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Dragons in the Details: A Crescent City & Maasverse Deep Dive Podcast

Dragons in the Details: A Crescent City & Maasverse Deep Dive Podcast

By: Abby and Ronnie | Huge Book Nerds
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Dragons in the Details is the podcast that helps YOU better understand your favorite books. We never recap chapters—we find new insights, make new connections, and give you those WOW moments you love. WARNING: Once you hear these theories, you can't unhear them. Join Abby and Ronnie as we laugh, cry, and lose our minds diving deep into the internet's favorite stories! Season 3: Crescent City - New Episodes every Monday! Season 2: ACOTAR Season 1: The EmpyreanAbby and Ronnie | Huge Book Nerds Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • Crescent City: Starborn Deep Dive
    May 11 2026

    Dragons!! Are you ready for our FIRST Deep Dive of our Crescent City season? Strap in, because this one’s a doozy - it’s our Starborn Fae Deep Dive!

    Join your favorite book sleuths Abby and Ronnie as the uncover alllll the secrets of the Starborn fae. What exactly are the Starborn fae, anyway? How come some of them have shadows and some of them don’t? Why does the power seem to mostly pop up in females? And why, oh why, does the power seem so very similar to the Asteri’s? Find out all that (and more) in this week’s episode!

    NOTE ON SPOILERS: This episode will have spoilers for both ACOTAR and Crescent City. If you have not read every book in both the A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City series, beware!

    CHAPTERS:

    00:00 Ramen for Breakfast

    09:39 Episode Overview: Starborn Deep Dive

    13:27 Announcements

    14:43 Fun Question: Ritas or White Raven?

    17:07 Corrections, Omissions, Social Media Shout Outs

    24:54 What are the Starborn Fae?

    33:13 What are the Powers of the Starborn Fae?

    50:07 What do we think the Starborn Fae are, Actually?

    01:31:35 What is the significance of the eight pointed star?

    01:40:58 What are the differences between Bryce and Ruhn's starlights?

    01:47:22 Why does the Starborn line seem to be stronger in Females than Males?

    01:54:09 Why can some starborn fae winnow, wield shadows, and mindspeak, while others can't?

    02:12:49 Throne of Glass Omissions

    02:17:20 Pre-Cog Corner

    ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Dragons in the Details is the podcast that helps YOU better understand your favorite books. We never recap chapters—we find new insights, make new connections, and give you those WOW moments you love. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the entire ACOTAR series. The "Maasverse" section contains spoilers for Throne of Glass and Crescent City.

    JOIN THE DISCUSSION: 👉 SUBSCRIBE for weekly deep dives!

    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dragonsinthedetailspod

    • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dragonsinthedetailspod

    • Discord: https://discord.com/invite/k3yxN27wSe

    LISTEN ON THE GO:

    • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1poCLjVuqgstcgSC90SEId

    • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dragons-in-the-details-a-romantasy-deep-dive-podcast/id1801047018



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    2 hrs and 25 mins
  • Crescent City Re-Read Reactions | Who on earth can keep track of everything going on in this series? (We can!)
    May 4 2026

    Babes!! It’s! Finally! Time! To talk about Crescent City!!!

    Join your favorite off-the-wall theorists and insane book besties Abby and Ronnie as they react to their Crescent City re-reads. What are they catching this time that they missed last time? How do they think the Crescent City books stack up? Which book are they enjoying the most on their re-read? What character are they most excited to talk about this season?? Tune in to find out!

    NOTE ON SPOILERS: This episode will have spoilers for both ACOTAR and Crescent City. If you have not read every book in both the A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City series, beware!

    CHAPTERS:

    00:00 We're back babes!!! And so are all the books!

    03:04 The Excitement of New Book Releases

    06:25 Intro: It's our Crescent City Season!

    07:48 Announcements: Hope you did your homework!

    09:06 Fun Question 1: Who's our favorite?

    15:41 Fun Question 2: Where do we want to live?

    16:17 Exploring Prithian: A Dream Destination

    17:10 Corrections, Omissions, Social Media Shout Outs

    17:20 Corrections and Clarifications: Listener Feedback

    19:31 Is Rhys still High Lord?

    21:27 Ley lines, ley lines, ley lines

    23:49 Rigelus is Hunt's Big Toe

    24:31 How many times have we read Crescent City? So many

    25:42 How are we enjoying our re-reads?

    30:11 The Book we Enjoyed Most on the Re-Read

    34:43 What are we Catching Now?

    41:59 The Characters We're Most Excited to Cover

    44:57 Pre-cog Corner: Crescent City

    57:36 Reading Corner: What’s Next for the Hosts?

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    ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Dragons in the Details is the podcast that helps YOU better understand your favorite books. We never recap chapters—we find new insights, make new connections, and give you those WOW moments you love. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the entire ACOTAR series. The "Maasverse" section contains spoilers for Throne of Glass and Crescent City.

    JOIN THE DISCUSSION: 👉 SUBSCRIBE for weekly deep dives!

    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dragonsinthedetailspod

    • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dragonsinthedetailspod

    • Discord: https://discord.com/invite/k3yxN27wSe

    LISTEN ON THE GO:

    • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1poCLjVuqgstcgSC90SEId

    • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dragons-in-the-details-a-romantasy-deep-dive-podcast/id1801047018


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Re-Release: ACOTAR: Azriel Deep Dive | Shadows, Death, Prince of Hel?!?
    Apr 30 2026

    Babes we are back! In preparation for our Crescent City season we are re-releasing some of our most relevant episodes from Season 2! With new banter and insights, but the same theories you love, join the dragons as they look back at their episode “Azriel Deep Dive!”

    NOTE ON SPOILERS: The new intro section will include spoilers for THE FULL MAASVERSE. In our Crescent City season, we will keep spoilers to ACOTAR & Crescent City for the first half, but because most of this discussion falls in our Maasverse section, we will be covering full Maasverse spoilers in these intros! You can skip past the intro chapter if you’d like to go straight to the ACOTAR only section.

    CHAPTERS:

    00:00 Intro - Soup Season, Medieval Times, The Life of a Showgirl, T-Pain's still got it

    16:26 Episode Overview - Azriel Deep Dive

    18:50 ACOTAR COSMs - Elain getting comfy, Jesminda and Lucien

    25:53 Fun Question - What would Azriel suggest for a first date?

    26:51 ACOTAR Deep Dive: What is a shadowsinger?

    42:46 ACOTAR Deep Dive: What is Azriel's Winnowing Power?

    53:49 ACOTAR Deep Dive: Why was Azriel able to remember the trove when even Amren forgot it?

    01:01:36 ACOTAR Deep Dive: Why is Az so unlucky in love?

    01:20:15 ACOTAR Pre-Cog Corner: Azriel and Elain as Hades and Persephone, with a Koschei cameo!

    01:24:46 Maasverse Deep Dive: Crescent City and Throne of Glass spoilers from here on out, babes!

    01:25:18 Maasverse COSMs: The best DM we've ever gotten, The Bone Carver's Circles, the eddies of the Cauldron, more shadow daddies! (CC, Tog)

    01:30:35 Maasverse Deep Dive: Where does shadowsinging come from? (Nowhere good babes!) (CC, ToG)

    01:49:02 Early Pre-Cog: The prophecy of the sword and the knife isn't about the fae at all, AND it ties everything togehter (ToG, CC, all of it!)

    01:55:39 Maasverse Deep Dive: Where do Azriel's other powers come from? (ToG, CC)

    02:05:34 A completely off the cuff bonus Q: Are Bryce and Azriel mates? (CC)

    02:12:14 Maasverse Pre-Cog Corner: Have we met Koschei before? (CC, ToG)

    02:16:04 Maasverse Precog: It's actually all about Vassa (ToG, CC)

    02:20:40 Maasverse Pre-Cog: What if Az's scars aren't from fire at all? (CC)

    02:21:49 Maasverse Pre-cog: Has Eris been getting some interesting mail? (CC)

    02:24:40 What we're reading: You already know the answer

    ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Dragons in the Details is the podcast that helps YOU better understand your favorite books. We never recap chapters—we find new insights, make new connections, and give you those WOW moments you love. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the entire ACOTAR series. The "Maasverse" section contains spoilers for Throne of Glass and Crescent City.

    JOIN THE DISCUSSION: 👉 SUBSCRIBE for weekly deep dives!

    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dragonsinthedetailspod

    • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dragonsinthedetailspod

    • Discord: https://discord.com/invite/k3yxN27wSe

    LISTEN ON THE GO:

    • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1poCLjVuqgstcgSC90SEId

    • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dragons-in-the-details-a-romantasy-deep-dive-podcast/id1801047018

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    2 hrs and 28 mins
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