82. Taken by the Scarecrow
82. Taken by the Scarecrow  
Podcast: What in the Smut? Podcast
Published On: Mon Oct 19 2026
Description: Welcome back WITS listeners! Join Elle and Kay this week as we discuss Taken by the Scarecrow by Kitty L. Black. WITS Smut Scale: 🐙🐙🐙🐙We start this week with more AI news in the trad publishing world that has us baffled and infuriated. Should we start our own publishing house? This week's book has some darker elements in addition to some of our least favorite tropes... popcorn AND pregnancy? How do the two combine, you may ask... and whatever you're thinking is probably accurate. The authors ability to create anxiety within the reader was excellent... but some of the scenes left us not on board with the romantic element. Elle is big mad about our FMC changing her life plans or living in the city after a single conversation with the scarecrow and some popcorn babies. Overall, both Elle and Kay gave this ⭐⭐. While the writing was great, we didn't love a lot of the romance elements in this one. Affiliate links for this week's episode:Taken by the Scarecrow by Kitty L. BlackNext week's book: Monster Mash by Latrexa NovaWE HAVE MERCH!!!Follow us on Instagram and Threads @thewitspod and TikTok @what.in.the.smutVisit our Buy Me a Coffee page!Don't forget to like, follow, subscribe, and tell all your friends!Love Sponge byTriple5 Here is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.