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Send us Fan Mail We're breaking down season two, episode six of House of the Dragon, "Smallfolk." The rising tension in King's Landing turns into chaos after Rhaenyra DoorDashes much-needed food, and Alicent and Helaena are caught in the crossfire.  Aemond sends Criston Cole to Harrenhal and proposes an alliance with the Triarchy to end the blockade, setting us up for the Battl...

Send us Fan Mail Our Throne of Glass deep dive continues with chapters 21-30. Intro: 00:00 Book Rec: 00:00:29 Deep Dive: 00:06:48 Celaena discovers a secret door, Chaol lectures Dorian about getting too close to the assassin (the call's coming from inside the house), Elena asks for Celaena's help and more Champions are murdered.  We also talk Maasverse connections, like The Walking Dead,...

Send us Fan Mail We're breaking down all of the easter eggs, foreshadowing and groundwork in season two, episode five of House of the Dragon, "Regent." Alicent learns she isn't the exception to the rule, Daemon's Harrenhal nightmare continues, size DOES matter for Jeyne Arryn and Jace earns MVP for the Blacks, first by securing both the Twins *and* House Frey (let's h...

Send us Fan Mail Our Throne of Glass deep dive continues with chapters 11-20.  Intro: 00:00 Book Rec: 00:05:24 Deep Dive: 00:13:51 Celaena makes it through her first test, Chaol says "on your guard" (ick), Nehemia enters the chat, a "drunken brawl" ends with one competitor missing organs (??) and Dorian sees a different side to his champion. Plus, we talk the Onyx Storm cover,...

Send us Fan Mail Our discussion of "The Red Dragon and the Gold" includes: Rook's Rest: book vs. show and aftermath Aemond's villain era and what it means for the Greens What exactly is happening to Daemon at Harrenhal (and why there may be a Bran and/or Dany connection) Criston Cole's reaction to the reality of dragon warfare  Battle of the Bastards: Catelyn vs. Rhaenys ...

Send us Fan Mail Our Throne of Glass deep dive (!!) begins with chapters 1-10.  Intro: 00:00 Book Rec: 00:01:23 Deep Dive: 00:16:00 We kick the episode off with a (brief) overview of the evolution of Queen of Glass to Throne of Glass, as well as SJM's timeline, influences and fairytale inspo, before meeting up with Celaena Sardothien, Adarlan’s most notorious assassin, in the Salt Mines of En...

Send us Fan Mail We kick off our recap of "The Burning Mill" with an explanation of the Bracken-Blackwood feud from its beginnings during the Age of Heroes allll the way through the Red Wedding and beyond.  Topics include the cursed history of Harrenhal, the importance of Weirwood trees, Rhaenyra's clear conscience, the upcoming Battle at Rook's Rest and Daemon's visions. ...

Send us Fan Mail Our Spicy Girls Book Club episodes continue with A Fate Inked in Blood: Book One of the Saga of the Unfated by Danielle L. Jensen. All of our fav tropes (and micro-tropes) are represented:  ✔️ Bodyguard ✔️ Forbidden Romance ✔️ Slow Burn  ✔️ Forced Proximity Plus, Norse mythology, sexy Vikings, spice, ONE HORSE/TENT, rich world-building, politics, magic and ... my baby Bjorn.  Next...

Send us Fan Mail We're talking Rhaenyra the Cruel. More like Rhaenyra the COOL, am I right?  The Blacks need a new publicist and the Greens a therapist in the aftermath of Blood and Cheese. Helaena mourns her baby, while Aegon mourns his legacy and meteorically destroys his past (RIP Viserys' Old Valyria Sims).  We talk parallels: first between Otto, Alicent and Aegon and Tywin, Cersei a...

Send us Fan Mail We're talking Bride by Ali Hazelwood in the debut episode of The Spicy Girls Book Club! The tropes are troping in Ali's first paranormal romance ... and we are HERE for it.  You: Vampires and Werewolves  Me, an intellect: Vampyre and Weres Slow-burn romance, arranged marriage, banter, found family, political scheming, fated mates, knotting (which isn't tying your di...

Send us Fan Mail Our discussion of the season two premiere of House of the Dragon includes: The book (Fire & Blood) vs. the show. Why you can't trust everything Archmaester Gyldayn, an unreliable and biased narrator, wrote in Fire & Blood.  Important new characters — Hugh (the Hammer??), Addam and Alyn of Hull, House Reyne and Dalton Greyjoy — and locations, like the Gullet and Golden...

Send us Fan Mail We share our final thoughts on HOFAS, talk future Crescent City and ACOTAR books and debate Elriel vs. Gwynriel vs. Elucien vs. Why Choose? Both Nesta and Az are poised to play major parts in ACOTAR 5, but in which direction(s) will their stories go? And will we finally get main character energy from Elain?  We talk Illyrian lore, Az's lineage and possible connections to Star...

Send us Fan Mail We wrap up our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 99-102 + the bonus chapters we haven't discussed yet.  After Bryce is resurrected by Jesiba and the princes of Hel bounce, we look toward the Asteri-free future of Midgard. Not only do they need to figure out a new energy source, but also an entirely new government after Bryce dismantles the monarchy 1776-style....

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 94-98. Lidia's fire magic and Brann's full name are finally confirmed, the sprites return, Ruhn takes the antidote and becomes a shadow step-daddy, Rigelus reveals Bryce's tattoo is in the language of his home world, Hunt reunites with an ex and Bryce does not take Aidas' advice about choosing life...

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 89-93. The Asteri and Princes of Hel face each other in a battle 15,000 years in the making, and Bryce learns what Theia meant by "portal to nowhere" when she kills Polaris. Ruhn saves Lidia from Pollux's trap by shooting her and running directly into the trap himself, and Tharion and Ithan finally arri...

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 84-88. Bryce and Hunt tell the world the truth about the Asteri, creating a distraction while they infiltrate the Crystal Palace with Ruhn and Lidia, and Ithan and Tharion handle their antidote delivery as carefully as an UberEats driver who didn't receive a tip. Oh, and Bryce and Hunt swap more than just fluids....

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk House of Flame and Shadow chapters 79-83 and "When the Moon Hatched" by Sarah A. Parker. Bryce reveals the real reason she needed the Mask, Hunt is triggered, Pollux kidnaps Lidia's sons, Hel's armies cross into Midgard , Tharion runs into the Viper Queen and Sathia into an old friend ... or maybe more ... and Ithan and Hypaxia visit the Bone...

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 73-78 and Ember and Randall's bonus chapter from the Books-A-Million edition.  Bryce opens a portal in the middle of Nesta's living room, using her parents as collateral for the Mask before closing the door to Prythian and opening it to Hel's armies. The bonus chapter reveals what went down in Prythian...

Send us Fan Mail After a discussion of this week's book rec, A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen,  we pick up our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 67-72.  Bryce steps into her role as Queen B, sending Tharion and Sathia Beneath and the Frat Pack and Lidia to Lunathion, recruiting Ember and Randall for the trip to the Northern Rift and leaving Baxian behind to guard Av...

Send us Fan Mail After a breakdown of E News' dream ACOTAR casting and a discussion of this week's book rec, The Vampire's Mage Series by C.N. Crawford, we continue our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 61-66. We learn that (unfortunately) Apollion and Thanatos *didn't* run a train on Hunt's mom. He actually had a bio dad, who was killed by the Asteri for h...

Send us Fan Mail After discussing this week's book rec, The Five Crowns of Okrith series, we continue our House of Flame and Shadow Deep Dive with chapters 56-60. Hunt finds out he's a demonic test tube baby while he and Bryce are in Hel meeting with Aidas, Apollion and Thanatos, who share Helena's story — including why she chose Avallen as the Fae's stronghold — what happened...

Send us Fan Mail Before diving (deep) into House of Flame and Shadow chapters 50-55, we *have* to talk about Sarah's latest IG post (#ACOwhattt), our viral April Fools' joke, A Court of Fiddles and Pollen, and this week's book rec, "Manacled" by SenLinYu.  Hunt and Bryce exchange more than just fluids, Tharion and Sathia find only one bed (!!!) in their honeymoon suite, It...

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 44-49. If hams can spiral, so can we, specifically over Rebecca Yarros' announcement of the title of the third book in the Empyrean series, "Onyx Storm." We talk theories, predictions, second (third?) signets and more, and Elle shares this week's book rec, The Shepherd King Series by Rachel Gillig....

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 38-43. We kick shit off with a social media roundup of drama and a potential ACOTAR teaser/hint posted by SJM herself. Jesiba's backstory is (finally) shared and let's just say bitch looks great for her age, and Bryce (finally) finishes her ham-and-butter sandwich and finds Hunt on the Depth Charger. Ruhn le...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 31-37. Lidia carries Ruhn (and the entire book) during a dramatic escape from the Eternal City, while Bryce and the Autumn King continue wasting time. Ithan finally finds a storyline (and job) in the House of Flame and Shadow with Jesiba, who promises to help find a necromancer for Sigrid, and Tharion moves his prob...