Valentine’s Day special, the Plot Twist Please crew is serving up our ultimate Valentine’s reading recommendations. From swoony romances and slow burns to dark, dramatic, and slightly unhinged love stories (because obviously).📚 S...
Everything That Could Go Wrong In This Episode Did... | WE WHO WILL DIE BY STACIA STARK
Welcome back to Plot Twist Please, where we sip, flip, and spill the tea on books and booze 🍷📚This week, Cass, Beth, and Susannah are stepping into the blood-soaked sands of a Roman-inspired, gladiator-vampire fantasy as we deep dive...
The Books We Hated So Much We Couldn’t Finish | THE DNF DIARIES
Welcome back to Plot Twist Please, where we sip, flip, and spill the tea on books and booze 🍷In this episode, we’re kicking off what we hope becomes a recurring mini-series: DNF Diaries — where we talk about the books we ...
The Romantasy That Started It All | ACOTAR BY SARAH J MAAS
This week on Plot Twist Please, we’re diving deep into A Court of Thorns and Roses — Book 1 only 🌹🍷 We read it, reread it, and now we’re spilling all our thoughts on Feyre, Tamlin, Rhysand, and the chaos of Prythian. From Beauty...
IT’S TIME TO CHOOSE A SIDE…. | CONFORM BY ARIEL SULLIVAN
What if your worth—your very right to exist—was decided by genetics? In this episode of Plot Twist Please, we dive deep into Conform by Ariel Sullivan, a dystopian romance set in a future where humanity lives under strict gene...
Our 2025 Reading Wrap-Up, Hot Takes & Debates & Viewer Comments!
We’re officially closing the book on 2025 📚✨ In this year-end wrap-up episode, we’re breaking down everything we read — the five-star favorites, the disappointing hype trains, the books that emotionally ruined us, and the characters ...
