Coffee & Co-Read

It's a new month with a new book! We're reading SJM's Crescent City series. We read book one in May of 2022 and this month we're doing House of Sky and Breath and reading the beginning to chapter 13. This week we reconnect with Bryce and Hunt! There's a lot going on in their lives - Hunt is getting a new boss, Bryce is getting a fiancé and her and Hunt made an agreement not to have sex with each o...

It's our last week with A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair and we're reading chapters 22-28. This week, Persephone deals with her Apollo deal - by going clubbing with him. She makes up with Hades and they have some nice moments together for the first time in the whole book, but thats cut short when she has to handle Lexa's decision and her admirer gets too close!

It’s week 3 and we're reading chapters 15-21 of A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair. This week, we see Persephone and Hades have a brief moment of reconciliation but for the most part they have the worst communication of all time. Persephone makes a deal with a devil (not quite - just Apollo) to save Lexa and has to act on the deal with not so great results. Best part of this week? Apollo goes t...

It’s week 2 reading chapters 7-14 of A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair. This week Persephone deals with the fallout of Lexa's accident and rallies everything she has to save her friend. Her and Hades are still on the outs and Persephone doesn't do much to make it better. We also get frustrated with the lack of communication amongst all involved parties and question why janitors have lunch on r...

It's time for a new book with A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair. This week we're reading chapters 1-7. We come back to Persephone as she tries to navigate her new relationship with Hades, while also trying to manage her mortal life in the Upperworld. She practices magic with Hecate, has lunch with Lexa, and takes extremely long lunch breaks. Also.....her and Hades REFUSE to communicate...

This is our last week with Rebecca Yarros' book Fourth Wing. We're reading chapters 30-39 this week. In our last episode with this book Violet and Xaden get hot and heavy more than once! Xaden also plays hard to get but Violet gets him to come around. Dain continues to be a douche bag and Violet finally finds out what Xaden has been hiding and it could cost her her life! We also get a visit from a...

Its week 3 with chapters 20-29 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. This week, Violet keeps training with her dragons and settling into life as a cadet of the riders quadrant. Xaden challenges the authority to protect her while Dain betrays her. Her team win a field trip to an outpost where Violet visits her sister Mira, but Xaden can't stay away. We also see VIolet finally develop her signet and it...

Its week 2 with Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. We're reading chapters 10-19. This week, Violet keeps training in the riders quadrant and she essentially becomes an American Ninja Warrior on the gauntlet. She faces down some dragons during the Threshing and some jerk faces too! She meets her dragon(s) and learns that her dragon and Xaden's have a special relationship that will link them for a long...

It's our first week with Rebecca Yarros's book, Fourth Wing! We're starting with chapters 1-9. This week, we meet our main character Violet and dive deep into the world of Basgiath War College! We meet her questionable mother, her badass sister, her terrible best friend and her magnetic enemy. Violet has to try to survive her first year of college (which has a terrible death rate) and earn a drago...

It's our last week with Heir of Fire by SJM - we're finishing off chapters 54-68. This week with Celaena - we see her battle the Valg princes and her inner demons and come out on top! Her and Rowan travel to see Maeve and get some answers on the wyrdkeys before they make a bargain that changes all of their lives. Manon fights for her place as wingleader and makes an important decision that...

In week 4 of Heir of Fire by SJM we're reading chapters 39-53. This week is a lot about Celaena..yay! We see her slowly develop her powers and use them on bonfires. Which actually goes south and she almost boils from the inside out until Rowan saves her and takes care of her. She moves into his room and they become besties! They also find out there's an army camping nearby with creatures w...

This week is our 3rd with Heir of Fire by SJM and we're reading chapters 27-38. This week Manon and Abraxos get to know each other and train together and our baby Abraxos gets a makeover and Manon defends his honour! Chaol and Aedion get closer to discovering how magic got canceled and Ren gets hurt being chased by all the men. Sorscha and Dorian take their relationship to the next level (wooo...

It’s week 2 with Heir of Fire by SJM which is the third book in the Throne of Glass series. We're discussing chapters 15-26 this week. In this episode, we get a more in depth look into the Ironteeth witches - and they pick their wyverns and we meet precious baby Abraxos! We see Chaol and Aedion come to terms and agree on something for once which pisses Dorian off... but he has his own stuff going...

It's week 1 with Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas. This week we're starting with chapters 1-14. This week we catch up with Celaena Sardothian on a new continent as she tries to fulfill her promise to Nehemia. She meets a surely but handsome Fae who takes her to the Queen of the Fae, Maeve. She has to train with Mr. Handsome and gain control of her powers but she doesn't want to...but Mr. H...

It's our last week with A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L Armentrout. We're reading chapters 35-45 aka the end. Soooo much happens this week! First, Poppy and Casteel have the conversation we've all been waiting for and then, surprise! Wedding!! They definitely consummate the marriage in a completely normal way...no talk of honeydew at all. The ascended come and there's a h...

It's week 3 with A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by JLA. We're reading chapters 23-34. This week we hear all about heartmates, and Poppy has to decide whether she'll let Casteel feed from her or not, which leads to some steamy scenes, and Poppy's powers change and become more interesting. Poppy and Casteel have some time off so they visit a hot spring where things get steamy and just w...

It's week 2 of A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by JLA and we're reading chapters 12-22 this week. In this episode, the Ascended come for a visit and Poppy does something to protect everyone, Casteel comes for her but doesn't have to save her because she saved herself! Our main couple also struggle with trying to convince everyone that their marriage is real. Poppy and Casteel take a trip t...

It's week one with Jennifer L Armentrout's A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire - Book 2 in the Blood and Ash series. This week we're reading chapters 1-11. We pick up right where FBAA left off with Poppy rejecting Casteel's wedding proposal, she runs away, asks an annoying amount of questions, flirts with Casteel (and Kieran a little) and meets an important wolven! She also kicks Casteel's butt in a fight...

It's our last week with Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo and the end of the duology. We're reading chapters 30 to the end. In this episode - we finally find out what Kaz has planned to get the Crows out of this mess. There are twists, there are turns, and we realize these 16 year olds are way smarter than us....We also finally figure out who dies. We cry about it. Then everything gets wrap...

This week is week 3 with Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo and we're reading chapters 17-29! This week, we have some bad news for the crows - both of their arch nemeses have teamed up and spoiled their sugar plan!! Pekka Rollins found a special way to deal with Inej and it involves an unhinged assassin tourist! Meanwhile, Nina necromances some dead bodies and Jesper, Kuwei and Matthias use Gris...

It's our second week with Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo and we're reading chapters 9-16. This week, we see Inej returned and what Van Eck has in store for the Crows for taking his wife. We also see what the strange flying Shu soldiers are up to and how Nina takes control of things. We get the plan from Kaz on how they will get their money (hint- it involves sugar!) and we get several re...

It's time for the sequel to Six of Crows! We're reading chapters 1-8 this week of Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. This week we reaquaint ourselves with Kaz and the crows. We see how terrible an actor Wylan is, how Nina has faired after taking the jurda parem, how Matthias is peak boyfriend goals and how Inej is doing being captured by Van Eck! We also meet Jesper's dad and he is just...

This is our last week with SJM's A Court of Wings and Ruin! We're finishing with chapters 65 - 82. This week, we see Feyre and Azriel perform a daring camp rescue while Tamlin tries to redeem himself (Kristen doesn't think it works....Catherine does). We get the final showdown with Hybern and Prythians' armies but both Feyre and Rhys have some tricks up their sleeves! We have some...

This is week 4 with Sarah J Maas' A Court of Wings and Ruin. This week we're reading chapters 45-64. This week sees the High Lord meeting even more tense, with Feyre revealing secrets she probably shouldn't, as well as Mor making a connection. We see Hybern finally unleash the cauldron and its not good. We also see the first of many battles of Hybern's army against Prythian's and Feyre makes a dec...

This week is week 3 of A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas! This week, Rhys faces backlash for working with Eris and Keir, and Feyre continues her flying lessons. Nesta and Feyre are attacked in the library and we get a glimpse of what lives in the dark. Meanwhile, we finally figure out that Elain is a seer! (About time!) We see a battle in the summer court, and we get a first glimpse into t...