Spice Traders

This week, the Traders visit the icy land of Wintercraig in a romantasy full of weather magic and intrigue as they cover The Winter King by C.L. Wilson. This is Part 2 of 4

Triggers: torture, abuse, loss of pregnancy, discussion of off-page war and rape

Tropes: damsel in distress, enemies to lovers, magic systems, miscommunication

KU: Yes

Recommendation: Yes?

For more of the author, check out www.clwilson.com

This week, the Traders visit the icy land of Wintercraig in a romantasy full of weather magic and intrigue as they cover The Winter King by C.L. Wilson. This is Part 1 of 4

Triggers: torture, abuse, loss of pregnancy, discussion of off-page war and rape

Tropes: damsel in distress, enemies to lovers, magic systems, miscommunication

KU: Yes

Recommendation: TBD

For more of the author, check out www.clwilson.com

We know you’ve been patiently waiting for it …this week your Traders finally travel to Pyrthian as we cover A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. This episode is part 3 of 3.

Triggers: abduction, claustrophobia, death, drugging, gore, emotional abuse, intentional amnesia, murder, physical abuse, sexual abuse and assault, torture, violence

Tropes: Beauty and the beast retelling, really old fae, forced proximity, enemies to lovers

KU: Nope

Recommendation: Yes

For more information visit https://sarahjmaas.com/.

We know you’ve been patiently waiting for it …this week your Traders finally travel to Pyrthian as we cover A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. This episode is part 2 of 3.

Triggers: abduction, claustrophobia, death, drugging, gore, emotional abuse, intentional amnesia, murder, physical abuse, sexual abuse and assault, torture, violence

Tropes: Beauty and the beast retelling, really old fae, forced proximity, enemies to lovers

KU: Nope

Recommendation: Yes

For more information visit https://sarahjmaas.com/.

We know you’ve been patiently waiting for it …this week your Traders finally travel to Pyrthian as we cover A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas! This episode is part 1 of 3.

Triggers: abduction, claustrophobia, death, drugging, gore, emotional abuse, intentional amnesia, murder, physical abuse, sexual abuse and assault, torture, violence.

Tropes: Beauty and the beast retelling, really old fae, forced proximity, enemies to lovers

KU: Nope

Recommendation: Yes

For more information visit https://sarahjmaas.com/.

This week the Traders dive into a modern day reverse harem featuring a host of supposedly deadly assassins…as you might guess, we have a lot of questions. But boy, did we enjoy the ride! This is part 2 of 2.

Triggers: kidnapping, death, child abuse, violence, trafficking, murder, slavery, torture, forced institutionalization, emotional, sexual, and physical abuse, gaslighting, child death

Tropes: reverse harem, revenge, age gap, assassins, gangs, the one who cooks

KU: Yes!

Recommendation: Yes?

For more information visit https://evachase.com/evachance/48-2/.

This week the Traders dive into a modern day reverse harem featuring a host of supposedly deadly assassins…as you might guess, we have a lot of questions. But boy, did we enjoy the ride! This is part 1 of 2.

Triggers: kidnapping, death, child abuse, violence, trafficking, murder, slavery, torture, forced institutionalization, emotional, sexual, and physical abuse, gaslighting, child death

Tropes: reverse harem, revenge, age gap, assassins, gangs, the one who cooks

KU: Yes!

Recommendation: Yes?

For more information visit https://evachase.com/evachance/48-2/.

This week we jump into the witchy world of The Coven by Harper L. Woods! Is it a fun student/teacher romance? Yes! Does it have great vampire smut? Also yes! Is it high literature? Absolutely not! This is part 2 of 2.

Triggers: Dubious consent, forced feeding, graphic violence, rough and explicit sexual content, forced proximity, betrayal, references to past abuse and traumatic reactions to triggering stimuli, knife violence, graphic depictions of blood, physical harm inflicted upon the main character, ritualistic murder

Tropes: Vampires, student/teacher

KU: Yes!

Recommendation: Both traders recommend!

https://www.adelaideforrest.com/#/

This week we jump into the witchy world of The Coven by Harper L. Woods! Is it a fun student/teacher romance? Yes! Does it have great vampire smut? Also yes! Is it high literature? Absolutely not! This is part 1 of 2.

Triggers: Dubious consent, forced feeding, graphic violence, rough and explicit sexual content, forced proximity, betrayal, references to past abuse and traumatic reactions to triggering stimuli, knife violence, graphic depictions of blood, physical harm inflicted upon the main character, ritualistic murder

Tropes: Vampires, student/teacher

KU: Yes!

Recommendation: Both traders recommend!

https://www.adelaideforrest.com/#/

Time to revisit our vampire obsession. Travel back in time with the Traders as we discuss A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson. This is a Dracula retelling with some really gorgeous prose. This is part 2 of 2.

Triggers: (From the author) emotional, verbal, and physical intimate partner abuse, gaslighting, war, famine, and plague, blood and gore, consensual sexual content, sadomasochism, self-harm, body horror, violence and murder, alcohol use, depression and mania, sexual assault (not directed at any named character), drug use, drowning

Tropes: Vampires, polyamory, historical-ish fiction

KU: Yes

Recommendation: Both traders whole-heartedly recommend and look forward to more from the author

For more of the author, check out stgibson.com