Assassins, gladiators, and now...pirates! In this in-person episode, M+K meet some new characters (some charming, some insufferable) and try to figure out how to rebuild a shattered god. Plus, Let's Get the Nine-Year-Old to Stab Someone; Mercurio's Meta Book Discovery; Famous Heirs Who Disappeared Without a Trace; and Fencing Flatworm Phalluses.
After a surplus of bloody battles, M+K are shocked to discover that Mia’s success in the gladiator arena isn’t quite what it seems. Plus, Accidental Accurate Predictions; Surprise! I’m Your Undead Darkin Dad; Maggot Therapy and Snail Slime Face Masks; and Absurdly Elaborate Mock Naval Battles in History.
Assassin school is out of session, and M+K follow the newly-appointed Blade Mia out of the Red Church and straight into a gladiator arena. Plus, All the Characters We Like Are Dead; Please Stop Pissing in Our Porridge; Real-Life Retchwyrms That Will Make You Squirm; and M Dispels Some Major Gladiator Myths.
M+K are left stunned as best friends are betrayed, boyfriends are murdered, and Mia goes on a massive killing spree. Plus, Two Unnecessarily Dark Back Stories; Dead Librarians and Man-Eating Bookworms; Animals Who Feign Weakness to Catch Their Dinner; and The Man Who Risked His Life 500 Times to Get Laid.
M+K dig into a considerably darker series, filled with murder; sex, revenge, and other more mature young adult themes. Plus, Conflicted Feelings About Footnotes; Blood Walking, Skin Weaving, Shadow Catting and Other Super Powers; What a True Nevernight Would Do To Your Sleep Schedule; and Prisoner Poison Trials of the 16th Century.
Nine weeks, three crowns, one throne, two reigns, and five fates later, M+K have finally made it to the end of the series. Plus, K Wins the Dead Queen Bet; Soldiers Who Straight Up Switched Sides Mid-Battle; War Pigs, Mine Dolphins, Bomb Bats, and other Animal Military Heroes; and A Major Fan-Name Fail.
M+K are onto the final book in the series and finally manage to sort out all the numbers in the titles. Plus, A Lot of Confusion Over Pietyr’s Coma; Mira Tries and Fails at Being Impartial; An Unconventional Way to Learn a Second Language; and When Pea-Soup Fog Killed 6,000 Londoners.
Two long(ish) novellas give M+K everything they wanted in the way of world building. Plus, M Finally Finds Sympathy for Queen Katherine; The Ultimate Brother Betrayal; When Royal Portraits Go Royally Wrong; and Cauls, Birthmarks, and Other Strange Baby Superstitions.
A queen turns into mist, a friend turns into a murderer, and M and K are left wondering- have all the rules just gone out the window? Plus, How Not to Fall Into the Trap of a Self-Fulfilling Prophesy; Katherine Conducts a Questionable Exorcism; M Corrects Misconceptions of Roman Cesarean Sections; and Six Times the Weather Totally Changed the Course of History.
In this first half of the third book in the Three Dark Crowns quadrology, M+K go back 400 years to get a glimpse of the legendary Blue Queen. Plus, The Mystery of the Misbehaving Mist; Jules the Reluctant Rebellion Leader; K Exposes a Long List of Royal Pretenders; and Epitaphs You’d Never Expect to See on a Tombstone.
Halfway through the series, M+K meet some new characters and cope with some unexpected deaths. Plus, Help, My Sister is Pregnant With My Husband's Child; A Wedding Night to Die For; The Wildest Zoo Animal Escapes Ever; and The 1,069-Word Carlisle Stone Curse.
A near-death experience leaves M+K very worried about a character who may or may not have gone off the evil deep end. Plus J Hijacks K's Conversation with Pierce Brown; What the Eff Went Down in the Breccia Domain?; George Washington the Inventor of Yelp; and You're the Apple of my Armpit.
A slew of shocking assassination attempts prove unsuccessful and give way to some unforeseen consequences. Plus, Falling in Love with Your Best Friend’s Sister Who’s Supposed to Kill Your Best Friend; Jumping Over Babies to Keep the Devil Away; The Story Behind Banjo’s Name; and Bad-Ass Bear Attack Survival Stories.
Three queens. One survivor. In their newest series M+K meet a trio of sister princesses on a murder mission to win the throne. Plus, Bloodthirsty Baby Queen Bees; When Animal Familiars Attack; How to Really Build Up an Immunity to Iocane Powder; and The Legend of the Poisoned Maidens.
M+K can’t agree on results of their over/under bet, but are unified in their feelings about the last book in the Mask of Shadows series. Plus, Mage Magic vs. Shadow Magic; Astounding Stories of People Who Faked Their Own Deaths; Why You’ll Probably Fail at Your Citizen’s Arrest; and The Most Lethal Special Ops Units.
The body count continues to rise as M+K follow the assassin Opal on their quest for revenge. Plus, The Strictest Naming Laws From Around the World; A List of Last Known Survivors; The Man Who Lived 62 Hours Trapped Under a Tugboat in His Boxers; and All the Things We Need to Learn in the Last 200 Pages.
The assassin audition is over for M+K, but for the newly-crowned Opal the real challenge is only just beginning. Plus, Welcome to Your Weird Scary Assassin Family; When to Use Your Twin as an Alibi; Why Parrots Don’t Make Good Defense Witnesses; and The Greatest Woman Spy of the Twentieth Century.
In this new series, M+K join up with a gender-fluid MC for a brutal audition to be the next royal assassin. Plus, Evil Shadowy Skin Flayers; Take Out Your Competition, But Don’t Get Caught; Galileo’s Middle Finger and Other Preserved Body Parts; and The Brilliant Mad Honey Booby Trap of 67 BCE.
The curtain closes on the Caraval series, leaving M+K begging for an encore. Plus, K Considers the Downsides of Immortality; Our Quest to Find Nicolas Flamel (and Mermaids); The Most Audacious Thieves Throughout History; and Show Us ALL the Dresses Please.
The Fates are freed and causing all sorts of trouble for our MCs, forcing M+K to make some very wild predictions about how the series will end. Plus, By The Way, Dante’s Dead; Team Immortality or Team True Love?; K Accidentally Resurrects Old Research; and Scarlet Stars on the Shortest Season of the Bachelorette.
With Legend’s identity finally revealed, M+K grow increasingly concerned about the fate of their two leading ladies. Plus, Uncovering the Empress’s End Game; The Fates-To Free, or Not to Free?; Women Who Fell in Love with Convicted Serial Killers; and Four (Sort of) Heartwarming Stories of Self-Sacrifice.
In this very special in-person episode, M+K take a turn through Tella’s point of view and continue to debate the identity of Legend. Plus, A Special Guest Appearance from M’s Banana Cookies; Fatal Kisses From a Less-Than-Princely Prince of Hearts; Killing Knights on the Battlefield with Stiletto Heels; and All the Ways You Can Get Fired From Disney World.
The game is over...or is it? In this episode, the lines between reality and fantasy continue to blur, and M+K are left with more questions than answers. Plus, The Discovery of Count Nicholas d’Whatshisface; Scarlet Makes a Not-So-Impossible Choice; Sharing a Room with a Coyote in the Name of Art; and True Love Stories That Turned Tragic.
Welcome, welcome to Caraval, where M+K get swept away in a game of magic, illusion, and mystery. Plus Decoding the Legend of Legend; Nigel the Naked Tattooed Fortune Teller; Our Zombie/Scientist Escape Room Experience; and The Most Horrifying Haunted House You’ll Ever Hear About.
On this Super Fan Sunday episode, Jennie shares her thoughts on the Strange the Dreamer series. Plus, Laini Taylor Book Dessert; A Plethora of Daughter of Smoke and Bone Parallels; Our Thoughts on Godspawn Super Powers; and Dinosaur Dad Jokes.
Time's up on the Everless series, but M+K still have so many questions. Plus, A Few Red Flags for the Main Ship; Stories of Sworn Enemies Who Became Best Friends; The Boll Weevil Monument, and Other Surprising Shrines; and K Gives M Major Bookshelf Envy.
M+K start the second book in the Everless series and speculate on whether the Sorceress can actually be killed successfully with a Snake Knife. Plus, Two Fantastically Weird Snake/Fox Fables; How to Tell If Your Pet is Trying to Eat You; M Fails Spectacularly at K’s Burning Cities Game; and The “Lost in the Mall” Repressed Memories Experiment.
M+K find themselves totally blindsided by the plot twist and totally confused by the legend of the Alchemist and the Sorceress. Plus, Is It a Typo or Are We Just Not Understanding Properly?; The Most Prolific Cannibal That Ever Lived; Two Deaths We Did Not See Coming; and M Breaks Down the Oddball Effect.
The phrase "time is money" takes on literal meaning in this twisty, bloody new series. Plus, M+K Predict the Plot Twist in the First Five Minutes; Thwarting Thieves with Jars of Pickles; Real-Life Royal Adopted Heirs; and The Coolest Whispering Galleries Around the World.
After finishing their most intense series of the year, M+K can’t stop singing its praises, yet find themselves in need of a breather. Plus, The Secret Message We Almost Missed; Razzle-Dazzle War Ships; Herds of Wild Texas Camels; and The Unsolved Mystery of the Chicago Baby Snatcher.
