Welcome to the inaugural episode of Classified, an ongoing series where Mackenzie and Lily read and rank all of the existing work by a romance or romance-adjacent author. We're kicking things off with the work of Taylor Jenkins Reid because Mackenzie is founder, president, and CEO of the TJR fan club, and Lily has also read all of her books. (She likes them too, she swears!)

Note that there are NO spoilers in this episode!

Production note: We're aware that this episode has some hinky audio. Because it was based around the element of surprise, we didn't want to re-record and not capture those reactions. We'll be back to our baseline quality audio next week!

Major episode timestamps: Introduction (0:00), Housekeeping (1:37), Introduction to Main Topic (2:00), Introduction to Taylor Jenkins Reid (3:59), Discussion of What Makes a Quintessential Taylor Jenkins Reid Novel (7:46), Discussion of the Ranking System (19:49), Discussion of Our Last Place and Second-to-Last Place Books (22:02), Discussion of Our Fourth Place Books (31:51), Discussion of Our Second and Third Place Books (37:54), Discussion of Our First Place Books (54:40), Recommendations for TJR Starter Books (1:06:24), Conclusion (1:09:44).

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Friends to Lovers is a Bad Bitch Book Club podcast hosted by BBBC founder Mackenzie Newcomb and writer, editor, and bestie Lily Herman. Each week, they use books as a jumping off point to talk about sex, relationships, dating, love, romance, and more.

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