A Court of Fandoms and Exploration - A Podcast.
198 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago -Hello there! We are your hosts, Laura Marie and Jessica Marie and this is A Court of Fandoms and Exploration: A Podcast.
Every Monday, we discuss the epic highs and lows of YA literature, fantasy/sci-fi, and the tv shows (old and new) that made us the slightly-damaged young millennials we are today. Experience the life-altering realizations and unresolved trauma that only YA and sci-fi/fantasy can soothe as we explore the worlds of Sarah J. Maas in Prythian, Crescent City, and Erilea, and head over to Sunnydale, Elfhame and more!
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SPECIAL EPISODE 014: Our new friend, J.M. Wallace!
April 15, 2024 04:15 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: SPECIAL EPISODE 014: Our new friend, J.M. Wallace! ACOFAE welcomes to the podcast Romantasy author J.M. Wallace to discuss her new audio release Heir of Shadows and Ice! JM and ACOFAE keep things spoiler free and discuss everything from ironing out the writing process, finding your inspiration, how the audio experience is different, and even Shadowhunters! Laura Marie and Jessica Marie loosely touch on the plot, the politics, and the men of the world JM has created wh...
159. The Prisoner's Throne: “We’re here for the Jude and Cardan of it all.”
April 08, 2024 04:15 - 1 hour - 38.3 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Prisoner's Throne: Welcome back to Elfhame, things are a bit wild at the moment. Oak is in prison and The High King and Queen are going to do something about it in 3 days. 3 days Oak! Get it together! Jumping off right from where the The Stolen Heir ended, The Prisoner's Throne gives the reader exactly what they (ACOFAE!) wants, namely some epic Jude and Cardan content as well as some excellent parties, politics, and murders. It wouldn't be Faerie without a little...
Pop Culture Poetry 001: Megan Fox: Pretty Boys are Poisonous.
April 01, 2024 04:15 - 1 hour - 28.9 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Pop Culture Poetry: Megan Fox: Pretty Boys are Poisonous. How do we feel about Poetry? Are we cool with it? ACOFAE hopes so because Laura Marie and Jessica Marie are thrilled to introduce a new section of the podcast: Pop Culture Poetry! Each new PCP episode will cover a celebrity poetry book and Megan Fox was the only choice to kick off this new venture! Megan's new poetry book Pretty Boys are Poisonous is filled with poems that make you think, make you feel, and ma...
158. My So-Called Life: "They don't make them like they used to."
March 25, 2024 04:15 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: My So-Called Life: "They don't make them like they used to." Do you remember being 15? Everything MEANT something, everything was important, and everything was life or death. Friendships were deep and intense and crushes were the only thing that like, kept us going. Angela Chase is on a journey to discover herself and is making it everyones problem as ACOFAE covers Episode 1 and Episode 2 of the cult classic "My So-Called Life." If you're looking for intense friendshi...
157. Iron Flame: "Hear me out..."
March 18, 2024 04:15 - 2 hours - 57.9 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Iron Flame: "Hear me out..." If you think you know where this is going, ACOFAE assures you that you do not! Surprises abound as Laura Marie and Jessica Marie strap in to discuss Iron Flame. Violet is reeling with a shock, Xaden is hiding things, and don't call it a rebellion, it's a revolution. Romance takes the center stage here but it's the politics between regions, dragons and leadership that really grabs your attention. Secondary characters and plots hold a lot of...
156. Josie and the Pussycats: "It's good for the economy."
March 11, 2024 04:15 - 1 hour - 38.3 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Josie and the Pussycats: "It's good for the economy." You know the songs. You know the actresses. You had the body glitter. You even watched MTV. But did you understand the message? If you're anything like ACOFAE maybe not, but that's why we rewatch! The music industry is a machine and after DuJour disappears, it needs a new way to sell things! Enter trendpimps The PussyHats, wait no- Pussycats! They've got a dream and the talent and Parker Posey has a message for th...
155. Female Friendships: "Its been a long time coming but..."
March 04, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Female Friendships: "Its been a long time coming but..." There are a few consistencies on ACOFAE and one of them from the very beginning has been the love of female friendships. All friendship is important and has its place, but there's something special about female friendships that make an impact different than all others. Join ACOFAE as they reflect on their own friendships, their favorite book friendships, and their favorite friendships in media at large. Touching...
155. Female Friendships: "A long time coming.."
March 04, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Female Friendships: "A long time coming.." There are a few consistencies on ACOFAE and one of them from the very beginning has been the love of female friendships. All friendship is important and has its place, but there's something special about female friendships that make an impact different than all others. Join ACOFAE as they reflect on their own friendships, their favorite book friendships, and their favorite friendships in media at large. Touching on the fragil...
154. Mystery Science Theater 3000/Spaceballs: "It's not so serious all the time."
February 26, 2024 05:15 - 47 minutes - 21.6 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: MST 3000: "It's not so serious all the time." Let's set the scene: You're two weeks into a book-hangover. You're DNF-ing everything and AO3 isn't getting you where you need to be. What is a reader to do?! Where do you go?! Sometimes taking a step back and changing up the format can do wonders. Enter MST 3000. Enter Spaceballs. Exit the funk that has kept the slump alive. Parody and Satire can keep you in the genre you want to be, the headspace you want to be, but allo...
153. Book hangovers: "Write the good write."
February 19, 2024 05:15 - 50 minutes - 23.1 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Bookhangovers: "Write the good write." ACOFAE is in a book slump. You know that feeling when nothing it hitting, you're DNF-ing everything after a few chapters, and the ick is insurmountable? Where does one go when that feeling threatens to overtake you? Fanfiction. Fanfiction will pick you up when all you've been doing is putting things down, and ACOFAE needs a little pick-me-up. What's a deeper comfort than ACOMAF and getting a little insight through Rhy's POV by Il...
152. House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) Initial Reactions: "MEANWHILE..."
February 12, 2024 05:15 - 2 hours - 69.1 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) Initial Reactions: "MEANWHILE..." Hype. There was a lot of it surrounding HOFAS. Feelings. There were many different kinds when that last bonus chapter was read (or was there?!). Conversations. That's what ACOFAE is having in HOFAS Initial Reactions. Surprises that's what's in store when Laura Marie and Jessica Marie dig into CC3: HOFAS and what they loved, what they didn't, and what they felt neutral about. Bryce has gone to a place ...
151. Third Eye: An Ode to Fandom Culture.
February 05, 2024 05:15 - 58 minutes - 26.7 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Third Eye: An Ode to Fandom Culture. ..And now for something completely different.. ACOFAE loves a lot of things: consistency, audio formats, and original stories just to name a few. Add in a stellar cast and excellent production value and you have Third Eye - a story about what happens when the chosen one fails. That's right, fails. Laurel was supposed to save the world but she botched it, and now 15 years later is trying to live a normal life as public enemy number ...
150. Midnight Ruin: "We're Endgame baby."
January 29, 2024 05:15 - 58 minutes - 27 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Midnight Ruin: "We're Endgame baby." ACOFAE is back with the latest Dark Olympus installment and let's just say Laura Marie and Jessica Marie are in this one for the plot. Eurydice wants. She wants to be useful, independent, sensual, and free from the memory of Orpheus. Charon is in charge of Eurydice and wants her. Orpheus is sad and sorry and wants...direction. Enter the plot of Midnight Ruin -- the barrier is failing, people are dying, and the big bad is finally re...
149. House of Sky and Breath (HOSAB): Revisited: “You can be a whole person by yourself."
January 22, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 46 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: House of Sky and Breath (HOSAB): Revisited: “You can be a whole person by yourself." Absence makes the heart grow fonder right? Sometimes a little distance is exactly what you need to figure out your feelings. That was absolutely the case for Laura Marie and Jessica Marie who had some intense initial reactions and saw those reactions a bit tempered this reread of HOSAB! Bryce and Hunt are into each other, a war is brewing, Thunderbirds are a foot, and the Asteri are s...
SPECIAL EPISODE 013: Our new friend, Aurora!
January 15, 2024 05:15 - 52 minutes - 23.8 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: SPECIAL EPISODE 013: Our new friend, Aurora! ACOFAE welcomes paranormal and fantasy romance author Aurora Ascher to the podcast to discuss her new release Sanctuary of the Shadow! Join ACOFAE and Aurora as they discuss the writing process, the jump from indie to traditional publishing, and how wonderful it is to be part of the book community! Laura Marie, Jessica Marie, and Aurora also discuss found family, sisterhood, and how the circus is a wild and wonderful place ...
148. Rise of a Dark Throne: "Here before, here now, here after."
January 08, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Rise of a Dark Throne: "Here before, here now, here after." A magical and unexplained plague is not a theme that ACOFAE has a lot of experience with. However fated mates, close proximity and secret keeping are themes that Laura Marie and Jessica Marie have extensive experience with! Dive into Rise of a Dark Throne with ACOFAE as Laura Marie and Jessica Marie discover differences between the audio and KU editions and how that wildly changed the story! Consistency is ke...
147. ACOSF Revisited: "I respect her."
January 01, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: ACOSF Revisited: "I respect her." What's that saying? Distance makes the heart grow fonder? That certainly is the case here as ACOFAE revisits A Court of Silver Flames with a fresh perspective, new connections, and a Pattern to apply! Nesta is depressed and making it everyone's problem, Cassian is trying to help and making it worse, and Azriel is the worst chaperone in Prythian. The lore drops here are magnificent as we refocus our read to the prison, the dread trove,...
146. Chain of Thorns: "I'd thrive in Thule."
December 25, 2023 05:15 - 2 hours - 55.1 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Chain of Thorns: "I'd thrive in Thule." It must be December if ACOFAE is saying goodbye to another section of the Shadowhunters saga! This year we say goodbye the Merry Thieves as we close The Last Hours with confrontation in Paris, a confrontation in the Silent City, and a confrontation in Westminster Abby, of all places. Cordelia and Matthew are in Paris and almost in love, and James is on an adventure to save his sister and Beliel finally does the damn thing and ...
145. Happy 3rd Birthday ACOFAE: The Virgin Suicides and Fourth Wing.
December 18, 2023 05:15 - 57 minutes - 26.4 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Happy 3rd Birthday ACOFAE: The Virgin Suicides and Fourth Wing. Happy 3rd birthday ACOFAE! During the darkest time of the year it's the most important time to reflect on life, on episodes, and on mindsets. Join ACOFAE for their birthday as they revisit The Virgin Suicides and Fourth Wing with new perspectives, new stories to tell, and new ways to look at yourself! What happens when you're in a funk watching or reading something that everyone loves and you kinda don't?...
144. Chain of Iron: "Reverse the trope: 'He is MINE.'"
December 11, 2023 05:15 - 2 hours - 55.5 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Chain of Iron: "Reverse the trope, 'He is MINE.'" Back-to-back Shadowhunters books?! It must be December at ACOFAE and you know how ACOFAE loves consistency! The holidays are a bit brighter with James, Cordelia, and the rest of the Merry Thieves as ACOFAE returns to jolly old England and Jesse returns to life? There's so much happening as James and Cordelia try to navigate their personal lives while Matthew looks on with problems of his own. Lucie and Grace are plotti...
143. Chain of Gold: "Why aren't you telling your parents?!"
December 04, 2023 05:15 - 2 hours - 64.9 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Chain of Gold: "Why aren't you telling your parents?!" It's the holiday season and at ACOFAE that can mean only one thing: it's time for Shadowhunters! This year ACOFAE is tackling The Last Hours and book 1, Chain of Gold, is a strong start. Meet James, Cordelia, Lucy, and the rest of The Merry Thieves, as demon activity in London is at an all time low and the drama is about to be at an all time high. Shadow realms, demon grandparents, and a bracelet round out the maj...
142. Addams Family Values: "Don't I YEARN and ACHE and SHOP?"
November 27, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 38.1 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Addams Family Values: "Don't I YEARN and ACHE and SHOP?" If you live in the USA and are wondering why ACOFAE is covering Addams Family Values in November then you are in for a treat. If you live outside the USA and are wondering why ACOFAE is covering AFV in November then you are in for an experience. Welcome to Camp Chippewa, the best camp for privileged young adults and Pugsley and Wednesday are just that, albeit a bit different. Fester is lonely and looking for lov...
141. We Are Thankful: Business or Pleasure and Edge of the Woods.
November 20, 2023 05:15 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: We are Thankful: Business or Pleasure and Edge of the Woods. Another year, another opportunity to be thankful. This year ACOFAE is thankful for so many things: reading slumps, not so great books, self discovery, and setting boundaries. If you're reading that and scratching your head then you are in for a treat! Join Laura Marie and Jessica Marie as they discuss the book that they are most thankful for this year and for reasons chose to NOT pitch to the podcast. Both ...
140. The Hunger Games: The Movie: "That is mahogany!"
November 13, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Hunger Games: The Movie: "That is mahogany!" "Welcome, welcome" Where were you when Katniss volunteered? What were you doing when Peeta threw the bread in the mud? How do you feel when Gale uses catnip as a nickname? These important and pressing questions and more are answered as ACOFAE covers The Hunger Games the movie. Welcome to Panem, everything is awful and children have to fight to the death on television to show penance and remind the world of the grace of ...
139. Sword Catcher: "She's scheming, he's scheming."
November 06, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 50 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Sword Catcher: "She's scheming, he's scheming." If you are in the mood for a high fantasy that is politic heavy with a bunch of world-building and a touch of scheming then ACOFAE has a read for you! Cassandra Clare's new release and first entry into adult fiction, Sword Catcher, gives the reader Kel and Lin, who lead separate lives until a prince brings them together in web of secrets that tie the three of them together more tightly than they realize. Court politics a...
138. Twilight: "Bella knew 3 things with absolute certainty..."
October 30, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Twilight: "Bella knew 3 things with absolute certainty." The days are getting shorter, the air is getting crisper, and baseball is being played. It wouldn't, it COULDN'T be Fall without Twilight and ACOFAE is in deep in their rewatch. What were you doing in 2008? We're you part of the fandom or did you find yourself too cool for the vampires? Were you Team Edward or Team Jacob? Laura Marie and Jessica Marie were firmly Team Jacob in the beginning and now for the rewat...
SPECIAL EPISODE 012: Our new friend, Melinda!
October 23, 2023 04:15 - 42 minutes - 19.5 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: SPECIAL EPISODE 012: Our new friend, Melinda! ACOFAE welcomes bestselling author Melinda Taub to the podcast! Melinda is the author of Still Star-Crossed and an award wining writer for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and she joins Laura Marie and Jessica Marie to discuss her new release The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch. Dive into the world of Pride and Prejudice as we skate the beloved MC's of that story and instead focus on Lydia and her sister Kitt...
137. Underworld: “Why are they so obsessed with each other?”
October 16, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Underworld: “Why are they so obsessed with each other?” Where were you in 2003? Were you thinking about Michael Sheen? Were vampires on your radar? What about werewolves? Surprising everyone probably, maybe ACOFAE Laura did NOT see this in theaters, and surprising no one probably, maybe ACOFAE Jessica saw this for the first time on Laura's couch. For a movie that flew a bit under the radar in the early aughts, Underworld is jammed packed with everything that ACOFAE lo...
136. The Throne of Broken Gods with Amber V. Nicole, the Queen of edging!
October 09, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Throne of Broken Gods with Amber V. Nicole, the Queen of edging! ACOFAE welcomes back to the podcast one of our best friends and favorite guests Amber V. Nicole to talk about her latest release The Throne of Broken Gods! Join Laura Marie, Jessica Marie, and Amber as they dive right into spoilers, plot, the writing process, and plans for the future of the series all while weaving through the themes and emotions that brought us to tears. Sisterhood and the complicat...
135. Kingdom of the Feared: "Grab the stalagmites. Stalactites?"
October 02, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Kingdom of the Feared: "Grab the stalagmites. Stalactites?" ACOFAE journeys back to Italy for perhaps the final time in for the conclusion of the Kingdom of the Wicked series. EmIlia and Wrath are on a race against time to end the curse that has changed their lives and the lives of everyone they love forever, while also solving a murder? Vittoria isn't helping, or is she, by demanding a meeting in the shifting isles. Curses, promises, memories, sexy time, and several...
SPECIAL EPISODE 011: Our new friend, Tracy!
September 25, 2023 04:15 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: SPECIAL EPISODE 011: Our new friend, Tracy! ACOFAE welcomes #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Tracy Wolff, to the podcast! Tracy and her co-writer Nina have created a new whirlwind sci-fi romance and Tracy sits down with Laura Marie and Jessica Marie to discuss everything from concept to publication. Firefly meets The Breakfast Club meets Cinder meets Farscape in a space opera that spans planets, politics, and princesses. What happens when a rag tag bunch of stran...
134. Chasm: "Men will do everything but go to therapy."
September 18, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Chasm: "Men will do everything but go to therapy." The weather is changing. It's getting a bit colder, a bit darker, and things are starting to look bleak from where Dawsyn sits. The man she loves is dead, the Queens are still in power, and the Ledge still exists. Only two options: play nice and take it down from the inside or death. Dawsyn chooses death and what follows is a travel adventure that cements the found family and reinforces the lore of the Ledge, the Chas...
133. Drive Me Crazy: "Onward through the fog!"
September 11, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Drive Me Crazy: "Onward through the fog!" What do you think of when you read the title - the Britney Spears megahit or the movie the song was featured in? ACOFAE can probably guess! A movie that doesn't get the attention it probably deserves, Drive Me Crazy, slipped in before the Millennium and gave us Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier in a teen movie filled with tropes. Really there's a lot of them: friends-to-enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, parents dating, dead b...
SPECIAL EPISODE 010: Our new friend, Hannah!
September 04, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: SPECIAL EPISODE 010: Our new friend, Hannah! ACOFAE welcomes author, TikTok star, and our new friend Hannah Nicole to the podcast! If you know ACOFAE you know that they usually love the hot villain of the story and Hannah's debut release, Assistant to the Villain is no exception! Join ACOFAE and Hannah as they have a SPOILER FREE discussion about how this project went from fun social media skits to a book deal and more! Has Hannah ever worked in an office? Does Evie g...
132. The Magicians: Toot toot toot let's make it worse!
August 28, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Magicians: Toot toot toot let's make it worse! Remember that feeling when you didn't get your Hogwarts letter? What if there was still a chance for you? What if that chance was in upstate New York at a magical university? Would you take it? Of course you would. You listen to this podcast! Welcome to Brakebills University. Where you will learn to be a "fucking magician" even if it kills you. Quentin Coldwater is sad and exceptional and just waiting for his life to ...
131. The Serpent and the Wings of Night: "That's not the person I fell in like with..."
August 21, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 45 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Serpent and the Wings of Night: "That's not the person I fell in like with..." What happens when a human child is raised by a vampire king? What happens when that child makes a choice? A lot happens it turns out when Oraya decides that she will enter the vampire tournament so that she can get her wish, to not be human and to bind herself to her vampire adoptive father; to no longer be prey in a world of predators. Enter the politics. It's bat wings verses feathere...
130. Cruel Seduction: "..sexy Clue, now we have The Purge."
August 14, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Cruel Seduction: "..sexy Clue, now we have The Purge." Here at ACOFAE we are all well aware of what a "travel book" means to the pod. What if Laura Marie and Jessica Marie were to introduce the idea of a "consequence book"? A book where it all starts to hit the fan and plans have to be made to deal with it. A book where the marriage is real, the ex is involved, and the politics are on fire. Not literally, but they may as well be. Barriers are failing, shipments are mi...
129. The River of Silver: "Don't let others make you feel small."
August 07, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 35.5 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The River of Silver: "Don't let others make you feel small." Here at ACOFAE there are a couple sayings, one of them being "if the author writes it, you should read it." It's with that in mind that Laura Marie and Jessica Marie find themselves back in Daevabad with Nahri, Ali, and almost every other main and beloved character from the trilogy. Told in anthology form, each story gives a different perspective and at times a different voice to a situation or character th...
128. Manacled: "If he is a monster, then I'm his creator."
July 31, 2023 04:15 - 3 hours - 91.1 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Manacled: "If he is a monster, then I am his creator." Happy Birthday Harry Potter! The Boy Who Lived! Yay. OK. Now, DID SOMEONE SAY DRACO MALFOY?! ACOFAE tackles it's first fan-fiction episode and Jessica Marie's first Dramione fanfic. Laura Marie pulled no punches and started her off with Manacled. Only the best and arguably most traumatizing for all involved. Harry Potter is dead. Hermione has ministry secrets buried inside her brain and only a magical pregnancy ...
SPECIAL EPISODE 009: Our established friend, Sam and Sayonara Wild Hearts.
July 24, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: SPECIAL EPISODE 009: Our established friend, Sam, and Sayonara Wild Hearts. ACOFAE welcomes to the podcast a special guest and our known and well-established friend, Sam! Editor Sam works behind-the-scenes each week to make sure the podcast is the best that it can be, but this week he is center-stage and ready to talk about something near and dear to his heart: Sayonara Wild Hearts. Described as a "pop album video game," Sam takes us through a journey that is as beau...
127. The Empire of Gold - Part 2: “Not wanting to be destroyed by despair doesn’t make you a coward."
July 17, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Empire of Gold - Part 2: “Not wanting to be destroyed by despair doesn’t make you a coward." There aren't too many completed series on ACFOAE's backlog, so ACOFAE doesn't have a lot of experience saying goodbye to a world and characters who will never be forgotten. Ali and Nahri, Zainab and Muntadhir, and Manizah and Dara all have paths to follow and destinies to fufill as the conclusion of this epic political fantasy looms near. The Ifrit and Manizah are in power...
126. The Empire of Gold - Part 1: "He's not a smart man."
July 10, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 30 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Empire of Gold Pt 1: "He's not a smart man." Absolute power corrupts absolutely, isn't that how the saying goes? What happens when the dream you've had since a child comes true? What happens when the foundations of your world are ripped away? What happens when magic is gone? Daevabad is not the same. Nahri and Ali have vanished. The Ifrit roam the city and Dara is the only being that can use magic. Rumors are flying, loyalties are being questioned and the killing ...
125. Fourth Wing: "Quick as what!? Fast as what?!"
July 03, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Fourth Wing: "Quick as what!? Fast as what?!" Welcome to Basgiath War College. You survive the parapet or you die. You survive the Gauntlet or you die. You survive Threshing or you die. It's a tough place. Enter Violet. Trained her whole life to be a Scribe, but on the order of her General mother must enter the Dragon Rider sect, Violet has a lot stacked against her. Add in an unending war, dragons who are refusing to bond to riders, and folklore that everyone should ...
124. The Bane Chronicles: "Ducks! Embrace me as your King!"
June 26, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Bane Chronicles: "Ducks! Embrace me as your King!" Have you ever wondered what Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, gets up to in his time away from the Shadowhunters? Does he wander the world having adventures with his best friends? Does he pine for lost love? Does he live deliciously? The answer to all these questions is a resounding "YES!" The Bane Chronicles takes us through the highs and lows of Magnus' long life. From galavanting around Peru to his fir...
123. Wicked Villains 1-3: "They all come here."
June 19, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 38.6 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Wicked Villains 1-3: "They all come here." The pipeline from being obsessed with Red Jasmine as a child to being obsessed with Red Jasmine in a kink club as an adult is one that should be studied. Welcome to The Underworld, a kink club that is different from the one you know and love, but not that different. The club is the setting for books 1-3 of Wicked Villains and it's almost it's own character. Red Jasmine and Jafar set the stage in book 1 (Desperate Measures) wi...
122. Burlesque: "Air Rights!"
June 12, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Burlesque: "Air Rights!" Burlesque is a lot of surprising things.The sexiest film ever about real estate being one of them. Stanley Tucci and Cher having not met before this movie began filming being the other! Step into Tess' club where your wildest dreams can come true to the background of lip synced classics performed by stunning Burlesque dancers. Enter Christina Aguilera’s strawberry blonde wig and lives, hearts, and real estate fortunes are changed forever! Eric...
121. The Hunter and the Heart: "I wish to be a potato."
June 05, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 51 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Hunter and the Heart: "I wish to be a potato." What does "prequel" mean to you? Does it mean 500+ years before the main story? More/Less? ACOFAE went into The Hunter and the Heart with assumptions and you know what happens when you assume: you make an ass out of you and me. Listen as ACOFAE recalibrates and dives into the richness of lore and the depth of heartbreak as characters new and old give new perspectives on stories that we thought we knew. Soulmates, cur...
120. The Kingdom of Copper - Part 2: “Go steal some happiness for yourself, my friend."
May 29, 2023 04:15 - 54 minutes - 25 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Kingdom of Copper - Part 2: “Go steal some happiness for yourself, my friend." There is a certain kind of joy that ACOFAE feels when a character actually does the thing. You know. The thing that's been threatened or looming the entire story. The shock, excitement, fear, and anticipation of "The Thing" unfolding as you read is perhaps one of the greatest feelings ever. "The Thing" happens here in Part 2 of The Kingdom of Copper. Jessica Marie wanted a good politica...
119. Soul of the Deep: "I choose to be me."
May 22, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Soul of the Deep: "I choose to be me." What happens when you lose your purpose? When guilt and grief are so consuming that even the bottom of the sea isn't as crushing your own thoughts? What happens when you loose faith? You look for the light. Simi is depressed and alone fulfilling her bargain at the bottom of the sea. Her sacrifice has been worth it, or so Simi thinks. Her penance at the bottom of the sea is her duty, or so Simi thinks. But all is not as it seems a...
118. Jennifer's Body: "Hell is a teenage girl."
May 15, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBACOFAE Podcast Presents: Jennifer's Body: "Hell is a teenage girl." Longtime listeners may be shocked to find out that Jessica Marie, a known scaredy cat, has been pushing for this movie for the pod for a long time. A LONG TIME. Longtime listeners AND new listeners will NOT be shocked to find out that this movie is full of all the things that ACOFAE loves: female rage, female friendships, toxic friendships, owning your power, revenge, and Seth Cohen on his gap year..Join ACOFAE as they prais...