In this episode, we’re joined by the wonderful, the elegant, your Book Rec Queen and ours: Lauren Moore from Book Huddle!

We enjoyed every bit of our conversation about the Book Huddle biz, the best book recs, and Lauren's new venture as an author! (Even getting a little inside scoop on her debut novel...)

You can find Lauren on Instagram and TikTok @bookhuddle , or check out her website https://bookhuddle.com/. Don't forget to follow her journey in authorship! You can find her author page on Instagram @laurenmooreauthor.

You can find ALL of Lauren's Book Recs from this episode (plus A TON more) at the bottom of this description!

Join us next week for our first week of coverage in book two of the Fae & Alchemy Series, the highly anticipated sequel to Quicksilver by Callie Hart: BRIMSTONE! We'll be starting our coverage with the prologue through chapter 6. You can find the full reading schedule pinned on Instagram. Read along with us and join in on the conversation!

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BOOK HUDDLE BOOK RECS:
FANTASY W/ GREAT ROMANTIC TENSION:
Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim
A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen
For She is Wrath by Emily Varga
The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks

FANTASY W/ EXCELLENT WORLD BUILDING:
The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
The Moorwitch by Jessica Khoury
Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson
The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith
Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang

OTHER INCREDIBLE BOOKS (ALL GENRES):
First-Time Caller by BK Borison
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Say You’ll Be Mine by Naina Kumar
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker