Book Talk for BookTok

This week we're back answering all of your questions about ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, and more! Support the Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss your thoughts and popular TikTok theories on Rebecca Yarros' highly anticipated novel Iron Flame. Iron Flame is the follow-up to Fourth Wing.  Support the Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss our initial thoughts on Rebecca Yarros' highly anticipated novel Iron Flame. Iron Flame is the follow-up to Fourth Wing. Amy and Jac discuss their initial thoughts and impressions. Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shain Rose is a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author. She writes romance with an edge and loves to deliver an emotional rollercoaster ride or two before we get to the happily ever after. Shain lives where the weather is constantly changing with a family she hopes will never change. When she isn’t writing, she’s spending the days with her husband, two kids, and a wild golden retriever. On the...

You asked us ANYTHING and we talked about it all! We talk Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yaros, ACOTAR and the SJM (Sarah J. Maas) multiverse, and everything in between! Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we answer your questions about writing!  Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we read listener emails about the SJM universe. FULL SPOILER WARNING. We talk A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR), Throne of Glass (ToG) and Crescent City (CC) and all of the Sarah J Maas theories. Support the Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marissa Tandon is a Los Angeles-based writer, director, and comedian. She is the co-founder of Tandon Productions, which focuses on bringing new voices to the multimedia and audio fiction space. She loves giving voice to stories that are not often represented in the current media landscape. The fiction podcasts that she has created (That Vampire Show, Super Ordinary, The Sword & The Stoner, His Ro...

Kate Golden lives in Los Angeles where she works full time in the film industry developing stories with screenwriters and filmmakers. A Dawn of Onyx is her debut novel, and the first in the Sacred Stones trilogy. In her free time she is an avid book reader, movie fanatic, and functioning puzzle addict. An embarrassing LA cliché, she likes to hike, brunch, and go to the flea market with her husband...

Hannah Grace is an English self-labeled “fluffy comfort book” author, writing predominantly new adult and contemporary romance from her home in Manchester, England. Hannah gained instant popularity on TikTok with her breakout novel Icebreaker. When she’s not writing some of our favorite hockey player book boyfriends, Hannah is hanging out with her husband and two dogs, Pig and Bear.  Hannah’s next...

This week Jac and Amy answer your writing-related questions! Support the Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of TikTok’s favorite authors, S.J. Tilly, is known for her Sin, Sleet, Darling, and Alliance series. Writing to give her and her readers a chance of escape, SJ’s romance books are meant to bring you out of the real world and into hers where adventure, love, lust, and drama always end in a Happily Ever After. You can catch the latest happy ending in her new book Dom, the third book in the Allia...

Ana Huang is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and #1 Amazon bestselling author. Best known for her Twisted series, she writes New Adult and contemporary romance with deliciously alpha heroes, strong heroines, and plenty of steam, angst, and swoon sprinkled in. Her books have been sold to over two dozen foreign publishers for translation and featured in outlets such as NPR, Cosmopo...

#1 New York Times Bestselling author Tessa Bailey, author of novels like It Happened One Summer and Unfortunately Yours, can solve all problems except for her own, so she focuses those efforts on stubborn, fictional blue collar men and loyal, lovable heroines. She lives on Long Island avoiding the sun and social interactions, then wonders why no one has called. Dubbed the “Michelangelo of dirty ta...

Hannah Nicole Maehrer—or as TikTok Knows her, @hannahnicolemae—is a fantasy romance author and BookToker with a propensity for villains. When she’s not creating bookish comedy skits about Villains and Assistants, she’s writing to Taylor Swift songs. Her biggest passions in life include romance, magic, laughter, and finding ways to include them all in everything she creates. This episode of Book Ta...

Elise Kova, author of A Deal with the Elf King and Air Awakens, is a USA Today and internationally bestselling author. She enjoys telling stories of fantasy worlds filled with magic and deep emotions. She lives in Florida and, when not writing, can be found playing video games, drawing, chatting with readers on social media, or daydreaming about her next story. You can find Elise online at eliseko...

This week we read your emails and discuss all things ACOTAR universe! If you would like to submit an audio recording via Camflare, go to our website booktalkforbooktok.com to view more information on how to use the desktop or mobile app to send us your recording. Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

J.T. Geissinger is a #1 international and Amazon Charts bestselling author of thirty novels. Ranging from funny, feisty romcoms to intense erotic thrillers, her books have sold over ten million copies worldwide and been translated into more than twenty languages. She is a three-time finalist in both contemporary and paranormal romance for the RITA® Award, the highest distinction in romance fiction...

For this special episode of Book Talk for BookTok, Jac and Amy prompted listeners on Instagram, requesting three random plot points or tropes. For each entry, Amy or Jac must create a story outline up on the spot and hilarity ensues! Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Rath, author of Pucking Around, is an international bestselling author of fantasy and romance. Her works include the Amazon international bestselling Jacksonville Rays Hockey series and the Second Sons Regency romance series. She currently lives in Florida with her husband, son, and cat. They regularly comb the local beaches looking for shark teeth. You can find Emily online at emilyrathbook...

Welcome to the final episode of our 4-part deep-dive literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas’s transitional romantasy novel, A Court of Frost and Starlight (ACOFAS). In this episode, we cover chapters 20 through 28, as Feyre finds clarity in love, purpose, and self, marking the quiet resolution of her long journey through war, identity, and healing. With 13 years of combined academic literary experienc...

This week you submitted questions for our special drunken mini-episode. Content Warning: graphic discussions around sex and mentions of self-harm. If you would like to submit an audio recording via Camflare, go to our website booktalkforbooktok.com to view more information on how to use the desktop or mobile app to send us your recording. Support the Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Welcome to our 4-part deep-dive literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas’s transitional romantasy novel, A Court of Frost and Starlight (ACOFAS). In this episode, we cover chapters 14 through 19, as the Inner Circle faces quiet reckonings, shifting relationships, and the bittersweet beauty of Feyre’s Solstice birthday. With 13 years of combined academic literary experience and two rotating literary lens...

Marina Flores is a poet, first generation college graduate, and member of the LGBTQ community. Also a Los Angeles resident like us, Marina works in marketing, where she was among the 2022 40 Under Forty award winners for the Conejo Chamber of Commerce for her professional and community contributions. In her poetry, Marina writes about her life’s experiences, queer identity, and womanhood as demons...

Welcome to our 4-part deep-dive literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas’s transitional romantasy novel, A Court of Frost and Starlight (ACOFAS). In this episode, we cover chapters 7 through 13, as the Winter Solstice draws near and tensions simmer beneath the surface of celebration and survival. With 13 years of combined academic literary experience and two rotating literary lenses, best friends Jac an...