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Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 73-78 and Ember and Randall's bonus chapter from the Books-A-Million edition.  Bryce opens a portal in the middle of Nesta's living room, using her parents as collateral for the Mask before closing the door to Prythian and opening it to Hel's armies. The bonus chapter reveals what went down in Prythian...

Send us Fan Mail After a discussion of this week's book rec, A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen,  we pick up our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 67-72.  Bryce steps into her role as Queen B, sending Tharion and Sathia Beneath and the Frat Pack and Lidia to Lunathion, recruiting Ember and Randall for the trip to the Northern Rift and leaving Baxian behind to guard Av...

Send us Fan Mail After a breakdown of E News' dream ACOTAR casting and a discussion of this week's book rec, The Vampire's Mage Series by C.N. Crawford, we continue our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 61-66. We learn that (unfortunately) Apollion and Thanatos *didn't* run a train on Hunt's mom. He actually had a bio dad, who was killed by the Asteri for h...

Send us Fan Mail After discussing this week's book rec, The Five Crowns of Okrith series, we continue our House of Flame and Shadow Deep Dive with chapters 56-60. Hunt finds out he's a demonic test tube baby while he and Bryce are in Hel meeting with Aidas, Apollion and Thanatos, who share Helena's story — including why she chose Avallen as the Fae's stronghold — what happened...

Send us Fan Mail Before diving (deep) into House of Flame and Shadow chapters 50-55, we *have* to talk about Sarah's latest IG post (#ACOwhattt), our viral April Fools' joke, A Court of Fiddles and Pollen, and this week's book rec, "Manacled" by SenLinYu.  Hunt and Bryce exchange more than just fluids, Tharion and Sathia find only one bed (!!!) in their honeymoon suite, It...

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 44-49. If hams can spiral, so can we, specifically over Rebecca Yarros' announcement of the title of the third book in the Empyrean series, "Onyx Storm." We talk theories, predictions, second (third?) signets and more, and Elle shares this week's book rec, The Shepherd King Series by Rachel Gillig....

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 38-43. We kick shit off with a social media roundup of drama and a potential ACOTAR teaser/hint posted by SJM herself. Jesiba's backstory is (finally) shared and let's just say bitch looks great for her age, and Bryce (finally) finishes her ham-and-butter sandwich and finds Hunt on the Depth Charger. Ruhn le...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 31-37. Lidia carries Ruhn (and the entire book) during a dramatic escape from the Eternal City, while Bryce and the Autumn King continue wasting time. Ithan finally finds a storyline (and job) in the House of Flame and Shadow with Jesiba, who promises to help find a necromancer for Sigrid, and Tharion moves his prob...

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive (now on YouTube!) continues with chapters 26-30.  Bryce's already tenuous truce with Nesta and Az ends on less-than-great terms as her adventure in Prythian comes to an end ... for now. And you'll never guess where (and when) she lands back in Midgard. The mission to save Ruhn is off to a rocky start with Ithan sprinting (??) away...

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive (now on YouTube!) continues with chapters 21-25.  We kick off the episode guessing what SJM and Margot Robbie were talking about at their recent coffee date. Could Margot be involved in a future SJM adaption as a producer and/or actress (and who would we cast her as?), or was it just a meet cute for two Fantasy fangirlies?  We finally learn...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode (House of Flame and Shadow chapters 16-20) features a breakdown of Silene's lore dump, including liberator-turned-conquerer Theia's unexpected (and disappointing) villain arc; what we learned about music and mommy issues in the Bryce, Nesta & Az bonus chapter; the lengths Ruhn will go to in order to avoid simply *speaking* to Lidia ; and the...

Send us Fan Mail In our coverage of House of Flame and Shadow chapters 11-15, we break down the progression of the tunnel carvings and what they mean for the past, present and future of both Prythian and Midgard.  Could the monolith atop Ramiel be wyrdstone? And what (or whom) sleeps beneath the mountains of Prythian?  We also discuss both the canon and theorized connections between Ramiel, the Il...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 5-10. In Midgard, we meet the Sprite Queen, update our LinkedIn titles to Imperial Hag and attend yet another Captain Whatever pity party. Meanwhile, in Prythian, Bryce tries to add another public indecency charge to her file and goes on a hot girl walk with Nesta.  Plus, Bryce's background in art history and a...

Send us Fan Mail We kick off our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive this week with the prologue (where we finally get Lidia's POV) and chapters 1-4 (where we get POV whiplash).  We’re dropped back in the Crystal Palace two days after Bryce jumped through the gate, trying to get to Hel to ask for Apollion and Aidas’ help, but instead landing in Prythian. While Bryce petitions Rhys, Amren and...

Send us Fan Mail We share theories and predictions in our bonus House of Flame and Shadow preview episode, including:  Dusk Court The Prison and Avallen Islands Why wasn’t Cassian in the teaser with Nesta, Az & Bryce? The Asteri, Daglan & Valg Hunt's lineage Illyrians vs. Malakim Could Jesiba be Theia’s daughter? The Bone Carver, Sin-Eater, Parthos & Antica We'll pick back up...

Send us Fan Mail In our House of Sky and Breath finale, we cover chapters 71-78, the epilogue and the bonus chapters.  We pick back up in chapter 71 with Bryce's underwhelming-turned-overwhelming discovery in the Asteri Archives, while the rest of Team Fuck-You are busy being caught (suspiciously easily?). It might be time to slide into Apollion's DMs, now that Bryce has learned the trut...

Send us Fan Mail House of Sky and Breath chapters 61-70. In the penultimate episode of our HOSAB deep dive, we break down Bryce's opposite of a wet dream with Apollion. Could Parthos — now a vast, dusty plain — be the same place the Bone Carver told Feyre about? We also compare the BC to the Sin-Eater and Lunathion — modeled after an ancient coastal city — to Antica. Topics include the possib...

Send us Fan Mail House of Sky and Breath chapters 51-60. We pick back up in chapter 51 with Hunt processing the Emile bombshell and the Autumn King processing Bryce's official princess paperwork. Concerned about her coven, Hypaxia hires Ithan as a bodyguard and, let's just say, we hope his health insurance took effect immediately.  Plus we discuss why Mor is who Rhys will call in when &q...

Send us Fan Mail House of Sky and Breath chapters 41-50. On this episode of Love Island, the rebels turn on their Vanir allies, Hunt lights it up and the Hind skims waves (and minds?). Plus, Bryce waxes on with Cormac and gets off with Hunt, who comes down with a case of "mate rage" after being saved by one of the Ocean Queen's secret underwater cities (news to both us and captain o...

Send us Fan Mail House of Sky and Breath chapters 31-40. Bryce and Hunt escape the Bone Quarter after combining powers ... and scents. Ephraim and his triarii, including the Harpy and the Hind, arrive in Lunathion for the (forced) mating with Celestina, who Hunt straight up abandons. Bryce, Tharion and Ithan visit the creeper Astronomer and his mystics and, bonus, meet Thanatos ... a lord from the...

Send us Fan Mail House of Sky and Breath chapters 21-30. Questions include: Why won't Ithan just fuck off and jack off like the rest of us; Whose side is Apollion on; Does Midgard have WorldStar; Is Baxian a rebel sympathizer ... is Celestina; What does Pennywise want with our precious baby Ruhn; Are there scents on a mind bridge; Should we kill your sister/my daughter LOL; Does Bryce sweat t...

Send us Fan Mail Our House of Sky and Breath read/refresh continues with chapters 10-20. Hunt is reunited with the Hammer (yikes) and the Helhound (??); The River Queen is a boomer; As per my last Dusk's Truth and Project Thurr email; More Danika bombshells; Someone look into the Starlight Fancy company; Fuck Emile, respectfully; The emotional support shower has a waitlist; Shahar: The Sequel...

Send us Fan Mail We kick off our House of Sky and Breath deep dive this week with the prologue + chapters 1-9. Questions include: Who and WTF is Sofie Renast; Could we take a deer (shifter) in a one-on-one fight; Is Hunt moonlighting as a statue model; Are Hunt and Bryce mate  mates; Do we trust Celestina (cautiously yes); What are three things that Ruhn knows; Should Bryce consider Cormac's...

Send us Fan Mail CC HOEAB finale, chapters 85-97 + epilogue:  We wrap up our House of Earth and Blood deep dive with Bryce plunging into her power and Hunt (unsuccessfully) trying to plunge into Bryce. Plus Hypaxia gives Hunt a makeunder;  Sandriel reenacts *that* scene from Hereditary; Danika (gas)lights it up; Ruhn tops our shadow daddy list; Bryce frees up some storage on her iPhone; and Jesiba...

Send us Fan Mail CC HOEAB Chapters 72-84: Aelin warned us how dangerous libraries are; Ruhn and Hunt are terrible detectives; Hypaxia is 100% that witch; Micah blows Bryce; Feyre threw the Book of Breathings all the way to Midgard; Bryce goes fist to flap and Juniper goes hoof to toe; Speak of the Dirt Devil; BB, Lele and Syrie forever.  Next week: chapters 85-97 + epilogue. Instagram and TikTok @...