I was gently guided here by Vanessa Zoltan. And I am so mesmerized by your energy and friendship. Happy to have found you!

Heaving Bosoms has been my favorite podcast for the past four years. During 2020 covid lockdown, I rediscovered my love of reading and especially romance books. In addition to reading again, I wanted to consume more bookish media. I found heaving bosoms when I wanted to recap ACOTAR and instantly fell in love with the Melody/Erin duo and felt like I was listening to my close friends talk about my favorite books. My comfort episode(s) are Ep. 87/88 (Bully). More recently, I’ve also been loving the Melody/Sabrina duo and the books and reactions have been as fun as ever! Thank you for bringing joy and laughter into my ears every week <3 5 Star Rec: For the Fans by Nyla K. (MM forbidden/Taboo romance)

I just listened to the podcast on A Court of Thorns and Roses and I love it! Absolutely hilarious, it felt like I was listening to my girl friends talk about it ❤️

Love the podcast! I turned it on yesterday while putting my shoes on, then listened to the entire episode snort laughing and playing mindless card games on my phone. I loved Erin and Melody together, and now love Sabrina equally!

I love this show so much. It has genuinely improved my mental health, and added so much to my TBR list! In my opinion, Mel and Sabrina need to read Paladin’s Strength by T. Kingfisher! - K. Rosenberg

This is one of my favorite podcasts. It’s laugh out loud funny and they are honest when something is terrible or dated. Even they review something I’ll never watch or read I enjoy Listening to them break it down. I want them to review Anton’s Grace. A very dark romance in Regine Abel’s Veridian and Braxian chronicles. The science fiction world building and alien cultures are amazing and the romance is hot and authentic. But what really makes the series stand out from other romance series is that the book series tackles dark societal themes. Regine Abel writes characters who acknowledge (sometimes slowly) that understanding the horrors of a painful past is the only way to prevent the darkest events of history from repeating themselves. She wrote in her dedication in Keran’s Dawn that “The sins of the father are not the sins of the son. Lay blame where it belongs, and let future generations build foundations based on mutual respect and understanding. Violence only begets violence, and hatred fuels even more hatred. Only through reconciliation and a genuine effort to change for the better can we ever aspire to a world where we live in harmony.”

Please read Every Summer After! I would love to hear your thoughts.

…stayed because I love everything you do!

Thank you for the Acotar emotional support 🧚‍♂️✨💀

My new favorite podcast! I just discovered this gem and I couldn’t be happier. I don’t have any romance-reading friends and I feel like I just found a whole romance-loving community. Funny, genuine, and entertaining—it’s everything I could ever want.

I can’t even express the joy this podcast brings me. I come for book recs, devour the books, then come back to listen to the podcast. It’s so much freaking fun. I laugh out loud through the entire thing and my husband and kids are like mom what is wrong with you? On top of sheer entertainment, I end up deep in thought by the topics brought up - topics from human nature to politics to history. I love it. Thank y’all for existing.

As a person on the ace spectrum, it’s so nice to listen to recaps and be able to feel included in the fun of romance novels and such and feel like I’ve read the book without actually having to read the book.

I found you guys with part one of the Midwife and the Orc and it was so great you guys had me laughing so much and we were in agreement with so much on the book. I need you guys to do The Governess and The Orc!! I’m sure your list of requests is long so I’ll have patience but I’d love to see your reactions and takes on the amazing characters in The Governess and The Orc.

I came to this podcast late, but am so glad to have found it. The banter, laughter, and love each episode brings makes every day incredible! I’ve gotten some new books that I never would’ve, found new tropes to love, and learned my own hard limits that I didn’t know I had! This podcast is my number one recommendation to anyone and everyone I can tell! Thank you for bringing joy into life!!

I’m enjoying this podcast so much! I found them when I googled podcasts about Dreaming of You and then quickly subscribed and have been listening nonstop. Highly recommend.

I just found this a couple of weeks ago. And I hate them so much because they’re either reviewing stuff read years ago and now need to revisit, OR stuff I haven’t read and now need to. They are a delightful money pit. These aren’t straight reviews. We hear about their lives, which I get can be annoying for some people. I’m fine with it, and if I’m not just skip to when the actual book starts. I am loathe to say review because it's not. It is a squee fest of love or hate between friends who love each other and you get to listen in. Sadly, my initial bribe was Lord of Scoundrels, but they already covered it (and beautifully), so I’d instead love them to do a real old time bodice ripper. My very first romance novel was The Wolf and the Dove. It is problematic on every single level but is still my all time favorite (with the exception of Lord of Scoundrels). I would love to hear their thoughts. Also, I like this podcast so much, I Patreon-ed them. That’s kind of a big deal

This is hands down one of my top fave podcasts! I relisten to favorite episodes on the regular (esp devil in winter, Jane eyre and lord of scoundrels) because it makes me feel like I’m hanging with my most hilarious besties. Their hot takes are 🔥and they’ve introduced me to some of my favorite new romance reads/authors. Cannot recommend this podcast highly enough! Mel, my pet, will you please recap Get a Life Chloe Brown, or one of the other books in Talia Hibbert’s Brown Sister series?

This podcast is hilarious and filled with great books to add to my reading list. I have been thoroughly enjoying this podcast and have listened to 150 episodes just this month. I understand the bribe probably isn’t still active but in case it is, I would like to recommend “Just For Show” or “The Roomate Arrangement” both by the author Jae they are both about a lesbian relationship and include fake relationships and forced proximity.

A fun podcast about romance books.

The hosts of Heaving Bosoms breathe new life and fresh takes into romance books. Whether they’re discussing something I already read or a new to me novel, they cover the story well while inserting humorous asides and offering unique advice to characters. I always double-check to make sure I have my headphones in at work, but I never miss a new episode.

You know how sometimes best friends get together and make a podcast and it’s really boring and insidery? Not this! This is so much fun to listen to. I love that they mock the bad parts of the books without trashing the rest. Listening to Dead Until Dark right now and it’s hilarious

Love listening to the episodes for books I’ve read! Funny, smart and such detailed discussions. Praise be St. Vincent Day!

Very entertaing podcast full of cute anecdotal stories, cheerful banter, and amusing romance book summations. An hour has never passed quicker. I can’t wait until I catch up to current times!!!! If you are still doing the 5 star deal, I would love to hear you all do kushiel’s dart by jaqueline Carey (the first trilogy). Regardless, this podcast deserves all the stars!

Tied for my favorite podcast. Melody and Erin are the perfect Ying and Yang of personalities. If the reading embrace has taught me anything is that there are no rules so I would like to recommend a movie instead of a book. “Wish upon a star” with Katherine Heigl. Free on Prime and a short movie. I would be interested in your hot takes on the teen romance in the movie. EEK! Good audio, yes you can hear them. My only suggestion would be to put back episodes 1 and 2. I understand the audio might be questionable but a disclaimer at the beginning would fix that. It breaks my brain not to start at episode 1. Thank you

I listened to their entire archive and loved the show. The banter is fun and they are just wonderful to listen to. I have definitely come to appreciate the romance genre way more after listening to this!! I’d love for them to cover the self published duology called The Warrior’s Guild featuring a Latino coded shy monk mage and his buff bi warrior girlfriend. It’s also full of queer side characters and is a good read!

Do you love laughing until you cry? Do you want to get back into reading without pressure after living in the bottom of a depression hole for years? Do you want to hear about a dog named Rooster and her conservative morning radio show? Listen. You just gotta get on board. I love these ladies and their antics. I’m about 100 episodes in, starting from the beginning, and I just can’t recommend it enough. Listen! Go! Now!

Decided to give it a shot. Great show!

Thank you ladies! I have so much fun listening to these two giggle and cackle through their recaps. I enjoy the books even more having heard this, especially because I don’t visualize well! It’s so lovely to have a place to share my obsess with romance novels. I feel so validated in my love love of St. Vincent. You gotta read Kleypas’ next generation series: Maybe Devil in Spring or Chasing Cassandra!

I stumbled upon this podcast at the dentist looking for a podcast reviewing books. And let me tell you this didn’t disappoint! You feel like your talking with good friends about a books and the laughter is so contagious! This podcast always makes my day better!

I stumbled upon this podcast while on a reading slump and a sad girl moment. These two are not only killer queens at book reviews, but they also sound like your own girlfriends. My bestie is also in another state and ya’ll are living our book club dreams haha. 10/10 for books and vibes

It’s a good time if they liked the book they read. It’s a good time if they didn’t like it. It’s a good time if you haven’t read the book. Its a good time if you read the book. It’s a good time all around!

If I may make a request, more England times books. Otherwise thanks for your good works ladies !

This podcast is fantastic!! Melody and Erin are my parasocial besties unbeknownst to them. These episodes and those lovely voices have gotten me through some major home sickness. And I’ve gotten some a amazing book recs! Can’t recommend enough. Thanks ladies for all that you do!

I could listen to Erin and Melody talk about pretty much anything on any platform. They feel like a warm friendship cuddle and you get easily brought into their friendship. I don’t live near any of my best friends and this podcast cures my LDR friendship woes, and simultaneously cures my absolute need to discuss romance novels critically. Because we’re scientists.

I've been listening to this podcast for a few years now and it's a highlight of my week. The hosts are very fun, and don't take anything too seriously. It's a lot like listening to your good friends. Also, the rant episodes are hilarious. Even a bad book makes a good episode.

A friend recently turned me onto this podcast and I am HOOKD. The warmth, joy, and obvious love these two women have (for the subject and for each other) is a fearsome thing to behold. I wish I’d had this for the past year and a half, but making up for lost time now! (I am a completionist, and so I started from the beginning 😆) Please, don’t stop never stopping!! I also have a bribe request: Dragon Called by Cassie Alexander and Kara Lockharte - a delightful sex romp with dragons, legit nursing skills, and a not-a-cat obsessed with cheese.

Erin and Melody you hot geniuses. You. make. good. podcast! Your collective wit, sarcasm and joy has been such a gift to me these past two years - a lighthouse on a dark shore. I go to spread that light as widely as I can. And have the oddest conversations on the way.

Listening to this podcast feels like I am hanging out with my 2 best friends - and they have also converted me to a romance novel reader and I am so grateful for it.

This podcast is incredible! If I had a complaint, it would be that I was not prepared for the level of obsession I would experience when I first came upon it. I recommend the community and FB group ALMOST as much as I recommend the hilariousness and genius of the podcast itself. The podcast is amazing. Erin and Melody are incredible women who are funny, brilliant, encouraging to the listeners, and flatout good for the freaking world. This podcast is entertaining and delightful but it also discusses sex and relationships in a way that I think is truly beneficial. And for people who don't necessarily have friends to talk to about that stuff or just feel uncomfortable doing so, this podcast gives them a place to listen and/or engage in conversations about things they might not otherwise have the opportunity to explore. Basically, this podcast is hilarious, kind, and tells the listener, "You're okay and we want you here" and the fact that a podcast manages that is both intensely impressive and incredibly heartwarming.

Love these ladies, always make me laugh

I started listening to Heaving Bosoms during anxiety times to make myself laugh and feel better. Now I’m deep in love and cannot stop.

This is the best podcast. hilarious banter. love them. Please read smash and grab by Maz Maddox (and if too wild, pass along to bonkers romance). Cretaceous dinos need love too!

I’m here for the bribe and I love this podcast! Book: Reign & Ruin by J.D. Evans I love your dynamic on this podcast and I’m excited to hear your thoughts on this book. I’m expecting Erin to do a lot of skimming. Dictated over the phone by Caroline (android user) lovingly typed by her mother.

Found these ladies through Overdue and I don't even read romance but I love their dynamic and listen anyway. 😊

I’m a long time listener and a Patreon supporter. This podcast is SO GOOD! The friendship between Erin and Melody really elevates this podcast to the next level. I love their banter (please don’t ever stop)! If you feel lonely this pod will make you feel less so. If you need a laugh this pod will deliver. If you like snark, sexy times, organization, professionalism, or science, you’d better buckle up! Even if you don’t read much romance (I don’t anymore) the pod is still such a fun, entertaining, and soothing listen. I have discovered some standout new books through the pod. I have been dying (in a good way) listening to their recaps of the Kdrama Crash Landing On You. As another reviewer said, the podcast itself is my lady love.

Erin and Melody are sooo delightful ! The last two years have been tough all around and listening to podcast has been one of the bright spots that helped me cope. They’ve made me laugh out loud while walking my dog, giggle more times than I can count, and even cry a couple of times. When Erin and Melody cover a book I’ve already read, it’s like being in a book club with some of my best friends. Friends who swear as much as my real life friends do, it’s awesome. They’ve introduced me to books I never would have tried on my own, which I love. Also, they started St. Vincent Day and I love him. Anyway, five stars for Melody and Erin, and “England times” forever!

Hi hello listener here, I just wanted to say how much this podcast has helped me cope with the pandemic. Erin and Melody are a delight and have amazing podcasting chemistry. I’ve had to choke back laughs at work while I listened and they make my work day waaay more enjoyable. I’ve read so many new romance books because of them and I love being on this journey with all the HB’s

I’m new to romance, and I used this podcast to figure out where to start. I stayed because of how funny and wholesome Erin and Melody are as friends and readers. This is my go-to when I’m feeling sad. <3

I’m so glad to have this podcast in my life. Erin and Melody bring a lot of joy to my Monday mornings, and are responsible for getting me back into historical romance after a very long hiatus. Tessa Dare, Joanna Shupe, Lisa Kleypas…why was I not reading these amazing authors (along with many others not listed here)!? I have re-listened to the 3 part Devil in Winter recap so many times that I’ve lost count. 😊

This podcast is definitely one of the best parts of my week, hands down. It can be dangerous listening during my commute - a couple of times I’ve nearly steered off the road while cackling along…but being able to “listen in” on these lively conversations between friends is such a pleasure. Thank you so much for putting this out into the universe to share with us!