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Our discussion of "The Red Dragon and the Gold" includes:

• Rook's Rest: book vs. show and aftermath
• Aemond's villain era and what it means for the Greens
• What exactly is happening to Daemon at Harrenhal (and why there may be a Bran and/or Dany connection)
• Criston Cole's reaction to the reality of dragon warfare 
• Battle of the Bastards: Catelyn vs. Rhaenys 

Plus, we breakdown GRRM's recent blog posts (especially the Septon Barth namedrop) and what they mean for The Winds of Winter, A Dream of Spring and Blood & Fire. 

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Our Throne of Glass deep dive (!!) begins with chapters 1-10. 
Intro: 00:00
Book Rec: 00:01:23
Deep Dive: 00:16:00
We kick the episode off with a (brief) overview of the evolution of Queen of Glass to Throne of Glass, as well as SJM's timeline, influences and fairytale inspo, before meeting up with Celaena Sardothien, Adarlan’s most notorious assassin, in the Salt Mines of Endovier. She's not a damsel in distress ... she's a damsel who will cause you stress. 
Dorian smirks, Chaol scowls, Kaltain simps and the King and Duke Perrington scheme. 
Plus, we talk Onyx Storm, Maasverse crossovers, foreshadowing, the absence of magic, the Fae and Celaena's many, many secrets. 

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We kick off our recap of "The Burning Mill" with an explanation of the Bracken-Blackwood feud from its beginnings during the Age of Heroes allll the way through the Red Wedding and beyond. 
Topics include the cursed history of Harrenhal, the importance of Weirwood trees, Rhaenyra's clear conscience, the upcoming Battle at Rook's Rest and Daemon's visions. 
Plus, we meet Ulf (who is LYING about Baelon and we will not be entertaining otherwise) and Alys Rivers, a mysterious character who will play a *major* role in Aemond's story. 

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Our Spicy Girls Book Club episodes continue with A Fate Inked in Blood: Book One of the Saga of the Unfated by Danielle L. Jensen.
All of our fav tropes (and micro-tropes) are represented: 
✔️ Bodyguard
✔️ Forbidden Romance
✔️ Slow Burn 
✔️ Forced Proximity
Plus, Norse mythology, sexy Vikings, spice, ONE HORSE/TENT, rich world-building, politics, magic and ... my baby Bjorn. 
Next week: Throne of Glass chapters 1-10 (!!)

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We're talking Rhaenyra the Cruel. More like Rhaenyra the COOL, am I right? 
The Blacks need a new publicist and the Greens a therapist in the aftermath of Blood and Cheese. Helaena mourns her baby, while Aegon mourns his legacy and meteorically destroys his past (RIP Viserys' Old Valyria Sims). 
We talk parallels: first between Otto, Alicent and Aegon and Tywin, Cersei and Joffrey, then Rhaenyra and Visenya, and lastly, the introduction of several new characters' threads (Hugh, Alyn, Addam, BLOODY BEN) into the tapestry.
New episodes every Sunday! 

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We're talking Bride by Ali Hazelwood in the debut episode of The Spicy Girls Book Club! The tropes are troping in Ali's first paranormal romance ... and we are HERE for it. 
You: Vampires and Werewolves 
Me, an intellect: Vampyre and Weres
Slow-burn romance, arranged marriage, banter, found family, political scheming, fated mates, knotting (which isn't tying your dick in a knot, not that we thought that) and you're never going to guess how many beds there are ...
Is it, especially the cover, a little Wattpad-ish? Sure. But we fucking loved Wattpad and Twilight and WE DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT.
Next week: A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen. 

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Our discussion of the season two premiere of House of the Dragon includes:

• The book (Fire & Blood) vs. the show.
• Why you can't trust everything Archmaester Gyldayn, an unreliable and biased narrator, wrote in Fire & Blood. 
• Important new characters — Hugh (the Hammer??), Addam and Alyn of Hull, House Reyne and Dalton Greyjoy — and locations, like the Gullet and Golden Tooth. 
• Alicent getting her cheeks clapped by Ser Criston "Vow of Celibacy" Cole. 
• Blood and Cheese fallout and consequences. 

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We share our final thoughts on HOFAS, talk future Crescent City and ACOTAR books and debate Elriel vs. Gwynriel vs. Elucien vs. Why Choose?
Both Nesta and Az are poised to play major parts in ACOTAR 5, but in which direction(s) will their stories go? And will we finally get main character energy from Elain? 
We talk Illyrian lore, Az's lineage and possible connections to Starborn fae and Enalius, the potential for more monsters hidden under the mountains of Prythian, Rhys' beast form and dragons, what really went down between Eris and Mor and, speaking of, could it have been a prince of Hel watching Mor in Frost and Starlight? And who will Nesta throw into a black hole first: Koschei or Rhys?
Next week: Spicy Girls Book Club: Bride by Ali Hazelwood. 

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We wrap up our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 99-102 + the bonus chapters we haven't discussed yet. 
After Bryce is resurrected by Jesiba and the princes of Hel bounce, we look toward the Asteri-free future of Midgard. Not only do they need to figure out a new energy source, but also an entirely new government after Bryce dismantles the monarchy 1776-style. 
Plus, Lidia and Ruhn adjust to a normal(ish) life, Tharion looks for his wife and Ithan thinks about ... sunball. 
Next week, we’ll share our final thoughts on Flame and Shadow and talk future Crescent City and ACOTAR books.

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Our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 94-98.
Lidia's fire magic and Brann's full name are finally confirmed, the sprites return, Ruhn takes the antidote and becomes a shadow step-daddy, Rigelus reveals Bryce's tattoo is in the language of his home world, Hunt reunites with an ex and Bryce does not take Aidas' advice about choosing life. 
Plus, we debate what the Lidia revelations mean for the Maasverse, who Ruhn's healing magic connects him to in ACOTAR and TOG, Wyrdmarks and why Amren is looking real sus.
Next week, we'll finish the book and talk about the *many* bonus chapters. 

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