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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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    86. Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

    November 28, 2023
    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
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    56. A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

    August 24, 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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    1. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

    August 26, 2018
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    65. Oculta by Maya Motayne

    February 22, 2022
    A Song of Wraiths and Ruin on a blue, white and gold marbled background

    39. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

    October 20, 2020

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