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The Valkyries are battling everyone and everything at the moment: the Breaking on Ramiel, bloodthirsty Illyrians, Gwyn’s own injury and the brutal cold. All around would bet that Ramiel gets like a 1.1 outta 10 on Pythian Trip Advisor at best. Meanwhile, Cassian and Az fumble their mission HARD. We can all agree that we saw that mishap coming in one way or another though, right?
The time has finally come. The cover for House of Flame and Shadow has been released and the (obnoxious) number of editions have been announced! Now sit back and relax (or spiral with us) on what every little detail could mean. As you may have guessed, I’ve been obsessing over this since Wednesday and probably will continue to do so until January 30th.
We can’t keep calm right now because the amazing @larktaylorauthor joined us this week for another Author Spotlight episode! She shares all the juicy details on her Caffeine Daydreams series, including some sneak peeks into the next book, Green Light! Rock star romances with forced proximity and a lot of pining?! Sign us up! Lark gives us the rundown on her upcoming projects and we cannot wait to get our hands on these books! For fans of The Reckless Damned series, she may have given us some sneak peeks at Patience too… We couldn’t let Lark go without having a mini deep dive into the SJM world and our mutual obsession.
The Valkyries are back together finally! Now it is a race to Ramiel and out of the Blood Rite. During the journey, Emerie shares an Illyrian tale about a battle against “ancient beings” (hmmmmmmm sounds familiar) and one warrior's brave sacrifice to save his people. Gwyn spots a convenient bridge across the ravine…and so do multiple groups of males. The three friends make it across and to the foot of Ramiel. After some heartbreaking confessions, the warriors decide to take on the mountain for their own closure. Meanwhile, Az and Cassian are still on a stakeout when Eris emerges from the Queen’s castle…unscathed? TW: SA and DV
So after my breakdown of Gwyn’s suspicious behavior and Maddie’s unsettling questions about the “big bad” in the SJM universe, we’ve been bombarded with requests for a theories episode. As always, your wish is our command! Get ready for some rapid fire, (somewhat) unhinged theories! Beware! There are spoilers for the entire SJM universe in this episode.
Are you ready for a lot? Like A LOT. We are joined by the lovely @queerlygayoticreader aka Danelle for a super stressful game of “Would You Rather”. Things get heated to say the least. We contemplate if we could survive Kids Bop on repeat, if Mads or I would sacrifice the other and who should be endgame. Beware there are some minor spoilers for the SJM universe! I also give a fun rundown of my time at The Eras Tour!
Nesta and Emerie are fighting to get to Gwyn amongst the brutal Illyrian winter. They come across a camp full of disgusting males using her nightgown as their flag. Emerie’s loser of a cousin makes an appearance and his hazy eyes give us another piece of the puzzle that is the hag queen’s plan. Now at this point in the episode, Blake goes off with some deep dives on Gwyn. This in turn leads to even more unhinged rapid fire theories at the end (very end) of the episode. As a bonus, Blake gives some predictions for what surprise songs she will get at The Eras Tour!
You asked for it and we are here to give it to you! Dive back into the Throne of Glass world with Mads and I as we breakdown the first 10 chapters of Heir of Fire. Now keep in mind, truly no one is in a great place at the beginning of this book. Celaena is drunk on a roof. Chaol is having some disturbing dreams. Dorian is struggling to understand his power. Just a lot of angst currently.
Nesta is a woman on a mission and we feel exceedingly sorry (not really) for any male who gets in her way. That is until we meet Philip. No, Nick! No, wait…Balthazar. He is a bit of a surprise to say the least. On the plus side, Nesta does track down Emerie and they get some new outfits thanks to the beasts of the mountains. Meanwhile, Cassian’s lack of focus and Az’s questionable detective skills are setting up a disaster.
Welp…Nesta, Emerie and Gwyn are in the Blood Rite….and on completely separate sides of Ramiel. What could make it worse? Oh right, someone is leaving weapons for the warriors to use against them. What could make it even worse? The rest of the Inner Circle is dealing with Briallyn’s mysterious kidnapping of Eris. What would make this all the worst of the worst? Rhys and Feyre finally confessed their death bargain to everyone. Good times all around!
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