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The Comment Section with Drew Afualo

TASTEFUL AMOUNT OF CRINGE Ft. Brooke Averick

The Comment Section with Drew Afualo

Drew Afualo

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a long time coming, Brooke Averick is here this week!! And romantasy book lovers… this is absolutely the episode for you. Drew and Brooke unpack their thoughts on everything from Throne of Glass, Acotar, The Summer I Tuned Pretty, and The Hunger Games. They talk about writing smut scenes, favorite romance tropes, Brooke’s dream look for a love interest character, Saturn chokers, being an original 1D stan, and so much more.Brooke’s book, Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It, is out now!Brooke IG: https://www.instagram.com/brookeaverick/?hl=enBrooke Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ladyefronFollow The Comment Section on IG! https://www.instagram.com/thecommentsection/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:20.3

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0:21.9

So much of romance can be cringe, and I found that too, like reading things out loud

0:28.0

is really helpful.

0:29.5

And like some of it, some cringe is okay.

0:31.5

Yes, of course.

0:32.2

A tasteful amount of cringe is always okay.

0:34.8

But when it makes you go like and takes you out, yeah, it's really hard.

0:41.0

It's so, they're such a delicate balance.

0:42.9

Yeah, I agree.

0:51.2

Hey, everyone and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show starring me, your favorite. Everybody knows me who cares about me. On to the guest today. We have the iconic, the hilarious, the published author herself, Brooke Averick. Woo! Thank you so much for having me, Drew. Oh my God. Thank you so much for coming. I feel like it's been a long time. It has. It's been a long time coming, you and I.

1:11.7

I'm really happy to be here.

1:12.8

Yeah, and you know what?

1:13.4

No better time.

1:14.3

No better time.

1:15.1

Like the present.

1:15.7

Phoebe Vermin's going to lose it. Yay. You guys can see in the wide. I don't, when does this come out? Is she out yet? Or she's about to be out

1:24.5

Oh, she popped yesterday

1:27.1

Okay

1:27.4

Yeah

1:27.9

So that's incredible

1:29.4

Yes, so yes

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