The Mythic Mic Podcast

🎙️Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where spending your entire life fearing death is complicated enough before you’re forced to marry him. In this episode, host Bethany Amanda sits down with author Clare Sager to discuss King of Ravens , her Hades and Persephone-inspired romantasy filled with an unseelie King of Death, enemies-to-lovers, an underworld labyrinth, a marriage neither of them as...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where sometimes a man leaves presents at your door like a cat, except the present is the severed hand of the man who harassed you. This week, host Sara Santillan sits down with author Victoria Mier to discuss Between the Rival Courts , an Arthurian fantasy filled with dangerous druid magic, rival spies, morally complicated characters, reincarnation, femin...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where running away to join a magical carnival sounds like a great plan until your ex shows up. This week, hosts Sara and Bethany Amanda sit down with author Angela Montoya to discuss Carnaval Fantástico , a whimsical YA romantasy filled with magical performances, found family, childhood sweethearts, second-chance romance, runaway thieves, former spies, he...

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🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where impossible choices, dangerous kingdoms, and unforgettable romances collide. This week, host Bethany Amanda is joined by Mythic Mic Rep Teresa Diaz for a fantastic conversation with bestselling fantasy author Brigid Kemmerer about her Braided Fate series, including Warrior Princess Assassin and the highly anticipated sequel, Captive Traitor King . Br...

CONNECT WITH US 🎙️ The Mythic Mic Podcast – @ MythicMic 👤 Bethany Amanda – @ BethanyinFantasyland 👤 Sara Santillan – @ the_magical_quill 📚 Danielle Jensen – @ DanielleLJensen ✨ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review. It helps more fantasy readers and aspiring authors find their way to The Mythic Mic.

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where sometimes the knight has to protect the prince and neither of them is happy about it. This week, host Bethany Amanda sits down with author and composer Hayley Turner to discuss Light Guard , a romantic fantasy filled with sun magic, dark mages, forced proximity, forbidden romance, found family, and a gender-flipped bodyguard trope Hayley sums up per...

CONNECT WITH US 🎙️ The Mythic Mic Podcast – @ MythicMic 👤 Bethany Amanda – @ BethanyinFantasyland 👤 Sara Santillan – @ the_magical_quill 📚 Audrey Lynn – @ AudreyLynnWrites ✨ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review. It helps more fantasy readers and aspiring authors find their way to The Mythic Mic.

CONNECT WITH US 🎙️ The Mythic Mic Podcast – @ MythicMic 👤 Bethany Amanda – @ BethanyinFantasyland 👤 Sara Santillan – @ the_magical_quill 📚 Leena Kazak – @ LeenaKazakBooks ✨ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review. It helps more fantasy readers and aspiring authors find their way to The Mythic Mic.

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where sometimes the morally gray assassin is becoming good while the soft-hearted heroine might be headed in the opposite direction. This week, host Sara Santillan sits down with author Samantha Nell to discuss Soulfire , the first book in the Godsfire series, a romantic fantasy filled with elemental magic, dream walking, reluctant allies-to-lovers, a mys...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where arranged marriages become political weapons, deadly magic refuses to stay controlled, and the feared warlord may be the safest person in the room. This week, host Bethany Amanda and Mythic Mic Team Member Amara sit down with fantasy author Rebecca Robinson to discuss The Serpent and the Wolf , The Wicked and the Damned , and her Dark Inheritance tri...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where sometimes the monster in the classics department isn't the professor who literally eats people. This week, host Bethany Amanda sits down with author and medieval scholar Taylor Grothe to discuss Lethal Kiss , a dark academia horror romance blending Jennifer's Body energy, Nordic folklore, murder, monsters, queer romance, and one deeply sin...

CONNECT WITH US 🎙️ The Mythic Mic Podcast – @ MythicMic 👤 Bethany Amanda – @ BethanyinFantasyland 👤 Sara Santillan – @ the_magical_quill 📚 Wanda Hellmund – @ WandaHellmund ✨ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review. It helps more fantasy readers and aspiring authors find their way to The Mythic Mic.

Have tropes become more important than the actual story? Welcome to another episode of Off The Shelf, Mythic Mic's monthly segment where we dive into bookish trends, deep dives, hot takes, and all things fantasy! In this Off the Shelf episode, host Britt is joined by Mythic Mic team members Amara and Teresa Diaz to unpack the rise of trope-driven reading, BookTok marketing, microtropes, and t...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where sometimes getting murdered is only the beginning of your villain origin story. This week, hosts Bethany Amanda and Amara sit down with author Matteo Franco to discuss The Undertow of Evelyn Graymore , the first book in the Hearts of the Drown series, a dark paranormal romance Matteo describes as The Little Mermaid in reverse meets Jennifer's Bo...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where ancient legends are real, lost treasures are waiting to be found, and some tombs are better left undiscovered. This week, host Sara Santillan sits down with author Natalia Hernandez to discuss The Lost Guardian , an Indiana Jones-meets-The Mummy adventure inspired by real Peruvian history, Incan mythology, ancient curses, deadly riddles, and the mys...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where sometimes the child stolen by the fae grows up to become a little chaos bunny instead of an evil queen. This week, host Bethany Amanda sits down with author Ann Aguirre to discuss The Hocus Pocus Handbook , a cozy fantasy romance filled with found family, grumpy/sunshine romance, he-falls-first pining, a road trip through Faerie, misfits challenging...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where immortality can be murdered, prestigious universities conceal rotten foundations, and ambition may demand more than anyone should be willing to sacrifice. This week, host Bethany Amanda sits down with fantasy, science-fiction, and horror author Lynn D. Jung to discuss her dark-academia debut, Mothsblood ! Lynn shares her long journey from a multilin...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where desperate wishes cost years of your life, mirrors become gateways for demons, and the creature everyone fears may be far less monstrous than the holy man hunting him. This week, host Bethany Amanda and Mythic Mic Team Member Britt sit down with fantasy author Charlotte B. Plumb to discuss her highly anticipated gothic romantasy debut, Reap and Sow ....

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where sometimes the best fantasy stories don't need heroes at all. This week, hosts Bethany Amanda and Sara Santillan sit down with V.E. Schwab to discuss Victorious , the long-awaited conclusion to the Villains trilogy, a series Victoria describes as Magneto and Professor X meets The Secret History and a toxic college bromance where superpowers defi...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where the enemy commander taking you captive is complicated enough before he becomes your husband. This week, host Sara Santillan sits down with author R.A. Raine to discuss Storm , a dystopian romantasy filled with lightning magic, feminine rage, motherhood, fae lands, an oppressive empire, an enemy commander, morally complicated choices, and a heroine d...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where cursed bloodlines hide beneath ordinary society, ghosts haunt college corridors, and one forbidden witch is about to become entangled with four dangerously broken heirs. This week, host Sara Santillan sits down with bestselling indie and traditionally published author Lucy Smoke to discuss Hallowed Bones , the first installment in her Sons of Salem...

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where morally gray vampires, fated mates, touch-her-and-die heroes, and a little leather never go out of style. This week, host Bethany Amanda sits down with legendary paranormal romance author J.R. Ward to discuss Lover Enthroned , the newest installment in the iconic Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Her irresistible pitch? Hot nerd meets a queen. A lite...

Welcome to another episode of Banter & Books, the monthly Mythic Mic segment where host Amara and a special guest share spoiler-free reviews of the books they can't stop thinking about! In this episode, Amara is joined by bookstagrammer Kris West to talk fairy-tale villains, dystopian video-game worlds, fated mates, magical academies, hidden identities, devastating cliffhangers, and the w...