L.A.M.E. Book Club Podcast

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Mech-suits, mates, and a massive cannonball — we're covering chapters 79–86 of House of Flame and Shadow, where Bryce's mask-reanimation plan makes zero sense, Ithan freezes and shatters the Under King (RIP to a real one, or is it — Barrow White theory incoming), Ithan and Perry's mate bond finally clicks (head cano...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod This week we're covering chapters 71 through 78 of House of Flame and Shadow and honestly? We're thriving. Sabine is dead (finally, mercifully, ding dong), Ithan accidentally becomes the Prime, Nesta is BACK, and Tharion somehow proposes to someone in front of his wife. We also can't stop seeing energy drinks every...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod In this episode of the L.A.M.E. Book Club Podcast, we're covering House of Flame and Shadow Chapters 64–70, where Sarah J. Maas somehow manages to give Hunt a new existential crisis, Ithan continues his campaign to make the worst possible decision in every situation, and a major plotline gets wrapped up so quickly t...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod This week Melissa and Elle are covering chapters 57 through 63 of House of Flame and Shadow, and buckle up because a LOT happens — and somehow we still have more questions than answers. We spend a truly unreasonable amount of time on the fact that Tharion got wet and grew zero fins, Aidas casually admits he's known...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Bryce is a Bratz doll, Hunt is an AI-generated man-child having a full hissy fit in a literal cave-in, and somehow this is a love story — chapters 50–56 of House of Flame and Shadow have us in a chokehold. We're breaking down Sathia's absolutely devastating takedown of Bryce's Fae logic, the murder twins finally get...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod This week Melissa and Ellie are back to cover chapters 43 through 49 of House of Flame and Shadow, and things are moving — mostly in the wrong direction. Lidia meets her sons (one of them is fine about it, the other is NOT), the Ocean Queen picks a side after insisting she never picks a side, and we finally get some...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Things are escalating and nobody is coping gracefully — Melissa and Ellie break down chapters 36 through 42 of House of Flame and Shadow, where the pressure on basically every character hits a new high and SJM reminds us she has zero chill. The gang reacts accordingly. Theories are floated, feelings are had, and at...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Surprise, besties — Ellie's on maternity leave (baby's here, everyone's safe, screaming and crying we love her), so Melissa's husband Zeke is filling in, and yes, he has not read a single word of Crescent City. We dragged him through House of Flame and Shadow Chapters 29–35 anyway: Bryce gets shackled by her absolut...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Buckle up besties, because for the first time in literal forever we did our HOMEWORK and came with RECEIPTS. We're tearing through chapters 22-28 of House of Flame and Shadow, which means it's time to unhinge our jaws and theorize about whether the Hawk is secretly Vaughn from Throne of Glass, whether Bryce's back t...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Buckle up, besties!! Chapters 15 through 21 of House of Flame and Shadow are the ones that sent the entire fandom into a full-blown spiral, and we're getting into ALL of it. From a hologram info-dump that has readers divided, to a single sentence that may have just confirmed one of the biggest theories in the SJM un...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Okay, we have a LOT to talk about. Apollion drops bombs we weren't ready for, Hunt's whole backstory might not be what we thought, Lidia finally shows her cards, and a certain shadowsinger shows up where we absolutely did NOT expect him. Also… we may or may not be formally apologizing to everyone who shipped Bryce a...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod   Starting House of Flame and Shadow is already… a lot. In these first few chapters, we’re thrown right back into chaos with zero breathing room—Bryce is in a completely different world, Hunt and Ruhn are getting absolutely wrecked, and somehow we’ve got magic, mech suits, and multiverse theories all colliding at on...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Everything finally comes to a head in these chapters and… yeah, we were NOT prepared. From massive lore reveals to theories actually starting to make sense (or completely fall apart), this stretch flips everything we thought we knew on its head. We’re talking shocking truths, chaotic decisions, emotional damage, and...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Welcome back to the L.A.M.E. Book Club Podcast! It is our second-to-last episode covering House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas, and things are officially popping off! Melissa and Ellie are breaking down the absolute chaos of chapters 64 through 70. We are diving deep into Baxian's massive reveal as Danika’s secr...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod Chaos. Public scandals. Questionable decisions. A summoning that ABSOLUTELY should not have happened. And somehow… that’s not even the wildest part. In chapters 57–63 of House of Sky and Breath, Bryce chooses violence (socially), the Autumn King gets publicly humiliated, demon politics get messier than ever, and we...

Subscribe to our Patreon for our after-party → https://www.patreon.com/c/lamebcpod   Respectfully… what is going on in Crescent City right now?? These chapters delivered demon attacks, secret lore drops, near-deaths, Bryce power upgrades, and the Autumn King being his usual terrible self — and we are simply trying to keep up. One minute we’re discussing ancient magic and hidden truths about the wo...

Sophie was dead this whole time and we would like a formal apology from House of Sky and Breath. Between squid boats, unhinged mate energy, Emile not being a Thunderbird, and Cormac getting emotionally body-slammed, these chapters truly said “plot twist” and meant it. We spiraled, we theorized, we questioned every life choice that led us here — and somehow we still want more. Grab your conspiracy...

Melissa and Ellie are back in full tinfoil-hat mode because these chapters were not subtle. Wolves through time? Erased bloodlines? Black adamant mind walls? Sarah, respectfully… what are we doing? In this episode, we dive into HOSAB 36–42 and ask the unhinged but necessary question: are the First Wolves actually connected to ACOTAR? We’re talking Danika’s secret research, forbidden wolf history,...

These chapters took a hard left into unsettling, and we were absolutely not prepared. In chapters 29-35 of House of Sky and Breath, the world-building cracks open, the rules start feeling very suspicious, and suddenly nothing we thought we understood feels safe anymore. We spiral (politely), question everything, and start connecting dots that maybe were never meant to be connected. Respectfully… w...

Chapters 22–28 of House of Sky and Breath sent us fully into distress. Between secret rebellions, suspicious alliances, emotional whiplash, and yet another reason Bryce and Hunt can’t have peace, we are officially overwhelmed. In this episode, we break down Ruhn's mysterious connections, Bryce’s growing power, the Bone Quarter questions that refuse to be answered, and the relationship choices that...

Nothing is adding up — and we’re officially spiraling. In chapters 15–21 of House of Sky and Breath, secrets pile up, history starts unraveling, and the “truth” looks a lot more manufactured than we were led to believe. From Danika’s hidden research to Dusk’s Truth, salt conspiracies, fake histories, secret rebellions, and engagements that make absolutely no sense — this section sent us straight i...

Everyone has secrets in House of Sky and Breath… and somehow Bryce is the last to know every single one of them. In chapters 8–14, Ellie and Melissa spiral through prophecies, surprise drop-ins, sketchy new characters, ancient grudges, and yet another round of “wait, Danika knew WHAT?” Along the way we debate oracles, side-eye everyone’s motives, rant about indefinite roommates, and slowly realize...

Week one of House of Sky and Breath comes in hot. We’re covering the prologue through chapter seven, and somehow Sarah J. Maas already dropped a forced betrothal, Thunderbird chaos, and enough tinfoil-hat theories to last the whole series. From Sophie and the brutal prologue, to Bryce and Hunt’s painfully self-inflicted slow burn, to Cormac’s surprise entrance and the Autumn King being his absolut...

We’re officially finishing House of Earth and Blood, and wow… what an ending. In this finale episode of L.A.M.E. Book Club, we break down The Drop, the gates, first light, and that emotional rollercoaster of an ending that still has us unwell. From worldbuilding revelations and sword theories to devastating sacrifices, unexpected healing, and the moments that absolutely wrecked us, this episode is...

We’re back and things officially go off the rails. In chapters 81–90 of Crescent City, Bryce does the unthinkable (yes, the vacuum scene), Hel literally opens across the city, and the biggest revelation of the entire book finally drops. We break down Bryce vs. Micah, the gates, the synth twist, Hunt at full power, and that jaw-dropping Starborn reveal—plus plenty of tangents, theories, pop culture...