We hope you're ready to wolf out with us, because it's time for another episode of Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! Four feral besties foaming at the mouth ready to get yapping in this week's Digging Deeper episode celebrating the LGBTQ+ romance genre. Expect werewolves, vampires, aliens and scariest of all… bratty boys!

It wouldn’t be a Digging Deeper episode without the BRats going feral over their latest buddy read, and today we are bringing you an absolute feast of a cozy paranormal gay romance with The Full Moon Problem by Kay Claire.

Set in an idyllic small English town, we are all ready to move next door to our transgender main character, witch Felix and watch as he falls in love with his really shy, really sweet werewolf delivery man… by being penpals! Swoon. We were eating it up with a SPOON. Listen now to find out all about how their queer romance progresses and get all our thoughts on what was so magical about this book and why every BRat wants their own werewolf now.

For this week's Deep Dive, each BRat has chosen two queer romance books with main characters that they really relate to for one reason or another.

Settle in with your weighted blanket while JD talks about the amazing anxiety representation in Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak, and how much they love the agender main character and polyamorous relationship in All Tied Up by Reese Morrison.

Next, find out what Kit thinks is so amazing about how ADHD is represented in You’re Not My King! by Eryn Hawk, and why Silvyr is the trans masc autistic king in The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard.

Get ready to vibe with the brilliant chaos gremlin Noa from Doll Parts by Cara Dee alongside Megan, followed by golden retriever ADHD main character DJ and his Dom partner Rake (Inhuman Nature by Marra Moore) who is another excellent autistic character that means a lot to our BRat.

And finally, Caity brings it home with a sweet as sugar discussion on why the asexual representation in Nik Knight’s Enchanted By Envy means so much to her, followed by an honest and important discussion of depression and life as a plus sized person thanks to Behold Her by Emily Antoinette.

Check out episode three (This Episode Is Cursed) and episode two (Where Are All The Bunnies?) for extra discussion of Enchanted By Envy!

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CWs (Content warnings) for things mentioned in this episode include: grief, Alzheimer's, past abusive relationship

Books Mentioned:

The Full Moon Problem by Kay Claire

Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak

All Tied Up by Reese Morrison

You're Not My King! by Eryn Hawk

The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard

Doll Parts by Cara Dee

Inhuman Nature by Marra Moore

Enchanted By Envy by Nik Knight

Behold Her by Emily Antoinette