Fated Friends

This week we're recapping The Will of the Many by James Islington. This was a fast paced, adventure fantasy andthe first novel in James' Hierarchy series. This was Veronica's pick and we're so excited for a part 2 episode featuring a surprise guest! Ratings: 5/5 Veronica 3/5 Emma Welcome to Fated Friends! We're two moms who love chatting about books, millenial motherhood, frien...

Recap and deep dive into Antonia Hodgson's incredible fantasy (with a little romance!), The Raven Scholar. An amazing female lead character, deeply interesting court politics, and a competition for power - this book kept us up late. After finishing Crescent City by Sarah J Maas, this was a perfect follow up for a book hangover. 00:43 Taking a chance on an epic fantasy after stacking our shelve...

Recapping House of Flame and Shadow, 3rd in the Crescent City series Sarah J Maas (just in time for a v quick summer before ACOTAR 6 and 7!) Spoilers, of course <3 Welcome to Fated Friends! We're two moms who love chatting about books, millenial motherhood, friendship and neighborhood gossip after bedtime. Find us on Youtube, IG @fatedfriend or email us at fatedfriendspodcast@gmail.com Referenc...

Welcome to the Fated Friends Podcast! This is a catch up episode before we recap the last Crescent City Book: House of Flame and Shadow. A gentle notice that that this episode contains discussions around pregnancy loss and miscarriage. We share this gently with love and hope. 00:32 Our 2026 words of the year 01:13 Boston Marathon training 11:12 Somatics for Healing the Female Nervous System 14:28...

Recapping Crescent City #2, House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas. Of course we loved it and have some theories about whats coming up in the Crescent City universe! This episode contains spoilers for books #1 and #2 in Crescent City, but not #3 if you're reading along right now. We'll be back next time with House of Flame and Shadow Welcome to Fated Friends! We're two moms who love c...

Welcome to the Fated Friends Podcast! This is a catch up episode while we're in between books in the Crescent City series 00:18 Allergy mom life update 03:19 A perfect 5th birthday party 06:12 Acadia half marathon recap + Sam's recs  14:22 The case for still having a life even though we're parents  22:44 Couples therapy advice 24:20 Medication and therapy 29:08 Wedding recap; how it al...

Welcome to the Fated Friends Podcast! We're two millenial moms who love romantasy and chatting about books, motherhood and neighborhood gossip after bedtime. This week we read House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas, book one in the Crescent City series. We dive into the prolific friendship between Bryce and Danika and ask the deep questions, like is Hunt too perfect? We're on insta @fate...

A recap of When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A Parker, a romantasy we both read and loved last summer. In this episode we deep dive into our theories for her upcoming sequel, A Battle of Fallen Dragons, discuss what made this romantasy truly stand out, and discuss some of the critique about this one (and why we absolutely disagree!) For anyone who is also patiently waiting to find out what happens to...

Happy Autumn Equinox! We're back for season 3 in a catch up episode going over everything that happened over the summer with little kids, camp, nanny drama, back to school, and entering into the craziness of fall. Welcome to Fated Friends, a podcast for millenial moms who want to talk about books, motherhood, friendship, and neighborhood gossip. 00:15 Welcome back - Season 3! 01:20 Our one major h...

Welcome to the Fated Friends Podcast, an after bedtime discussion on all things millenial mom life, neighborhood gossip, romantasy, and friendship. In this summer solstice episode, we're checking in at the mid-year point on our 2025 intentions and words for the year. We deep dive post partum style when we're chasing littles but still want to feel like ourselves! 00:00 Welcome to Fated Frie...

We're back with Part 2 of our recap of A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas. We get to the Valkyrie, Nesta's incredible dancing, theories on Elaine and Mor, and what we're reading right now. Welcome to the Fated Friends Podcast, a podcast about romantasy, friendship, motherhood, and neighborhood gossip. We are formally the Shadow Babies Podcast and are so happy you're here! Find us on IG @fate...

We are so excited to chat about A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas! This is Part 1 of our after bedtime discussion of Nesta's POV in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. (1:00) SJM, fellow mom, deserves a break (9:15) Nesta's introduction into the inner circle vs Feyre's introduction (15:30) Nesta's transformation (18:01) All the spice (24:01) The Kelpie! (27:03) That barg...

It's a side pod! We're talking about everything love in this episode, from our very first boyfriends, to how we met our husbands. Some of it is cute, some of it is toxic, and we definitely talk about our experience with the apps (Tinder vs Bumble etc etc!) (1:03) 6th grade boyfriend drama (3:10) First BF and 5 year relationship from freshman year in college (8:03) Catalyst for a breakup (1...

We finished Onyx Storm and got together after bedtime to go all the way through it! In this episode we dig into Rebecca Yarros' third book in the Empyrean Series and discuss our thoughts post a first read through. **This episode contains spoilers** of all 3 books (Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm). We are two millennial moms chatting about romantasy books, friendship, motherhood, neighborho...

We recorded in between books (while we're still catching up on Onyx Storm!) and share our 2025 words for the year, intentions, and postpartum takeaways. Find us on instagram @fatedfriends or email us at fatedfriendspodcast@gmail.com We'll be back soon with our Onyx Storm recap!

**This episode contains spoilers up until the end of Iron Flame and NOT Onyx Storm** We wrap up Iron Flame chatting Part 2 where absolutely everything happens. We chat Xadens ex, hypoxia, Violets signet, and the biggest cliffhanger of last year. We're still reading Onyx Storm and will be back soon to discuss. No spoilers for book 3 but come back to us if you haven't read Fourth Wing or Iron Flame...

Counting down to Onyx Storm, book 3 in Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing Empyrean Series we are recapping Iron Flame (part 1)! We discuss all of our theories, see venin everywhere, are let down by Nolan, need justice for Mira's sister weekend, and are incredibly conflicted about Xaden. We are two millenial moms who love romantasy. Find us on instagram @fatedfriends or email us at fatedfriendspodcast@gma...

We're BACK for season 2 reading Rebecca Yarros' the Empyrean Series. In this episode we discuss all of Book 1 -Fourth Wing and our theories for what's coming up in Basgiath for Violet and Xaden. This is our re-read recap while we wait for Book 3 -Onyx Storm coming January 25. **This episode contains spoilers for Fourth Wing and a little bit of Iron Flame.** We're 2 millennial moms who chat about r...

As millenial moms reading romantasy books about 20 year old shadow babies, we thought we would reminisce about our New Adult experience. In this episode we cut Feyre, Violet, etc some slack because being 19-23 was probably the craziest times of our lives. 8:35 - Advice for undecided majors 18:12 - Veronica's experience as a beauty queen! 21:01 - Our biggest lessons learned 43:58 - Crescent Cit...

Veronica takes a trip to see **the inimitable Sam** and we (finally!) get Sam's takes on the pod. Sam is the first person who introduced Veronica to the world of SJ Maas books and breaks down her journey into reading romantasy including what is on her reading list. Sam and Veronica dive into Fourth Wing and Onyx Storm theories for what's to come in Rebecca Yarros' world of Basgiath. This episode c...

Welcome to the Shadow Babies Podcast! We are two millennial moms chatting about romantasy books, friendship, motherhood, neighborhood things and more after bedtime. In this episode we quickly jump on to discuss the Onyx Storm teaser and our theories for the 3rd book in Rebecca Yarros' Empyrean series. See you in Basgiath!

In this episode we dive into the second half of Sarah J Maas' A Court of Mist and Fury. We discuss the family of characters in the Night Court, fan girl over Mor (some spoilers from Book 3) and the love story of Feyre and Rhys. (40:16) We have a follow up to the How Do You Think question from our last episode and an overlap with an episode from the Handsome Pod