#139 - A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone (with Torry of Ready to Be Petty and Ready to Be Romanced)
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Tune in as pod buddy Torry (Ready to Be Petty, Ready to Be Romanced) teams up with Arthur to discuss A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, the spicy Christmas rom-com that stands as the second novel in their A Christmas Notch series. Purity culture, the nods this book gives to celebrity life, and how it handles certain tropes like that of the Sex Coach make up some of the subjects that the hosts cover on this episode.
TW: sexual content, drug abuse, infidelity, religious bigotry, pregnancy, misogyny, alcohol, infertility, implied ableism, narcolepsy, past child neglect
Spoilers start at 16:30
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