We won't be ashamed! This week we're talking (but mostly rambling) about our favourite weird sub-genres that we wish we could read more of! We're here to drag you into loving these as much as we do, and let you go: "OH MY GOSH I want to read more books like this!" -If only they were a category on Goodreads. We also talk our ideal book weather and the odd podcast phenomenon that we can't escape. So settle in, get yourself a good cup of tea, and prepare yourselves for our theses on these AMAZING topics.

Ps. Our sincerest apologies for our microphone hoping for our demise. The audio is rough at the start, but gets better. Just a warning!

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See you next week!

We know you love them! This episode we're discussing our favourite villains! (who are *cough cough* definitely misunderstood) Some of them are tragic, some give us the giggles, and some are just plain mean. We also talk a couple of books that were a DNF and how we feel about lending our precious babies to people. Strap in and prepare yourselves for the defence of the people who probably shouldn't be defended.

Books our villains are from:

A Court of Thorns and Roses

The Girl With No Reflection

Akarnae

Harry Potter

Red Queen

(NOTE: This episode will contain spoilers for all the listed books. Just warning you!)

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For our second episode, we're going back in time to what books led us to love the fantasy genre as we do now, and also give YOU some recommendations on how you can immerse yourself with us! We talk How to Train Your Dragon to Throne of Glass, Amelie offends Evelyn (multiple times), and there are many rants about Goodreads, books we're reading and more!

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Our recs for getting into fantasy:

- The Medoran Chronicles

-Lightlark (2.5/5 spice)

-Red Queen (1.5/5 spice)

-Cruel Prince (2/5 spice)

-Keeper of the Lost Cities

-The Inheritance Cycle

-Divine Rivals (1/5 spice)

-The nature of witches

-Belladonna (4/5 spice)

-The School for Good and Evil