Coffee & Co-Read

This is an episode where we countdown the books we've done for the year 2022 - it's our wrap up! We talk all the good and bad about the books we've read with you this year and ranked them in a top ten! We don't know what the other has done so who knows whether we'll agree or disagree! We'll talk it all in this year-end clue up episode!!

This is our last week talking all things A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas, chapters 52 to 69 aka the saddest week ever! In this weeks episode we hear all about Rhys' side of the story and why he hid the fact that he and Feyre are mates. We also talk the infamous chapter 55 which is all sex, sex, sex! The inner circle get their hands on the book from the mortal queens but at what cost? Vela...

This is our 4th week discussing chapters 39-51 in SJM's A Court of Mist and Fury. In this weeks episode, the inner circle finally meet the human queens, who need some proof of their good intentions before they hand off their half of the book of breathings. Feyre and Rhys put on a little show for the Court of Nightmares and Mor's dad gets what's coming to him. Feyre runs into Lucien and shows him j...

This episode is all about week 3 of A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas. We discuss chapters 24-38. This week is all about the heist! First, Feyre and the inner circle organize their plans at Nesta and Elain's manor. The attor swoops in but Rhys saves Feyre just in the nick of time. Feyre learns to love Velaris and realizes she can't go back to Tamlin. She also realizes how fun it is to flirt...

This is the 2nd week of SJM's A Court of Mist and Fury. This week we are tackling Chapters 14-23. In this week's episode, we meet Rhys' inner circle and hear all about how they came to be friends with the most powerful high lord in history. We get a tense but funny dinner, a terrifying trip into a mountain prison to meet a small child who carves people's death in bones (and who just happens to be...

It's the first week of December! We are discussing chapters 1 to 13 of one of our favourite books: A Court of Mist and Fury! This week we catch back up with Feyre and Tamlin. We get a look behind the scenes of happily ever after, there's ceremonies to go to, people to entertain and a wedding to plan. Is Feyre really the princess of this story, does she deserve a fairytale ending or will the villai...

This is our last week talking all things Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, chapters 30 to the end. This week sees us jumping POVs between all of our crows. Jesper and Wylan act like 007 and rappel from a building, take out some guards, disable a gate, cut through glass with a diamond and steal a tank! Inej finally gets some revenge on Tante Heleen and makes a death-defying leap out a window. Nina com...

In this episode of Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo we discuss chapters 20-29 - the heist begins! Our group of 6 put their plans into motion in the country of Fjerda. They stow away on a prison wagon (liberating six unknowing prisoners), get locked in jail, have to prove their toughness with the other prisoners, and make a pee bomb! Inej makes a hot and dangerous climb while Kaz looks for his sworn...

This is week 2 talking all things Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, specifically focused on chapters 8-19. This week, our intrepid 6 plan their heist and make their way to the land of Fjerda. First, they get ambushed in the harbour on their way to the boat, Inej and Jesper get hurt in their pursuit to save the mission, and when Kaz finds who stabbed Inej, he takes matters into his own hands. We get s...

This is our first week back in the Grishaverse where we are talking all things Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. This week we discuss chapters 1 to 7. We start perplexed by our opening scene, but eventually we meet our 6 intrepid explorers! We see Kaz deal with some rival mobsters, Inej display her master wraith skills, and Jesper shows us his gambling nature. We meet Nina, a Grisha obsessed with sav...

This is our last week talking about the spooky romance The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling. This week we discuss chapters 26 to 35. Rhys gets an unexpected visitor, and there are more sexy times with him and Vivi. We get the real history of Graves Glen from our resident 90s grunge witch ghost, and a plan forms to save Rhys and the town from the curse. We hear from another ghost and finally the women of Gr...

This is week 3 talking about The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling. We're on chapters 18-25 this week! Vivi and Rhys go for coffee but don't have coffee, and uncover a witch dealing Viagra potions under the table until the town magic makes things go awry. We get an awesome ghost catching scene in a haunted house, and an even more awesome closet scene with Vivi and Rhys unable to keep their hands off each ot...

This is week 2 discussing The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling. This week covers chapters 9-17. In this episode, we get a little more on the history of Vivi and Rhys' relationship, as well as a better understanding of their current feelings. We find the ley line cave in all its sexiness, and something goes terribly wrong with the magic to nobody's surprise. Cute plastic skulls come to life to chomp everyon...

This is our first week talking about our new October book - The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling! We're starting with chapters 1-8 and we jump right into the book and meet our two main characters, Vivi and Rhys. They share a romantic past but a misunderstanding led to hearts being broken and accidental curses being made? We talk all things accents (which are hot? which are not?)  and also whether or n...

Today's episode is sadly the last one discussing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. We cover chapters 39 - 46 (the end). This week we see Feyre face two more of her monthly challenges. She parties (somewhat unwillingly) with Rhys and company, has an uncomfortable exchange with Lucien and she spirals a bit before Rhys snaps her out of it. Ultimately we see Feyre break apart during her las...

This is episode 4 of discussing Sarah J Maas' A Court of Thorns and Roses specifically chapters 29 to 38. This week, Feyre and Nesta connect over common ground, and Feyre makes a discovery that leaves her reeling. We get the full story about the blight and about what Feyre could have done to stop it. We finally meet the one who strikes so much fear in everyone's hearts and she makes Feyre an inter...

This is a special episode of Coffee & Co-Read in which we watch the pilot episode of the newly released television show Vampire Academy which is now streaming on Peacock TV in the United States, The W Network and Prime Video in Canada! We go through all the twists and turns and shocks of this new series and figure out what's new and what's taken directly from the book. We also ooh and ahh abou...

This is week 3 and we're discussing Chapters 29-38 of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. This week things (finally) get a little steamy. We see a bridge formed between Feyre and Tamlin as he sets up the gallery in the manor for her and buys her paint. We see two festivals - one hot and steamy - the other light-hearted and fun, and Feyre finally gains the true sight. We meet a mysterious...

This is week two discussing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas, chapters 9 to 18. This week we see Feyre's tough exterior start to crumble as she builds relationships with both Tamlin and Lucien. We see her face down a multitude of fairies that want to eat her like the bogge, the puka, the naga and even a lonely misunderstood suriel. Feyre starts to soften towards fae in general, she save...

This is week 1 discussing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas starting with chapter 1 to 8. This week we meet our main character Feyre and witness her struggle to survive the harshness of winter and provide for her father and two sisters. She lives in the human realm on the continent of Prythian - a continent dominated by fae and magic. She breaks a rule from the treaty between humans and...

This is our last week discussing Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. We read from chapter 19 all the way to the end. In this episode, Lissa shuns Rose when she was just trying to help her out. Rose goes to the dance with Mason even though she isn't really feeling it and some secrets are revealed. Rose finally gives Mia what she deserves and winds up in big trouble. We get some steamy scenes with our...

This is week 3 of Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. We discuss chapters 13 to 18. This week - we start with a tiny rant about how high school is not necessarily the best years of your life. Lissa gets in with the royals to change their minds about Rose, but Rose is worried she's getting in a bit too far! We hear more about the events leading up to their escape two years ago and get some in depth d...

This is week 2 discussing Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy. This week we are talking chapters 7-12. This episode sees some more typical high school drama with Mia, and we see Rose get a little too physical with a moroi prince that leads to an awkward encounter with Dimitri. Lissa gets closer to Christian despite Rose's warnings, and someone goes a little too far to threaten Lissa with some animals....

This is the first week of our new book - Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. We start by discussing chapters 1 - 6 where we meet our main character Rose Hathaway, a half human-half vampire guardian and her best friend Lissa Dragomir, a vampire species called a moroi. They are discovered after they've been on the run for 2 years and are brought back to St. Vladamir's Academy - a boarding school for m...

This is our last episode discussing Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, it follows chapters 43 to the end. We see Celaena get saved from the Ridderak demon’s poison, she has a moment of truth with Nehemia where Celaena gets a new name. Chaol doubts the king's report, Celanea trusts Nox with her identity and he trusts her enough to leave the castle while he still can. Dorian is really falling for Cel...