Sorry Mom Book Reviews

What if Tolkien Wrote Spicy Fantasy? Pt. 2

Reba M and Rachel M — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! We go where some cannot follow, as Rebecca continues to recount the Fellowship of the Ring, by JRR Tolkien, and Rachel inserts the final sex scenes throughout our tale

What if Tolkien Wrote Spicy Fantasy? Pt. 1

Reba M and Rachel M — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! We travel off the road with this one, as Rebecca recounts the Fellowship of the Ring, by JRR Tolkien, and Rachel stays awake only to insert sex scenes throughout our tale. This is book one of Fellowship, and we shall finish it next episode.

I May be Frigid But You're Dumb and That's Worse

Reba M and Rachel M — Sun, 4 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! The first episode of 2026 has us shivering with Jennifer L. Armentrout's half cozy, half thriller "Frigid" where the FL is considered a prude...but the ML is dumb, which may be worse.

TW: Home invasion

Jennifer L. Armentrout Author Page

Play Pretend and Act Like You Didn't Hear That

Reba M and Rachel M — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! This particularly raunchy episode makes even the leads of Claire Brooks' "Play Pretend" blush! While fake dating in a small town doesn't seem particularly perverted, Rebecca and Rachel find a way.

TW: suicide attempt mention, stalker (not ml), kidnapping, home invasion

Claire Brooks Instagram

Daymakers and Tangent Takers

Rebecca M, Rachel M — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! Before we sneak backstage to meet Grace McGinty's "The Daymakers," Rebecca and Rachel have a lengthy discussion about tinned fish, smut vs. spicy, and a book Rachel actually DNF'd! If you want to jump straight into the story, skip ahead to around the 24 minute mark.

TW: domestic abuse

Grace McGinty's Author Page

My Knotty Mountain Men Should Have Been On the Cover

Rebecca M, Rachel M — Sun, 1 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! We get hoisted over the shoulders of Alisha Williams' "My Knotty Mountain Men." We were both a bit sick when recording this one, so forgive our low energy. Except when discussing covers and roasting each other; we always have energy for those.

Alisha Williams' Instagram

Done & Dusted & Debating Chili

Rachel M, Rebecca M — Sun, 11 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! After a month hiatus, we've rode back into town with Lyla Sage's slow burn, heart warming "Done and Dusted!" We go on many tangents, make jokes only we think are funny, and debate about chili.

Lyla Sage's Author Page

The Dixon Rule For Men and HOA Meetings

Rachel M, Rebecca M — Mon, 7 Apr 2025 01:25:46 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! We go into "The Dixon Rule" by Elle Kennedy to see is the MC's rule will hold up against a hot, funny, charming hockey player. Spoilers: Puck no!

TW: domestic violence

Elle Kennedy's Author Page

Amuse Bouche: The Hobbit Films are a Romance Trilogy

rebecca m, rachel m — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000

This is Rebecca's short rant about The Hobbit film trilogy. Fingers crossed she can convince Rachel to let her do this rant for a full episode.

Romancing Mister Bridgerton and Leaving the Ton For Good

Rebecca M, Rachel M — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! Our final episode of our three part Bridgerton series, "Romancing Mister Bridgerton" where we stick to Penelope like GLUE and give our final thoughts on this family of rich, hot, angry romantics.

Julia Quinn's Author page

The Viscount Who Loved Me and the Sister I Betrayed

Rebecca M, Rachel M — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! Our second episode in our three part review of the Bridgerton books that coincide with the Netflix series. "The Viscount Who Loved Me" pushes Rachel and Rebecca head first into the river but looks so hot doing it.

TW: PTSD, parent death

Julia Quinn's Author page

The Duke and I and the Pullout Couch

Rachel M, Rebecca M — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:20:24 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books (sorry Mom) but won't change their ways. Expect spoilers! Thus begins our three part review of the Bridgerton books that coincide with the Netflix series. Join us in a promenade as Rachel recounts "The Duke and I" and Rebecca loudly interjects, "WELL in the show...!" Stay to the end for a devastating 3rd act confession that leaves the sisters in shambles.

Next week we will reveal our new show art!!

Julia Quinn's Author page

Cleaning the Kitchen and New Name!

Rebecca M, Rachel M — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:44:37 +0000

Today the sisters clean the kitchen and decide on a new name for the podcast!! But otherwise, everything is exactly the same. Enjoy us figuring out and bickering how to rebrand and yet change literally none of the content.

Hot Dumb Impuslive Men Ruin Me

reba m, rachel m — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:25:10 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Expect spoilers! We jump into the boxing ring with the first book in Samantha Towle's series, "Ruin," as our MCs fight for each other. This one was recorded June 2024 and took awhile to edit. Thank you for your patience!

Samantha Towle's Author website

2024 Spicy Story Bracket!

Reba M and Rachel M — Tue, 7 Jan 2025 00:06:43 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Expect spoilers! As most folks do in the new year, we reflect back on 2024 with a critical eye. We created a bracket of single stories we reviewed to find the one that gains the coveted, meaningless title of "Oven Mitts Book of 2024."

Follow along with our bracket! See if you can guess which one wins before getting the end of the ep!

A Pack For Winter and a Cozy New Year!

Reba Mitts, Rachel Mitts — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:06:56 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Expect spoilers! Last episode of 2024 sees us entering into the cozyverse with Elianna Lee's, "A Pack For Winter." A sweet, cozy, and a spicy way to end the year. Thank you so much for everyone who has listened to us. We hope you have a happy new year!

Eliana Lee's Author Page

Thinking of David Bowie from Labyrinth Until the World Falls Down

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We cozy up with a dark, Labyrinth inspired novel by Jordan Lynde, "Until the World Falls Down." This one spices up the holidays and reminds us of the reason for the season: hot, obsessive magical men who have shadow powers.

Thank you for putting up with our funky upload schedule, and happy holidays!

Jordan Lynde's Insta

Cozy Love in the Scottish Winter Highlands

Reba Mitts, Rachel Mitts — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000

EDIT: Huge apologies, I accidentally uploaded the unedited episode! Yikes! I have updated the audio so give this a listen, I promise it's better then the raw episode. Cross my heart.

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Expect spoilers! We get cozy with Beatrice Bradshaw's "Love in the Scottish Winter Highlands."

Apologies for the disrupted schedule (again) lot of life stuff happening. But please enjoy the ep and thank you for listening. <3

Beatrice Bradshaw's IG

Found a Ghost Boyfriend on Soulful Seas

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Expect spoilers! We dive into Blake Black's supernatural reverse harem romance "Soulful Seas" duet. Sloan can see ghosts, and when she sees multiple attached to three hot brothers--including their fourth brother--her life becomes a whirlwind. Just between us, the ghost brother is the best one.

TW: Suicide

Blake Black's author website

The Bear's Nanny Has Style, Flair, and She Was There

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:11:28 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Expect spoilers! We stumble into the first in a bear shifter series, "The Bear's Nanny," by Erin Havoc. Recently divorced Astrid breaks down in a supernatural town full of hotties and unknowingly meets her mate, Kieran, a bear shifter. Kieran is in need of a nanny for his orphaned nephew, and keeping his human mate close makes Astrid an easy choice. But one question plagues the sisters...what about that one vampire that gets mentioned in passing? What's his deal?

Erin Havoc's Goodreads page

Chasing the Wild To Save a Horse

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Expect spoilers! Apologies on the delayed episode, but it's worth the wait. In this taboo western, "Chasing the Wild" by Elliott Rose, we ride after Colton Wild with Layla Birch, who is not only seventeen years older then her, but also her ex's dad! This is a very spicy start to the Thanksgiving season and listener discretion is definitely advised.

TW: mention of rape/molestation, creeps

Elliott Rose's author page

Amuse Bouche: Delayed Episode

Reba M and Rachel M — Sun, 3 Nov 2024 23:00:47 +0000

Quick announcement here from the kitchen: due to some family stuff, this week's episode is delayed but will be coming out sometime this week. Thank you for your patience, and enjoy some free appetizers.

Jinxed Three Men and Now They Owe Me Sodas

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 21:03:25 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Expect spoilers! We wrap up October with Torri Heat's "Jinxed," a reverse harem standalone where our FL gets trapped in a cursed house with three men from three different time periods. The scariest thing about this curse is being stuck in a house with a huge a-hole from 1907.

TW: suicide, addiction, drugs, homophobia

Torri Heat author page

The Picture of a Thrum in Space

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We are drawn deeper into the deep, dark of October by Meg Smitherman's horror romance, "Thrum." It's more horror then romance, and it's absolutely perfect. Maybe...too perfect...

TW: suicide mentions, death, gore

Meg Smitherman Tiktok

They Love Me, They Love Me Knot

Reba Mitts, Rachel Mitts — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:53:52 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Apologies on the weird posting schedule! Howling at the moon this spooky season with our first A/B/O (omegaverse) book: "They Love Me Knot" by Raelynn Rose. Not really about werewolves...but Reba always assumes they're werewolves. This is a super explicit one--as is expected with an omegaverse story--so listener beware!

Raelynn Rose Instagram

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We Made a Sucker Bet and Lost

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sun, 6 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. At long last, the impossible has been done: Rebecca finished a book! Sure, it was a western written in the 1980s that was 150 pages, but that still counts! Will Rachel be able to handle a book not written in first person, switching POVs? Can Rebecca actually host a show? How does this old book hold up 40 years later?

Faro Blake series by Zeke Masters on Goodreads

Fighters Best Friend to Lover Burger with Fries

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:44:51 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We fight our way through a best friends to lovers MMA book by A. Rivers. Will Gabe prioritize Sydney over fighting? Will Sydney give up hope of being his first choice? Will we stop saying how dumb the male lead is?

A. Rivers Author Page

Amuse Bouche: We're Coming Back to the Kitchen!

Reba Mitts, Rachel MItts — Sat, 7 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Hey y'all! Just a quick reminder that we still exist! Life took our priorities, and now that we're settled, we'll be returning next week! Look forward to eating a spicy book next week.

Amuse Bouche: Post Apocalyptic Colony Rant

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 19:47:13 +0000

Hey y'all! Due to life craziness I haven't finished editing the next episode, so have a rant I cut out from episode 8 "This Apocalyptic Novella Leaves Us Heart Broken" that featured After the Plague by Imogen Keeper.

Topics include: reality TV show "The Colony," the groups we would form in the apocalypse, and how we really should get back to the book review.

Oven Mitts Amuse Bouche

Reba M and Rachel M — Mon, 5 Aug 2024 02:04:29 +0000

Apologies for another missing episode! We are both in a super busy season, but intend to get another piping hot book review out for y'all asap. Have a great week and tip your servers!

We Have Fallen Prey To The Multiverse

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 22:55:19 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We stalk the plot in the second book of Jan Steven's duet, "Fallen Prey." It is a dark, stalker romance with a twist that we would have known if we had only read the title page and tags.

Jen Steven's Author Site

The Prey Drive to Never Read Tags

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We hunt down the plot in the first book of Jan Steven's duet, "Prey Drive." It is a dark, stalker romance with a twist that we would have known if we had only read the title page and tags.

Jen Steven's Author Site

Cleaning Out the Kitchen

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 6 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000

This episode is not a review, but we do discuss the show's format, why Rachel refuses to read tags, a few books she has DNF but still has, and updates to theming! We hope you enjoy this different kind of episode and of exciting things to come.

Quick Oven Mitts Amuse Bouche

Reba M and Rachel M — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000

No episode this week due to travel! Next week we will be doing some "kitchen cleaning" then we'll return to our usual cooking and sweating in the kitchen. Have a great weekend bookies!

Mated to the Monster and All I Got Was This T-Shirt

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We have summoned the first book in Sarah Spade's Sombra Demon series, "Mated to the Monster," just like Shannon summoned a huge, hot demon named Mal. Who hasn't accidentally summoned a demon from another plane when you think you're casting a love spell, only to find out they're your fated mate and have been waiting a thousand years to meet you?

Sarah Spade's Author Page

After the Plague of Heartbreak, Can We Find Love?

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 19:13:56 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We go through the rest of Imogen Keeper's After the Plague series and we are beginning to feel hope again! For once, though, Rachel had not finished the final book (Haven) when we recorded, so we leave it up to you to read the ending. Does our recipe holds true? Should we keep doing long series? Should Frankie have biblically accurate angel eyes?

Imogen Keeper's Author Page

This Apocalyptic Novella Leaves Us Heart Broken

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 8 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We go through the first book, "Broken" in Imogen Keeper's After the Plague series and it hurts so bad we had to split this series into two episodes. The first book--a novella--starts in the midst of a plague that wipes out 99% of humanity. This one is heavy with grief, death, hopelessness, and finding purpose anyway. We initially reviewed the whole series in one go, but realized it needed longer in the oven, so we have split the review! Please enjoy this first course, and come back next Saturday when we present the rest of the series and give our recipe~!

TW: death, illness, grief, suicide mention

Imogen Keeper's Author Page

Forgive Me Father, For I Have Crossed So Many Lines

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 1 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We beg for forgiveness as we review "Crossed" a Never After novel by Emily McIntire. Loosely based on Hunchback of Notre Dame, our villainous lead, Father Cade has set his righteous, murderous eyes on Amarya who makes his heart burn with hell fire. This one is incredibly dark--please check the trigger warnings--but it had us singing dramatically at our fireplaces from page one.

TW: Discussions of sex, stalking, SA, rape, bullying of a child on the spectrum, murder, gore, violence and so much religious trauma
Timestamps for specific discussions/quotes
59:35 - 1:00:10 rape
1:06:50-1:07:20 Gore

Emily McIntire's author page

There's a Phantom in My Mirror and I Love It

Rachel MItts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 25 May 2024 23:13:56 +0000

Greer Rivers' Tattered Curtain book, "Phantom," takes center stage for this episode. It is a Phantom of the Opera retelling, set in the French Quarter of New Orleans. This dark romance really wooed us, who grew up as theater kids, and maybe it will do the same for you. Just keep your hand at the level of your eye and you'll get through this dark romance!

TW: Discussions of sex, murder, kidnapping, stalking, complications with mental illness

Phantom book page

Quick Oven Mitts Announcement!

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Mon, 20 May 2024 19:17:18 +0000

Quick apologies for no episode, and upcoming plans!

Find Me Running From A Serial Killer Into the Arms of a Hunky Reverse Harem

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sun, 12 May 2024 22:22:02 +0000

In this episode, we search the pages of the WITSEC book series by Ashley N. Rostek. (Find Me, Save Me, Love Me, Free Me) Remember when we said we'd do a lighthearted book this week? Forget all about that! Our poor heroine can't catch a break, except in the arms of four hunky brothers.

TW: Discussions of, bullying, stalking, SA, violence, graphic killings, sex

Ashley N. Rostek Instagram

A Wicked Devil Wears Us Down

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 4 May 2024 19:11:00 +0000

Edit: WHOOPS! Sous chef Rebecca gave y'all the wrong order (aka the unedited episode) and had to yank it from your mouth to give you the correct order! (aka fully edited) Apologies! The meal is on us.

Spoilers for "Wicked Devil" by Daniela Romero.
TW for the ep: SA, police brutality, racism, bullying, sex

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We tackle the high school romance, "Wicked Devil" by Daniela Romero. This book focuses on heavy topics with care and thought, though it doesn't shy away from facing them head on. Please check the trigger warnings and time stamps!

Time stamps for specific discussions
52:36 - 54:14 SA
1:12:05-1:19 Police brutality
1:23:53 - 1:24:50 SA

Wicked Devil book page

A Hot Grumpy Billionaire's Reverie

Reba Mitts, Rachel Mitts — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Spoilers for "Reverie" by Shain Rose as Rachel goes over the whole book to give Rebecca the rundown.
TW for the episode: Discussions of cancer, discussions of sex

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We dive in "Reverie" by Shain Rose. It is a standalone in her Stonewood Brothers series, featuring grumpy billionaire Jett and sunshine sweetheart Vick. He's just so rich.

Reverie Book Page

Entangled With More Hunky, Post Apocalyptic Brutes

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 22:27:24 +0000

Spoilers for "Entangled" as Rachel goes over the whole book to give Rebecca the rundown.
TW for the episode: Brief discussion of SA, explicit language, discussion of violence, discussion of death, discussion of sex

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. We are continuing with our brutes with "Entangled: The Brutes of Bristlebrook Book 2" by Rebecca Quinn. It is the second in Quinn's post-apocalyptic reverse harem series, and we are foaming at the mouth for the third one to come out.

Entangled Book Page

Ensnared by Hunky Post-Apocalyptic Brutes

Rachel Mitts, Reba Mitts — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Spoilers for "Ensnared" as Rachel goes over the whole book to give Rebecca the rundown.
TW for the episode: Brief discussion of SA, explicit language, discussion of violence, discussion of sex

Two sisters review spicy romance books. One reads them. The other...is excited to be included. Our first episode is all about "Ensnared: The Brutes of Bristlebrook Book 1" by Rebecca Quinn. It is the first in Quinn's post-apocalyptic reverse harem series, and we get very invested.

Ensnared book page