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- Trope Talk: Alternate Universe
Join us for a new Trope Talk. This episode: Alternative Universe. How do you define the genre? What is the appeal? Does it all, once again, come back to Star Trek?
Content warnings: explicit language
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57 min - The Serpent and the Wings of Night: Vampire Daddy Issues
Emma, Maura, and Tabitha read all about the adventures of a vampire kingdom’s adopted human daughter. In her desire to join her father in immortality, she embarks on a dangerous series of trials. Although she is surrounded by people who want to eat her, she forms an unlikely alliance with a couple of vamps, one of whom is super hot and gives good banter. Will she stay the course and join vampire daddy? Or are the cracks in her world beginning to show?
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1 hr 46 min - Minisode: Cambric Creek
Emma, Tabitha and Maura get wet and wild with the creatures from CM Nascosta's Cambric Creek series! Like our Monster Romance minisode, we each read a book in her series and take you along as we explore the beautifully weird and romantic world that she has created.
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Content Warnings: Lots of fluid, non-human anatomy, covid talk, graphic sexual content, infertility issues, mental health issues, family issues, financials issues, all the issues really, and profanity
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1 hr 7 min - A Fate Inked in Blood: Viking Love/Berserker Rage
Emma, Tabitha, and Maura talk about fictional (and real) Vikings!
Want your romantasy with some Viking flair? Look no further! A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen has meddling gods, people with super powers, and half-naked men with undercuts. But did we love it? Listen to find out!
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Content warnings for A Fate Inked In Blood and episode:
Profanity, violence, explicit (consensual) sexual content, alcohol and hallucinogen consumption, animal death, character death.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Pronunciation Guide
The Official A Fate Inked In Blood Playlist
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1 hr 38 min - Minisode: Monster RomancesWerewolves, and Orcs, and…Doors?Emma, Tabitha, and Maura get weird with a monster romance roundup! Today we’re covering The Alpha’s Warlock by Eliot Grayson, Unhinged by Vera Valentine, and The Orc From the Office by Kate Prior. What do they all have in common? MMCs of dubious humanity, that’s what. One is a werewolf, one is an orc, and one is a door. You heard us. A door.EPISODE INCLUDES SPOILERSContent warnings aside from graphic sexual content and cursing:The Alpha’s Warlock: mentions of domestic abuse, mentions of kidnapping, gaslighting, decapitations, and violence.Unhinged: Stalking, violence, murder, alcohol.The Orc From the Office: Blood, sexism, injury detail.https://polished-acorn-25963.myflodesk.com/ksniyzn65bFollow us:TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@recap.romantasy?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcInstagram: https://instagram.com/recapping.romantasyThreads: https://www.threads.net/@recapping.romantasyEmail us: mailto:[email protected]Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow romantasy readers!Music credit: Ian Aisling53 min
- A Court of Mist and Fury - Part 2: Stew Crew
Emma, Maura, and Tabitha tackle the much anticipated sequel to A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Part two of book two of the series, we bring you A Court of Mist and Fury. Everyone still has PTSD, a war is still brewing, and we get more descriptions of food than you would think for such drama.
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1 hr 36 min - A Court of Mist and Fury - Part 1: Love and Chunder
Emma, Maura, and Tabitha tackle the much anticipated sequel to A Court of Thorns and Roses.
We pick back up with all of our PTSD riddled characters after the events Under the Mountain, and see what new hell comes for them. Feyre learns to navigate her new life as a fae being and sort out which hunky beau she wants. Meanwhile, a war is brewing!
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Content warnings for ACOMAF
Fan art mentioned in this episode:
The Reluctant Bride of the Spring Court by: Jenna Lee Ahlman at ALemonLeafArt
The High Lady of the Night Court by: Jenna Lee Ahlman at ALemonLeafArt (The sexy version as mentioned in this episode)
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1 hr 27 min - Trope Talk: Hurt/Comfort
Emma, Tabitha, and Maura discuss one of our favorite tropes: hurt/comfort!
Tabitha leads us through a deep dive of hurt/comfort as we discuss whumping, woobies, magical healing body parts, and examples of hurt/comfort in published and unpublished fiction.
Content warnings: explicit language, discussion of sexual content, and mentions of injury, harm, emotional distress, and angst
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43 min - Throne of Glass: More ballgowns than you’d expect
Emma, Tabitha, and Maura talk about Sarah J. Maas’s first novel, Throne of Glass.
We ask: what is this book, even? A lengthy prologue? A Cinderella retelling? How did it launch an empire? Come with us as we go back in time to 2012 and the YA literature landscape that changed the world.
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1 hr 16 min - Iron Flame: aka Fifth Wing
Emma, Tabitha, and Maura rant and rave about Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros!
We talk about wet leather, PDA, miscommunication, luminaries, ward stones, and dragon-sized plot holes.EPISODE INCLUDES SPOILERS
Content warnings:
Sexual content, physical torture, imprisonment, brutal injuries, perilous situations, blood, dismemberment, burning, murder, death, alcohol, and animal death
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About Recapping Romantasy
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Join Tabitha, Emma, and Maura as they journey through dragon schools and fairy kingdoms, breaking down your favorite romantasy books with unhinged tangents, ever-reliable hot takes, and absolute…
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