What happens when you take the dystopian romances of the 2010s and add Tessa Bailey-level spice? You get Broken Rival, a time-travel romance featuring a morally gray military man, a very inconvenient love triangle, and our least favorite trope: brother lovers.


This week, Elyse and Katy are talking about Tessa Bailey's first dystopian romance, why it feels like The Hunger Games meets The Vampire Diaries, and whether we really needed a YA-style love story with this much spice. Plus, we're discussing the Fourth Wing casting news, our Halloween costumes, and Katy officially hitting her Goodreads goal.


The first 20-ish minutes are spoiler-free! We'll sound the spoiler alarm before getting into the twists, romance, and ending.


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