This week we sink our teeth into Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff — possibly our biggest read yet! From bloodthirsty vampires to religion, originality, and scientific accuracy, we cover it all in this epic, sprawling tale.

Please note it is difficult to put trigger warnings in the below timepoints, as there is discussion of death, murder, blood, gore, rape and bad language throughout this episode. 

Timepoints:

00:00:16 - Introduction

00:01:25 - A bit about Jay Kristoff

00:03:58 - Discussion of Empire of the Vampire

01:07:39 - Future predictions

01:14:22 - The book we are reading next time

Books mentioned in this episode:

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

The Aurora Cycle by Jay Kristoff and Amy Kauffman

Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Other things mentioned in this episode:

True Blood

The Witcher

Links:

Jay Kristoff on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Goodreads

Lucia on Goodreads

Corrie on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Instagram (run by Lucia with minimal input from Corrie!!)

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