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A bi-weekly podcast in which two besties read young adult fantasy through a critical lens

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  • A light brown hand holds A Crown So Cursed in front of a blazing red tree.
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    88. A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney

    January 16, 2024 /

    In this episode about A Crown so Cursed, we’re back in the world of the Nightmare-verse in the final (we think?) installment of the series that we started reading all the way back in the show’s first season. Alice is facing a new types of nightmares, learning new histories about her family, and trying to protect both our world and wonderland. Chaos obviously ensues! Recommend if you like… Previous Nightmareverse books – A Blade So Black (Episode 13) and A Dream So Dark (Episode 31) Legendborn by Tracey Deonn (Episode 51) I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea (coming later this season) House…

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    1. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

    August 26, 2018
    paperback copy of Queen of the Conquered on top of a purple and white decorative paper

    45. Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

    January 12, 2021
    book, A Tempest of Tea, held in a brown hand with a black mug in the background

    97. A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

    May 28, 2024
  • Novel A BLADE SO BLACK surrounded by a circle of playing cards
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    13. A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

    February 11, 2019 /

    This fortnight we’re discussing A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney, and there were a ton of Alice in Wonderland puns from K, as this is a modern retelling of the story. Don’t expect to get any hints about this story because you read the original. This is a whole new take! As always, there were a ton of outside sources mentioned, and hopefully we caught them all to add to the show notes. If you have any questions or suggestions, we’d love to hear from you! Sweet potato pie or pumpkin pie? Which do you prefer? For many African Americans sweet potato pie wins every time, but where did…

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    A light brown hand with black nail polish holds I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me in front of a large tree with orange and yellow leaves.

    96. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

    May 14, 2024
    The Poppy War by RF Kuang against the backdrop of a snowy landscape

    15. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

    March 11, 2019
    Book The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen in a pile of brown and reddish leaves and green grass

    26. The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen

    November 5, 2019

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