The Hot Nuance Book Club

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for chapter 10 and the epilogue of In The Hand Of The Goddess. We’ve got more goose slander, joke holes, surprise boobs, and discourse about fantasy paperwork. We’ve also got a pep talk from Bree to hold on to in this time of stress. == Buy the book == Tamora Pierce’s website:   https://www.tamora-pierce.net/series/the-song-of-the-lioness/   ==...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for chapter 9 of In The Hand Of The Goddess. We’ve been going through some of our own ordeals this last season, much like Alanna is preparing to go through her Ordeal of Knighthood.  Used2Sew: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/used2sew--6285838 == Buy the book == Tamora Pierce’s website:   https://www.tamora-pierce.net/series/the-song-of-the-lio...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for chapter 8 of In The Hand Of The Goddess. Bree bitterly continues her victory tour, Ali supports women’s reckless decisions, and Aradia flails for a charitable explanation for Thom’s attitude.  Romancing The Vote: https://www.romancingthevote.com   Pre-order Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha   https://a.co/d/60e4Vqm   == Buy the book == Tamora Pi...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for bodice unlacing! Aradia gets deep in their gender feels, Ali goes on a consent rant, and Bree defends the badassery of needlepoint. Thread about historical needlepoint in fantasy: https://x.com/O_Waite/status/1343325036376014848     Dingo ate my baby story: https://rottenindenmark.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/a-dingos-got-my-baby/   In the Dark...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for a guest with relevant experience to the chapter topic! Roofmistress Leigha is a friend from the Wheel of Time fandom, crossing over to Tortall with us to discuss models of leadership, what not to do on sentry duty, and the different temperatures of anger. Leigha’s show Three Fold Talk: https://www.malkiertalks.com/threefoldtalk   NPR story...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time to discuss chapter 5 of In the Hand of the Goddess. Tamora Pierce deftly sidesteps a landmine, Big Thor shows up just long enough to break our hearts, and Death tells Alanna to take a nap. Neurodivergent Therapy Hour continues. How To ADHD by Jessica McCabe: https://howtoadhd.com/   Eclipse The Moon by Jessie Mihalik:  https://www.jessiemihalik...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time to discuss chapter 4 of In the Hand of the Goddess. Due to unfortunate word choices Ali is on a mission to cancel Bree, and Bree is in full support because hi, it’s her, she’s the problem it’s her. We get deep into gender identity, cultural attitudes towards an imagined past, and ask if Roger is a Mary Sue. Red Flag Guy on TikTok: https://www.t...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time to discuss chapter 3 of In the Hand of the Goddess. We cover age gaps and age of consent, feminism and femininity, and generally level up all of Alanna's relationships. George is a problematic fave, Delia is a favorite problem, and Myles knows more than he lets on.  Pre-order Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha   https://a.co/d/60e4Vqm   == Buy the bo...

Song of the Lioness - book 2: In the Hand of the Goddess - chapters 1-2 Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time to meet the Goddess. Alanna is growing up, and the Goddess means her to have a familiar, a magic rock, and some Big Questions to ponder as she embarks on the second half of her knight training.  Romancing The Stone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL40GuLfxA8   Pre-order Que...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for the last chapter of The First Adventure. We talk about the lasting impact of Dune on fantasy, the eternal struggle between migratory herders and settled farmers, and the nature of crying. The Grinwell Cup: https://x.com/wheeltakespod/status/1762650787606646933?s=20   Pre-order Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha   https://a.co/d/60e4Vqm   == Buy t...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for fantasy periods and magic swords. We also have our first guest, Seth from WoTSpoilers! Despite the apparent incongruity of having a cis-male on the period episode, we have a fantastic discussion that ranges from solid life advice to very questionable metaphors. Alanna finds a version of herself as a sword, and we definitely aren’t covering...

Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for the plague, complicated feelings about femininity, and also horses. Is there anything more heroic than telling Death it can’t have your friend? Is there anything hotter than a blacksmith? Is Roger a weird blogger? All these questions and more will be discussed in today’s hefty episode. Grinwell Cup: https://x.com/wheeltakespod/status/176265...

Welcome to Season Two of the Hot Nuance Book Club! Today we start Tamora Pierce’s legendary Song of the Lioness quartet, which we’ve all read before but only Aradia has read recently. The journey of re-discovery has already thrown us some surprises, from empathizing with Coram as the responsible adult in the room to having different takes on Jon’s value as a love interest. Pre-order Queen of Dream...

Welcome to episode 24 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for us to sit down with author Kate Elliott and talk about everything involved in a career of writing science-fiction fantasies since the ‘80s. There are some wild twists and turns in this story! Every author and book book mentioned Kate Elliott - The Labyrinth Gate; trilogies: The Highroad Trilogy, The Crown of Stars, Crossroads,...

Welcome to episode 23 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the end of the Ruins of Ambrai. We take one last pass at a Grand Unified Theory of Collan, discuss the nature of taking artistic risks, and accidentally stare mortality in the face. Bree’s weird nighttime audio: https://www.tiktok.com/@mostlybree/video/6980534846661594374 https://www.tiktok.com/@mostlybree/video/725437203540779...

Welcome to episode 22 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the power of art in the Ruins of Ambrai. We have some BIG feelings in this episode, from Val's child being forcibly adopted away from his mom, to hating Auvery for everything he’s done, to the dynamism of sibling relationships. This is our penultimate episode for this book! Pre-order Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha https://a.co/d/...

Welcome to episode 21 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for lessons in kissing and redemption in the Ruins of Ambrai. Do you remember Tiger Beat, Cosmo, or Seventeen? Cailet clearly got her kissing information from a similar source. Ali has some big feelings about the culmination of the parental and sibling relationships we’ve been following all this time. Pre-order Queen of Dreams by K...

Welcome to episode 20 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for more death in The Ruins of Ambrai. The time for the climax is now, tonight. And since nobody wants a tensionless climax, we get tons of tension in the form of even more characters dying! We also consider the correct number of glasses in a table setting, if we’re too awkward to successfully strangle someone, and if Ambrai has fi...

Welcome to episode 19 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for more pain in The Ruins of Ambrai. Glenin hates women but we admire her confidence anyway. Cailet asks us to distinguish between fascism and an HOA. What genre is YOUR life, and would you rather be tortured or do baking live on TV? Podcast reference Part One: G. Gordon Liddy: The Fascist Behind Watergate - Behind the Bastards |...

Welcome to episode 18 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for truth The Ruins of Ambrai. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/exiles-58 Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ruins-of-ambrai-melanie-rawn/1101213569?ean=9781101666319 Once you’re caught up, come hang with us on our Discord server and tell us all of your tho...

Welcome to episode 17 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for a meet cute in The Ruins of Ambrai. We are back on the topic of fantasy pregnancy! Diet management, impossible offers from the fathers, magic de-buffs, and even weird parent-child relationships. Sarra and Col are in forced proximity, to our great delight. Aradia and Ali betray their ignorance of Star Wars and hunting culture. N...

Welcome to episode 16 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the Rising in The Ruins of Ambrai. Join us in some quintessential 2am college freshmen dorm political discussions about the world’s problems! We get the full gender flip we’ve been asking for. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/exiles-58 Barnes & Noble: https://www.bar...

Welcome to episode 15 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the Rising in The Ruins of Ambrai. Aradia and Ali are both pro- this particular murder, but are divided on the reality of Wraiths. Bree is here to make us sad about spacecraft and announce a virtual book release, and she’s all out of spacecraft. Star Trek V’GER clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP1Zg3ivX80 == Buy the Ebook...

Welcome to episode 14 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for Flight (parts 23-29) in The Ruins of Ambrai. We’ve got earthquake stories, a discussion about the purpose of making art, seepage from the subtext, and Aradia breaking Ali not once but twice. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/exiles-58 Barnes & Noble: https://www.barne...

Welcome to episode 13 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for Flight (parts 17-22) in The Ruins of Ambrai. This is it: the long-awaited nadir of Gorynel Desse’s esteem in the eyes of Ali and Aradia! We also get deep on the purpose of creativity, love, and the pains of growing up. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/exiles-58 Barnes &a...