The Library Coven

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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    Light brown hand with purple nail polish holding The Magnolia Sword against a backdrop of orange, yellow, and red fallen leaves

    Season 6 begins! 85. The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas

    November 14, 2023
    light purple stationary items, pens, Washi tape beside an iPhone with the screen showing The Burning God on audiobook

    59. The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

    October 19, 2021
    Highlighted section of text (Descendant of the Crane by Joan He) on a black kindle. A sunflower sits on top of the kindle

    17. Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

    April 8, 2019
  • 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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    Paperback copy of The Marrow Thieves held in J's left hand. A natural landscape of greens and browns is in the background.

    30. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

    June 17, 2020
    Book, We Free the Stars on a bluish grey background with a beige sweater under the book on the left and a pair of decorative scissors in the upper right

    54. We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

    July 27, 2021
    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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