Built to Fall

Boobies & Noobies: A Romance Review Podcast

The Novel:
Built to Fall
The Author:
Julia Wolf
The Not-so-Noobie:
Liz, Co-host of Nerdy Bitches Podcast
IG: @nerdybitches
Twitter: @nerdybitchespod
The Synopsis:
“You’re perfect for this job, Claire. He won’t want to sleep with you. You’re not his...type.”
Dominic Cantrell has been famous almost as long as I’ve been alive, but he remains a dark, volatile mystery. I know why I was hired to handle Dominic’s PR while he’s on tour. It’s not because of my experience—I have next to none. It’s because I’m safe. Plain, quiet, shy, with more-than-ample curves, I won’t distract him.
What I didn’t count on was Dominic distracting me instead. I shouldn’t be so drawn to him. He’s too old for me, too closed-off, and definitely too angry, but I’ve been a good girl for far too long. Why can’t I be just a little bit bad, especially when my rock star fantasy is so willing to corrupt me?
Our fling has an expiration date at the end of the tour. No strings, no feelings, no heartbreak when it’s over.
I tell myself I won’t fall. But I don’t know if I’m built that way.
*Content Warnings* One scene of physical abuse, memories of off-the-page physical and emotional abuse, drug and alcohol use.
Show Notes:
** Patreon Updates!
- Introducing Liz Serna, author and co-host of Nerdy Bitches
- Redefining "nerds" and looking at when "nerds" become "gatekeepers"
- An aside about narcissistic personalities (that isn't really an aside)
- Healing through humor and how that relates to today's reading, Built to Fall (00:17:01)
- Check out the Romance Happy Hour Book Box
- 26 year age gap or 400 years?
- Put a pin in the biting... A brief synopsis first (00:26:33)
- Finding inspiration on TikTok during 2020
- And now, back to the biting
- A few cringeworthy (and slightly cannibalistic) excerpts
- Books Mentioned: Anything by Melissa Foster, the Soul Serenade series by Kaylee Ryan
- The questionable power dynamic within boss/employee romance
- Some differences from the "typical" rock star romance (00:51:37)
- A few steamy sexcerpts (00:55:22)
- Good vs. Bad
- Remembering our previous Julia Wolf review, Eight Cozy Books (from the 12 Days of Boobsmas)
- Heat, Humor, & Heat Ratings
- A possible redemption story and series?
- Romance written by men
- Coming Soon to Nerdy Bitches: Gutember (Steve Gutenberg September)
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