ACOFAE: A Collection of Fandoms and Exploration.

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Serpent and the Wings of Night: "That's not the person I fell in like with..." What happens when a human child is raised by a vampire king? What happens when that child makes a choice? A lot happens it turns out when Oraya decides that she will enter the vampire tournament so that she can get her wish, to not be human and to bind herself to her vampire adoptive father;...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Cruel Seduction: "..sexy Clue, now we have The Purge." Here at ACOFAE we are all well aware of what a "travel book" means to the pod. What if Laura Marie and Jessica Marie were to introduce the idea of a "consequence book"? A book where it all starts to hit the fan and plans have to be made to deal with it. A book where the marriage is real, the ex is involved, and the pol...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The River of Silver: "Don't let others make you feel small." Here at ACOFAE there are a couple sayings, one of them being "if the author writes it, you should read it." It's with that in mind that Laura Marie and Jessica Marie find themselves back in Daevabad with Nahri, Ali, and almost every other main and beloved character from the trilogy. Told in anthology form, each s...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Manacled: "If he is a monster, then I am his creator." Happy Birthday Harry Potter! The Boy Who Lived! Yay. OK. Now, DID SOMEONE SAY DRACO MALFOY?! ACOFAE tackles it's first fan-fiction episode and Jessica Marie's first Dramione fanfic. Laura Marie pulled no punches and started her off with Manacled . Only the best and arguably most traumatizing for all involved. Harry Pot...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: SPECIAL EPISODE 009: Our established friend, Sam, and Sayonara Wild Hearts. ACOFAE welcomes to the podcast a special guest and our known and well-established friend, Sam! Editor Sam works behind-the-scenes each week to make sure the podcast is the best that it can be, but this week he is center-stage and ready to talk about something near and dear to his heart: Sayonara Wi...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Empire of Gold - Part 2: “Not wanting to be destroyed by despair doesn’t make you a coward." There aren't too many completed series on ACFOAE's backlog, so ACOFAE doesn't have a lot of experience saying goodbye to a world and characters who will never be forgotten. Ali and Nahri, Zainab and Muntadhir, and Manizah and Dara all have paths to follow and destinies to fufil...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Empire of Gold Pt 1: "He's not a smart man." Absolute power corrupts absolutely, isn't that how the saying goes? What happens when the dream you've had since a child comes true? What happens when the foundations of your world are ripped away? What happens when magic is gone? Daevabad is not the same. Nahri and Ali have vanished. The Ifrit roam the city and Dara is the...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Fourth Wing: "Quick as what!? Fast as what?!" Welcome to Basgiath War College. You survive the parapet or you die. You survive the Gauntlet or you die. You survive Threshing or you die. It's a tough place. Enter Violet. Trained her whole life to be a Scribe, but on the order of her General mother must enter the Dragon Rider sect, Violet has a lot stacked against her. Add i...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Bane Chronicles: "Ducks! Embrace me as your King!" Have you ever wondered what Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, gets up to in his time away from the Shadowhunters? Does he wander the world having adventures with his best friends? Does he pine for lost love? Does he live deliciously? The answer to all these questions is a resounding "YES!" The Bane Chronicles...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Wicked Villains 1-3: "They all come here." The pipeline from being obsessed with Red Jasmine as a child to being obsessed with Red Jasmine in a kink club as an adult is one that should be studied. Welcome to The Underworld, a kink club that is different from the one you know and love, but not that different. The club is the setting for books 1-3 of Wicked Villains and it's...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Burlesque: "Air Rights!" Burlesque is a lot of surprising things. The sexiest film ever about real estate being one of them. Stanley Tucci and Cher having not met before this movie began filming being the other! Step into Tess' club where your wildest dreams can come true to the background of lip synced classics performed by stunning Burlesque dancers. Enter Christina Agui...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Hunter and the Heart: "I wish to be a potato." What does "prequel" mean to you? Does it mean 500+ years before the main story? More/Less? ACOFAE went into The Hunter and the Heart with assumptions and you know what happens when you assume: you make an ass out of you and me. Listen as ACOFAE recalibrates and dives into the richness of lore and the depth of heartbreak as...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Kingdom of Copper - Part 2: “Go steal some happiness for yourself, my friend." There is a certain kind of joy that ACOFAE feels when a character actually does the thing. You know. The thing that's been threatened or looming the entire story. The shock, excitement, fear, and anticipation of "The Thing" unfolding as you read is perhaps one of the greatest feelings ever....

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Soul of the Deep: "I choose to be me." What happens when you lose your purpose? When guilt and grief are so consuming that even the bottom of the sea isn't as crushing your own thoughts? What happens when you loose faith? You look for the light. Simi is depressed and alone fulfilling her bargain at the bottom of the sea. Her sacrifice has been worth it, or so Simi thinks....

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Jennifer's Body: "Hell is a teenage girl." Longtime listeners may be shocked to find out that Jessica Marie, a known scaredy cat, has been pushing for this movie for the pod for a long time. A LONG TIME. Longtime listeners AND new listeners will NOT be shocked to find out that this movie is full of all the things that ACOFAE loves: female rage, female friendships, toxic fr...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Kingdom of Copper - Part 1: "I need to put some men in their place." Welcome back to Daevabad. Ali is in exile, Nahri is married, and time has passed. So much time in fact that Ali has carved out a life for himself in the desert, Nahri has become the healer she always wanted to be, and Daevabad..isn't doing excellent. The religious tensions, political tensions, and fam...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Iron Widow: "Welcome to your nightmare!" When was the last time you went into a book completely blind? Did you love it? When did you realize you loved it? Right away? Laura Marie and Jessica Marie both went into Iron Widow blind, and when they say they loved it, believe them. When they say this book has everything they've ever wanted, believe them. And when they say "WHY C...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Our new friend, Maurene Goo! ACOFAE podcast welcomes author, Marvel Silk writer, and our new friend Maurene Goo to the podcast! Maurene is the author of several wonderful YA novels including I Believe in a Thing Called Love and Somewhere Only We Know and she joins the pod to talk about her new release Throwback . ACOFAE and Maurene discuss the intricacies of time travel, t...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: A Light in the Flame: "Poppy, no Sera. F**k." ACOFAE wants to say "Thank You!" to everyone who reached out asking when the ALITF episode was coming! You are seen and appreciated. We love the interaction! Always feel free to get in touch! This is for you! Full confession from Laura Marie and Jessica Marie: no reread was done of any of the JLA books before getting into this...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The City of Brass: "In what world do men and women pay the same price for passion?” Let's set the scene: It's 18th Century Egypt. You are a woman with a knack for healing and a mysterious background. You become known in your neighborhood for healing and people start to seek you out for help with possessions. You are certrain that magic isn't real. You are absolutely certai...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Empire Records: "What's with today, today?" ACOFAE podcast couldn't let another April go by without bringing attention possibly the greatest holiday in the month of April: Rex Manning Day! Say no more... Empire Records is the place you want to work. The boss loves music. The staff is gorgeous and complicated. The store itself is glorious. The man? Damn him. What do you do...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Virgin Suicides: "Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl." There are a few things on ACOFAE that stay 100% consistent: love of sisterhood, female empowerment, and freedom being just a few. So it would be a fair assumption that both Laura Marie and Jessica Marie would love this movie. This movie being about sisterhood and freedom, or the lack-thereof. C...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Queen Among the Dead: "We'd be remiss if we didn't bring it up." In a world full of magic, gods, ghosts and monsters it can be hard to know where you belong. When your mother is the Queen and throws you to the wolf goddess at birth and then flees the kingdom, it can be even harder to figure out where you belong. Neve is the younger princess of Eire and she will never be Qu...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Shadows and Lies: "Madly." Jane has had enough. She's fled her arranged marriage, murdered a bit here and there, been manipulated, been powerless, and now you're telling her WHAT about her trusted WHAT?! The reveal of the decade that left Laura Marie and Jessica Marie reeling is just one of the surprises that await the reader in Shadows and Lies, the follow-up to Ruin and...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: House of Hollow: "Check the vibes, the vibes are off, the vibes aren't there." What would you do to keep your sisters safe? The Hollow sisters are strange. As children, the Hollow sisters vanished into thin air and then reappeared one month later. They were different. But they were back. Now 10 years later the strangeness has started to seep back into the lives of the sist...