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Mare and Cal have began sharing a bed chamber. It is all the hot goss at the Notch. Maven is always one step ahead but never sets anything to snare Mare for long. Maven is playing heavy games and Mare can’t tell anyone about what she really knows. Kilorn is giving Mare the major cold shoulder when Mare catches him taking reading lessons with Ketha. Mare finds out about a new military strategy that...

3 days of hunting have gone by with finding nothing but dead Newbloods and Mare is a super bummer about it. What else is new, right? We meet some of the Newbloods that were recruited while Mare was unconscious or plot devices as I call them. Everything leads up to several of our group making a very harrowing trip in to a town only to be met with a waking nightmare. The references are great! We tou...

Mare is coming back to her senses after waking up from her “coma” and kissing Cal. Good ole Kilorn is there to help her pick up the pieces like no one else can. Truth bombs abound! Plus, we get a montage of newblood saving and Maven dodging. They know he’s out there and hunting them and they can’t hide anymore. We wrap up with some adorable moments back at home base. This episode runs the gamut of...

Mare wakes up after being ambushed by Maven and is super confused and wants answers. So much has happened and Mare has been through the ringer. How will they proceed from here and what was that machine?? Mare is coming completely unglued. Will she come back from the edge or did Maven push her too far? Lots of references today including Harry Potter, Hamilton, Letterkenny, NCAA basketball, Stranger...

This week, our group has just found Wolliver dead and everyone is playing the blame game. Especially Mare, who of course blames herself. Cal is the only cooler head, which is good because stuff is about to go REAL sideways, REAL fast. Lots of chapters in this series are gamechangers but this one is takes everything for Mare and turns it upside down. Also, we break down Mare and Maven’s relationshi...

In part 2, we’re continuing our discussion of chapter 15. Mare, Cal, and Farley break into the Security Center to try and get to the newblood records. It’s time to go big or go home. This chapter is literally on fire. The references this week are all over the map. They include Into The Badlands, Harry Potter, Spongebob, Dancing With The Stars, shopping with me at the mall, Homestar Runner, Super M...

Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties with episode 12 and ultimately the file got corrupted and we weren’t able to publish it. I really appreciate everyone’s patience while we tried to get it worked out. BUT This week we are giving you chapter 15 in 2 parts. Our conversation was so great that we got halfway through the chapter and realized we were an hour in so we decided to split it i...

In episode 11, our gang heads into Harbor Bay on their most dangerous mission yet. Mare can apparently feel batteries and what type they are now?? Interesting… We meet some new Guard members but as usual, not all is as it seems. Who is Egan and can they all trust Crance? Our references include Taylor Swift (of course), Eminem, The Little Mermaid, Scrubs, Mike Tyson’s Punch Out, Cobra Kai, Jurassic...

This week, Mare is literally obsessing over Maven and seeing him everywhere she goes in this “new world” where she and Cal are terrorists. Cal and Nix square up and Cal has to face the truth. Mare cannot stop with the “what-ifs” and distracting herself from their mission. Nix and Kilorn bond, and Mare finds it “fishy.” We find out that Farley sleeps with not one, but two guns on her. Things are se...

In episode 11, our group lands near Coraunt and sets off to find Nix Marsten, whom we are all too eager to just call “him.” Cal’s privilege is showing during a trek through the woods and what is up Shade and Farley? Then, once we find Nix, things take a turn quickly. Very quickly. Plus, we have the debate about past Red and Silver blood mixing again. Our conversation is so great that we don’t get...

In this week’s episode, our rebels are flying through the air with the greatest of ease and Mare is finding out so much about how the world underneath everything she has known is nothing she could have imagined. The conversation this week is awesome! So many references: : Star Wars (obviously), Taylor Swift, Into the Badlands, Brooklyn 99, My Favorite Murder lexicon (again), Nature Valley granola...

In this week’s episode, we catch up with our group of rebels as they are escaping from Tuck to search for newbloods and Cal is the only hope they have. Good thing he knows how to pilot a Blackrun. Will they make it out and on to their first destination on the list? What will be there if they do? This week is CHOCKFUL of references and great discussion. We tell Mia about Heroes (which she is watchi...

This week, the hits just keep coming for Mare. The Little Lightning Girl clearly likes prisons and has the worst taste in men. She and Captain Beefcake (Cal) find themselves in a yet another no-win situation. Plus, we add 2 more to the flinch count! In the discussion this week, we finally touch on the shippers. MareCal vs MarAven! The references go from Brooklyn 99, Firefly, and Star Wars to Glee...

Mare and Kilorn have a mission to carry out and Mare is chomping at the bit to check on Cal. It’s a simple in and out mission, right? Right?? We find out A LOT about the Colonel but it also brings up so many more questions. References this week include My Favorite Murder lexicon, Deep Blue Sea, Harry Potter, Encanto, Cobra Kai, Spongebob, Jaws, Stranger Things, The X-Files, Barenaked Ladies, Bohem...

This week’s episode shows us the ins and outs of Tuck and let’s just say, Mare is unimpressed. But at least her family is here. She’s definitely happy about that but she’s laser focused on finding Cal and finding out why the Lakelanders are here. Then a run-in with the Colonel throws everything in to overdrive. The conversation is GREAT in this episode with references to everything from 80’s Jello...

Fam, it has taken this long but (for once) MARE KEEPS HER MOUTH SHUT! Things are changing on an hourly basis and Mare is just trying to keep up. She thinks she’s maintaining control but she has no idea. The Scarlet Guard is bigger than she could have imagined and, despite herself, she starts to feel a little hopeful. The 80’s adjacent references abound in this one since we were watching Season 4 o...

We are back with Episode 2 of Season 2 and boy is Mare hangry. Pity parties and claustrophobia abound but hold on to your butts because she’s got impostor syndrome and narcissism all at the same time. There’s a lot of Stranger Things references in this one as well as Christmas vacation, and even some dad jokes, AND MORE. You won’t want to miss a minute!! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram @...

Season 2 is here, fam! We open the season with chapters 1 & 2 of Glass Sword, the second in the Red Queen series. Unfortunately, we go dark right out of the gate. Mare and Cal get no breaks after being rescued from the Bowl of Bones. Even though they are with the Scarlet Guard, things aren’t always what they seem…. Our conversation hits the ground running with references to Harry Potter, Hunge...

HAPPY SEASON FINALE EVERYONE!! We have finally made it all the way through Season 1. From chapter 1 to fancasting the new series, we've covered it all and you have been right here with us. We hope everyone has had as much fun as we have. Enjoy this final bonus episode and join us next week for the premiere of Season 2, Glass Sword! Did we pick your favorites? Any great picks that we missed? Email...

OIT’S FINALLY HERE! Part 1 of our Season 1 finale is the first of our fan casting episodes. Join us as we pick our first and second choices for Mare, Cal, Maven, Farley, and Julian. We’ve hinted, we’ve come right out and said some, and we’ve kept some a secret but today they will all be revealed. Did we pick your favorites? Any great pics that we missed? Email us at readingwiththerockefellers@gmai...

On this week’s bonus episode, we take a look at all of the characters we’ve met so far in the series. Mare, Maven, Cal, Elara, etc. All the big ones are covered here. There’s still plenty of references (Game of Thrones, Hunger Games, Star Wars, and Little House on the Prairie just to name a few) but we have a really great discussion about the characters, their personality traits, and how they inte...

Greg and Beth go head to head answering questions from Mia, exclusively on our YouTube channel Reading With the Rockefellers. Head over to youtube,com/readingwiththerockefellers and check out Episode 20, Quiz Show today! We’ll be back next week with our character review episode and then our 2 part bonus fan casting season finale. You won’t want to miss a minute! Subscribe to the show and our YouTu...

We have finally come to the end of the book one in the series Red Queen! Mare and Cal must face the music in the Bowl of Bone and Maven is there to witness it all. With Arven silencing her and Cal’s limited battle options, things are looking very grave. Of course, Mare is her usual optimistic self ( eye roll ) and Cal is low on big ideas. It will all come to a stunning, shocking conclusion! We get...

This week’s episode is all about exposition, exposition, exposition. The true origins and motive of Elara and Maven’s actions are revealed while sealing Cal and Mare’s fate. Mare’s pity party skills are fire and fully on display as she confronted with the silent stone walls of the dungeons under the Bowl of Bones. We are hurtling towards the season finale and this chapter is the last building bloc...

For Episode 17, we switch things up a little. This week, we are discussing Chapter 26 more in depth and it’s effects on the characters and story. This episode may have a little different feel and flow from our regular episodes since it is purely conversational and not as linear as a normal episode. You guys will love it! Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of references, especially to other great se...