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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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    Book, Deathless Divide on a purple background with the Knight of Swords tarot card to the right

    48. Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

    February 23, 2021
    A library copy of Brooms held aloft by a light brown hand with golden leaves in the background

    87. Brooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo Duvall

    December 12, 2023
    book, A Court of Wings and Ruin on a shiny blue-green floral scarf

    49. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

    March 9, 2021
  • 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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    28. Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

    December 23, 2019
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    12. A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

    January 28, 2019
    A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas in front of the snowy CO front range

    14. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

    February 25, 2019

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