ACOFAE: A Collection of Fandoms and Exploration.

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Our new friend, Stacey McEwan! ACOFAE welcomes author, Tiktok star, and our new friend, Stacey McEwan to the podcast! Stacey is the author of the upcoming adult fantasy book Ledge . Join Laura Marie, Jessica Marie, and Stacey as they discuss everything and anything about books, publishing, the writing process, the social media impact and more. If you're looking for a heroi...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Chicago: The Movie - "We couldn't have done this without you, truly!". "I don't believe in the glorification of murder. I do believe in the empowerment of women."- Lady Gaga Welcome to Chicago. Where the music is as hot as the crime and the crime can make you famous. Enter Roxy Hart and Velma Kelly. Both are accused of a crime they absolutely did commit, both are desperate...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Our new friend, Deanna Ortega! ACOFAE welcomes author, Tiktok star, and our new friend, Deanna Ortega, to the podcast! Deanna is the bestselling author of The Cursed Kingdoms series with book 1 Ruin and Roses out now and book 2 Shadows and Lies out August 31st, 2022. In an attempt to keep this episode spoiler free Laura Marie, Jessica Marie, and Deanna make a valiant attem...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Jawbreaker: "You mean The Meow?" If watching Jawbreaker to prepare for the back to school rush is wrong, then ACOFAE doesn't want to be right. Welcome back to high school. Where the popular girls slow-motion walk in the hallways, wear fishnets and heels every day, and generally dismiss all the rules of school and create their own. And we love them for it. Enter Courtney, L...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: All of Us Villains: Speaking of the finger... The official tagline for this book is "Blood before all." The unofficial tagline for this book is "The Hunger Games with magic" and that is more apt to what is going on here. Welcome to Ivernath, a small unremarkable town where every 20 years, seven families choose a champion and there is a death tournament. The winner’s family...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Ever After: "I wonder if they Mythbusted this?" When Ms. Drew Barrymore herself calls Ever After her favorite role, what else is left to say?! A lot apparently! Join Laura Marie and Jessica Marie as they get caught up in the drama of this lovely Cinderella retelling. Glass slipper? Check. Stepsisters, one of which is probably evil? Check. Evil stepmother? Check. Fairy godm...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: A Forbidden Fate: Spoiler-Free with the author herself, Kaven! This episode is SPOILER-FREE and focuses on Kaven Hirning's new book A Forbidden Fate . This episode was originally 3 HOURS LONG. This episode has about 1.5 hours of HOSAB discussion that was cut. ALL THAT TO SAY: ACOFAE welcomes back Kaven as she discusses her new book A Forbidden Fate . Described as a love le...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Movie: "He's a blood sucking fiend from beyond the grave!" "All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die." Buffy Summers has a plan. It includes the school dance and cheer practice and definitely like for sure totally does NOT include vampires, Luke Perry, and a guy named Merrick. Welcome to 1992...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Weetzie Bat: "I know about happily." Sometimes it doesn't take a lot of words to make an impact. Sometimes, specifically, less than 100 pages to change the life of a reader. Weetzie Bat bids you welcome: Welcome to LA, welcome to the late 80's, and welcome to a wonderland of wishes where anything can and does happen. Weetzie Bat and her best friend Dirk are the outcast coo...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Shadowhunter Academy: Back with old friends, plus Daddy Will Herondale. "If the author writes it you should read it" is one of many sayings here at ACOFAE. Applying that to Shadowhunters might seem like a tall order but the payoff is worth it: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy. Join Simon as he tries to figure out who he is, who he was, and who he will be as he takes classes...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: A Touch of Ruin/A Game of Retribution: Miscommunication at its finest? Hades is a busy man. He's either drinking, not communicating with Persephone, trying to manage the underworld/various clubs/torturing people/not sleeping/plotting, or brooding. Usually all of those things at once. Hades is in charge in A Game of Retribution and wastes no time showing the reader exactly...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Jasmine Throne: Boss B*tch Bhumika does the damn thing. If you were fascinated to see the human breast might, kind of, sort of look like a flower, then you will LOVE this book. Really. That is the vibe. The Emperor is new and fervently religious. The Princess is rebellious and loves her country. Men are in power. Men make decisions. Men have decided the Princess is to...

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Wicked Beauty: “Use your words. Be explicit." Are you ready to jump back into the Dark Olympus series? Are you ready to love Helen? Do you love logical conflicted men? What about men that are doers and not thinkers? Perfect. Achilles and Patroclus are working as a team to win the title of Ares for Achilles but Helen isn't a prize to be won, and soon everyone will know it....

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Special guest Carly Spade ACOFAE welcomes USA Today bestselling author, avid gamer, and all-round amazing person Carly Spade to the podcast! Carly is the author of 10 (soon to be 11) Contemporary Mythos books that introduce us to the Greek Gods in a new and exciting way. Don't call it a retelling, more of a reimagining (or even an extension!) If you thought that you were p...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Strictly Ballroom "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning." - Smashing Pumpkins. ACOFAE has saved the first film in the Red Curtain Trilogy for the last: Strictly Ballroom. Have you seen this absolute gem of a film? Probably not. Most people haven't. But that is why ACOFAE is here! Do you love Baz? Dancing? Color? Drama? The 90's? No really, the 90's. In Australia. Now...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: The Book of Azrael Are you tired of female main characters losing their powers? Do you love it when there are plots within schemes within plots? How do you feel about backstabbing? Love it? Excellent. Sprinkle in gods and monsters with an extra helping of banter and a brooding male mc and we have The Book of Azrael by Amber Nicole! Laura Marie and Jessica Marie are ready t...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Mean Girls Laura Marie has a confession: this recording is the first time she had ever seen Mean Girls all the way through AND not edited for tv. She's ashamed. Jessica Marie saw this movie in the theater and, rightly so, has been obsessed ever since. While the entire movie is a meme, is quotable, and unforgettable, you might be surprised how much was taken out for TV and...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Book of Knight Do you know that feeling of being excited and nervous at the same time? This book is that feeling. Excited because this is a new direction for Holly Black and nervous because this is a new direction for Holly Black! What isn't new is that the twist got Laura Marie and Jessica Marie good. Jaw hanging open good. Which is excellent because this book is full of...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Our Violent Ends If you wanted a bit more enemies to lovers, a bit more politics, a bit more scheming, and a bit more betrayal than what was in These Violent Delights then you are in luck! Monsters take the back seat in this conclusion to Chloe Gong's duology, while family dynamics and the future of Shanghai take center stage. The gangsters are floundering, the Communists...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: The Kricket Series 1-3: “Your ambition scares me…your lack of it angers me.” Aliens. Let's get that out of the way. This book is about aliens. Are you surprised? Jessica Marie was! But don’t worry, they are hot. This book series has all the tropes, really so many, and an ending that will surprise you. It's a unique one in the world of YA. Really it surprised everyone so mu...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: These Violent Delights If you know the pod then you know that Jessica Marie has her background in the Romance genre and Laura Marie has her background in Historical Fiction. These two genres, both alike in dignity, are front and center in this Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920's Shanghai. Rival gangs and the enduring blood feud have put Roma and Juliette on different...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: A Knight's Tale Isn't it incredible that after 15+ years Laura Marie and Jessica Marie are still learning things about each other!? Like, how Laura Marie found out Jessica Marie hadn't seen A Knight's Tale and the world stopped turning, birds stopped singing, and the sky was purple until this great wrong was righted. And righted it was! Hello Vision, Hello Joker, Hello Rob...

ACOFAE and Samantha are back with MORE. More discussions about books, about social media, about writing, about movies, and about how scary it can be to put your work out there. Especially when you've been working on it since you were a child. Samantha is an author yes, but she's also a director! Did you know that?! Samantha graciously discusses making movies and all the magic that goes on in front...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: The War of Two Queens Worry, travel, fight, repeat. There is a lot that happens in The War of Two Queens but worry, travel, fight, repeat sums it up in broad strokes. The book community had A LOT to say about this release and Laura Marie ended up being spoiled, again. SIGH Poppy is in charge and letting everyone know it as the war chugs onward. Casteel is still in captivit...

ACOFAE Podcast presents: Special guest Samantha Ferrand ACOFAE welcomes author, director, tiktok personality, and all-around wonderful person Samantha (LiteraryLibra) to the pod. Join Laura Marie and Jessica Marie in fangirling as Samantha shares about the book she is writing, experiences with Booktok and social media, and her love for The Cruel Prince. There may or may not be a couple book recomm...