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Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. This week, they discuss We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal. They use their combined 13 years of literary academic training to analyze and give voice to reasons why you may love or hate today's popular books. They embrace and respect modern fantasy, romance, and romantasy books writt...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. In this special episode, they chat with Gabriel Michael. Best known for his performance as Xadon Riorson from Graphic Audio's production of Fourth Wing, Gabriel is also a director, writer, and singer-songwriter. Find Gabriel on Instagram @gabriel_m_michal or his website www.gabrielm...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. This week, they discuss Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle Jensen. They use their combined 13 years of literary academic training to analyze and give voice to reasons why you may love or hate today's popular books. They embrace and respect modern fantasy, romance, and romantasy books w...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. Today, we interview best-selling author Hannah Nicole Maehre. Hannah Nicole Maehrer is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of Assistant to the Villain. Hannah Nicole Maehrer—or as TikTok Knows her, @hannahnicolemae—is a fantasy romance author and BookToker with a propensity for v...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. This week, they discuss Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee. They use their combined 13 years of literary academic training to analyze and give voice to reasons why you may love or hate today's popular books. They embrace and respect modern fantasy, romance, and romantasy books written by wome...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. This week, they discuss Quicksilver by Calie Hart. This is Part 2. They use their combined 13 years of literary academic training to analyze and give voice to reasons why you may love or hate today's popular books. They embrace and respect modern fantasy, romance, and romantasy book...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. This week, they discuss Quicksilver by Calie Hart. This is Part 1. Stick around Thursdays for Part 2. They use their combined 13 years of literary academic training to analyze and give voice to reasons why you may love or hate today's popular books. They embrace and respect modern f...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. Today we interview best-selling author Nisha J Tuli. Nisha J. Tuli is an Amazon Top 50 and International Bestselling author of romantasy and contemporary romance. Her novel Trial of the Sun Queen—the first in the Artefacts of Ouranos series—became a BookTok hit and has gone on to be...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. This week, they discuss Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana. They use their combined 13 years of literary academic training to analyze and give voice to reasons why you may love or hate today's popular books. They embrace and respect modern fantasy, romance, and romantasy books wri...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. This week, they discuss Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. This is part 2 of this week's episode. They use their combined 13 years of literary academic training to analyze and give voice to reasons why you may love or hate today's popular books. They embrace and respect modern fantasy, r...

Welcome to Spring Book Club! Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a weekly literary analysis on popular Romantasy books. This week, they discuss Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. They use their combined 13 years of literary academic training to analyze and give voice to reasons why you may love or hate today's popular books. They embrace and respect modern fantasy, romance, and romantasy books written by...

This week Jac and Amy interview best-selling author Alwyn Hamilton and discuss her new novel The Notorious Virtues. Alwyn Hamilton was born in Toronto and spent her childhood bouncing between Europe and Canada until her parents settled in a small town in France. She left France for Cambridge University to study History of Art at King’s College, and then to London. She is the author of Rebel of the...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss listener thoughts and email submissions. This is part 2 of this week's episode. Stick around Tuesday when we kick off our Spring Book Club with our literary analysis of Onyx Storm. Pooj's StoryGraph reading challenge: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/9...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss listener thoughts and email submissions. This is part 1 of this week's episode. Stick around for part 2, which airs on Thursday. Every episode, Jac and Amy use their combined 13 years of literary academic training to analyze and give voice to reasons why you may love...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 49 - 55. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 2 of this week's episode. Come back Tuesday, where we'll discuss listener thoughts. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other SJM...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 49 - 55. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 1 of this week's episode. Stick around for part 2, which airs on Thursday. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other SJM spoilers...

In today's surprise episode, we are celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility! We discuss TJ Alexander's excellent rom-com novel Chef's Choice and why it's not only the perfect rom-com, but also the perfect book for everyone to read. Resources: Trans Lifeline – A peer support and crisis hotline run by and for trans people. https://translifeline.org/donate The Trevor Project – Focused on crisis int...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 44 - 48. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 2 of this week's episode. Come back Tuesday, where we'll discuss chapters 49 - 55. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other SJM...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 44 - 48. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 1 of this week's episode. Stick around for part 2, which airs on Thursday. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other SJM spoilers...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 37 - 43. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 2 of this week's episode. Come back Tuesday where we'll discuss chapters 44 - 48. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other SJM s...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 37 - 43. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 1 of this week's episode. Stick around for part 2, which airs on Thursday. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other SJM spoilers...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 32 - 36. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 2 of this week's episode. Come Tuesday, when we'll discuss chapters 37 - 43. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other SJM spoile...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 32 - 36. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 1 of this week's episode. Stick around for part 2, which airs on Thursday. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other SJM spoilers...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 27 - 31. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 2 of this week's episode. Come back on Tuesday, when we will discuss chapters 32 - 36. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other...

Best friends Jac and Amy conduct a literary analysis of Sarah J. Maas's debut novel, Throne of Glass. In this episode, they discuss chapters 27 - 31. Each episode is broken into 2 parts. This is part 1 of this week's episode. Stick around for part 2, which airs on Thursday. (Spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire will be discussed. Any larger series or other SJM spoilers...