That's So Romantical: Recent Episodes
Amber Connelly & Heather Lytle
We are back!! After a 14 month haitus, Amber and Heather kick off their return podcast with a book discussion about what may be the most perfect book for them. This one is for those that love love, romantic tropes, perfect kisses, fireworks, sunsets, summer vibes, and all the fun flirting in between.
Join along as they discuss "Summer Ever After" by Kourtney Keisel.
Amber and Heather kick off wedding season with talking about one of their favorite tropes: The Fake or Forced Marriage. Do you love this trope? Listen along to see if you love it for the same reasons, and hear about our recommended books with this trope.
Amber and Heather loved this debut book series by Natalie Mae! Listen as they share their favorite parts and quotes from the final book, The Sweetest Betrayal.
Meet Amber & Heather's youngest sister Serena and her husband Cameron in this podcast as they share their love story. Find out how fate seemed to play a hand in getting these soul-mates together, and hear what they do to nourish love in their marriage.
If you've read these books, join Amber and Heather as they discuss their favorite parts, the complex characters, and speculate on what could come for the final book in the series that will be released soon.
Heather and Amber talk about their top books from 2022. Listen along to see if you read any of them or add them to your reading list this year!
Amber and Heather talk about the third season of Miss Scarlet and The Duke on PBS. This includes spoilers.
Amber and Heather share what's on their reading list for Winter 2022. Amber's list is mostly of the Christmas holiday, but Heather's list balances out with some interesting selections that can take us into the new year.
Heather and Amber are excited to discover that PBS Miss Scarlet and The Duke Season 2 is out! Listen for their reaction to the first episode, as well as hopes for what Season 2 will unfold.
Amber and Heather are ready for the Fall seasonal books, or the books that give that dark, mysterious vibe. Come listen to what they plan to read for the 2022 Fall Season.
In this episode, Amber shares her newest favorite author discovery from this Summer, and convinces Heather of the reasons why she needs to try one of her book. Heather also shares a series she enjoyed this summer, and some of her favorite authors to binge.
Amber & Heather talk all about road trip romances. What defines a "road trip", what they like about road trip stories, what they don't like, what are the top road trip romance books. They share their favorite road trip romance books, and list a few on their TBR list.
Amber and Heather chat about the new Amazon Original series, The Summer I Turned Pretty, based off the Jenny Han book.
Although Heather and Amber are in their 40's, they enjoy reading young adult books for a few reasons. Listen as they discuss reading Teen love stories.
It's time for summer reading! Amber embraced the beach, vacation setting for her list; Heather had a different approach. Listen to hear about the books we plan to read this summer and see if you'd like to read them with us!
Amber and Heather chat about Fairytale Retellings, Classic Retellings, and Tropes similar to them.
Heather and Amber discuss their thoughts and feelings about multiple love stories in a book or TV Series.
Amber & Heather discuss their first impression reactions and thoughts about Episodes 1 and 2 of Sandition season two.
Heather interviews Amber about her thoughts on the popular series Bridgerton. What makes it so appealing, what are favorite characters, what are favorite scenes, what to look forward to in Season Two.
Amber and Heather are so excited for Season Two of Sanditon on PBS. Let them convince you to watch it if you haven't already, and if you have, listen along as they discuss why they love it, and their hopes for Season Two.
Amber and Heather confess their pet peeves in fictional romances. Do you agree with any of them?
Amber's husband Sean joins the podcast to share how he met and fell in love with Amber. Listen to how fate kept trying to get them to meet for most of their life, and when it finally happened!
A real-life romance! To celebrate Valentine's Day, Heather and her husband share their love story.
What are your feelings about Love Triangles in your fiction? Amber and Heather love Love Triangles in books, shows, and movies. Listen as they talk about their favorite Love Triangles and what it is that intrigues them despite the heartache a love triangle can leave behind.
One of Amber & Heather's favorite authors is Morgan Rhodes. To their delight, they've recently discovered that she has another pen name (and many more books)! Listen as they discuss author monikers. Plus, they share what they love about Morgan Rhodes writing and her new book "Echoes and Empires."
Listen as Amber and Heather list their favorite books and discovered authors from 2021 and share what books they are most excited about for 2022!
Did you have a favorite Disney romance as a child? Do you still? Who is your favorite Disney Prince? Amber and Heather discuss these questions in this podcast.
One of Amber's favorite authors is Colleen Hoover. Listen as Heather and Amber share what they like and find unique about Hoover's writing and stories.
Do you enjoy watching Christmas romance movies? Amber & Heather have joined the "Hallmark" Christmas movies bandwagon recently. Listen as they share their favorites from the past few years, the ones that they have on their watch list, and other classic Christmas romance favorites. Merry Christmas!!
To be honest, Amber & Heather did not watch the Friday Night Lights television series for the football. Come listen to all the OTHER reasons to love the show.
Amber & Heather discuss the enjoyable things about the "Hidden Identity" trope, and share some of their favorite books, movies, and television shows with that trope.
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Amber & Heather share their top three favorite book kisses, and debate movie kisses vs. book kisses. (Spoilers)
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Amber & Heather each share their all-time top 5 favorite movie kisses, and what makes them epic, romantic, and memorable. Listen to see if you agree with any of their picks!
Do you believe in love at first sight? Do you love to read about it in your books? Listen to hear how Amber & Heather feel about this trope.
Do you ever cast your book characters? Amber & Heather do! In this podcast, they discuss where they get their inspiration for casting book characters, their favorite casting types, and challenges for casting the perfect character.
Amber & Heather fell in love with Stephanie Garber's debut book (and series) "Caravel". Now they are excited to read her new release, "Once Upon a Broken Heart". Listen as they share their favorite things about Garber's writing, her books, and what they hope for in her upcoming book.
Amber & Heather absolutely LOVED "The Cheat Sheet" by Sarah Adams! One of their favorite things is to share all their favorite parts and quotes from books they loved after they finish reading. So listen as they swoon over this book. Warning: there are lots of spoilers. So, if you haven't read the book, go read it, and come back to listen! You're Welcome.
Amber & Heather love a good scoundrel character. In this podcast, they discuss one of their favorite scoundrels turned dreamy hero: the perfect Captain Hook from Once Upon a Time.
Wondering what to read this fall season? Amber & Heather picked out some fall seasonal and mood books to share on their Fall To Be Read lists. They also discuss their favorite books from their Summer Reading List. Visit the podcast's Instagram for a post with the books listed.
Amber & Heather discuss three of their favorite genres: The reasons why they love them, and some of their favorite books in those genres.
Amber & Heather have a LONG chat about book male characters showing emotions and gestures. They discuss what they like and don't like. Listen to see if you agree with their opinions--you may be surprised!
Two guest Gen Z sisters discuss with Gen X sisters Amber and Heather about who the hot guys on Netflix are. Listen to hear who is trending to ship, and the top shows to watch among the Gen Z. Find out if these to generations can find a common ground on this topic.
Amber & Heather check-in on each other on their Summer Reading list. See who's on track and who has strayed. What was good, what was not. Also, do you judge a book by its cover? Listen to our take on that, and our book cover critique.
How do you feel about the "Age Gap" trope? Amber and Heather have different opinions on it. Listen to see who you agree with.
Do you re-read books? Amber & Heather discuss what they think about re-reading books. Spoiler: One sister re-reads books more than the other. Can you guess who? Listen to find out, and why!
Books mentioned in this Podcast:
"Falling Kingdoms" series by Morgan Rhodes
"The Unhoneymooners" by Christina Lauren
"The Lymond Chronicles" by Dorothy Dunnett
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
"The Black Witch Chronicles" series by Laurie Forest
"Royal Decoy" by Heather Frost
Amber & Heather answer a listener's question about male authors. We discuss male vs. female authors, and share some of our favorite male authors.
Go watch the music video of "the words" by Christina Perri (you're welcome)! Then listen along as we talk about it, and other romantic vs. sensual music videos.
Amber & Heather chat about the reasons to watch and why they enjoyed the show "Miss Scarlett and The Duke" on PBS.
Listen to Amber & Heather talk about one of their new favorite, clean romance authors: Sariah Wilson.
Summer is a great time to get some extra reading in! Come listen to what Amber and Heather have selected for their individual Summer 2021 Reading Lists.
Meet the two sisters of That's So Romantical. Amber and Heather introduce themselves, why they started this podcast, and discuss how they discovered their love of romance.