This week, Mackenzie and Lily go into controversial territory and unpack five of the most polarizing popular romance and love story-adjacent novels to come out in the past couple of years. Get ready for hot takes on hot takes.

Major episode timestamps: Introduction (0:00), Housekeeping (1:23), Introduction to Main Topic (2:17), Discussion of In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (3:54), Discussion of The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo (10:10), Discussion of The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (24:20), Discussion of The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai (29:42), Discussion of Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (38:31), Honorable Mentions (45:42), What Else We’re Reading (48:34), Conclusion (51:24).

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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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