Emma gets a little too excited about Threshing Day... but all ends well and the episode will drop next Tuesday!

Feeling stabby? Then this is the episode for you! Jackie and Emma talk about Elizabeth May's deeply traumatized characters weaponry as foreplay, and productive emotional strategies

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Like your pastry with a side of brooding hot commander? Gotcha covered.

Tropes: Hungry heroine

Let's absorb a monster

Tiny but mighty

Brooding McBrooderson male protag

Found family

Court intrigue

Jackie and Emma break down *that* objection, and cover how elements from The Silversmith evolved in LJ Claren's recent publication in the Selvaren series, The Incendiary. Full spoiler discussion, so come back if you don't want anything ruined!

NB: Emma's dog Gus was going ham on a ball in the first few minutes of the podcast, so forgive the background noise.

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Is The Incendiary, the follow up to The Silversmith, a book you should bump up your TBR or will it just break your heart?

Everyone knows T. Kingfisher is a titan in the genre (in many genres, actually). Jackie and Emma talk about language, love, and Large Francis.

If you loved T. Kingfisher's Swordheart, you need to check out it's follow-up Daggerbound!

Conform, by Ariel Sullivan (Full Spoiler Discussion)

Jackie and Emma talk about the mystery that is the Epilogue, and Emma breaks down how the paintings in the book give insight to the characters, scenes, and overall narrative.

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Emma pulls an audible and demands Jackie read Conform.

Tropes:

He falls first

Arranged dating

Dystopian

Uprising

A Vow in Vengeance, Jaclyn Rodriguez (Full Spoiler Episode).

Emma and Jackie talk the importance of representation, even in fantasy, and how emotionally vulnerable male protags are the bee's knees.

Tropes: He falls first

Tarot Magic

One Bed, with a twist

Chosen one

Academy setting