Novelist Sarah J. Maas sits atop the ever-popular romantasy genre — a mix of fantasy and romance — that's dominating social media. With her new book House of Flame and Shadow, Heather O'Neill, Kathryn VanArendonk and Makda Mulatu discuss why Maas attracts such a large fanbase. Plus, the inherently hierarchical structure of festival posters – between the artists in large font and the ones at the bottom in tiny lettering – serves as a lens to analyze the current state of the music industry. With all the big summer festivals getting announced, Stereogum writer Tom Breihan explains what the posters from this year’s big summer festivals can tell us.