Episode 2 - LJ Smith: The Secret Circle: The Captive

Backlist: Season 5 continues with the middle third of LJ Smith's THE SECRET CIRCLE: THE CAPTIVE (and another title that actually has any meaning) published October 1992!

Chill: Drinking! Cyna is drinking a Black John Crystal Skull, a cheap version of a Smoke Crystal Skull  (vodka, tea and lemonade Arnold Palmer, liquid smoke, black gel food coloring). Ollie is drinking an absinthe and tea cocktail (Absente absinthe, green and white tea, sugar). Check out our set ups on twitter: Ollie - Cyna.

And all those covers at: ljscovers.insanitysandwich.com - The Secret Circle covers 

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward. 

Next time:  Season 5 Episode 3: THE POWER! Chiller and Chillest tier patrons will receive this episode before it goes public!

(2h 6m. Content Warning: Vulgar language, drinking alcohol, and dramatic readings from the hosts; Misleading and spoiler-filled blurbs, magic removing consent and autonomy (including sexually--like we NEED TO BE CLEAR there's magic-compulsive rape implied against human guys), classism, not enough potential for The Gay, no plot that matters, bi-erasure, mean girls, zero parental oversight, privileged jerks and unexamined privilege, class warfare without addressing structural power, secrets, lies, non-Wiccan witchcraft, dark magic, kids doing petty crimes, extreme lack of diversity while coding antagonists with racist visuals and phrases, fetishizing of whiteness as goodness, lack of communication, breeding?, fire, violence, death, horror, and terribad pacing from the novel.)

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