A Court of Tattoos and Rosé

Nesta stews on her mockery of Cassian and gets a bit angrier while chatting with Mor. Their discussion makes it crystal clear where they stand with each other, i.e at each other’s throats. Following the training disaster (or lack of training moment) at Windhaven, Nesta follows instructions (shocking!) to report to the library where she meets with Clotho. Let’s see if her time in the library is mor...

Cassian meets Mor at a nice little cafe to recover from his verbal battle with Nesta. His recovery is short-lived though since Mor drills him about Nesta, his new position and the loyalties of their human emissary. After that lovely chat, Cassian is subjected to a brutal breakfast with Nesta where his nutritional advice is largely ignored. His day doesn’t improve when it comes time for Nesta to st...

Celaena is stuck on guard duty while everyone else gets to enjoy some delicious food, including Dorian and Roland. Everyone has eyes on everyone else during this dinner. Celaena is staring at Dorian and Chaol, but mainly Chaol. Dorian is watching her. Chaol is watching Roland. It’s a mess. We have a brief interlude to discuss some classic 2000’s teen dramas. Go look up the song in our title. Serio...

After Nesta’s intervention, Cassian follows Rhys into his absolutely gorgeous study and they discuss Cassian’s work with the Illyrians. Thanks to Cassian’s success in avoid any rebellion, he gets a promotion! Yay, right? Wrong! Cassian is not thrilled with his latest task at all. Mor arrives to winnow Cassian and Nesta to the House of Wind but seems a bit upset. After Mor literally drops them off,...

A sassy, bronze skeleton door knocker of all “people” is Celaena’s newest friend in the castle. To be honest, all three of us want our own Mort! After learning of yet another evil to conquer, Celaena grabs Chaol for some light stalking in the city. She tracks Archer down to a tea shop and proceeds to have a creepy exchange with him that makes Chaol’s blood boil. Archer’s personal questions bring u...

Welp, that could’ve gone better. We are back in the middle of Nesta’s intervention and she is taking it as well as you would expect. Amren lays out her options: (A) live at the House of Wind, train with Cassian and work in the library, or (B) live in the human world with Issac Hale. Option A it is! Also, Rhys’ odd shield over Feyre is mentioned for the first time and we all know what that means…....

Yikes! That is our initial response to the state of Nesta’s apartment. Cassian notices this and her visitor when he goes to collect her for Feyre. After getting some heartbreaking details about Nesta’s life since the war, we head to Rhys and Feyre’s new (and gorgeous) riverfront home. The house offers a beautiful backdrop for one of the most uncomfortable interventions we have witnessed. Guess it...

Celaena does some light stalking of the newest name on her kill list. She then spends some nice friendly time with Chaol in his personal rooms (ooooohhhh) and we get a little bit more background on both of them. After this, Celaena decides to go for a midnight walk. Thank god she’s pretty smart and does not end up like many victims in horror films…

Believe it or not, we are starting A Court of Silver Flames this week! It seriously blows our minds that we are here already. Join us as we discuss what is, in our opinion, the strongest prologue from SJM. Obviously, we had to do a deep dive into Mads’ Cauldron theory! After that, Mads and Blake talk about their latest reads and obsessions.

Rhys drops in on the Spring Court (or what's left of it) to check in on Tamlin. While there, Rhys doesn't hold back...at all. After that tense scene, we get to hear all about Amren's issues with her new life as High Fae. It makes for some very interesting conversations to have at the dinner table. Feyre has to hunt down Nesta in the Outlands and makes a simple deal: rent money for an appearance at...

Celaena is feeling the pressure of keeping up her ruse as the King’s Champion. That burden doesn’t stop her from having an entire day before even eating breakfast though! Her morning routine also includes some light snarling at the women gathering to drool over Chaol’s physique. Meanwhile, Dorian is stuck with his rather creepy cousin who gives off some major bad vibes. Dorian’s day gets a little...

Join us this week for our very first author spotlight episode! We are joined by the lovely and talented @authorcarlyspade to talk about the upcoming release of Zeus, the final book in her Contemporary Mythos series. From there, our conversation took some detours (per usual) into Carly’s favorite video games (and the way they inspire her), our collective loathing for the end of True Blood and the a...

So what do you do after a victory in war? Well if you are in the Inner Circle, you prepare for what is sure to be a memorable Winter Solstice! Rhys and Cassian spend some time in the Illyrian camps and we get A LOT of foreshadowing for ACOSF. Meanwhile, Feyre decides to go on a budget because...well we don't really know why. Velaris may as well be Whoville given the way everyone is pretty much ter...

Crown of Midnight begins....does anyone remember what happened?

Surprise! This is not exactly what we had planned. Some of you will be wondering about ACOFAS. No worries, we will get there. But due to a bout of illness, our plans changed a bit! So Cait and Mads take a wild ride into Mad’s TBR and explore her Kindle. Yes, I was not exaggerating when I said wild. Then - we discuss the BEST news. Mad’s FAVORITE author got picked for the Patreon book club this mon...

In the tradition of Anne Rice, we are diving deep into the Twilight Saga with @looksinthelibrary! We all show our Twihard roots as we discuss the books, the movies and make some connections to the ACOTAR world. There is a brief detour into the mechanics of vampires’ love lives. You’re welcome for that.

This week we are going down the rabbit hole to discuss our top theories for House of Sky and Breath with @skyeslibrary! We break down some of the other major theories making the rounds through the fandom. We love some. We loathe some. We are perplexed by some.

We finally wrapped up ACOWAR last week so you know what time it is. It's recap time with Blake and Cait! We share our thoughts on everything from Feyre's time in the Spring Court to Nessian's development to the sheer size of ACOWAR (which we all continuously forgot). After that....well you know we were destined to go off the rails since Mads wasn't here to keep us on track! 

The end of Throne of Glass (the book, not series!) is upon us! Celaena is still recovering from her brutal injuries from the duel with Cain. Her injuries include whiplash from the back and forth between Dorian and Chaol. Although, cuddles in bed with Dorian sound like a cure all to us. Meanwhile, the King and the Duke of Perrington discuss their promise rings and evil plans. Elena gives yet anothe...

We are FINALLY here, the end of ACOWAR! The Cauldron gets some new babysitters in the form of Miryam and Drakon. Feyre organizes a meeting between the High Lords and the human contingency in an effort to begin Prythian's healing. We need to take a moment here to apologize for the truly insane diversion we take for a few minutes. Prepare yourselves. After Mads' takes on a wild and scarring ride, we...

The Archeron sisters go to bury their father. A familiar face comes to speak with them as they grieve. After all the sad events, Mads and Caitlyn decide its time to move on to happier topics, i.e. their recent reads!

We see the aftermath of that crazy duel and it’s not great. Dorian has a very awkward, unsettling and tense conversation with the King…so you know, a normal chat with his dad. Meanwhile, Celaena wakes up covered in bruises and full of questions for Nehemia. For once, Nehemia actually answers her questions…sort of.

Nesta finally gets her vengeance against the King of Hybern. He should’ve known it was coming from the moment she pointed her finger at him! We finally get some answers on what Amren was up to and it’s devastating to say the least. After that emotional punch to the gut, we are hit with yet another tragedy. This one lasts a whooping three pages though so we aren’t as traumatized.

Join us for a very special bonus episode where we share our reviews and initial thoughts on House of Sky and Breath with the lovely @skyeslibrary! This episode is full of spoilers (like life-altering ones) so please be sure to tune in AFTER you finish the book!

So Amren lied which doesn’t seem great. Before we can get answers, the Cauldron whisks Feyre away for a pretty gruesome side show. Nesta and Cassian do what they can to buy everyone time but yet again the King of Hybern doesn’t play by the rules. An unlikely (and we mean VERY unlikely) hero steps up with seconds to spare. Note that we had a weird technical issue this week so please excuse the mino...