Othersode #118: She's Come Out of Her Wig / The Boyfriend

Othersode #118: She's Come Out of Her Wig / The Boyfriend

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April 29, 2026 · 1h 40m

About this episode

The squad discusses Freida McFadden's The Boyfriend with guest Jayce, exploring her career and the book's themes.

Returning hatepisode guest Jayce (@TheEditBookshelf) joins the full squad to talk about Freida McFadden’s The Boyfriend ! We discuss McFadden's recent "coming out," wonder how she has time to be a Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist and mother of two while moonlighting as a thriller author, and try to remember if the main character of this book has a job. Plus: Jayce's stirring defense of Freida, an incorrect pronunciation of "carotid," and some Toilet Talk. Read along for our next episode on Wreck by Catherine Newman (May 12th), and stay tuned for a very fun conversation about the Netflix series Wayward with Sarah Edmonson and Nippy Ames, the authors of A Little Bit Culty and stars of HBO's The Vow , on May 26th! Send us your feedback at thesquad@booksquadgoals.com and follow us @BookSquadGoals wherever. TOC :30 – Welcome Jayce! And icebreaker 14:00 – Book intro 19:00 – Who is Freida McFadden? 29:26 – What else have we read by Freida? 36:19 – Let’s all say a nice thing 1:06:46 – The twist 1:29:00 – Ratings 1:32:24 – Listener Feedback! 1:34:50 – What’s up next?

People in this episode

Guest: Jayce

Topics covered

  • Freida McFadden
  • thriller authors
  • book discussion
  • listener feedback
  • upcoming episodes

Keywords

  • Freida McFadden
  • The Boyfriend
  • thriller
  • book review
  • podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Boyfriend, Wreck, A Little Bit Culty, The Vow

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