The Library Coven

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

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  • The Final Strife lays on top of a white cloth and blue marble background, flanked by 2 skeins of blue yarn and one skein of orange yarn
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    81. The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

    May 23, 2023 /

    In this episode, we discuss The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi, which was recommended to us by Melisa, one of our patrons (hey!!). Please consider supporting this work on Patreon for early episodes and a direct line to J & k via the podcast Discord.  Note: this is an adult fantasy novel that has a lot of explicit violence on the page. Repeat, this is not young adult / YA! The Final Strife tells the story of mainly Sylah, who was trained from a young child to be a rebel with the Sandstorms, but things kind of fall apart when the family who trained her is murdered, and we see what her life has…

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

    October 20, 2020
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    63. Circe by Madeline Miller

    January 25, 2022
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    17. Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

    April 8, 2019
  • Faith Taking Flight by Julie Murphy on dark blue marbled background
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    64. Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy

    February 8, 2022 /

    Ahoy there, coven! Today we’re discussing Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy, a book about a nerdy suburban teen who can fly. After Faith’s all-time favorite show The Grove moves filming to her small town, a spate of human and other-than-human disappearances starts, and Faith is determined to get to the bottom of things. Chaos does indeed ensue!  This book was recommended to us by someone on Instagram a while back. So if that was you, let us know so we can give you credit 🙂 If memory serves, this person mentioned wanting to see more books with fat representation.  Just so you know, around 27:30 we talk briefly about…

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    42. Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova

    December 1, 2020
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    45. Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

    January 12, 2021
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    92. That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams

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