With no Alecto publishing date in sight, for now, this is our final Locked Tomb episode. We conclude by returning to a familiar setting, asking numerous questions about the remaining mysteries, and exploring the…
We talk about the magic bullet, lying by omission, how much time has passed, temper tantrums, leftover fingers, what Pokémon the characters would have, and the Eye of the Muircane. Your hosts are Steph…
On this episode, we discuss a lot of Nine Houses/Blood of Eden politics, a returning character, memories, dreams, and THE PINING. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits).…
When you’ve read a lot of novels, or this could likely apply to a lot of other media too, your brain starts to recognize the patterns of storytelling that will lead to certain outcomes,…
When an Anthony Ryan book comes out, I read it. So imagine my excitement when a sequel to The Covenant of Steel series, a trilogy beloved by me, was announced. When I began the…
Brigands & Breadknives, the third book in the Legends and Lattes series by Travis Baldree continues where Bookshops & Bonedust left off with Viv inviting her friend and bookshop owner Fern the ratkin to…
Josh goes off on John and his old Lyctors in these middle chapters. Steph digs through the clues. Christina praises the use of asymmetrical information serving multiple twists. Ortus is the real MVP and…
We talk about holding grudges, how much we hate the mayonnaise uncle, ghost talk, trauma responses, the youth of the Ninth House, Gideon and Harrow's backstory, the mythology of the locked tomb, Camilla's weapon…
We discuss our favorite / best books we've read halfway through the year (2025) and what we're looking forward to reading. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits).…
A teenager discovers they have magic abilities and joins a group with the same abilities hoping to learn from them. Sound familiar? Yet, The Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald is anything but that…