# 1 * Reviews of Our 5 * Reads

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Podcast: [The Spicy Librarian Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spicy-librarian-podcast-7659840)
Published: 2026-04-23T06:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

You know that pain you feel when someone trashes your God Tier reads? Yeah. That's this episode. This week on Spicy Librarian we are facing it head-on- reading out the one-star reviews of our absolute five-star books and defending them to the community. Some of these reviewers had valid points. Some clearly had no idea what they were picking up. And some have a LOT of big feelings about books we would die for. As do we. We're going to bat for Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid, A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas, Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton, Feathers So Vicious by Liv Zander, A Ship of Bones and Teeth by Karina Halle, The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, and Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube — and we are not backing down without a fight. Is the criticism fair? Sometimes. Is it going to change how we feel about these books? Absolutely not. Come argue with us. Perfect for fans of: book discourse, one star reviews, Haunting Adeline, H.D. Carlton, A Court of Silver Flames, ACOTAR, Sarah J. Maas, Heated Rivalry, Rachel Reid, Feathers So Vicious, Liv Zander, A Ship of Bones and Teeth, Karina Halle, Kiss of the Basilisk, Lindsay Straube, Rachel Gillig, dark romance, romantasy, MM romance, spicy books, BookTok, book podcast Heated Rivalry- Rachel Reid A Court of Silver Flames- S.J. Mass Haunting Adeline- H. D Carlton Feather so Vicious- Liv Zander A Ship of Bones and Teeth- Karina Halle Night and the Moth- Rachel Gilling Kiss of the Basilisk- Lindsay Straube Blood Wing Academy- Briar Boleyn Poison Daughter- Shelia Masterson Collateral Damage- Stassi Shield of Sparrows / Rights of the Starling- Devney Perry I Got Abducted By Aliens, And Now I’m In A Rom-Com- Kimberly Lemming Wrath of an Exile- Monty Jay The Hollow Boys- Monty Jay The Wytchling Chronicles Baste…

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