Lit On Fiction

Arts EN ↓ 16 episodes

The podcast where Eve and Sam peel back the layers of popular fiction then put it all back together season by season. They dive into the social commentary, the literary devices and the tricks we notice that authors employ to create stories that have captured the hearts and imaginations of readers everywhere, while having a great time together talking about the books we love and characters we all love to hate.

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Buddy Read #1 WARBREAKER BY BRANDON SANDERSON 11.09.2024 43:08

Welcome to our first buddy read where we discuss Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. Buddy reads are shorter episodes (approx 45 minutes) where we discuss our thoughts and reactions to book we read together. Warbreaker gave us a lot to talk about and we could have gone on forever... but we had to stop somewhere. Lit On Fiction https://www.tiktok.com/@litonfiction Eve: https://www.tiktok.com/@eves_re...

Ch 27-28: Alphaholes and Propaganda 16.08.2024 1:08:45

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapter 21 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this episode we discuss: PS I Love You (2007) film based on the book by Cecilia Ahern A circle of friends (1995) film based on the book by Maeve Binchy Mona Lisa Smile (2003) Magazine: ...

Ch 26: Lambs to the Slaughter 03.08.2024 43:31

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapter 26 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this episode we discuss agency in sacrifice and the power of living for a cause vs. dying for one. Hunt as healer also makes an appearance. Books mentioned in this Episode: S. Massery’s...

Ch 22-25: Busting Cliffs and Smashing Ceilings 27.07.2024 1:28:36

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapters 22, 23, 24 and 25 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this episode we discuss funeral rites and grieving in the Maasiverse, Matriarchial societies, shattering the glass ceiling, the glass cliff, gender roles and power dynami...

Ch 21: Sun, Moon, Circle and Stars 01.06.2024 1:11:26

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapter 21 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this lore heavy episode we discuss the significance of Luna’s statue - both its form and materials. In this research heavy episode we discuss the various conflations of moon goddesses i...

Ch 18-20: Markets and Manipulations 15.05.2024 1:09:31

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapters 18, 19 and 20 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this episode we discuss the meaning of Momento Mori, Art and Music in the Maasiverse, the Meat Market and makeshift cities, the Origins of the Viper Queen, as well as book ba...

Ch 15-17: Maas Meets Maslow 07.05.2024 1:06:46

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapters 15, 16 and 17 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this episode we discuss knowing your Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the impacts of isolation, romance vs. love story, and the structure of a romance novel. Books discussed in t...

Ch 12-14: Stand Together or Fall Apart 30.04.2024 1:08:10

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapters 12, 13 and 14 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this episode we discuss knowing your rights, isolation vs community, the breeding programs and their implications across the maasiverse, as well as humanism vs machiavelliani...

Ch 10-11: Pride and Prejudice and Meet Cutes 16.04.2024 59:52

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapters 10 and 11 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this episode we discuss meet cutes, relationships and power dynamics across the Maasiverse. Notable mentions of this episode are cults, ayahuasca and first person past tense and...

Ch 8-9: Status Quo and Parallel Universes 09.04.2024 1:06:08

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapter 9 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this episode we discuss Hunt’s “status quo” prior to the meet cute of the next chapter, various parallels across the Maasiverse, including how banking is portrayed, the harm killing impri...

Part 1 The Hollow: Patterns Repeating: Bryce Quinlan 27.03.2024 47:21

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss chapter 8 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com We have finished an entire section of Crescent city. As a celebration we are discussing topics begun in this book of the text. This episode is an overview of what we are shown vs. told regar...

Part 1 The Hollow: Power Plays - Proximity to Power 12.03.2024 1:05:38

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapter 21 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com We have finished an entire section of Crescent city - the Hollow. As a celebration we are discussing topics begun in this book of the text. In this episode we discuss all of Bryce's con...

Ch 4-7: The prologue that is not a prologue 05.03.2024 57:12

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam break down chapters 4-7 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! We can be found on Tiktok at Lit On Fiction ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@litonfiction⁠ Eve: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@eves_reads⁠ Sam: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@creativelbd⁠

Ch 1-3: Love Letters 27.02.2024 50:16

Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam break down chapters 1-3 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so reader beware! We can be found on Tiktok at Lit On Fiction ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@litonfiction⁠ Eve: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@eves_reads⁠ Sam: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@creativelbd⁠

Crescent City, Crossovers and Conspiracy Theories f/Drinking Ink Part 2 20.02.2024 1:10:20

Spoilers are everywhere in this initial episode where we meet with the Ink Drinkers for a chat about all things House of Flame and Shadow, in celebration of its release. This is a collaboration, so for part 1 please go to their podcast, have a listen to part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1k4h0cUbvh7CZFWyoxqSi6 We can be found on Tiktok at Lit On Fiction ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@litonfiction⁠...

Trailer 15.02.2024 3:40

Introducing Sam, Eve, and Lit on Fiction. Our first episode drops February 20th and is a collaboration with the amazing Drinking Ink podcast