We’re making it personal. 📚✨ It's our very first nepotism episode, we’re cozying up with Critical Match—Shelby’s own romantasy featuring magical matchmaking, a game of fate, and plenty of romance, chaos, and dice rolls.

But don’t worry—we didn’t let Shelby talk about her own book with Emma alone. We’re joined by the wonderful Nicole (@Crocheting Ginger) as our guest host to bring some much-needed outside perspective, ask the hard questions, and keep the self-promotion at least mostly under control.

We’re talking favorite characters, romance, world-building, magical matchmaking, the inspiration behind Critical Match, and all the things that make this book especially fun for readers and creators.

Is it shameless self-promotion? Absolutely. Is it cozy? Obviously. Is this ...