DTFae
DTFae

<p>DTFae is a podcast for romantasy and romance readers. It’s perfect for both first-time and returning readers, combining read-alongs, re-reads, and book-club discussions hosted by two best friends who are, quite literally, Down To Fae.</p>

Send us Fan MailTerror At The Gates Review: 00:00:00Deep Dive: 00:12:46"Maasive" Spoiler Section: 01:41:01feyre really said “i’m coming to the cottage” and unfortunately meant a very different cottage. she leaves one house in flames, then heads to the human realm (in a crown ??) to ask her sisters to use their house for a meeting with the mortal queens, accidentally starting a very different kind of fire between cassian and nesta. Next week: chapters 25-29.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailLightlark Review: 00:00:00Deep Dive: 00:16:40"Maasive" Spoiler Section: 01:38:52Feyre meets Rhys’ ridiculously attractive and deeply traumatized found family, and visits the Prison, where the Bone Carver confirms the King of Hybern’s evil Pinterest board includes a giant bathtub, an eyeball, and Mr. Gorbachev, which means he’s trying to resurrect Jurian and tear down that wall. The Scooby gang races to find the Book of Breathings, half of which is in the Summer Court and the other half with the mortal queens.Next week: chapters 20-24.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailgod of malice review: 00:00:00deep dive: 00:12:01"maasive" spoilers: 01:38:12tamlin chooses the red pill and his “i just want to protect you” manifesto takes a hard turn into i think i'm gonna die in this HOUSE when he seals feyre inside the manor.she panics at the disco (god forbid a girl turn into a whirling mass of darkness) then mor shows up like get in loser we're going to the night court, and feyre finally arrives in velaris, a hidden city of starlight, art, 2016 pinterest fashion, and rhys’ extremely hot trauma support group.next week: chapters 15-19.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailIntro: 00:00:00Deep Dive: 00:01:27Call Her Daddy/SJM: 02:05:59Feyre quiet quits her own wedding, gets whisked to the Night Court where she earns a minor in thirst studies and learns mental shielding, then gets sent back to her fiancé turned CIA handler Tamlin, who hears “I can’t breathe” and says “bet.”Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailintro: 00:00:00ACOTAR recap: 00:03:24deep dive: 00:05:24spoiler section: 02:03:26We kick off our A Court of Mist and Fury deep dive with chapters 1–4.Feyre survives Under the Mountain ... only to discover the real villain is unprocessed trauma. She spends her time in the Spring Court throwing her guts up or having them rearranged by Tamlin, our romantic fiddle-playing beast turned human equivalent of a locked door. Prythian’s Regina George, Ianthe, turns Feyre’s wedding into her personal Pinterest board, but before she can vow in sickness and rapidly declining mental health, darkness explodes and the High Lord of the Night Court enters the villa.Next week: chapters 5–9.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailwuthering heights review: 00:00:00deep dive: 00:10:43Feyre faces the final trial, makes an impossible choice, and wins … only to be taken out by Amarantha’s crash out. The riddle is solved a little too late, the curse is broken, Prythian is freed, and Feyre is resurrected by the High Lords’ combined spark (yeah she is). Next week: ACOMAF chapters 1-4.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailintro: 00:00:00deep dive: 00:15:52Our illiterate queen faces a trial she could have survived with basic reading skills, makes a bargain that lands her in Prythian’s most traumatizing Magic Mike residency, and one stolen moment with Tamlin nearly destroys it all.Next week: chapters 43-end of the bookInstagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mail(spoilers for show + books)We wrap up our reheat in April 2017, when Ilya returns from Russia and faces Shane in Montreal. After a hospital visit leads to an invitation to the cottage, a groundbreaking moment in the hockey world gives them hope for something more.Their escape forces Shane to confront his family and his truth, while Ilya makes the ultimate choice to move to Ottawa and build a life closer to him. Together, they take their first real steps toward a future that was once impossible.Next up, The Long Game.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Maillies of lena review: 00:00:00deep dive: 00:11:18"maasive" spoiler section: 01:28:57After learning Tamlin doomed his entire court for her (dramatic), Feyre runs Under The Mountain to save him ... only to find him sitting silently beside Amarantha's throne. For her first trial, she's dropped into a muddy labyrinth with a giant worm while an audience of faeries place bets on whether she survives. Next week: chapters 37-42Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mail00:00:00 kiss the villain review00:10:38 deep dive01:30:22 "maasive" spoiler sectionFeyre gets drunk on faerie wine at the Summer Solstice, the Spring Court throuple is interrupted by an unexpected and unwelcome visit from Rhysand, and Tamlin drops an “I love you” that Feyre very deliberately does not return. Instead, she swallows her words (and other things) before coming back from a visit with her very fake aunt to discover the glamour did not work on Nesta, who actually tried to cross the wall to find her.Next week: chapters 31-36.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailEmber And Ice: 00:00:00Deep Dive: 00:42:52"Maasive" Spoiler Section: 01:58:13We start with a review of Quinn’s Ember and Ice (time stamps below if you want to skip ahead), then jump back into our ACOTAR deep dive with chapters 19-24.Tamlin buys Feyre paint, which she uses to curate a visual trauma dump. An ugly new bombshell (the Attor) enters the villa, Tamlin raw dogs the land on Calanmai, and Feyre is saved by a mysterious, beautiful stranger ... and learns she’s had an audience of glamoured faeries this entire time. Yes, even during the sneaking and farting. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailPart 3 of Heated Rivalry picks up in October 2016, more than two years after Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov present an award together in Las Vegas. Shane visits Ilya’s penthouse, where things unexpectedly turn domestic when Ilya makes him a tuna melt, and the walls come down just enough for them to start calling each other by their first names. Back in Montreal, Shane meets movie star Rose Landry, and then we arrive at THAT club scene, the one permanently soundtracked in our minds by All The Things She Said. What started as something carefully contained is starting to bleed into real life, and neither of them is as unaffected as they pretend to be.Potential spoilers: This deep dive covers the book.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailwe who will die review 00:00:00deep dive 00:08:32spoiler section 01:53:16Our ACOTAR deep dive continues with chapters 13-18.Feyre is advised to *stay with the High Lord* (xoxo, Gossip Girl), comforts a Summer Court faerie whose wings were ripped off, and takes a trip to Tam's favorite spot ... a pool of starlight. At the end of the episode, we talk starlight pool and Suriel theories in our "Maasive" Spoiler Section.Next week: ACOTAR chapters 19-24.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailPart 1 of our Heated Rivalry deep dive kicks off at the very beginning, with the first collision between Shane Hollanderand Ilya Rozanov in Saskatchewan. We break down the instant spark that neither of them is prepared for, how a late-night hotel gym turns into something charged and impossible to ignore after the draft, and why the tension finally snaps in the showers and spills into a hotel room. By the time “Lily” and “Jane” show up in their phones, it’s clear this isn’t just a hookup, it’s the beginning of something neither of them can control.*Potential spoilers: This deep dive covers the show and the books*Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailintro 00:00:00deep dive 00:13:19spoiler section 01:33:57Our ACOTAR deep dive continues with chapters 7-12.Feyre learns there is a mysterious woman everyone is terrified of (I didn’t even know my mother was in Prythian) and overhears Lucien warning Tamlin that they are running out of time (ominous!). She also discovers Prythian has its very own Gossip Girl (XOXO, Suriel) and trauma bonds with Tam.This week’s “Maasive” Spoiler Section dives into Mrs. Archeron theories, from fae, to witch, to just a really, really bad mom. Next week: chapters 13-18Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailIn episode one of our ACOTAR deep dive, Feyre begins as a Les Mis understudy, pivots into a true crime podcast subject, and moves into a McMansion with two beautiful, masked fae males. Next week: chapters 7-12. Full schedule pinned on IG. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailDeck the halls and clutch your pearls. We're unwrapping He Sees You When You’re Sleeping, a Christmas-set dark romance with a morally grey fireman whose obsession lands him on the *naughty* list. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive concludes with the final chapters of Kingdom of Ash. ACOTAR deep dive begins January 6!Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 110-117. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Kingdom of Ash 102-109. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 94-101. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur spoiler-free Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 86-93.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mail(re)posting for new listeners ahead of Brimstone's release!Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 79-85.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're wrapping up spooky szn with Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur spoiler-free deep dive of Throne of Glass continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 70-78. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailIt's fun. It's festive. It's Hallowpeen. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 62-69. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailSpooky szn continues with my *favorite* audiobook, The Poisoner by I.V. Ophelia.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur spoiler-free Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 54-61.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailSpooky szn continues with The Coven by Harper L. Woods.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 46-53.The spoiler section this week dives into the theory that Mor is 100% that witch. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailwe're kicking off spooky sun with anathema, book one of the eating woods by keri lake.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur spoiler-free deep dive of Throne of Glass continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 38-45. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Kingdom of Ash chapters 30-37. In the spoiler section, we dive into the deeper lore connections across the Maasverse for barrow wights, Aelin and Rowan’s rings, and recurring imagery like the glow worms.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur spoiler-free Kingdom of Ash deep dive continues with chapters 22-29.Spoiler section focus: Blue Annis (sorry, Cass). Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur spoiler-free Kingdom of Ash deep dive continues with chapters 14-21.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're diving into A Court This Cruel and Lovely, the first book in the Kingdom of Lies series by Stacia Stark. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur spoiler-free Kingdom of Ash deep dive continues with chapters 6-13. Maasverse Spoiler Section at the end of the episode. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailA love letter to one of our favorite series of all time, the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning, and our original book boyfriend, Jericho Barrons. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're kicking off our Kingdom of Ash (!!) deep dive with a (very) quick refresh of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn and KOA chapters 1-5.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem deep dive with Tower of Dawn chapters 65-68. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're diving into Navessa Allen's dark, second-chance mafia romance, "Caught Up."Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem deep dive with Empire of Storms chapter 75 and Tower of Dawn chapters 58-61. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're diving into Nocticadia, a dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love by Keri Lake. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem deep dive with Empire of Storms chapters 68-74 and Tower of Dawn chapter 57. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're diving into The Sea Witch, a spicy Little Mermaid retelling by Rebecca F. Kenney. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem deep dive with Empire of Storms chapters 64-67 and Tower of Dawn chapters 53-56. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem deep dive with Empire of Storms chapters 60-63 and Tower of Dawn chapters 49-52. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem deep dive with Empire of Storms chapters 57-59 and Tower of Dawn chapters 44-48. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem deep dive with Empire of Storms chapters 52-56 and Tower of Dawn chapters 41-43. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem deep dive with Empire of Storms chapters 50-51 and Tower of Dawn chapters 36-40. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Empire of Storms chapters 42-49. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Empire of Storms chapters 34-41. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn with EOS chapters 31-33 and TOD chapters 31-35. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailLace up your sh*t-kickers, open a Tootsie Pop, and text the group chat (sorry, Lassiter), because our Black Dagger Brotherhood episode is available wherever you get podcasts and YouTube, true?Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn with EOS chapters 29-30 and TOD chapters 25-30. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailK.F. Breene month continues with Warrior Chronicles. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn with EOS chapters 24-28 and TOD chapters 22-24. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailK.F. Breene month continues with Shadowspell Academy. Next week: Warrior ChroniclesInstagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn with EOS chapters 20-23 and TOD chapters 18-21. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailK.F. Breene month continues with "A Cage of Crimson" and "A Cage of Kingdoms," books 4 and 5 in the "Deliciously Dark Fairytales" series. Next week: Shadowspell Academy.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn with EOS chapters 17-19 and TOD chapters 13-17. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailK.F. Breene month continues with A Ruin of Roses, the first book in the Deliciously Dark Fairytales series. Next week: A Cage of Crimson. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn with EOS chapters 14-16 and TOD chapters 8-12. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailKicking off K.F. Breene month with one of our favorite series, Demon Days, Vampire Nights. Next week: A Ruin of Roses. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn with EOS chapters 11-13 and TOD chapters 4-7. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn with EOS chapters 6-10 and TOD chapters 2-3. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're kicking off our tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn with EOS chapters 1-5 and TOD chapter 1. Full schedule on IG @DTFaePodcast. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailLet's yap about the Crossbreed Series by Dannika Dark.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe wrap up our Queen of Shadows deep dive with chapters 81-89. Our tandem read starts next week with Empire of Storms chapters 1-5 and Tower of Dawn chapter 1. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailLet's yap about the Lords of the Underworld series by Gena Showalter.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Queen of Shadows chapters 73-80.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailLet's yap about Gild by Raven Kennedy. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Queen of Shadows chapters 65-72. yapping: 00:00:00deep dive: 00:09:50Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're talking about one of our favorite shows, A Discovery of Witches, and the series it's based on, All Souls by Deborah Harkness. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Queen of Shadows chapters 57-64.yapping: 00:00:00deep dive: 00:18:50Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're talking lore, themes, theories and the newest addition to the shadow daddy roster, Kingfisher. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Queen of Shadows chapters 49-56.Intro: 00:00:00Deep Dive: 00:11:06Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailthis week's book review/discussion is Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Queen of Shadows chapters 41-48.Intro: 00:00:00Deep Dive: 00:06:26Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're talking Lights Out by by Navessa Allen.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Queen of Shadows chapters 33-40.Intro: 00:00:00Deep Dive: 00:02:08 Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailanother reverse harem? in this economy? Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailcontinuing our Queen of Shadows deep dive with chapters 25-32. intro: 00:00:00deep dive: 00:07:58Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailour review of A Dawn of Onyx, the first book in The Sacred Stones series by Kate Golden. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailcontinuing our Queen of Shadows deep dive with chapters 17-24. fantasy ball: 00:00:00deep dive: 00:08:04Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailContinuing our Queen of Shadows deep dive with chapters 9-16. intro: 00:00:00onyx storm headlines: 00:03:00ACOTAR box set: 00:09:12fourth wing casting: 00:12:55deep dive: 00:19:15Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailgrab your friends. wear your florals. it's time for one of our favorite reverse harems.next week: queen of shadows chapters 9-16."This is a reverse harem series set in the world of Zodiac Academy four years before the Vega Twins were Awakened. Expect some character cross-over, dark and hot romance, and a twisted murder mystery which will leave your head spinning."Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailkicking off our Queen of Shadows deep dive with chapters 1-8. intro: 00:00:00heir of fire recap: 00:06:08deep dive: 00:10:03Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailwe're recapping everything you need to remember from fourth wing and iron flame before the release of onyx storm! intro: 00:00:00 world building: 00:04:19 characters: 00:08:48FW plot: 00:29:02 IF new characters: 00:59:15 IF plot:  01:03:30 questions: 02:03:11Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur review of Riftborne by Bree Grenwich and Parker Lennox.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mailwe conclude our Heir of Fire deep dive with chapters 59-68. intro: 00:00:00deep dive: 00:02:10kicking off Queen of Shadows with chapters 1-8 Jan. 14!Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our Throne of Glass deep dive with Heir of Fire chapters 50-58. Intro: 00:00Anathema Review: 00:01:00Blood and Ash TV Series: 00:20:46Deep Dive: 00:26:29This week's book review was Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1) by Keri LakeNext week, we'll wrap up our Heir of Fire episodes and, on Jan. 14, kick off Queen of Shadows with chapters 1-8!!! How many !!! are too many !!!Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur series spoiler-free Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Heir of Fire chapters 41-49.Phantasma Review: 00:00Deep Dive: 00:10:17This week's book review was Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1) by Kaylie Smith.Next week: Heir of Fire chapters 50-58.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur series spoiler-free Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Heir of Fire chapters 33-40.Intro/Book Rec: 00:00ACOTAR News: 00:21:38Deep Dive: 00:24:11This week's book rec was the Demonica Series by Larissa Ione.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're continuing our Throne of Glass deep dive with Heir of Fire chapters 25-32.JLA Interview Recap: 00:00Book Rec/Discussion: 00:10:28Deep Dive: 00:24:10This week's book rec was A God of Moonlight and Stardust (Daughters of Chaos) by Mina Brower. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailJLA joined us (!!) to talk Primal of Blood and Bone, its "Red Wedding" and how nervous we should be for our fav characters (spoiler alert: very). We also discussed her creative process, the Joining, potential spin-offs, series crossovers and more. Intro/Writing Process: 00:00Psychology: 00:11:38Early Inspirations: 00:16:17Romantasy's Popularity: 00:18:36Music: 00:25:33Self-insertion: 00:28:38Social Media: 00:34:36Apollycon: 00:39:24Witches: 00:43:07Mythological/Religious Inspo: 00:46:42Book BF/BFF: 00:50:00Completed Series/Spin-Offs: 00:52:30TV/Movie Adaptations: 00:54:27Blood And Ash/Flesh And Fire: 01:01:02The Primal of Blood and Bone: 01:07:14Fall of Ruin and Wrath: 01:44:56Book Recommendations: 01:52:48F, Marry, Kill: 01:56:15Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our Throne of Glass deep dive with Heir of Fire chapters 17-24.Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:00:28Deep Dive: 00:15:17This week's book rec was The Highlander Series by Karen Marie Moning.Next week: Heir of Fire chapters 25-32. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our Throne of Glass deep dive with Heir of Fire chapters 9-16.Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:00:25Deep Dive: 00:09:32This week's book rec was the Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning.Next week: Heir of Fire chapters 17-32. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Heir of Fire chapters 1-8.Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:03:50Deep Dive: 00:11:40This week's book rec was The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole.Next week: Heir of Fire chapters 9-16. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our Throne of Glass deep dive with The Assassin and the Empire. Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:01:32Deep Dive: 00:15:33Assassin's Blade Final Thoughts: 01:37:02This week's book rec was First Ritual (Supernatural Battle: Coven Caves #1) by Kelly St. Clare.Next week: Heir of Fire chapters 1-8.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our Throne of Glass deep dive with The Assassin and the Underworld. Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:00:28Deep Dive: 00:11:05Onyx Storm Teaser: 01:19:52This week's book rec was Split or Swallow by Lindsay Straube.Next week: The Assassin and the Empire. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with The Assassin and the Desert (part 2 of 2). Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:00:36Deep Dive: 00:03:23This episode's book rec was Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper.Next week: The Assassin and the Underworld.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with The Assassin and the Desert (part 1 of 2). Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:01:30Deep Dive: 00:12:55This week's book rec was Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with The Assassin and the Healer.Intro: 00:00Book/Show Rec: 00:01:00Deep Dive: 00:10:41This week's book rec was A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne.Next week: The Assassin and the Desert (Parts I and II). Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with The Assassin and the Pirate Lord.Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 02:15Deep Dive: 14:00Fourth Wing Bonus Chapter: 01:12:40This week's book rec: Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward.Next week: The Assassin and the Healer.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWrapping up our Crown of Midnight deep dive with chapters 49-56 before starting Assassin's Blade next week (The Assassin and the Pirate Lord).Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:08:10Deep Dive: 00:14:12This week's book recs: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer and The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan Mail*Our Throne of Glass deep dive is series spoiler free, but does include Maasverse (ACOTAR/CC) discussions*Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:00:32Deep Dive: 00:05:05Celaena kills Baba Yellowlegs and, with help from Dorian and his magic, traps the creature in the library. Desperate, and still grieving, Celaena opens a portal to talk to Nehemia, and we finally learn who the princess' warning was about. We also discuss the Walking Dead's appearance in the Library of Parthos, Danika, wyrdmarks in Prythian and update our Maasverse-f*cks-with-black-blood list. This week's book rec is City of Thorns (The Demon Queen Trials) by C.N. Crawford.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailContinuing our Throne of Glass deep dive with Crown of Midnight chapters 33-40.Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:01:41Deep Dive: 00:08:55Chaol researches Terrasen funeral bangers, Celaena solves the eye riddle – and is rewarded with a cryptic poem, because, yanno, fairytales – and Dorian invites Celaena to dinner in his baby girl tower.Plus, we break down Baba Yellowlegs' witch, Wyrdkey, Wyrdgate and Valg lore dump and talk connections to Merrill, the priestess who works at the library in Velaris, and the Under-King in Midgard. This week's book rec is the Witch Walker series by Charissa Weaks. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with Crown of Midnight chapters 25-32. Intro: 00:00Book Review: 00:00:33Deep Dive: 00:08:41Chaol is kidnapped by the rebels and rescued by Celaena, who races back to the castle to find a brutally murdered Nehemia. Dorian saves Chaol's life using his *magic* hands, and Celaena finds herself right back where she started ... drowning in grief and guilt.Plus, we discuss Elena and Nehemia weaponizing Celaena's trauma and whether or not the end justifies the means. This week's book rec is A Lair of Bones (Curse of the Cyren Queen, #1) by Helen Scheuerer.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our Throne of Glass deep dive with Crown of Midnight chapters 17-24.Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:00:45Deep Dive: 00:05:54Celaena, Chaol and Dorian reach pivotal points in their individual journeys and the broader narrative, beginning with Chaol's decision to keep the threat on Nehemia's life secret. Celaena and Chaol take their relationship to the next level after his birthday, Nehemia calls Celaena a coward and Dorian blows his magical load. Plus, we breakdown Valg and witch lore and the theory that Hollin is the King of Hybern.This week's book rec is The Plated Prisoner Series by Raven Kennedy.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe pick up in Crown of Midnight chapter nine with Celaena visiting Kaltain (the Suriel??) in the dungeons. Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:00:26Deep Dive: 00:03:31Archer can either hang up his g-string for good or be strangled by it, and, after choosing the second option, he promises to pass along intel about the rebel group working to put Aelin Galathynius (!!) on the throne. After finding a book full of wyrdmarks (and a riddle) at the home of one of those rebels, Celaena is cut with a poisonous dagger and runs to the one person she knows will keep her safe: Chaol. Plus, we talk potential Maasverse connections, like the tapestry Celaena finds in the library and the Void from the ACOTAR Christmas special.This week's book rec is A Sea of Song and Sirens: The Naiads of Juile by Whit Stanfield.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailAfter a brief recap of Throne of Glass (book one), we kick off our Crown of Midnight deep dive with chapters 1-8!Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:01:10TOG recap: 00:10:26Deep Dive: 00:12:18Celaena fakes the deaths of the people on her to-murder list and receives a new assignment from the king that leads her to Archer, a (traitorous?) courtesan from her past. Chaol may not be "excessively handsome," but he and Celaena are spending an excessive amount of time together ... just ask Dorian. Plus, we talk potential connections to Mor and Truth-Teller, discuss the recent Fourth Wing bonus chapter news and Cait reviews "It Ends With Us."This week's book rec is Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1) by Callie Hart.Next week: Crown of Midnight chapters 9-16. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe wrap up our Throne of Glass (book one) deep dive with chapters 49-55! Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:02:33Deep Dive: 00:08:11Celaena wins the duel with help from Nehemia and Elena, Chaol takes a grippy socks vacay, Kaltain fucks around and finds out and Dorian is friend zoned.Plus, we talk Colleen Hoover drama (at the end of the episode, don't worry), Prime's My Lady Jane and this week's listener-submitted book recs, A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows by Holly Renee and Path of Ruin by Erica Myers.Next week: Crown of Midnight chapters 1-8. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailHouse of the Dragon season two ends with "The Queen Who Ever Was." Tyland Lannister secures the Triarchy, Ulf oversteps, Daemon finally sees the bigger picture, Criston turns emo, Alicent visits Rhaenyra and Aegon escapes King's Landing. Plus, we break down Daemon's vision scene-by-scene and talk "A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms" and the short stories it's based on. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailDive deep into Throne of Glass chapters 41-48 with us!Intro: 00:00Book Review: 00:02:55Deep Dive: 00:18:04We find out who has been killing the champions ... and how, Nehemia learns the truth of "Lady Lillian," the king returns ... alone, Nox ghosts and Celeaena fights for her life in the final duel. Plus, our discussion of the Maasverse includes the Void, Hel, kristallos demon vs. ridderak, black blood and winnowing. This week's book rec was Avalon Tower (Fey Spy Academy, #1) by C.N. Crawford.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur discussion of House of the Dragon season two, episode seven, "The Red Sowing," includes:Aerea Targaryen, Balerion and the history of the dragonkeepersJace's reaction to the SowingHugh's mother, Saera Targaryen, and how he and Ulf fit into the family wreathOscar Tully stepping up as Lord Paramount Rhaenyra's god complexSeason finale (and future season) predictionsInstagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with chapters 31-40!Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:04:26Deep Dive: 00:09:44Celaena cheats on a poisons test and finds wyrdmarks under her bed, Dorian recognizes the Eye of Elena, Chaol has a Menty B, the Yulemas Ball leads to a first kiss and the king slaughters 500 rebels from Eyllwe. Plus, we talk Maasverse connections to the eight-pointed star, Deanna, Luna, amulets, Wyrd, Urd, the Cauldron and more. This week's book rec was Morning Glory Milking Farm by C M Nascosta. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're breaking down season two, episode six of House of the Dragon, "Smallfolk."The rising tension in King's Landing turns into chaos after Rhaenyra DoorDashes much-needed food, and Alicent and Helaena are caught in the crossfire. Aemond sends Criston Cole to Harrenhal and proposes an alliance with the Triarchy to end the blockade, setting us up for the Battle of the Gullet. Speaking of battles, the Lannisters reach Golden Tooth, meaning we *might* get the Battle at the Red Fork this season. Daemon reaches the final boss of his nightmare journey, Viserys, and learns of Grover Tully's death. Plus, we get two new dragon riders: Addam of Hull ... and Mysaria. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with chapters 21-30.Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:00:29Deep Dive: 00:06:48Celaena discovers a secret door, Chaol lectures Dorian about getting too close to the assassin (the call's coming from inside the house), Elena asks for Celaena's help and more Champions are murdered. We also talk Maasverse connections, like The Walking Dead, Wyrdmarks, Brannon, the Under King, Urd, the Ruhnn Mountains, portals, amulets and swirls and motherfucking whorls. This week's book rec was A Magic Fierce and Bright by Hemant Nayak.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're breaking down all of the easter eggs, foreshadowing and groundwork in season two, episode five of House of the Dragon, "Regent."Alicent learns she isn't the exception to the rule, Daemon's Harrenhal nightmare continues, size DOES matter for Jeyne Arryn and Jace earns MVP for the Blacks, first by securing both the Twins *and* House Frey (let's hope he has better luck than Robb), then by planting the seeds ... the dragonseeds. All while serving face. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive continues with chapters 11-20. Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:05:24Deep Dive: 00:13:51Celaena makes it through her first test, Chaol says "on your guard" (ick), Nehemia enters the chat, a "drunken brawl" ends with one competitor missing organs (??) and Dorian sees a different side to his champion.Plus, we talk the Onyx Storm cover, the Kingdom of Lies series and this week's book rec, WitchBlood by Emma Mills.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur discussion of "The Red Dragon and the Gold" includes:Rook's Rest: book vs. show and aftermathAemond's villain era and what it means for the GreensWhat exactly is happening to Daemon at Harrenhal (and why there may be a Bran and/or Dany connection)Criston Cole's reaction to the reality of dragon warfare Battle of the Bastards: Catelyn vs. Rhaenys Plus, we breakdown GRRM's recent blog posts (especially the Septon Barth namedrop) and what they mean for The Winds of Winter, A Dream of Spring and Blood & Fire. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Throne of Glass deep dive (!!) begins with chapters 1-10. Intro: 00:00Book Rec: 00:01:23Deep Dive: 00:16:00We kick the episode off with a (brief) overview of the evolution of Queen of Glass to Throne of Glass, as well as SJM's timeline, influences and fairytale inspo, before meeting up with Celaena Sardothien, Adarlan’s most notorious assassin, in the Salt Mines of Endovier. She's not a damsel in distress ... she's a damsel who will cause you stress. Dorian smirks, Chaol scowls, Kaltain simps and the King and Duke Perrington scheme. Plus, we talk Onyx Storm, Maasverse crossovers, foreshadowing, the absence of magic, the Fae and Celaena's many, many secrets. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe kick off our recap of "The Burning Mill" with an explanation of the Bracken-Blackwood feud from its beginnings during the Age of Heroes allll the way through the Red Wedding and beyond. Topics include the cursed history of Harrenhal, the importance of Weirwood trees, Rhaenyra's clear conscience, the upcoming Battle at Rook's Rest and Daemon's visions. Plus, we meet Ulf (who is LYING about Baelon and we will not be entertaining otherwise) and Alys Rivers, a mysterious character who will play a *major* role in Aemond's story. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur Spicy Girls Book Club episodes continue with A Fate Inked in Blood: Book One of the Saga of the Unfated by Danielle L. Jensen.All of our fav tropes (and micro-tropes) are represented: ✔️ Bodyguard✔️ Forbidden Romance✔️ Slow Burn ✔️ Forced ProximityPlus, Norse mythology, sexy Vikings, spice, ONE HORSE/TENT, rich world-building, politics, magic and ... my baby Bjorn. Next week: Throne of Glass chapters 1-10 (!!)Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're talking Rhaenyra the Cruel. More like Rhaenyra the COOL, am I right? The Blacks need a new publicist and the Greens a therapist in the aftermath of Blood and Cheese. Helaena mourns her baby, while Aegon mourns his legacy and meteorically destroys his past (RIP Viserys' Old Valyria Sims). We talk parallels: first between Otto, Alicent and Aegon and Tywin, Cersei and Joffrey, then Rhaenyra and Visenya, and lastly, the introduction of several new characters' threads (Hugh, Alyn, Addam, BLOODY BEN) into the tapestry.New episodes every Sunday! Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe're talking Bride by Ali Hazelwood in the debut episode of The Spicy Girls Book Club! The tropes are troping in Ali's first paranormal romance ... and we are HERE for it. You: Vampires and Werewolves Me, an intellect: Vampyre and WeresSlow-burn romance, arranged marriage, banter, found family, political scheming, fated mates, knotting (which isn't tying your dick in a knot, not that we thought that) and you're never going to guess how many beds there are ...Is it, especially the cover, a little Wattpad-ish? Sure. But we fucking loved Wattpad and Twilight and WE DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT.Next week: A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur discussion of the season two premiere of House of the Dragon includes:The book (Fire & Blood) vs. the show.Why you can't trust everything Archmaester Gyldayn, an unreliable and biased narrator, wrote in Fire & Blood. Important new characters — Hugh (the Hammer??), Addam and Alyn of Hull, House Reyne and Dalton Greyjoy — and locations, like the Gullet and Golden Tooth. Alicent getting her cheeks clapped by Ser Criston "Vow of Celibacy" Cole. Blood and Cheese fallout and consequences. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe share our final thoughts on HOFAS, talk future Crescent City and ACOTAR books and debate Elriel vs. Gwynriel vs. Elucien vs. Why Choose?Both Nesta and Az are poised to play major parts in ACOTAR 5, but in which direction(s) will their stories go? And will we finally get main character energy from Elain? We talk Illyrian lore, Az's lineage and possible connections to Starborn fae and Enalius, the potential for more monsters hidden under the mountains of Prythian, Rhys' beast form and dragons, what really went down between Eris and Mor and, speaking of, could it have been a prince of Hel watching Mor in Frost and Starlight? And who will Nesta throw into a black hole first: Koschei or Rhys?Next week: Spicy Girls Book Club: Bride by Ali Hazelwood. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe wrap up our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 99-102 + the bonus chapters we haven't discussed yet. After Bryce is resurrected by Jesiba and the princes of Hel bounce, we look toward the Asteri-free future of Midgard. Not only do they need to figure out a new energy source, but also an entirely new government after Bryce dismantles the monarchy 1776-style. Plus, Lidia and Ruhn adjust to a normal(ish) life, Tharion looks for his wife and Ithan thinks about ... sunball. Next week, we’ll share our final thoughts on Flame and Shadow and talk future Crescent City and ACOTAR books.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 94-98.Lidia's fire magic and Brann's full name are finally confirmed, the sprites return, Ruhn takes the antidote and becomes a shadow step-daddy, Rigelus reveals Bryce's tattoo is in the language of his home world, Hunt reunites with an ex and Bryce does not take Aidas' advice about choosing life. Plus, we debate what the Lidia revelations mean for the Maasverse, who Ruhn's healing magic connects him to in ACOTAR and TOG, Wyrdmarks and why Amren is looking real sus.Next week, we'll finish the book and talk about the *many* bonus chapters. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 89-93.The Asteri and Princes of Hel face each other in a battle 15,000 years in the making, and Bryce learns what Theia meant by "portal to nowhere" when she kills Polaris.Ruhn saves Lidia from Pollux's trap by shooting her and running directly into the trap himself, and Tharion and Ithan finally arrive in the Eternal City with only two unbroken vials of antidote between them. Plus, we talk Spark of the Everflame, Polaris' red blood (vs. Vesperus' black), what the fuck is going on in Apollion's mouth, Rhys' beast form and more. Next week: chapters 94-98.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 84-88.Bryce and Hunt tell the world the truth about the Asteri, creating a distraction while they infiltrate the Crystal Palace with Ruhn and Lidia, and Ithan and Tharion handle their antidote delivery as carefully as an UberEats driver who didn't receive a tip. Oh, and Bryce and Hunt swap more than just fluids. Again. Most importantly, we investigate if Hunt's dick not fitting in the ship's underwear means the wingspan rumor is true OR if mer simply don't need the space. We also talk Bridgerton fingerbanging, The Legends of Thezmarr series and CC3 potential plot lines, like the Sathia-Tharion-Colin love triangle and Ithan and Perry. Next week: chapters 89-93.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailThis week, we talk House of Flame and Shadow chapters 79-83 and "When the Moon Hatched" by Sarah A. Parker.Bryce reveals the real reason she needed the Mask, Hunt is triggered, Pollux kidnaps Lidia's sons, Hel's armies cross into Midgard , Tharion runs into the Viper Queen and Sathia into an old friend ... or maybe more ... and Ithan and Hypaxia visit the Bone Quarter.Plus, we discuss what the Under King's bombshell revelation means (our guess is barrow wight) and Perry's potential connection to Lysandra. Next week: chapters 84-87.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 73-78 and Ember and Randall's bonus chapter from the Books-A-Million edition. Bryce opens a portal in the middle of Nesta's living room, using her parents as collateral for the Mask before closing the door to Prythian and opening it to Hel's armies. The bonus chapter reveals what went down in Prythian following the exchange, with Rhys furious at Nesta and Ember coming to her defense. Ithan girl bosses his way to Prime; Ruhn and Lidia are FaeBook official; Celestina, Isaiah and Naomi rejoin the plot; and Tharion and Sathia meet with the River Queen. Plus, we talk ACOTAR rumors and celebrate Aelin's birthday!Next week: chapters 79-83.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailAfter a discussion of this week's book rec, A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen,  we pick up our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 67-72. Bryce steps into her role as Queen B, sending Tharion and Sathia Beneath and the Frat Pack and Lidia to Lunathion, recruiting Ember and Randall for the trip to the Northern Rift and leaving Baxian behind to guard Avallen with Fury, Juniper, Syrinx and Cooper/Emile. Hypaxia successfully creates a (temporary) parasite antidote, but instead of immediately taking it to Bryce, Ithan stops by the Den to tell the wolves about Sigrid ... before the reaper herself appears alongside Sabine and the Astronomer. Plus, we debate whether Rhys could've winnowed Nyx out and talk Maasverse swords. Next week: chapters 73-77.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailAfter a breakdown of E News' dream ACOTAR casting and a discussion of this week's book rec, The Vampire's Mage Series by C.N. Crawford, we continue our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 61-66.We learn that (unfortunately) Apollion and Thanatos *didn't* run a train on Hunt's mom. He actually had a bio dad, who was killed by the Asteri for his connection to Hel. Speaking of dead dads, we officially say goodbye to the Autumn King's redemption arc, and Bryce girl bosses her way from assistant to Queen of the Valbaran and Avallen fae. Plus, we talk Rhys' beast mode possibly being a dragon and the potential effects Bryce awakening Avallen could have on Prythian. Next week: chapters 67-72.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailAfter discussing this week's book rec, The Five Crowns of Okrith series, we continue our House of Flame and Shadow Deep Dive with chapters 56-60.Hunt finds out he's a demonic test tube baby while he and Bryce are in Hel meeting with Aidas, Apollion and Thanatos, who share Helena's story — including why she chose Avallen as the Fae's stronghold — what happened to the final piece of Theia's power and what they know about the portal to nowhere aka "ultimate destruction." Elsewhere on the island, Ruhn and Lidia are days behind the plot and just now realizing Dec and Flynn are missing and Ithan and Hypaxia postpone their trip to Avallen when the Asteri fire brimstone missiles into Asphodel Meadows. Next week: chapters 61-65.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailBefore diving (deep) into House of Flame and Shadow chapters 50-55, we *have* to talk about Sarah's latest IG post (#ACOwhattt), our viral April Fools' joke, A Court of Fiddles and Pollen, and this week's book rec, "Manacled" by SenLinYu. Hunt and Bryce exchange more than just fluids, Tharion and Sathia find only one bed (!!!) in their honeymoon suite, Ithan and Hypaxia's trip to Avallen in search of Sofie's body is delayed when the Asteri blow up Asphodel Meadows, Ruhn's cock tightens, Lidia flinches and Dec and Flynn, who *love* waffles, miss multiple breakfasts, but I'm sure they're fine. Next week: chapters 56-60.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 44-49.If hams can spiral, so can we, specifically over Rebecca Yarros' announcement of the title of the third book in the Empyrean series, "Onyx Storm." We talk theories, predictions, second (third?) signets and more, and Elle shares this week's book rec, The Shepherd King Series by Rachel Gillig.We pick back up with Ithan's mystery necromancer finally arriving and it's 100% that witch, Hypaxia, who is there to swear fealty to the House of Flame and Shadow after losing the cloudberry (lol) crown in a coup. Plus, Bryce & Co.'s trip to Avallen includes a surprise wedding (congratulations, Captain and Mrs. Whatever!)Next week: chapters 50-55. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur House of Flame and Shadow deep dive continues with chapters 38-43.We kick shit off with a social media roundup of drama and a potential ACOTAR teaser/hint posted by SJM herself. Jesiba's backstory is (finally) shared and let's just say bitch looks great for her age, and Bryce (finally) finishes her ham-and-butter sandwich and finds Hunt on the Depth Charger. Ruhn learns some stag-gering news when it's revealed Lidia has twin sons ... and SJM gifts us with a TOG easter egg that sends us into a full spiral. Next week: chapters 44-50.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 31-37.Lidia carries Ruhn (and the entire book) during a dramatic escape from the Eternal City, while Bryce and the Autumn King continue wasting time. Ithan finally finds a storyline (and job) in the House of Flame and Shadow with Jesiba, who promises to help find a necromancer for Sigrid, and Tharion moves his problems to a new location ... again. Next week: chapters 38-42Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur House of Flame and Shadow deep dive (now on YouTube!) continues with chapters 26-30. Bryce's already tenuous truce with Nesta and Az ends on less-than-great terms as her adventure in Prythian comes to an end ... for now. And you'll never guess where (and when) she lands back in Midgard.The mission to save Ruhn is off to a rocky start with Ithan sprinting (??) away at a pivotal moment to visit Jesiba (??) at the House of Flame and Shadow. Plus, we discuss Bride by Ali Hazelwood, ACOTAR VR and which SJM character we'd bring back. Next week: chapters 31-36. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur House of Flame and Shadow deep dive (now on YouTube!) continues with chapters 21-25. We kick off the episode guessing what SJM and Margot Robbie were talking about at their recent coffee date. Could Margot be involved in a future SJM adaption as a producer and/or actress (and who would we cast her as?), or was it just a meet cute for two Fantasy fangirlies? We finally learn Silene's fate after returning to Prythian (and how the trickle-down effect impacted Feyre way back in ACOTAR) + Bryce puts everyone at risk doing her best Aelin impression. Lidia continues to carry the plot in Midgard, risking everything for a male who would rather have his hand chewed off than simply *talk* to her. Plus, we talk potential connections to Maeve, Valg in Prythian and Midgard, Mor's mystery shadows and very confusing family trees. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailThis week's episode (House of Flame and Shadow chapters 16-20) features a breakdown of Silene's lore dump, including liberator-turned-conquerer Theia's unexpected (and disappointing) villain arc; what we learned about music and mommy issues in the Bryce, Nesta & Az bonus chapter; the lengths Ruhn will go to in order to avoid simply *speaking* to Lidia ; and the Ithan/Siggy will they/won't they we didn't see coming. Plus, what the Hel do Illyrians and angels do with their hands while they fly and WHY did Sarah have to make Pollux so damn sexy?? Please read chapters 21-25 for next week's episode. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailIn our coverage of House of Flame and Shadow chapters 11-15, we break down the progression of the tunnel carvings and what they mean for the past, present and future of both Prythian and Midgard. Could the monolith atop Ramiel be wyrdstone? And what (or whom) sleeps beneath the mountains of Prythian? We also discuss both the canon and theorized connections between Ramiel, the Illyrians, Thurr, Enalius and Pelias; whether or not Bryce and Rhys are related (and what that means in the line of succession); and how the CC villains compare to TOG and ACOTAR. Next week: chapters 16-20. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe continue our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive with chapters 5-10.In Midgard, we meet the Sprite Queen, update our LinkedIn titles to Imperial Hag and attend yet another Captain Whatever pity party. Meanwhile, in Prythian, Bryce tries to add another public indecency charge to her file and goes on a hot girl walk with Nesta. Plus, Bryce's background in art history and ancient languages comes in clutch, we get a callback to Feyre's trials in the first ACOTAR and a possible connection to the Throne of Glass witches. Next week: HOFAS chapters 11-15.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe kick off our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive this week with the prologue (where we finally get Lidia's POV) and chapters 1-4 (where we get POV whiplash). We’re dropped back in the Crystal Palace two days after Bryce jumped through the gate, trying to get to Hel to ask for Apollion and Aidas’ help, but instead landing in Prythian. While Bryce petitions Rhys, Amren and Az for her Prythian Green Card, Hunt, Ruhn and Baxian are at the mercy of the Hind and Pollux in the Asteri dungeons; Tharion trades his underwater cage for a cage match; and Ithan tries to hold his pack together. Next week: chapters 5-10. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe share theories and predictions in our bonus House of Flame and Shadow preview episode, including: Dusk CourtThe Prison and Avallen IslandsWhy wasn’t Cassian in the teaser with Nesta, Az & Bryce?The Asteri, Daglan & ValgHunt's lineageIllyrians vs. MalakimCould Jesiba be Theia’s daughter?The Bone Carver, Sin-Eater, Parthos & AnticaWe'll pick back up on Feb. 6 with our House of Flame and Shadow deep dive!Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailIn our House of Sky and Breath finale, we cover chapters 71-78, the epilogue and the bonus chapters. We pick back up in chapter 71 with Bryce's underwhelming-turned-overwhelming discovery in the Asteri Archives, while the rest of Team Fuck-You are busy being caught (suspiciously easily?). It might be time to slide into Apollion's DMs, now that Bryce has learned the truth, and apologize to Al Gore, because that truth is inconvenient. We discuss the possibility of the angel prototypes being the Illyrians, a Wyrdstone atop Ramiel, Theia being Mala (or Maeve), Ruhn's reaction to Agent Day taking off her Superman glasses, how thoroughly the Cadre was played by Rigelus, our fear over what "Then Hunt knew nothing at all" means, and whether or not Bryce actually *did* land in Hel. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailHouse of Sky and Breath chapters 61-70.In the penultimate episode of our HOSAB deep dive, we break down Bryce's opposite of a wet dream with Apollion. Could Parthos — now a vast, dusty plain — be the same place the Bone Carver told Feyre about? We also compare the BC to the Sin-Eater and Lunathion — modeled after an ancient coastal city — to Antica.Topics include the possibility of Jesiba being Theia's daughter, Tharion's blood oath (and the Viper Queen being Valg), and the latest Danika bombshell. Plus, Sarah finally answers whether or not Hunt has a foot fetish. Next week: chapters 71-78 + epilogue/bonus chapters.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailHouse of Sky and Breath chapters 51-60.We pick back up in chapter 51 with Hunt processing the Emile bombshell and the Autumn King processing Bryce's official princess paperwork. Concerned about her coven, Hypaxia hires Ithan as a bodyguard and, let's just say, we hope his health insurance took effect immediately. Plus we discuss why Mor is who Rhys will call in when "the armies fail and Cassian and Azriel are both dead" (and her possible connection to Midgard and the Tuatha Dé Danann), and the horn, the harp, and the 26-string theory. Next week: chapters 61-70. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailHouse of Sky and Breath chapters 41-50.On this episode of Love Island, the rebels turn on their Vanir allies, Hunt lights it up and the Hind skims waves (and minds?). Plus, Bryce waxes on with Cormac and gets off with Hunt, who comes down with a case of "mate rage" after being saved by one of the Ocean Queen's secret underwater cities (news to both us and captain of intelligence Tharion). Danika was an Aware Wolf, researching shifter ancestry, and the prime fills Bryce in on the "unspeakable things" wolves did during the First Wars. Bryce does her best Aelin impression with a secret off-camera mission, and Ember welcomes 156-week newborn, Cooper Silago.Next week: chapters 51-60. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailHouse of Sky and Breath chapters 31-40.Bryce and Hunt escape the Bone Quarter after combining powers ... and scents. Ephraim and his triarii, including the Harpy and the Hind, arrive in Lunathion for the (forced) mating with Celestina, who Hunt straight up abandons. Bryce, Tharion and Ithan visit the creeper Astronomer and his mystics and, bonus, meet Thanatos ... a lord from the Hewn City moonlighting as a prince of Hel?Plus, we discuss Lidia's possible connections to Aelin and/or Luna and the Astronomer's to Koschei and who would win in TOG cadre vs. CC cadre.Next week: chapters 41-50. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailHouse of Sky and Breath chapters 21-30.Questions include: Why won't Ithan just fuck off and jack off like the rest of us; Whose side is Apollion on; Does Midgard have WorldStar; Is Baxian a rebel sympathizer ... is Celestina; What does Pennywise want with our precious baby Ruhn; Are there scents on a mind bridge; Should we kill your sister/my daughter LOL; Does Bryce sweat the same places we do; Is Hunt's hotel reservation refundable; Are there wyrdmarks in the BQ; Suriel, that you, girl?Next week, we’ll cover chapters 31-40.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailOur House of Sky and Breath read/refresh continues with chapters 10-20.Hunt is reunited with the Hammer (yikes) and the Helhound (??); The River Queen is a boomer; As per my last Dusk's Truth and Project Thurr email; More Danika bombshells; Someone look into the Starlight Fancy company; Fuck Emile, respectfully; The emotional support shower has a waitlist; Shahar: The Sequel; Catdas is pushy; Urd works in mysterious and embarrassing ways; Ruhn: Mindfreak; Is everyone a secret rebel, and most importantly, will Hunt ever get to enjoy pizza night? Next week: HOSAB chapters 21-30. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailWe kick off our House of Sky and Breath deep dive this week with the prologue + chapters 1-9. Questions include: Who and WTF is Sofie Renast; Could we take a deer (shifter) in a one-on-one fight; Is Hunt moonlighting as a statue model; Are Hunt and Bryce mate  mates; Do we trust Celestina (cautiously yes); What are three things that Ruhn knows; Should Bryce consider Cormac's proposal (yes); Is Ruhn related to Rhys (please yes) and/or Maeve (chaotic yes); Why should we care about Underneath drama (we don't); Will we ever get sexy roomie time now that Ithan's moved in? Most of all, will Hunt ever get to enjoy pizza night?Next week: HOSAB chapters 10-20. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailCC HOEAB finale, chapters 85-97 + epilogue: We wrap up our House of Earth and Blood deep dive with Bryce plunging into her power and Hunt (unsuccessfully) trying to plunge into Bryce. Plus Hypaxia gives Hunt a makeunder;  Sandriel reenacts *that* scene from Hereditary; Danika (gas)lights it up; Ruhn tops our shadow daddy list; Bryce frees up some storage on her iPhone; and Jesiba and Aidas/Catdas knew Hunt's father??Next week: House of Sky and Breath prologue and chapters 1-7. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailCC HOEAB Chapters 72-84:Aelin warned us how dangerous libraries are; Ruhn and Hunt are terrible detectives; Hypaxia is 100% that witch; Micah blows Bryce; Feyre threw the Book of Breathings all the way to Midgard; Bryce goes fist to flap and Juniper goes hoof to toe; Speak of the Dirt Devil; BB, Lele and Syrie forever. Next week: chapters 85-97 + epilogue.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailCC HOEAB Chapters 61-71:Hunt is stumped and humped; Bill Nye, but make it magic; Chaol was a bummer on wheels; The Tutors; Does Midgard have TSA?; Mist and FURY; CrucifixionTV; Martyr Dumb; *dramatic scooter exit*; "I'll never take off my amulet." —Bryce. " And the lie detector determined that was a lie." — Maury Povich.Next week: chapters 72-84.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailCC HOEAB Chapters 50-60Hello (From The Otter Side); Unsolicited corpse pic; Area code 666; Why so Sirius?; Dibs on Black Crown as a band name; Where can we buy a Firstlight water heater?; Siri, how do you wash angel feathers?; Knock nokk. Next week: HOEAB chapters 61-71.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailCC HOEAB Part 3, Chapters 38-49Spooky book recs; Danika could never keep her mouth shut? The lie detector determined that was a lie; The Den's core curriculum includes Advanced Security Camera Looping and Slut Shaming101; 100% that medwitch; I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend; Tony the Tiger, but make it sexy; OTTERS; Swirls and whorls; I don't think you're ready for this Jelly ... Jubilee. Next week: chapters 50-60. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailHOEAB chapters 31-37.Hunt: I want to watch the sunball game.Micah: Best I can do is murder.The Oracle either a) gives Hunt a genuine warning or b) is just a petty bitch; everything the hosts know about mythology comes from Xena: Warrior Princess; Hunt might be Jesus (?) and has the abs to prove it; Parthos has a possible Illyrian connection;  Briggs: I'll tell ya how I'm doing ... not well, bitch; THIGHS TOUCH; everything we learn about Shahar is against our will.Next week: chapters 38-49.Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailHOEAB chapters 19-30.Drink every time we say Dusk and eight-pointed star! The hosts worry about being kidnapped and no one bidding on them at auction; the cool kids are mean to shadow daddy; Nesta's going to be boned in more ways than one; we find out the angel in the alley was David Boreanaz (jk); the club can't even handle them right now; HER NAILS ARE DUSKY; Hunt's phone has (probably) made a slideshow of his corpse photos; and Ariana/Sandriel, what are you doing here? Next week: chapters 31-37. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailAnyone have Sarah J. Maas' address? My therapist keeps asking where to send the bill. On the debut episode of DTFae, co-hosts Cait and Elle discuss part one (chapters 1-7) of Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood. Sarah really outdid herself with the world(s) building, so we start with a breakdown of Midgard — its power structure, Houses, species, potential connections to other SJM books and, most importantly, which character(s) have hooves — before diving into the story. We’ll pick back up next week in part two, The Trench, with chapters 8-18. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.
Send us Fan MailHouse of Earth and Blood chapters 8-18.The murders have started again ... but Briggs couldn't have summoned the demon from prison, right? Looks like a case (of forced proximity) for Bryce and Hunt.Hosts Cait and Elle ignore all of the red flags for a pretty face; Bryce gets mistaken for a prostitute *twice* in one night (oof); Hunt shame showers; Sandriel is otw; Ruhn relaxes in his mojo dojo casa house; and the Autumn King tinkers. Next week, we'll cover chapters 19-30. Instagram and TikTok @DTFaePodcast.If you are enjoying the show, subscribing, rating, and reviewing helps the podcast grow. Merch available on dtfaepodcast.com.