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“Assistant to the Villain" by Hannah Nicole Maehrer is a captivating blend of fantasy, romance, and dark humor. The story revolves around Evangeline "Evie" Sage, who takes up a job as a personal assistant to a notorious character simply known as The Villain. Evie, struggling to support her family after her father's illness, finds herself in the midst of a gory and scary adventu...

This book is once again set in the bustling city of Lunathion and we continue to follow Bryce and Hunt after the events of House of Earth and Blood. In this sequel, they're trying to lead as normal a life as they can, but end up getting tangled up in the human rebellion and things come to light that can be traced back to Danika (did we expect any less?). No suprirse that Danika has even more...

Nora Stephens, a ruthless literary agent who lives and breathes books, is persuaded by her sister Libby to spend a month in a quaint small town called Sunshine Falls. Nora’s general aversion to small town life is challenged when she runs into (literally) a bookish and brooding editor from her past, Charlie Lastra. Amidst the picturesque backdrop, they find themselves drawn to each other in ways th...

“House of Earth and Blood” follows Bryce Quinlan, a young woman living in Lunathion (a.k.a. Crescent City), a place where humans and fae coexist. Her story begins with a brutal murder. For two years, Bryce is wracked with grief and survivor’s guilt, until the Governor comes to her for help. Similar murder have started happening again and Bryce seems to be the thing linking the victims. Fallen ange...

Violet Sorrengail has defied expectations by making it through the first year of training in the Rider’s Quadrant of Basgiath War College. The second year promises to be even more grueling and unforgiving. The new vice commandant, Burton Varrish, seems to harbor a deep resentment for her, making her life even more difficult. But Violet isn’t one to back down from a challenge. She is determined to...

For our last episode of 2023 we wanted to recap everything we’ve read so far this year, both for our podcast buddy-reads and as individuals who don’t always read everything together. We are excited to return refreshed and ready to read some new books in 2024. What’s the best book we read in 2023? Who was the most memorable character of 2023? Are there any books that we DNF’d (did not finish)? Join...

A heartwarming romance novel that follows the story of Vivian Forest, an American social worker, and Malcolm Hudson, a charming British private secretary to the Queen. When Vivian accompanies her daughter, Maddie, on a Christmas trip to England, she unexpectedly finds herself swept into a holiday romance with Malcolm, complete with grand castles, royal traditions, and the magic of a British Christ...

As the result of a recent mental breakdown, Ginette has left the fast-paced acting life of New York City and rented a house in the small town of Merrittville to isolate herself during her recovery. She has become obsessed with watching her neighbors. Mr. Elias spends the whole day sitting in front of a typewriter. Trixie plays with her dolls in her backyard. And the Lowells are an affectionate new...

“The Library of the Dead” is a thrilling, urban fantasy novel. Set in Edinburgh, the story follows Ropa, a young girl with a unique ability - she can communicate with the spirits of the dead. In a world where the supernatural is an everyday occurrence, Ropa uses her gift to work as a ghostalker, helping lost spirits find closure and pass on peacefully. But her life takes a dangerous turn when she...

For this episode we decided to switch it up a bit and do a little Q&A. We asked our Instagram followers for whatever questions they have for us and now you can hear the answers! What inspired us to start this podcast? What’s the most chilling book we’ve discussed so far? Join us as we discuss these questions and more in episode 22 of our spoiler-filled podcast. Our spooky season music is from...

Asher Todd has arrived at the Morwood estate to be the governess to the three children, although she knows little about being a governess, she is very smart. Asher has grown up in a university town and has acquired knowledge, some of that knowledge has a dark edge to it. Things in Morwood are not what they seem, and we realize that Asher is also holding her own secrets. Asher begins to feel affect...

Doctor Sleep is sequel to The Shining and follows Dan Torrance, who is now an adult. The book opens with Dan struggling with alcoholism, as he uses alcohol to suppress his shine, but he quickly finds a town and people that get him into alcoholics anonymous. He becomes known as “Doctor Sleep” while working at a hospice, using his shine abilities to help comfort patients in their final moments. He a...

A Touch of Ruin continues the story of Hades and Persephone as their relationship goes public. The resulting media storm has disrupted Persephone’s life and she’s continuing to try to hide her divinity. When tragedy strikes, Persephone goes to Hades for help, which he refuses because her request would upset the Fates. So she seeks the help of another God, Apollo, and the result isn’t what she thou...

After a series of failed first dates and relationships, Jess is hesitant to trust the concept of soulmates and prefers to rely on her own instincts in matters of the heart. Her best friend convinces her to take the leap and participate in the GeneticAlly’s matchmaking process, and Jess never expected the results she got. She discovers that her match is none other than River Peña, the scientist beh...

During the events of the war with Hybern, Nesta experienced a lot of difficult things that still haunt her. Hybern’s attempted manipulation of her through her father, Hybern’s murder of her father, and Hybern’s attempt to use Cassian to manipulate her all led her to conclude that caring about people is bad news. Anyone she cares about could be used against her. She has disregarded what was essenti...

Over the course of 24 hours the lives of the Rivas children will change. Nina always throws an end of the summer party with stories that have gone down in infamy, each year the party gets bigger and more wild. Nina and her brother Jay are talented surfers, their brother Hudson is a renowned photographer, and their baby sister Kit is starting to come into her own. From the outside these four seem l...

Violet Sorrengail has been planning her whole life to follow in the footsteps of her deceased father and become a scribe, but her mother - the ruthless General Sorrengail - is forcing her to become a dragon rider. The Rider’s Quadrant is a dangerous place to be. If the parapet or dragons don’t kill her, another cadet surely will, especially those who feel animosity toward her mother. The war is ge...

Fern met Will 10 years ago and he had a big influence on her. We explore that with a series of flashbacks, but at the end of their platonic time together, they agree to meet one year from that day at her mother’s resort. Spoiler alert, he didn’t show up. Fast forward to today, and Fern’s mother recently died in a car accident, so she’s trying to decide what to do about the resort that she now owns...

Red, White, and Royal Blue follows the fictitious first son of the first female president of the United States, an the closest thing to a prince on this side of the Atlantic. Alex, along with his sister, June, and the Vice President’s genius granddaughter, Nora, have been cointed by the media as the White House Trio, a strategy for appealing to younger generations. This strategy goes sideways when...

A Long Way From Chicago gives us one week each summer from 1929 to 1935 as Joey and Mary Alice visit their grandmother in small-town Illinois. Grandma Dowdel is a larger-than-life character and definitely not your average grandma. She takes the kids on various adventures - from seeing their first corpse, to illegal fishing, to spinning tall tales - to help people in her community. The companion no...

We pick up in book three a few weeks after the events at the end of book two. Feyre is now acting as a spy in the Spring Court, with intentions of getting some revenge of her own by destroying Tamlin’s court from the inside. Do we view Feyre’s actions in the beginning as a departure from her true character? How did we feel about some of the deaths that resulted from the war with Hybern? What is ou...

Harriet finally has some time off from her medical residency to go on her yearly trip with her best friends. It turns out that her ex, Wyn, was also invited, largely because they neglected to tell anyone that they broke up six months ago. So now they’re sharing the master bedroom for a week and they can’t come clean to their friends because the cottage, Harriet’s happy place, is being put up for s...

We pick up in book two three months after the events of Under the Mountain, and Feyre is really struggling with what she had to do to free everyone from Amarantha’s curse. She’s having nightmares every night, waking up vomiting, and having some other PTSD symptoms, like certain colors triggering memories. Tamlin isn’t really helping much. He seems to be more concerned with their marriage ceremony...

Feyre is a 19-year-old human who is thrust into the faery world when she kills a wolf that was actually a fae sentry sent out into the mortal world by the High Lord of the Spring Court of Prythian. Said High Lord, Tamlin, retrieves her, citing a provision of the treaty between mortals and faeries that apparently says that he can claim her life in exchange for the life she took. Feyre has to live i...

Melora, better known as Lore, is that last of the Perseides, an ancient family descended from the great Greek hero Perseus, known for beheading Medusa. She was raised in a culture that participates in the Agon, a god hunt that occurs for seven days every seven years. Back in the day, our boy Zeus banished nine of the gods for crimes against humanity, punishing them by making them mortal during the...