The Romantasy Coven

The Coven is back for a Halloween special mini episode! We discuss some of the books that creeped us out the most and Ria gives a run down of why she loves horror so much. 

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In this episode the Thirsty Three chat about The Death-Made Prince by Lisette Marshall, a character-driven romantasy inspired by Norse mythology. 

We dive into why we loved the FMC and her story, the representation of OCD, the connection between the two lead characters and the ending!! As ever this episode is filled with spoilers so do proceed with caution if you haven’t already read this book. 

We’ve also introduced a little catch up at the beginning so we can bang on about the books we’ve been reading lately, feel free to skip if you just want to get to the meat of the pod 😈 

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In this episode Jess and Brigitte talk about Blood of Hercules and Bonds of Hercules by Jasmine Mas. We chat about man child MMCs, deadly animal companions and the fun ride that is this Greek mythology-inspired romantasy story. These books aren’t for everyone, including Ria lol and in the Coven no one needs to read books they don’t enjoy.

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n this episode the Coven chats about Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lyn Tann. We discuss the beauty of a story about the fierce love between daughter and mother. We also discuss at LENGTH why one of the MMCs is thé worst, and the other is very tasty indeed. 

We do our best with the pronunciation of the character names but we slip up now and then.

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In this episode, the Coven had the absolute pleasure of speaking with author Nikki St Crowe about her new dark spicy Wizard of Oz retelling, West of Wicked!!

We save spoilers for the later on in the episode so don’t worry if you haven’t yet read this one yet. Spoilers are from 29:20 until 49:38!

We also talk to Nikki about her love of dark romance and writing spicy retellings, and why she chose Wizard of Oz for this newest story. 

Towards the end of the podcast we let Brigitte go all fan girl on Nikki about what we can expect to get in book 2, which comes out November 2026! 

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In this episode the Coven chats with author Rachel Vincent about her latest book, The Alchemary which came out April 2026 and which we got to read in advance of this conversation. We ask Rachel why she wanted to write a dark academia, which of the two brothers she likes the most and what inspired her to write such an unapologetically driven main female character.

This was such a fun conversation! You can find The Alchemary everywhere that sells books, and you can find out more about Rachel's many previously published books on Rachel's website: www.rachelvincent.com

Please note: we chat spoilers from 28:55 onwards.

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In this episode, Ria and Jess team up for a special episode on the dark romantasy, Souls in Ruin by Jacqueline White. They spend almost the entire episode talking about how much they LOVE this book, the writing, the character dynamics, the tension, the ending!! 

Please check the triggers before you read this book. And please note that in this episode we discuss torture, as well as sexual pleasure under duress and issues of non-consent. 

But we also discuss how this is a story about one woman’s fight for autonomy over her body and her life. 

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In this episode we talk about how much we all adored Rachel Gillig’s The Knight and the Moth. Spoiler: this was a five star read for all of us! We chat about the comic relief, the found family, THE Rory Mendacious!! We talk about the breadcrumbs throughout the story and the emotional damage this book inflicted on us. 

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Please note: as ever this episode has lots of spoilers for Knight and the Moth. Happy reading fellow witches!

The chaos resumes! In this episode we chat about the sequel to Quicksilver by Callie Hart, and why sadly it didn’t quite hit the mark for us. We talk about the mad magical admin, silly side quests and our love for most of the characters nonetheless. 

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Apologies for the quality of the Sassy One's audio - the audio gods decided to curse her for her sassy blasphemous ways. Just focus on the mad stuff that the Forgetful and Wise Ones say.

Our first author interview! We speak with Riley Quinn, author of the new romantasy Gold and Gossamer which came out November 2025. We chat about how Riley’s passion for animation helped her create the immersive world of Fairyland and Avonbend; why Riley chose to write a diverse cast of characters; and which of her characters annoys her the most! 

Gold and Gossamer is available to purchase from most book sellers in the US and UK. Find out more at Riley’s website: https://www.rileyquinnart.com/

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