We're back for round 2 and this year we're starting with another titaness of the genre, Tamora Pierce! Join us next Monday, January 15th for the first book in The Immortals Series: "Wild Magic." Check out our video: https://youtu.be/IK6ZwIVETrU Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
It's time to wrap up season one with the NAH awards and a few hints at our 2024 heroines (don't worry, Rob is coming back too). We'll be back January 15, 2024 with another titaness of the genre: Tamora Pierce.
Katie has a bit of a 180 and decides she does, in fact, enjoy this week's pick, The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon. We also learn that our resident Victorian woman Jordan doesn't care for the political marriage trope - gasp! https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/75668288 For similar picks, try: The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle Jensen https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53921926-the-bridge-kingdom A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/59645282 Red Queen by Vict...
We're done with ACOMAF! We're still mildly confused as to what exactly is going on with this ending but at least Feyre overcomes her depression, fear of caves, and winnowing in all of three pages...just in time to save Rhys, Velaris, and all of Prythian. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50659468-a-court-of-mist-and-fury Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine...
Katie and Jordan do something a little different in this week's pick: a (pretty long) discussion on fanfiction. You may have heard of some recent author's having new works published that started off as fanfics, like The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, or more recently, The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon. Well, Katie and Jordan have some thoughts - and a recommendation if you're looking for something good to read (for free!!) this holiday season: The Politician's Wife by pir8fancier (who has a ...
Baby, it's cold outside...and there's only one bed. Because that 's never happened before. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50659468-a-court-of-mist-and-fury Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
Katie needed something of a pallete cleanser after our attempted monster romance a while ago, and settled on "Only a Monster" by Vanessa Len. While Jordan isn't convinced (read: at all), we hope readers might find a fun, light YA fantasy romance right up their alley. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58210340 And if you're looking for same same, but different: "A Deadly Education" by Naomi Novik https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50548197 "The Hunger Games" series by Suzanne Collins htt...
We're trudging through Mordor to get through this one. ACOMAF take two. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50659468-a-court-of-mist-and-fury Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
Jordan's pick this week is a slow burn romance featuring a fiery, rule-breaking smuggler a la Peaky Blinders. Sign me UPPPPP. We discuss everything about Sharon Shinn's new release, Whispering Wood (and weirdly, a lot about green bean casserole). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/190013474-whispering-wood If you're looking for something similar, but a little different, try: The "Circle of Magic" series by Tamora Pierce https://www.goodreads.com/series/43551-circle-of-magic Or, "The Shadow and ...
Is it a prologue? An epilogue? ACOMAF delivers on page 21. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50659468-a-court-of-mist-and-fury?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=THKN1QyUlx&rank=1 Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
In this week's pick, Katie gets heated about The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni (and not in the good way). But she finished it and that deserves a round of applause, because despite 50k+ reviews and 4.2 star rating on GoodReads, she (intensely) did not enjoy this. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/53968496 For similar (but better) books: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27774758-an-ember-in-the-ashes A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas https:/...
Could you think of any other way to describe Rhys' reaction at the end of this book? If you haven't read ACOMAF yet you better hold on tight spidermonkey. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50659467-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
It's Rob's pick of the week and it's not a book or a movie but a play. We present "The Lion in Winter" by James Goldman, a dysfunctional family drama just in time for Thanksgiving (with a side of our own family drama on the proper toppings for sweet potatoes.) https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/279660
ACOTAR Part 2: where we find out what those fire night drums really mean... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50659467-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
It's finally time to start ACOTAR. Do we really need to say anything else? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50659467-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
We promised you ACOTAR but we forgot about Bridgerton! Season 3 is coming out soon and we wanted to get the book in before Polin arrives on your TV. We present: "Romancing Mr. Bridgerton" by Julia Quinn. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110384.Romancing_Mister_Bridgerton We ended up working backwards on this episode so our commentary (ranting) and reviews (read some other books) are upfront. Skip to about the 24-minute mark to go straight to the synopsis. Similar Books "Devil in Winter" by Li...
We wanted to embrace the Halloween spirit, so what did we go and find? A monster romance of course. Jordan was too scared to finish it and Katie is now traumatized for life. Read along with us, if you dare... https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61208877 (but really, don't. Read ANYTHING but this book. If you really want some monster romance check out "The Hob's Bargain" by Patricia Briggs or "The Hanging City" by Charlie N. Holmberg. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/285209 https://www.g...
"The Cold King" by Amber Jaeger: we DO NOT recommend this book. Our title should explain why. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17373158-the-cold-king Read any other book, but especially these: "Beauty" by Robin McKinley https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/137436591-beauty-by-robin-mckinley-6-jan-2011-paperback?ref=nav_sb_noss_l_18 "Entreat Me" by Grace Draven https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18811222-entreat-me?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=RCwa3Pi5ls&rank=1 "Thorn" by Int...
Katie and Jordan have an update: our books were mid. So, we talk about 'The Ex Hex' by Erin Sterling and 'Assistant to the Villain' by Hannah Nicole Maehrer for about 4 minutes, and then talk about just about anything else imaginable, including half a dozen other books, "dry" smut scenes, and the 1998 film, Practical Magic (again). https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/123257687 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56554626-the-ex-hex...
Are you a dumpster demon and like your books a bit on the smuttier side? You have found your home with us and with Grace Draven. This week we're closing out the Martise? Martrise? saga with part three of "Master of Crows." https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6811150-master-of-crows Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
It's a spooooOOOooOOkky pick of the week with Erin Sterling's "The Ex Hex"! As Jordan notes, think a southern Practical Magic mixed with Halloweentown. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56554626-the-ex-hex And if you're looking for something similar... "Burn for Me" by Ilona Andrews https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/20705702 "Love on the Brain" by Ali Hazelwood https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/59571699 "Moon Called" by Patricia Briggs https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71811.Moon_C...
Things are about to get spicier. Welcome to "Master of Crows" by Grace Draven, shots will be had by all. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6811150-master-of-crows Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
Jordan's pick this week has a bit of everything: medieval job fairs, a sentient frog, and a full staff of assistant evil doers? Hannah Nicole Maehrer's "Assistant to the Villain" is a little bit spooky and a whole lotta cute. Plus, Jordan isn't quite done yet, so pick up a copy, and meet back with us in a few weeks to discuss our final thoughts! https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/123257687 And if you're looking for something similar... "The Hating Game" by Sally Thorn https://www.goodreads.c...
Things are about to get spicy. Welcome to "Master of Crows" by Grace Draven, shots will be had by all. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6811150-master-of-crows Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
In today's Pick of the Week, we discuss strawberry soju mixed drinks, Jordan's thing for young Brendan Fraser, and "Sorcery of Thorns" by Margaret Rogerson! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42201395-sorcery-of-thorns And if you're looking for something similar... "One Dark Window" by Rachel Gillig https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58340706-one-dark-window "Half a Soul" by Olivia Atwater https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60717747-half-a-soul "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones http...
You really don't want to know how we came up with our episode title but you'll find out if you stick around long enough for our second half of "Thorn" by Intisar Khanani. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51265989-thorn Similar Books: "The Girl of Fire and Thorns" by Rae Carson "Deerskin" by Robin McKinley "The Goose Girl" by Shannon Hale Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine...
This week Jordan gives us a lesson on romantic suspense with her pick of the week, "Cover of Night" by Linda Howard. As Katie says, think the love child of James Bond and Gilmore Girls. We don't have any similar books this week (this one is pretty far in left field!) but another author to check out is Suzanne Brockmann, a romantic suspense author that came from the same publishing era as Howard.
"Thorn" by Intisar Khanani is a re-telling of the Grimm's fairy tale "The Goose Girl." https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51265989-thorn Similar Books: "The Girl of Fire and Thorns" by Rae Carson "Deerskin" by Robin McKinley "The Goose Girl" by Shannon Hale Want to sneak a look at upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroine
Welcome to SPOOOOOKY SEAAASON! Katie's pick this week features cursed tarot cards, fever-inducing mist, and a heroine with a monster in her head in Rachel Gillig's "One Dark Window". https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58340706-one-dark-window And if you've already read One Dark Window, or are looking for something similar (but different): "Uprooted" by Naomi Novik https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22544764 "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. Schwab https://www.goodreads.com/en/book...
It's another k-drama special this week with Jordan giving a short preview of the rom-com "Love is for Suckers," available to stream on Viki. (Katie did not have the right bingo card for this episode.) https://www.viki.com/tv/38814c-love-is-for-suckers?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_term=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgNanBhDUARIsAAeIcAtZU4RArAGwLmeIQfQPWfG8anQy_Zmw-5SSjKVJKC9ZH-kCNlThSIgaAvniEALw_wcB...
