
The Trope Room
Love to read romance novels? Join hosts Indy, Stevie & Willow as they discuss their favorite (and least favorite) smutty romance novels by trope, bring AI-generated spicy stories, and more!
Episodes
35 episodes
Book of the Month: Beautiful Things by Emily Rath
While regency romance may seem innocent with the subtle hand touches and prolonged eye contact, join Indy, Stevie, and Willow as they talk spice ft. animal intestines and raw dogging wood. We all may never think of regency smut in the same way ...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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50:22

Marriage of Convenience: Books We Love!
Join Indy, Stevie, and Willow as they discuss their favorite books for the Marriage of Convenience trope! Stay tuned for Gemma's Challenge, where your hosts had to get a bit creative...Music:Intro & Outro - "Vibe" by Bri ...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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58:51

Marriage of Convenience: An Inconvenient Trope
In this revised format, Indy, Stevie and Willow discuss their feelings on the Marriage of Convenience Trope, their thoughts on unrealistic scents, and whether they'd choose a Marriage of Convenience or Billionaire romance. The choices may...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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59:35

Grumpy/Sunshine: EXPLICIT AI & Gemma's Challenge
How repetitive can AI smut truly get? Find out in this episode of The Trope Room! Plus, Indy, Stevie, and Willow have their hands (or should we say bear claws?) full with Gemma's challenge this month. Music:Intro & Ou...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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49:31

Grumpy/Sunshine: Our Thoughts + Hits & Misses
In this episode of The Trope Room, join hosts Indy, Stevie & Willow as they share their thoughts on the grumpy/sunshine trope. Demon goats, body bags, and half monsters, oh my. What can we say? This trope is versatile, just like some of our...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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1:17:30

Book of the Month: Deal with a Demon by Ami Wright
So, we knew Indy was a mood reader, but this episode reveals just how much our mindsets can influence us when we read a book! There were some strong feelings about this book, and find out which one of us says "he's possessive...but like not in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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30:10

Age Gap: EXPLICIT AI & Gemma's Challenge
How do you make an AI generator fulfill your wildest age gap fantasies? Indy, Stevie, and Willow find out in this episode of the Trope Room. Stay tuned for quite a disturbing challenge from Gemma...that actually leads our hosts to a wholesome s...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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38:32

Age Gap: Our Thoughts + Hits & Misses
In this episode of The Trope Room, join hosts Indy, Stevie & Willow as they share their thoughts on the age gap trope. There is quite a spectrum of love (or dislike) of this trope, but bottom line, there is only question we want answered; i...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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1:20:51

Book of the Month: Initiation by Alethea Faust
We tried something a bit different this month - we buddy read Initation: Sex Wizards, Book One by Alethea Faust on our weekend away! Join us as we enter this kink-based magical world & hear our thoughts in real time as we read this book tog...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:01:41

Why Choose? EXPLICIT AI & Gemma's Challenge
What happens when you use AI to write why choose fanfic of your favorite characters or wrestlers? Red thongs, doms acting submissive, disappearing lovers, and chaos! Join Indy, Stevie, and Willow as they read their AI generated Why Choose stori...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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40:37

Why Choose? Our Thoughts + Hits & Misses
What's better than one person fawning over you?? Multiple... right? As Indy so eloquently said, "we only have so many holes." She's not wrong. In this episode of The Trope Room, join hosts Indy, Stevie & Willow as they share their thoughts ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:04:00

Book of the Month: The Souls Trilogy by Harley Laroux
This series had us in a CHOKEHOLD. Listen to us rave about our favorite characters, dynamics, quotes and our request for a bonus novella group scene.Intro & Outro - "Vibe" by Bri Bell https://www.instagram.com/bribellacoustic/
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:18:04

Fantasy Romance: EXPLICIT AI & Gemma's Challenge
Join us this week as Indy, Stevie, and Willow read AI's attempts at Fantasy Romance! Gemma challenges the Trope Room this week to find pre-1970s erotica...which led Indy down quite the dark web rabbit hole! Intro & Outro - "Vib...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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43:46

Fantasy Romance: Our Thoughts + Hits & Misses
In this episode of The Trope Room, join hosts Indy, Stevie & Willow as they share their thoughts around fantasy romance. A little ways away from being considered a "trope" but after much discussion and many books read, we can definitively s...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:08:30

Book of the Month: Caught Up by Liz Tomforde
Spoiler: we LOVED this book! Listen to us talk about the intense emotional journey of this book, our favorite quote, and predictions for the future of the series.Intro & Outro - "Vibe" by Bri Bell https://www.instagram.com/bribellac...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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48:55

Holiday: EXPLICIT AI & Gemma's Challenge
In this episode of The Trope Room, get ready to bring the "ho, ho, ho" to your holiday as the hosts bring you AI-generated smutty stories about Santa, elves, and more. Stay tuned for an extra spicy rendition of Gemma's Challenge to find out wha...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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31:02

Holiday: Our Thoughts + Hits & Misses
In this episode of The Trope Room, join hosts Indy, Stevie & Willow as they share their thoughts about the holiday trope. Consensus: holiday romance books are best read with a cocktail in handMusic:Intro & Outro - "Vibe" by ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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56:50

Fake Dating #3: EXPLICIT AI & Gemma's Challenge
In the last episode of the trope, the hosts bring AI-generated smutty stories & get into the holiday mood with Gemma's Challenge to find holiday-punny titles.Intro & Outro - "Vibe" by Bri Bell https://www.instagram.com/bribellac...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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43:16

Fake Dating #2: Hits & Misses
Ahhh fake dating...what books do it well and which ones miss the mark? This week Indy, Stevie, and Willow talk about their hits and misses for the "fake dating" trope - we have some strong feelings on this week's misses! Intro &...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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41:55

Fake Dating #1: Our thoughts & reactions
In this episode of The Trope Room, join hosts Indy, Stevie & Willow as they share their thoughts about the fake dating trope ft. one eyed snakes and billionaires who have a reputation. Music:Intro & Outro - "Vibe" by Br...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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30:09

Special Episode: Pen Pal
This book took us on a roller coaster in the best way possible! Join us this week as we discuss our experiences reading Pen Pal by J.T. Geissinger, or as Indy's husband knows it: "the smutty sixth sense book."Music - "Vibe" by Bri Bell ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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40:12

Dark Romance #3: EXPLICIT AI & Gemma's Challenge
Can our AI app meet the dark vibes we're looking for? Tune in this week for EXPLICIT AI-generated dark short stories & Gemma's Challenge: Lovecraftian Horror. Revelations were made & tentacle preferences were discussed. <...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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43:11

Dark Romance #2: Hits & Misses
Ready for Indy to spill the tea on one of Book Tok's most popular books? Join Indy, Stevie, and Willow as they discuss their hits and misses for the dark romance trope, and stay tuned until the end of the episode for what might be our hottest t...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:06:24

Dark Romance #1: Our thoughts & reactions
Buckle up and get ready to join hosts Indy, Stevie, and Willow as they talk all things dark romance and getting spicy with... inanimate objects? Intro & Outro - "Vibe" by Bri Bell https://www.instagram.com/bribellacoustic/<...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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30:43

Special Episode: Pucking Wild!
Pucking love it or hate it? Either way it's a wild time, and this might be our most divisive episode yet! Join Indy, Stevie, and Willow for a special episode as they discuss their thoughts on Emily Rath's newest book in the Jacksonville Rays se...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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34:40
