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It's been a hectic few weeks! We catch up on what we've been doing after the release of A Court of Splintered Harmony and then discuss our thoughts and feelings about the book. Heavy spoilers ahead :)

Ahhhh it's almost October 27th and we didn't finish our insanely thorough recap of ACOSF!

We offer you this episode, which is a high level summary of every book in the ACOTAR series, to provide you with a quick recap before reading A Court of Splintered Harmony. We also talk briefly at the end of the episode about some crossover stuff, unanswered questions, and fan theories.

Happy Release Day to those who celebrate! And we still will keep working our way through ACOSF :)

We cover the fifth book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 7-12 of part 1, Novice.

Cassian tries out his courtier skills by visiting Lucien, Vassa, and Jurian. Surprise! Eris is also there, trying to gather information about some of his soldiers that mysteriously disappeared. We learn more about the human queens and Koschei aka Vassa's keeper. Nesta gives the 10,000 stairs a try and it does not go well. Nesta meets an Illyrian female named Emerie (she's probably not important) and another female named Gwyn (she's...

We cover the fifth book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 1-6 of part 1, Novice.

Nesta has been on a downward spiral for some time and the inner circle decides it's time for an intervention. Nesta can either return to the human lands or go stay in the House of Wind and train with Cassian at Windhaven, an Illyrian war camp. When Nesta isn't training, she'll be helping the priestesses in the House of Wind's library. As you may be able to guess, Nesta does...

Cami and Kirstin chat about the newly released movie, The Love Hypothesis, and compare it to the book by Ali Hazelwood. We also discuss the sequel Star Wars trilogy aka the source material (shout out to our boy, Kylo Ren), the original Reylo fan fiction, and our history with the various stories. Some random tangents included.

Watch the movie! Read the book! Be happy!

Cami and Kirstin take a break from Prythian to catch each other up on what they've been reading, future plans* (ACOTAR and otherwise), and other random topics.

*Subject to change

We cover the fourth book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 15-28. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

The Winter Solstice is approaching and festivities are in full swing. Everyone is dealing with the aftermath of the final battle with Hybern. Feyre and Rhys are being philanthropic, Cassian and Azriel are dealing with Ilyrian unrest, Mor has to stand in the same room as her father and Eris, Tamlin is having...

We cover the fourth book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 1-14. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

The Winter Solstice is approaching and festivities are in full swing. Everyone is dealing with the aftermath of the final battle with Hybern. Feyre and Rhys are being philanthropic, Cassian and Azriel are dealing with Ilyrian unrest, Mor has to stand in the same room as her father and Eris, Tamlin is having...

We cover the third book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 71-82 of part 3, High Lady. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

The battle is raging and some more forces arrive (v exciting!), Feyre and Amren make a break for the cauldron while using Nesta as bait, the King of Hybern keeps being a huge douche, Elain STEPS UP, and the aftermath of battle is dealt with.

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We cover the third book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 61-70 of part 3, High Lady. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

Nesta tries her hand at scrying, the cauldron makes a nighttime visit and lures Elain out, Azriel and Feyre rescue Elain (with the help of someone very surprising), the ouroboros is mastered, Feyre and Rhys surprise each other with some belated mating gifts, and the final battle is joined!<...

We cover the third book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 51-60 of part 3, High Lady. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

The gang start out in the Illyrian mountains. Nesta is accused of being a witch (A WITCH, YOU SAY?), Elain and Graysen are unhappily reunited, Jurian makes a reappearance and gives a Tamlin update, and battle is joined in the Summer Court. Feyre goes to find the suriel for...

We talk about the books we each read in June and July as well as our favorite (and least favorite) romance tropes! Woohoo thanks for listening!

We cover the third book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 41-50 of part 2, Cursebreaker. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

The High Lord meeting finally arrives and the tension is tensioning (but not in a good way). We meet every High Lord, there are a few brawls, and an alliance is formed! Then...the unthinkable happens. Dun dun DUNNN. Feyre enlists a new monster since the Bone Carver doesn't want...

We cover the third book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 31-40 of part 2, Cursebreaker. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

Feyre and Nesta narrowly escape Hybern's lackies, everyone finally figures out what is up with Elain, Lucien goes on a quest, Adriata is attacked by Hybern, the bone carver gets another visit, Elain learns how to make bread, and Rhys and Feyre simply refuse to bathe.

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We cover the third book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 21-30 of part 2, Cursebreaker. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

Cassian and Feyre visit the Bone Carver and get some lore, Mor gets completely blindsided at the Court of Nightmares, everyone finally finds out how Amren got out of the prison, Elain has everyone worried, and Nesta and Feyre meet some cool dudes (derogatory) from Hybern in the library! Uh...

We cover the third book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 11-20 of part 2, Cursebreaker. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

Feyre and Lucien have a fun little backpacking trip through the Autumn Court, narrowly escaping Lucien's brothers. They make it back to the Night Court, where Feyre is reunited with Rhys & co and her sisters (results may vary). We learn what everyone has been up to for the last 1.5 months...

We cover the third book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers part 1, Princess of Carrion. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

Feyre is back in the Spring Court, biding her time and plotting again her enemies. Hybern emissaries come to visit and there are lots of field trips to the wall. Feyre, surprisingly, is able to sow discontent and leave Tamlin in a bigger pickle than he was in before she came...

It's been forever since we got to talk about nothing! We play yes/no/maybe for all the books we read in April and May. Then Kirstin rambles on for 18 pages (FRONT AND BACK) about kindle unlimited, audiobooks, and bookshelf space. Cami supports Kirstin in her unstable tendencies, so everything is fine. Thanks for listening!

We cover the second book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers the final chapters of part 3, The House of Mist. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

The saga continues! Feyre "ready to destroy the cauldron" Archeron goes to Hybern, watches some people get seriously injured, meets REAL, honest to cauldron traitors, and infiltrates the Spring Court. The final part of ACOMAF does not disappoint!

Come with us to...

We cover the second book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 52-60 of part 3, The House of Mist. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

The saga continues! Feyre "starting to get better" Archeron, paints an entire cabin, starts dreaming of an immortal future, gets an exposition dump from Rhysand's POV, accepts the mating bond, deals with the evil mortal queens, defends Velaris, and decides to join the mission to nullify the...

We cover the second book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 43-51 of part 2, The House of Wind. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

The saga continues! Feyre "I need a therapist" Archeron, gets in her first real fight with Rhys, experiences Starfall, makes a trip to an Illyrian war camp, and runs into an old buddy. Feyre and Rhys take things to the next level...physically...and then Feyre kicks...

We cover the second book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers chapters 34-42 of part 2, The House of Wind. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that. Maybe. Please?

The saga continues! Feyre "hypocritical a-hole" Archeron, Amren, and Rhys successfully steal the Book of Breathings from the Summer court, meet with the sucky mortal queens, and enjoy an EVENTFUL visit to the Court of Nightmares.

Come with us to Prythian, the Night...

We cover the second book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers the first half of part 2, The House of Wind. If you haven't listened to our previous ACOTAR episodes, you should probably go do that.

Feyre "slightly less depressed Velaris resident" Archeron has absconded to the City of Starlight. After getting over her rage that no one here has suffered the horrors of war, she agrees to help Rhysand and his inner circle with their mission against the King of Hybern. Feyre learns...

We cover the second book of the ACOTAR romantasy series, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas! This episode covers part 1, The House of Beasts. If you haven't listened to our A Court of Thorns and Roses episode, you should probably go do that.

Feyre "severely depressed and now immortal" Archeron is dealing with extreme PTSD and survivors guilt while the Spring Court is being rebuilt. As her wedding to Tamlin approaches, her nightmares and general lack of a will to live are becoming too much to bear. Rhysand calls in the...

We cover the romantasy A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas! The next installment of this series is being released at the end of October so a re-read was in order. We will be covering every book in this series, as well as the Crescent City series. Follow along!

When 19 year old Feyre "not like the other girls" Archeron kills a wolf that turns out to be a faerie, she is dragged to the land of Prythian as retribution. Feyre is forced to confront everything she thinks she knows about the fae...

We cover the romantasy A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas! The next installment of this series is being released at the end of October so a re-read was in order. We will be covering every book in this series, as well as the Crescent City series. Follow along!

When 19 year old Feyre "not like the other girls" Archeron kills a wolf that turns out to be a faerie, she is dragged to the land of Prythian as retribution. Feyre is forced to confront everything she thinks she knows about the fae...

We're catching up on our recent reads, the way we never get to read as much on vacation as we want, shows we're watching that have been inspired by our recent reads, and what we're looking forward to reading next. Were we feral readers this month? Are we in the middle of multiple books? Are we unhinged when it comes to series? Yes, yes, and yes! Laugh along as we catch up about our favorite topic: books!

We cover the romance People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry.

Even though they are total opposites, Poppy and Alex have been best friends ever since they drove home together after freshman year of college. For the last ten years they have taken a trip together every summer and it is always the highlight of the year for both of them. That is, until two years ago, when they ruined everything and haven't spoken since.

Poppy has been struggling at work and realizes the last time she was truly happy...

Smut's up, everyone? This episode covers some of the most unhinged smut we've read. Are we saying all of it was good? Absolutely not! Get ready for laughs, euphemisms, and insane plot devices!

We cover the romance Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn.

A year ago, Meg Macworth, a hand-lettering small business owner, hid the word "mistake" in Reid Sutherland's wedding program. Now Reid is back and he wants to know how Meg knew his marriage would fail. Meg, who has a looming deadline and a bad case of creative block, doesn't have time for this - unless Reid can help her find some inspiration. As Meg and Reid spend more time together, it becomes more difficult to ignore their growing connection. The literal and figurative signs are everywhere.<...

We discuss our favorite book boyfriends. These guys are hot. TRUST.

Some books/fics to read:

Some shows/movies to watch:

We cover the romatasy The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt.

Step One: Kidnap someone cute.

Step Two: Force her into marriage.

Step Three: Try not to catch feelings.

Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose needs a bride from a heroic bloodline to achieve world domination. After some debate, he decides to kidnap Lady Arabella Evenfall for his villainous purposes. Arabella isn't some damsel in distress though. She has already survived her father's abuse and gained a reputation for mischief while tormenting potential s...

We cover the romatasy The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt.

Step One: Kidnap someone cute.

Step Two: Force her into marriage.

Step Three: Try not to catch feelings.

Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose needs a bride from a heroic bloodline to achieve world domination. After some debate, he decides to kidnap Lady Arabella Evenfall for his villainous purposes. Arabella isn't some damsel in distress though. She has already survived her father's abuse and gained a reputation for mischief while tormenting potential s...

We cover the romatasy The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt.

Step One: Kidnap someone cute.

Step Two: Force her into marriage.

Step Three: Try not to catch feelings.

Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose needs a bride from a heroic bloodline to achieve world domination. After some debate, he decides to kidnap Lady Arabella Evenfall for his villainous purposes. Arabella isn't some damsel in distress though. She has already survived her father's abuse and gained a reputation for mischief while tormenting potential s...

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! In this week's bookmark episode, we discuss the 6 Amazon original short stories from the Improbable Meet-Cute Second Chances collection.

Love is in the air!!

We cover the MM romance The Island by Briar Prescott.

When Dylan and Adrian become friends at 10 years old, they can't imagine how important they will become to each other or how much their friendship will shape the rest of their lives. Adrian bops along, blissfully ignorant, while Dylan is secretly in love with him. Dylan tries his best to get over Adrian with no success. The trip Dylan books for them is supposed to be a last ditch attempt for Dylan to spend time with Adrian before letting him go for good. But their...

We cover the MM romance The Island by Briar Prescott.

When Dylan and Adrian become friends at 10 years old, they can't imagine how important they will become to each other or how much their friendship will shape the rest of their lives. Adrian bops along, blissfully ignorant, while Dylan is secretly in love with him. Dylan tries his best to get over Adrian with no success. The trip Dylan books for them is supposed to be a last ditch attempt for Dylan to spend time with Adrian before letting him go for good. But their...

In our first Bookmark episode, we tell each other about some books that messed. us. up. We also catch up about other books/fics we each read in January, what Kindle percentages mean to us, and our ability (or inability) to cry about characters dying. Enjoy!

We cover the psychological thriller None of This is True by Lisa Jewell.

Josie Fair and Alix Summer meet by chance on their 45th birthdays. Oh hey, they're birthday twins! Alix has a podcast that Josie has been listening to, so when they bump into each other again, Josie convinces Alix to feature her story. The hook? Josie is about to change her life and Alix can document it. Josie definitely has a story to tell and Alix can't resist, even though Josie is intense and unsettling. As more of Josie's dark past is revealed...

We cover the psychological thriller None of This is True by Lisa Jewell.

Josie Fair and Alix Summer meet by chance on their 45th birthdays. Oh hey, they're birthday twins! Alix has a podcast that Josie has been listening to, so when they bump into each other again, Josie convinces Alix to feature her story. The hook? Josie is about to change her life and Alix can document it. Josie definitely has a story to tell and Alix can't resist, even though Josie is intense and unsettling. As more of Josie's dark past is revealed...