# Telestrations: Dark Romance & Romantasy Tropes, Chaos & Bookish Mayhem

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Podcast: [The Spicy Librarian Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spicy-librarian-podcast-7659840)
Published: 2026-06-25T06:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3055

## Resource

Dark romance and romantasy meets Telestrations on this week's Spicy Librarian - we're drawing tropes, guessing characters, and somehow attempting to pitch the next New York Times bestselling romance novel. We cover romantasy and dark romance rounds, weekly reading recaps, and watch the whole thing descend into glorious bookish chaos. This week on Spicy Librarian, we played Telestrations, that random game from primary school where you draw a section of a thing, fold the page and pass it on. But we made it bookish and spicy. We took the most iconic tropes, characters, and moments from dark romance and romantasy and decided to see if we could plot the next New York Times bestseller, but probably not. We do tropes, settings, plot twists and pairings, triggers and memorable quotes- and watched the whole thing descend into absolute bookish chaos. Let us know if you think our pitch has legs, better yet, write it yourself. 00:00 — Welcome to the Spicy Librarian Podcast00:22 — Katie's Reading Recap: What's Been on Her TBR This Week13:19 — Dee's Reading Recap: What Dee Has Been Reading25:27 — Telestrations: The Bookish Spicy Edition Begins26:37 — Romantasy Round: Tropes, Characters & Chaos36:40 — Dark Romance Round: Plot Twists, Triggers & Memorable Quotes49:50 — See You Next Week Books mentioned- YesterYear- Caro Claire Burke The Voice- Maggie Ray Jones Heavy- ML Burns The Dorians- Nick Cutter Black Phone- Joe Hill Remarkably Bright Creatures- Shelby Van Pelt Direbound/ Furybound- Sable Sorenson Regretting you- Colleen Hoover A Stage Set for Villains- Shannon J. Spann Pieces of the Night- Jennifer Hartman Branded- Saffron A Kent Ravenous- Thea Lawrence Crown Me Dead- Liv Zander Harvest Season- Brynn Weaver Butcher and Blackbird- Bryne Weaver Thursday Murder Club- Richar…

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