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NoneLife

Amy Rath

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Are you a fellow "None"? Do you seek to understand life's complex questions, but beyond a lens of "because [someone] said so"? How do we know which is the right choice? What are the benefits of being kind to others, respectful of differences, and pushing beyond our own comfort zones? NoneLife is a motivational podcast that analyzes tough questions through multiple contemporary and historical viewpoints, providing an aspirational and practical alternative to a morality justified only by religion.
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Late Night Reads

Late Night Reads

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Ever stayed up late because you can’t put down a book? Didn’t have anyone to talk to about the massive cliffhanger or your latest theory? Us too. We’re obsessed with books that pull us into their world, make us feel like we’re the main character, and cause us to forget how late it is. Every week, we deep dive into a contemporary romance or romantasy book and talk plot, character development, tropes, themes, theories, spice, and more. Think of each episode as having a conversation with friend ...
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book, Freed, by K.A. Riley. This is the sixth book in the dystopian romance Thrall series, continuing the story of Soleia and Bastian as well as scenes with Shara and Thorne. We were counting down the days until this book was released after learning that Soleia was somehow prophesied to change the Peaks, …
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book, Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws. It’s the third book in the Mountain Men Matchmaker series and focuses on a friends-to-lovers relationship between Luke and Addison. This romcom book also has some of our favorite tropes, including marriage of convenience, he falls first, small town romance, sl…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. This is the first book in The Crucible series. The second book in the series is The Things Gods Break, and the third book, The Wrath Gods Reap, is slated for publication in November 2026. During this episode, we discuss how it didn’t take us long to fall for the q…
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath. This is the third book in the Jacksonville Rays series. We highly recommend reading this series in the following order: That One Night, Pucking Around, Pucking Ever After Volume 1, Pucking Wild, Pucking Ever After Volume 2, Pucking Sweet, and Pucking Strong. Du…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson. This is the first book in the Dark Inheritance Trilogy. The second book in the series, The Wicked and the Damned, is scheduled for release in February 2026. During this episode, we discuss how we were hooked on this book from the first chapter, why Reid i…
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In this episode, we dive into the romcom book Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal by Meghan Quinn. It’s the second book in the How My Neighbor Stole Christmas series. During this episode, we discuss why we’re never going to look at chocolate-covered cherries or popcorn garland the same way, how much we loved Max’s dramatic side, why Storee is the qu…
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It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in December. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. Here are the books on December’s TBR: December 3 - The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson December 10 - Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath Decem…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer Armentrout. This is the first book in the Awakening series, but it does have some tie-ins to the Blood and Ash series. As a result, we highly recommend reading this book after reading The Primal of Blood and Bone. During this episode, we discuss the similarities bet…
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On November 11, we hosted a live session chatting about the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout. We answer countless questions submitted from listeners and discuss a wide variety of theories. Additionally, we have two deep dive episodes on The Primal of Blood and Bone available, along with episodes available on every …
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Pucking Wild by Emily Rath. This is the second book in the Jacksonville Rays series. We highly recommend reading this series in the following order: That One Night, Pucking Around, Pucking Ever After Volume 1, Pucking Wild, Pucking Ever After Volume 2, Pucking Sweet, and Pucking Strong. Du…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout. We’re covering this book in two massive episodes. This episode focuses on Chapter 33-60 and our in-depth theories, while the first episode covers the first chapter, entitled The Primal through Chapter 32. We highly recommend that you have read all …
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Pucking Around by Emily Rath. This is the first book in the Jacksonville Rays series. We highly recommend reading the novella, That One Night, before this book for additional context. During this episode, we discuss how much we love the uniqueness of each of the three male main characters,…
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It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in November. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. Here are the books on November’s TBR: November 5 - The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout (Chapters 33-60) November 12 - Pucking W…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout. We’re covering this book in two massive episodes, with this first episode focusing on everything that happens, starting with the first chapter entitled The Primal through Chapter 32. Our second episode will be released on Nov. 5, covering the remai…
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Bad for Business by Kat Singleton. This is the second book in her Pembroke Hills Series. The first book in the series is In Good Company, which we’ve also covered with a deep dive episode on the podcast. During this episode, we discuss how Ryker and Camille’s history surprised us, why we l…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Rising Reign by Tessa Hale. This is the final book in The Wolves of Crescent Creek series and is a why choose romantasy about wolf-shifters. During this episode, we discuss how much we hate everything about the Red River Pack and how they treated Wren, why it was great to finally see Kingston and End…
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In this episode, we’re joined by Lauren Palphreyman and discuss how she got started writing serial fiction on Wattpad and Radish, the benefits and challenges of being an indie author, and what she’s most looking forward to after getting a print-only deal for The Wolf King series. We also spend the majority of our conversation discussing her romanta…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Night Prince by Lauren Palphreyman. This is the sequel to The Wolf King, the fantasy romance series about werewolves. During this episode, we discuss how much we loved seeing Aurora start to stand up more for herself throughout the book, why Callum frustrated us with his behavior, the countless b…
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In this episode, we’re joined by Valerie Pepper and discuss her journey to becoming a romance author, how she was able to write a dozen books in three years, why she loves being an indie author and the challenges associated with it, and why writing a spicy scene takes her much longer than a non-spicy scene. We also spend the majority of the convers…
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws. It’s the second book in the Mountain Men Matchmaker series and focuses on a hate-to-love relationship between Calder and Dakota. This romcom book also has some of our other favorite tropes, including one bed, small town romance, found family, and bad boy. Durin…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman. This is the first book in the fantasy romance series about werewolves. During this episode, we discuss how we loved the book starting with Princess Aurora being kidnapped by an alpha werewolf the night before her wedding, how much we disliked Callum only to fall i…
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It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in October. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. We will also release author interview episodes on Fridays. Here are the books on October’s TBR: October 1 - Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws October …
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Happily Never After by Paisley Nash. It has some of our favorite tropes, including a small-town romance, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, found family, and slow burn. During this episode, we discuss why a romance book that starts with f*ck happily ever afters immediately has our attent…
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In this episode, we dive into the first three chapters of the romantasy book The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer Armentrout. Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first five books in the Blood and Ash series and all of the books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. Huge thanks to Jennife…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Born of Blood and Ash by Jennifer Armentrout. Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first five books in the Blood and Ash series and the other three books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. We have been absolutely loving this prequel series a…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Visions of Flesh and Blood by Jennifer Armentrout and Ravyn Salvador. Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first five books in the Blood and Ash series and the first three books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. It’s a comprehensive compani…
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Only Between Us by Ellie K. Wilde. This is the second book in her interconnected Oakwood Bay series. It also contains some of our favorite tropes, including sports romance, football romance, fake relationship, and one bed. During this episode, we discuss how Brooks is at the very top of ou…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer Armentrout. Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first five books in the Blood and Ash series and the first two books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. We have been absolutely loving this prequel series and l…
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It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in September. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. We will also release author interview episodes on Fridays. Here are the books on September’s TBR: September 3 - Only Between Us by Ellie K. Wi…
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Only In Your Dreams by Ellie K. Wilde. This is the first book in her interconnected Oakwood Bay series. It also contains some of our favorite tropes, including friends to lovers, brother’s best friend, second chance, sports romance, football romance, fake relationship, soul mates, small to…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book A Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer Armentrout. Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first four books in the Blood and Ash series and the first two books in the Flesh and Fire prequel series. We are immersed in this world, and absolutely loved …
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In this episode, we’re joined by Riley Page and discuss why she became an author, her love of love, the incredible speed at which she can write a first draft, the struggle with spicy scenes and editing in her debut novel, and why she doesn’t like to read reviews after her book is released. We also spend the majority of the conversation chatting abo…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Eclipsed Empire by Tessa Hale. This is the second book in The Wolves of Crescent Creek series and is a why choose romantasy about wolf-shifters. During this episode, we discuss our surprise at learning who kidnapped Wren at the end of the first book, the devastation she feels after being rejected by …
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book Crescent Kingdom by Tessa Hale. This is the first book in The Wolves of Crescent Creek series and is a why choose romantasy about wolf-shifters. During this episode, we discuss how addictive Tessa Hale’s storytelling is, our love for Wren’s strength and attitude, why we immediately fell in love with …
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book In Good Company by Kat Singleton. This is the first book in her Pembroke Hill Series and was released in April 2025. It’s the first book we’ve read by this author, and we quickly became huge fans of her work. Let’s just say we’ve already added all of her books to our never-ending TBR list.…
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In this episode, we deep dive into the romantasy book The Robin on the Oak Throne by K.A. Linde, which happens to be the second book in the Oak and Holly Cycle. This is a must-read after finishing the first book in the series, The Wren in the Holly Library. During this episode, we discuss our surprise to find Kierse in Paris when the book opened, o…
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It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in August. Each week, we deep dive into a new book, alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. We will also release author interview episodes on Fridays. Here are the books on August’s TBR: August 6 - In Good Company by Kat Singleton August…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book A Light in the Flame by Jennifer Armentrout. Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first four books in the Blood and Ash series and the first book in the Flesh and Fire prequel series, A Shadow in the Ember. We have been absolutely loving this p…
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In this episode, we’re joined by Donna Ashcroft and discuss how she made the jump from publishing to becoming a full-time author, why she loves writing feel-good romantic comedies, and where she comes up with the ideas for her books. We also spend the majority of the conversation chatting about her latest book, A Very Italian Wedding, which tells t…
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book A Very Italian Wedding by Donna Ashcroft. This standalone book is her latest romcom set in Italy and is the perfect summer read. It also has unforgettable characters and great tropes, including forced proximity, holiday romance, opposites attract, and found family. During this episode, we …
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In this episode, we’re joined by Aria Harding and discuss why she became an author, the creative freedom in being an indie author, the non-stop marketing required to promote her books, and her writing process. We also spend the majority of the conversation chatting about her latest book, Everything In Between, which tells the love story of a highly…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde, which happens to be the first book in the Oak and Holly Cycle. This book gives us some of our favorite tropes, including enemies to lovers, forced proximity, bad boy, and a really good slow burn that pays off beautifully. During this episode, we discuss ho…
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn. This standalone book is her latest romcom and has completely hilarious hijinks with incredible spice that you can’t even imagine happening until you read it. It also has some of our favorite tropes, including forced proximity, fake relationship, best…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The War of Two Queens by Jennifer Armentrout. Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the first three books in the Blood and Ash series and the first book in the Flesh and Fire prequel series, A Shadow in the Ember. We have been consumed by this serie…
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In this episode, we dive into the romantasy book The Veil of Blood and Magic by Jade Presley. We fell in love with Jade’s writing style after reading The Never List and knew we wanted to read some of her other why choose books. After only reading a few chapters of this book, we knew we had to cover it on the podcast. During this episode, we discuss…
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In this author interview episode, we’re joined by Erica Mae and discuss how her love for reading and storytelling, combined with her family’s wedding reception business, made her fall in love with love, leading to her desire to become a romance author. We talk about how she balances working full-time, being a mom and wife, and finding time to write…
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In this episode, we dive into the contemporary romance book Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry. This book is unlike any other romance novel written by Emily Henry because it has a much deeper story that forces you to think deeply about what’s most important in your life, with a romance thrown into the mix. During this episode, we discuss the i…
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In this episode, we deep dive into the first book in the Flesh and Fire prequel series, A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer Armentrout. Based on the author’s recommended reading order, this romantasy book should be read after the third book in the Blood and Ash series, The Crown of Gilded Bones. We had no idea what to expect when reading this first b…
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In this episode, we dive into the fifth book in the Thrall series, Chained, by K.A. Riley. We’ve been counting down the days until this romantasy and dystopian book came out after the major cliffhanger at the end of the fourth book, Bound, when Bastian destroyed the cavern entrance to the Obsidian Sky and we learned that Aimee had been kidnapped. D…
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It’s time to share our TBR schedule featuring the books we’re covering on the podcast in July. Each week, we deep dive into a new book alternating between the contemporary romance and romantasy genres. We also will release author interview episodes on Fridays. Here are the books on July’s TBR: July 2 - The Veil of Blood and Magic by Jade Presley Ju…
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