ACOFAE: A Collection of Fandoms and Exploration.

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Of Love and Forge: With author Carly Spade! ACOFAE welcomes back the pod USA Today bestselling author Carly Spade! If you loved her Cotemporary Mythos series you are in luck because it's all been leading up to this. Of Love and Forge , Carly’s new release, is OUT and ACOFAE is talking all of the connections, timelines, settings, and spice. Aphrodite and Hephaestus have a p...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Ghosts of the Shadowmarket: Part 2: "Brother Let-him-see-my-rack-ariah." ACOFAE is back in the Shadowmarket with Brother Zachariah and the time is the 2000's. If you've ever missed the characters from TMI and wanted a little more background then you are in luck. If you missed Tessa or Magnus you are in luck. If you read TDA and are ready to know more you are in luck. IF YO...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Radiant Sin: "Dun Dun Dunnn.. M**der." This book really does write its own blurb: Have you ever wondered what Clue would be like with Greek Gods and other famous characters? Do you wish Clue was a bit sexier? Have you ever wanted to play parlor games or go through a hedge maze? WELL. You are in luck. Apollo and Cassandra are the stars of Radiant Sin and the political intri...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Skin of the Sea: "Humans are cruel in their curiosity." Do you love mermaids or are you afraid of mermaids? Does the pull of the deep bring you peace or make you feel abject terror? Could you collect the souls of the dead? Could you? Meet Simi. She is a mermaid that has been tasked to collect the souls of the enslaved who die at sea. Her task is specific and there are rule...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Ghosts of the Shadowmarket: Part 1: "At this point in his Silent Brother-hoodness." Brother Zachariah has gone by a lot of names in his time: Brother Mack-a-riah: Hop- in- the- sack-ariah, Sixpack-a-riah, and maybe the most famous, the Jem-nasium. Ghosts of the Shadowmarket is Brother Zachariah's journey throughout time from the 1900's to the 2000's and what a story he has...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Bloodmarked: “Nah. I think you’re stuck with us, Bree.” Bree has a lot on her mind. She is the Crown Sion of Arthur, a daughter, a friend, a King, a warrior, the wound-made weapon, and the tip of the spear. Bree's ancestors ran so that she would not have to. A lot of pressure for anyone, let alone one 16-year-old girl. As the Scion of Arthur, Bree should be in charge of ev...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: The Stolen Heir: B* ches love easter eggs. We are b *ches. Growing up is hard. There’re growth spurts, weird feelings, assassination attempts, courtly love, kidnappings, betrayals, and parents. Why is it always the parents that make life so hard?! Welcome to Faerie and welcome back to Elfhame. Oak is all grown up and on the hunt for Suren, his former childhood friend, for....

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Ninth House: "Like the ghost in Mario?" STANDS ON SOAPBOX Ahem- ACOFAE would like to speak to the entity in charge of making sure books are the same across print/eBook/audio/library formats. WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO TALK. Thank you. GETS OFF SOAPBOX Now that that is out of the way: Welcome to Yale! There are ghosts everywhere but you won't see them, unless you’re in one of th...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: ACOMAF revisited: "You can make yourself hate something." Let's go back to the beginning. Back to the book that started the conversation that started the podcast. Back to Tamlin and the Spring Court, Ianthe, Lucien, a wedding and red flowers, red paint and bright red flags. Back to the pit of depression. Back to the locked cage. Back to finding the strength to need more. B...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: The Dark Artifices: Queen of Air and Darkness: "Oh I fu**ed up." Sometimes the holidays can turn into a battle. Sometimes that battle can get political. Sometimes that political battle can result in an uprising that will shake the foundations of the world. And sometimes that battle is so intense that a multiverse is involved. AND SOMETIMES that multiverse that got involved...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Happy 2nd Birthday ACOFAE: "Where I felt part of something bigger." Happy 2nd Birthday ACOFAE! "How are you celebrating" you ask? Who doesn't love a little reflection and introspection on their birthday? Let's make all those life experiences from the past year work for once. Join ACOFAE as we celebrate turning 2 by taking a look back and reevaluating an episode from the pa...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: The Dark Artifices: Lord of Shadows: The Law is hard, but it is the Law. "It's Christmas in California/And it's hard to ignore that/It feels like summer all the time/But I'll take a West Coast winter/To remove my splinters/It's good to be alive/It's good to be alive." -Jack's Mannequin. It's good to be alive and it's good to be with family; especially if your family is the...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: The Dark Artifices: Lady Midnight: "We said this wouldn't be linear!" What better way to beat the cold and holiday blues than to spend the season at the LA Institute surrounded by the Blackthorn family and Emma Carstairs. It's been 5 years since Sebastian died. 5 years since Mark Blackthorn was taken by the Wild Hunt. 5 years since Emma's parents were found murdered. 5 yea...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Shatter Me: 2-4: "Want to hear another hot take?" There are so many things to love about the Shatter Me series. There's action! Adventure! Political Intrigue! Compelling characters...lots of characters. Well, ACOFAE promises that Juliette does in fact stop crying for more than 5 minutes and makes some decisions. Warner does say other things besides "love." The adults do do...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: We are Thankful: Book Lovers and Babel There are many ways to be thankful. There are SO many things to be thankful for. There are SO SO many books that came out this year. There are SO SO SO many books that Laura Marie and Jessica Marie read that don't make it to the podcast. There is this golden opportunity to share two of these books and why ACOFAE is grateful for them a...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Daughters of the Moon 3-4: "Never trust men." Nothing ever truly goes out of style. Time is a flat circle. Friends don't know everything about each other. Boys can suck. These are the four life lessons that we, the readers, learn in books 3-4 of the Daughters of the Moon series. Jimena and Catty take the lead in their respective books and learn about themselves, adjust the...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: The Mortal Instruments: The Movie: "It blew up into snow!?" You know that feeling when the thing that you love is going to be a movie and you want it to be successful, and it looks good, and you're so hopeful, and then it comes out and it's hot garbage? Yeah ACOFAE knows that feeling too. sigh There is a lot to love in this movie and a lot to scratch your head at, like why...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Practical Magic: "My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue?" When thinking of the great Halloween movies Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown, or even Beetlejuice may come to mind. A select few are aware of the perfection that is Practical Magic, and ACOFAE cannot and will not be a casual fan of anything. Welcome to an island in Ma...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: The Oleander Sword: "Women. How they haunt this tale." We here at ACOFAE have a saying that has served us well: Always meet your idols. Always. The Oleander Sword brings us back to the ladies we love: Bhumika, Priya, and Maline and things are not excellent. The war is still raging in Parijatdvipa and though Ahiranya is free in name, it falls to the only two temple elders i...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Kingdom of the Cursed: "I want to be clear I love Wrath, however.." this episode was recorded in December of 2021 just FYI You asked and ACOFAE delivered! Though, maybe not the way you expected. Welcome to Hell. Hope you don't remember anything about it from the last time you were probably here, oh but don't worry there's a party to go to and schemes to hatch. And meals to...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Wild and Wicked Things: 1 for malice 2 for mirth... If you read The Great Gatsby and liked the setting and the general vibe of the story but didn't connect with the characters, then we have a treat you. Instead of the male main characters in TGG, here we have female witches who throw lavish parties on a magical island off the coast of England. A purple light calls those wh...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Interview with the Vampire: The movie: This, this is my sh*t. Tom Cruise. Brad Pitt. Kirsten Dunst. IYKYK and ACOFAE knows and is ready to talk about it. New Orleans and vampires? Say less. Paris and vampires? Say more. Depressed brunette and black cat blonde plus a save the marriage baby? Immediate yes. Christian Slater? Screaming, crying, throwing up. Interview with the...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Fearless (books 1-2): Middle school me wanted to be her. It's Autumn in New York City. You're the new girl at another new school in a new living situation. You might be nervous. You might even be a little afraid. Not Gaia! Gaia is a lot of things. She's abrasive, dismissive, smart, and aloof. She's also born without a certain gene. A fear gene. Gaia cannot feel fear. That'...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Kingdom of the Wicked: Bargains, cooking, chalk, and pockets. Italy is a magical place. Come and walk down the road to the restaurant where you can smell the sea breeze and the scent of garlic on the air. Come inside and see the family work together harmoniously as they weave the magic of the kitchen for everyone to enjoy. Follow one sister as she finds trouble, follow ano...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Daughters of the Moon (Books 1-2): This is what High School is going to be like! The goal! Let's time travel to a magical place that we can only visit in our wildest dreams. The year is: 2000. The place: LA. The setting: High School. The main characters: 15-year-old girls. Magic: You bet your ass. Mythology: Drowning in it. Tropes: On their heads. Enjoyment: Immeasurable....