In this episode of Reading Under the Covers, a romance novel podcast, I walk you through everything I read in May 2026: eleven books, two five-star reads, and a lot of summer-ready picks that go beyond what BookTok is talking about. There's dark Hollywood romcom with revenge, a Paris fake-dating soccer romance ahead of the World Cup, a Loch Ness Monster shifter, a cozy vampire murder mystery with Interview with the Vampire energy, and two amazin five star books I'll be preaching about: a witchy urban fantasy and a biker MC second chance that wrecked me. Then a quick look at three June releases already on the must-read TBR.
Timestamps:
00:00 May Wrap-Up Teaser
00:53 Reading Stats Snapshot
02:05 Dark Hollywood Revenge
04:48 Paris Fake-Dating Soccer
06:28 YA Ghost Rivals Mystery
08:28 Hockey DM Meet-Cute
11:33 Off Campus Reread Thoughts
14:33 More Soccer College Vibes
16:06 Sapphic Vineyard Book Club
17:55 Loch Ness Shifter Buddy Read
21:31 Cozy Vampire Mystery Getaway
24:50 Five-Star Witchy Urban Fantasy
28:56 Five-Star Biker Second Chance
36:43 June Must-Read New Releases
41:40 Final Recap & Goodbye
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