Literary Quest

In this week's episode your hosts discuss Signs of Cupidity, the first book in Raven Kennedy's Heart Hassle series. Emelle has spent over 50 years as a cupid, cultivating love but never being in love. When she becomes disenfranchised with the way humans treat love she gets reassigned to the fae realm. Unfortunately, she soon finds out that the fae aren't that different from humans when it comes to...

In this episode, your hosts discuss the last four short stories in The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. In these stories, Geralt must navigate tricky political situations at a banquet Cintra’s princess, remove a pesky devil who’s as helpful at farming as he is inconvenient, and enlist the power of a sorceress to save his best bud after he’s injured by a Djinn. He has adventures with Dandelion, is d...

In this episode your hosts discuss the first three short stories from The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. The hit Netflix show "The Witcher" is based off of this series. Geralt of Rivia is traveling the world, he is a Witcher and makes a living by killing monsters and breaking curses. He must navigate the world of monsters while doing his best to stay out of human affairs.  In the first three...

This week, your hosts discuss Blood Laws by Lexi C. Foss. Astasiya Davenport has been keeping secrets for her entire life. When her friend, Owen is violently murdered, she learns that there’s more to the supernatural world and her own abilities than she realized. Her world grows more complicated when she meets Issac Wakefield, billionaire bachelor and vampire, who’s instantly intrigued by Stas. Sh...

In this week's episode your hosts discuss Jack Whitney's debut novel, Dead Moons Rising! Aydra Ravenspeak has spent years trying to get her brother and kingdom to see her as more than an accessory to the throne. She has to constantly push back against what society wants with little success. However, when she ends up in Draven Greenwood's realm she finds a place where people embrace who she is. Unf...

This week, your hosts discuss Choosing Theo by Victoria Aveline. It’s all fun and games until you get kidnapped by aliens and left on a mysterious planet light years away from your home. Unfortunately for Jade, this is her new reality, and now that she’s been left on Clecania, intergalactic law prevents her from returning back to Earth. When given little choice but to participate in Clecania’s cou...

Your hosts are wrapping up the year with a fun holiday themed book - Winter Fae Queen by Lexi Foss and JR Thorn! Artica is picked for an exclusive internship in the North Pole and she gets to work with some unique men. Lark is an elf prince who is nearing coronation and is worried that the realm will not accept him. Nordon is Lark's best friend and lover, he is trying to help Lark find the rest of...

This week, your hosts discuss King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair. Isolde de Lara faces a difficult choice: marry Adrian, king of the vampires, allying her kingdom with his and saving her people from certain death, or reject the vampire king’s offer of marriage and start a war between kingdoms. But for Isolde, no sacrifice is too great, even if it means eternally tying herself to a mons...

In this week's episode your hosts discuss the first book in Laura Thalassa's four horsemen series - Pestilence. He is the first horseman to ride the Earth, spreading a deadly plague that no one survives. All Pestilence needs to do is ride through a city and everyone will succumb to the sickness. In a desperate attempt to save her family Sara decides to try and kill Pestilence. Of course, things do...

This week, your hosts discuss A Throne of Ruin by K.F. Breene. Through trial and error and Finley’s own ingenuity, she’s discovered am elixir that has the potential to save the lives of those in the kingdom affected by the curse and makes plans with Nyfain to distribute it to other villages in the kingdom. Nyfain tries to keep their interactions platonic to protect Finley from the demon king, but...

In this book your hosts discuss K.F Breene's A Ruin of Roses! It is the first book in her Deliciously Dark Fairytales series. The kingdom has been cursed, people are no longer able to shift into their animal form and they are dying from a mysterious sickness. Finley has spent her whole life in her small village. She has done her best to find a cure for the illness that kills so many but has only f...

In this week’s episode, your hosts discuss Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco. Emilia Maria di Carlo and her sister, Vittoria have always known magic was real. When Vittoria is brutally murdered, Emilia will stop at nothing to discover why and who killed her, including summoning a demon. Emilia works with Wrath, a prince of hell, to uncover the truth behind the series of murders of young wo...

This week your hosts discuss the final installment of Laura Thalassa's four horsemen series - Death! In a post-apocalyptic world where the four horsemen have come to judge humanity, Lazarus finds herself drawn to Death, the last of the horsemen. Since she cannot die, she is determined to stop him or at least slow down his destruction but Death is not easily stopped. The other horsemen do not want...

This week, your hosts discuss Neon Gods by Katee Robert. Persephone Demetriou is desperate to escape the politics of Olympus and the squeaky clean role she’s been forced into as one Demeter’s daughters. She’s made a plan to escape, when she turns 25 and can access her trust fund, but her plans go off the rails when she is forced into a surprise engagement with Zeus, the self-proclaimed king of Oly...

In this week's episode your hosts discuss the highly anticipated A Shadow in the Embers, the prequel to Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash series. Sera is promised to the Primal of Death through an arrangement made by her ancestors to replenish the lands. Now the Rot has returned and Sera believes she is her country’s only salvation—she must make the Primal fall in love with her, and then...

Happy Halloween! In this special spooky episode, your hosts discuss Frankenstein by Mary Shelley! Young Victor Frankenstein is captivated, near obsessed, with his scientific pursuits. When his experiments result in the reanimation of man, Victor is horrified and abandons his creature. Victor soon learns that sometimes extreme ambition comes at a hefty price. Join us!

This week your hosts discuss Alessa Thorn's new dark romance, Darkest Night! Athena Edgeworth and Konstantius Zalam are both mercenaries and have been rivals for 3 years. When they cross paths it is often bloody, violent, and sexy but despite the rivalry they have been unable to kill each other. When they develop a common enemy Athena and Kon must join together to try and defeat him. Will they be...

This week, your hosts discuss A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane. Maddek seeks to avenge the death of his parents when they are killed under mysterious circumstances. While he can’t exact his revenge on Syssia’s leader, Zhalen, or his sons, when he receives word the Zhalen’s mysterious daughter is being transported to another kingdom for marriage, Maddek finds the perfect target for his veng...

This week your hosts discuss Jay Kristoff's best seller Nevernight! After her father is executed as a traitor and her mother and brother are taken away Mia vows revenge. To do so she must train to be a Blade at the Red Church. She will be tested in unimaginable ways but if she succeeds she will have the knowledge and resources to avenge her family. Her competition is ruthless and trusting anyone i...

This week, your hosts discuss Rabid by Raven Kennedy and Ivy Asher. Seneca Rain has waited all of her life for the moment where she can connect with her wolf spirit and fully embrace life as a shifter.  However, when the time comes and she is attacked by her packs alpha, Seneca’s wolf becomes rabid. Her cruel alpha deems her togreat of a threat and abandons her in the territory of the Ruin Fa...

This week your hosts discuss Set by Alessa Thorn. Set, the ancient Egyptian God of War and Chaos, has been working as a mercenary in modern Egypt. Unlike his Greek God counterparts, he likes to stay out of the spotlight but when he is tasked with protecting his boss's secret daughter he might be forced to reveal himself.  Ayla has been working her dream job as a doctor in a non-profit organiz...

This week, your hosts discuss Sabriel by Garth Nix. Sabriel’s life takes an unexpected turn when her father, a necromancer called the Abhorsen, sends an undead servant to her with the tools of his trade, the famed bells and sword, and requests her help, as he is trapped in Death. Determined to rescue her father, Sabriel takes on the title of Abhorsen and ventures into the Old Kingdom in search of...

This week your hosts discuss Lexi Foss's steamy vampire romance - Chastely Bitten. In a world where humans are prey, Darius a 3,000 year old vampire, is working towards a world where humans are seen as more than just food. To do this however, he must play their game for a little while longer. In an uncharacteristic move he purchases a highly sought after possession, a blood virgin.  Juliet ha...

In this week’s episode, your hosts discuss Broken by the Horde King by Zoey Draven. Kiran and Maeva have a past complicated by Maeva’s unrequited love for Kiran, and the emotional scars she bears as a result of his rejection. She moves on with her life, but protects her heart from any who may break it again. She trains to become a healer, and things are going well until Kiran returns to their vill...

This week your hosts' discuss Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones! This book was the inspiration for Hayao Miyazaki's popular animated film but there are quite a few differences. Sophie, the eldest of three sisters, is turned into an old woman by the Witch of the Waste. Due to this she leaves her hat shop and family behind and finds herself the house keeper for Wizard Howl, his fire-demon Ca...