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This week's episode (House of Flame and Shadow chapters 16-20) features a breakdown of Silene's lore dump, including liberator-turned-conquerer Theia's unexpected (and disappointing) villain arc; what we learned about music and mommy issues in the Bryce, Nesta & Az bonus chapter; the lengths Ruhn will go to in order to avoid simply *speaking* to Lidia ; and the Ithan/Siggy will they/won't they we didn't see coming. 

Plus, what the Hel do Illyrians and angels do with their hands while they fly and WHY did Sarah have to make Pollux so damn sexy?? 

Please read chapters 21-25 for next week's episode. 

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In our coverage of House of Flame and Shadow chapters 11-15, we break down the progression of the tunnel carvings and what they mean for the past, present and future of both Prythian and Midgard. 

Could the monolith atop Ramiel be wyrdstone? And what (or whom) sleeps beneath the mountains of Prythian? 

We also discuss both the canon and theorized connections between Ramiel, the Illyrians, Thurr, Enalius and Pelias; whether or not Bryce and Rhys are related (and what that means in the line of succession); and how the CC villains compare to TOG and ACOTAR. 

Next week: chapters 16-20. 

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We continue our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 5-10.

In Midgard, we meet the Sprite Queen, update our LinkedIn titles to Imperial Hag and attend yet another Captain Whatever pity party. Meanwhile, in Prythian, Bryce tries to add another public indecency charge to her file and goes on a hot girl walk with Nesta. 

Plus, Bryce's background in art history and ancient languages comes in clutch, we get a callback to Feyre's trials in the first ACOTAR and a possible connection to the Throne of Glass witches. 

Next week: HOFAS chapters 11-15.

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We kick off our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive this week with the prologue (where we finally get Lidia's POV) and chapters 1-4 (where we get POV whiplash). 

We’re dropped back in the Crystal Palace two days after Bryce jumped through the gate, trying to get to Hel to ask for Apollion and Aidas’ help, but instead landing in Prythian. While Bryce petitions Rhys, Amren and Az for her Prythian Green Card, Hunt, Ruhn and Baxian are at the mercy of the Hind and Pollux in the Asteri dungeons; Tharion trades his underwater cage for a cage match; and Ithan tries to hold his pack together. 

Next week: chapters 5-10. 

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We share theories and predictions in our bonus House of Flame and Shadow preview episode, including: 

• Dusk Court
• The Prison and Avallen Islands
• Why wasn’t Cassian in the teaser with Nesta, Az & Bryce?
• The Asteri, Daglan & Valg
• Hunt's lineage
• Illyrians vs. Malakim
• Could Jesiba be Theia’s daughter?
• The Bone Carver, Sin-Eater, Parthos & Antica

We'll pick back up on Feb. 6 with our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive!

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In our House of Sky and Breath finale, we cover chapters 71-78, the epilogue and the bonus chapters. 

We pick back up in chapter 71 with Bryce's underwhelming-turned-overwhelming discovery in the Asteri Archives, while the rest of Team Fuck-You are busy being caught (suspiciously easily?). It might be time to slide into Apollion's DMs, now that Bryce has learned the truth, and apologize to Al Gore, because that truth is inconvenient.

 We discuss the possibility of the angel prototypes being the Illyrians, a Wyrdstone atop Ramiel, Theia being Mala (or Maeve), Ruhn's reaction to Agent Day taking off her Superman glasses, how thoroughly the Cadre was played by Rigelus, our fear over what "Then Hunt knew nothing at all" means, and whether or not Bryce actually *did* land in Hel. 

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House of Sky and Breath chapters 61-70.

In the penultimate episode of our HOSAB deep dive, we break down Bryce's opposite of a wet dream with Apollion. Could Parthos — now a vast, dusty plain — be the same place the Bone Carver told Feyre about? We also compare the BC to the Sin-Eater and Lunathion — modeled after an ancient coastal city — to Antica.

Topics include the possibility of Jesiba being Theia's daughter, Tharion's blood oath (and the Viper Queen being Valg), and the latest Danika bombshell. Plus, Sarah finally answers whether or not Hunt has a foot fetish. 

Next week: chapters 71-78 + epilogue/bonus chapters.

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House of Sky and Breath chapters 51-60.

We pick back up in chapter 51 with Hunt processing the Emile bombshell and the Autumn King processing Bryce's official princess paperwork. Concerned about her coven, Hypaxia hires Ithan as a bodyguard and, let's just say, we hope his health insurance took effect immediately. 

Plus we discuss why Mor is who Rhys will call in when "the armies fail and Cassian and Azriel are both dead" (and her possible connection to Midgard and the Tuatha Dé Danann), and the horn, the harp, and the 26-string theory. 

Next week: chapters 61-70. 

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House of Sky and Breath chapters 41-50.

On this episode of Love Island, the rebels turn on their Vanir allies, Hunt lights it up and the Hind skims waves (and minds?).

Plus, Bryce waxes on with Cormac and gets off with Hunt, who comes down with a case of "mate rage" after being saved by one of the Ocean Queen's secret underwater cities (news to both us and captain of intelligence Tharion). Danika was an Aware Wolf, researching shifter ancestry, and the prime fills Bryce in on the "unspeakable things" wolves did during the First Wars. Bryce does her best Aelin impression with a secret off-camera mission, and Ember welcomes 156-week newborn, Cooper Silago.

Next week: chapters 51-60. 

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House of Sky and Breath chapters 31-40.

Bryce and Hunt escape the Bone Quarter after combining powers ... and scents. Ephraim and his triarii, including the Harpy and the Hind, arrive in Lunathion for the (forced) mating with Celestina, who Hunt straight up abandons. Bryce, Tharion and Ithan visit the creeper Astronomer and his mystics and, bonus, meet Thanatos ... a lord from the Hewn City moonlighting as a prince of Hel?

Plus, we discuss Lidia's possible connections to Aelin and/or Luna and the Astronomer's to Koschei and who would win in TOG cadre vs. CC cadre.

Next week: chapters 41-50. 

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