Episode #26: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Brynne Weaver's New York Times Bestselling serial killer romance Butcher and Blackbird ! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Deep dive of pages 1-100 of Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver - Sign us up for babysitting baby Pegasuses - All character wrap-ups - Our final, FINAL thoughts on HOFAS - What we hope we get in the next Sara...
Sep 24, 2024•42 min•Ep. 27
Episode #24: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review the first half of author Hemant Nayak's debut release: A Magic Fierce and Bright (contains spoilers!) Thank you to Simon & Schuster for sending us this book! WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Plot overview & world-building - Characters - Our initial likes and dislikes - Predictions for the second half of the book SIGNUP FOR THE ROMANTASY READS N...
Aug 30, 2024•49 min•Ep. 26
Episode #23: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 99-102 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - A life for a life (and yes we're still crying over this scene!) - Sign us up for babysitting baby Pegasuses - All character wrap-ups - Our final, FINAL thoughts on HOFAS - What we hope we get in the next Sarah J....
Aug 20, 2024•54 min•Ep. 25
Episode #22: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 95-98 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Craters, black holes, and voids OH MY! - Melina's absolute rant on cheapening the Dread Trove - A lightning lasso?? - Our theory on the Asteri - do you agree? TIMESTAMPS: - Anchor (romantasy book summaries): 00:02...
Aug 06, 2024•55 min•Ep. 24
Ep #21: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 90-94 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - The final battle between Bryce, the Asteri and Hel gets real, real fast! - Tharion and Ithan have literally one job... - One of the BEST Ruhn/Lidia scenes of the whole series!! - Lidia's badass heritage is FINALLY reve...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 23
Ep #20: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 85-89 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Unpacking the literal worst sex scene we've ever read in a Sarah J. Maas book! - Ruhn Danaan remembers his favorite make-out accessory and we're still hot and bothered! - Regulus gives Bryce a cryptic warning about the...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 22
Ep #20: Romantasy Reads Podcast On this special edition of the Romantasy Reads Podcast, cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina interview author and TikTok sensation Liz Shipton! Liz is the author of the Thalassic series, a YA dystopian adventure with the tag line: What do you do with a drunken sailor when the world is underwater? Liz uses her books as a means to explore themes of mental health, addiction, technology, climate change, ...
Jun 11, 2024•31 min•Ep. 21
Ep #19: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 80-84 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - A final showdown between Ithan, Hypaxia and the Under King! - Another scene with Connor that had us SOBBING! - A final gift from Danika and The Pack of Devils - Sathia - the next female to get steamrolled by SJM - Thar...
Jun 04, 2024•53 min•Ep. 20
Ep #18: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 75-79 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Messenger otters! (in jackets) -Tharion, or should we say Sathia, go toe-to-toe in a political standoff with the River Queen - Bryce and Hunt open the Northern Rift to find someone who never wanted to see Bryce again.....
May 28, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 19
Ep #17: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 70-74 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Hypaxia solves AND produces an antidote for a 15,000 year old problem...in 2 hours? - Bryce and Hunt meet an old foe at the Northern Rift and Bryce does the unthinkable! - ALL of Chapter 73 is WILD!! - A twist we NEVER...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 18
Ep #16: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 65-69 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Bryce FINALLY apologizes to Hunt...sort of. - Ithan and Hypaxia travel to Avallen for Sophie's body and end up on another mission - We get classic Sarah banter over sexy time in a stable! - Bryce, Hunt, her parents and...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 17
Ep #15: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 60-64 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Are we FINALLY going to get Ruhn and Lidia sexy time?? - Aidas drops some BOMBS in Hel and Hunt learns of his origins (it's BONKERS!) - The ultimate showdown between Bryce, Ruhn and the Autumn King TIMESTAMPS: - Anchor...
May 07, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 16
Ep #14: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 55-59 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Bryce and Hunt's journey through the Cave of Princes lands them in another world! - Two characters we didn't expect give Bryce a well-deserved tongue-lashing - Another tragedy in Asphodel Meadows goes unpunished TIMEST...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 15
Ep #13: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 50-54 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Bryce and Hunt having astral sex (yeah...you read that right) and ignoring the hard conversations...again. - Someone FINALLY tries to put Bryce and her BS in their place and we're SO here for it! - Fangirling over Lidi...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 14
Ep #12: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 45-49 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - More details on Jesiba's beef with a Prince of Hel are revealed - Introductions to even more Maasverse romantasy characters (have we met before?) - Hypaxia's resurrection of Sigrid goes horribly wrong!! - A certain kin...
Apr 16, 2024•55 min•Ep. 13
Ep #11: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina discuss Chapters 40-44 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - A showdown with the Ocean Queen - Bryce reveals her grand plan for finding the key to taking down the Asteri - A character we haven't seen since House of Sky and Breath returns! - Lidia's first chat with her twins in ...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 12
Ep #10: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 35-39 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Bryce and Hunt's reunion!!! - Our rant over the lack of communication between these romantasy characters!! - Why all these powerful females are arguing over Tharion Ketos we'll never understand - Lidia is a....MOM!? TI...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 11
Ep #09: Romantasy Reads Podcast We at Romantasy Reads are beyond excited to bring you our very first BONUS episode, which is an author feature. And today we have a very, very special guest.FT Lukens is a binary romantasy, cozy fantasy author, and we are so excited to get the chance to interview them and share news about their upcoming new release, Otherworldly . We were even gifted a few copies of the final edition to giveaway to our listeners! To enter, simply follow us on our Instagram or TikT...
Mar 26, 2024•29 min•Ep. 10
Ep #08: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 30-34 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Dissecting the Autumn King's cryptic comments. Is he bluffing or actually privy to forbidden knowledge? - We have PTSD over whether the Easter eggs will actually get into the basket - we're looking at you, Game of Thro...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 9
Ep #07: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 25-29 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Bryce, Nesta and Az face their greatest enemy yet - Hunt, Ruhn and Baxian hit rock bottom (at least we hope it's the bottom) - Ithan makes a shocking decision that will change his life forever! TIMESTAMPS: Anchor: 00:0...
Mar 12, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 8
Ep #06: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 20-24 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - The climax of Ithan and Sigrid's fight ends in utter tragedy - An ancient Fae history lesson ends in chaos for Bryce, Nesta and Az - What does Game of Thrones has to do with the Asteri...? TIMESTAMPS: Anchor (romantasy...
Mar 05, 2024•57 min•Ep. 7
Ep #05: Romantasy Readsd Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina, review Chapters 15-19 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: - Play-by-play of Ithan's insane fight with Sigrid in the Meat Market (no way this ends well...) - Ruhn loses an important appendage in the dungeons of the Crystal Palace (not for our squeamish fangirls out there!) - B...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 6
Ep #04: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 11-14 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE'RE COVERING IN THIS EPISODE: - Still in the tunnels under the Hewn City, we learn more about the history of the ancient Fae and Bryce and Nesta have more in common than they thought... - Ithan makes a fateful deal with the Viper Queen - Lidia ...
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 5
Ep #01: House of Flame and Shadow: Meet the Romantasy Reads Fangirls, Prologue, Chapter 1 Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina do a quick recap of the absolutely bonkers ending to House of Sky and Breath (HOSAB) then dive right into the opening (prologue, Chapter 1) of Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City 3: House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS)!! (contains spoilers!) All Romantasy Reads episodes start with The Anchor (detailed summaries of t...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 4
Ep #02: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 2-6 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE'RE COVERING IN THIS EPISODE: - How Tharion wound up an MMA fighter for the Viper Queen - Hunt, Ruhn and Baxian try to make light of their situation in the Crystal Palace dungeons - A certain lost Fendyr heir is causing quite a stir among the wol...
Feb 14, 2024•57 min•Ep. 3
Ep #03: Romantasy Reads Podcast Cousins, self-professed romantasy book nerds, and unapologetic romantasy fangirls, Charlie and Melina review Chapters 7-10 of Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) - Crescent City 3! (contains spoilers!) WHAT WE'RE COVERING IN THIS EPISODE: - Lidia’s plan for Irithys the Sprite Queen starts to play out - In the tunnels with Bryce and Nesta we meet a foe we thought was gone forever after ACOTAR! - Hunt pretty much gets the shaft when it comes to helpful...
Feb 14, 2024•48 min•Ep. 2
Hosted by cousins, and self-professed romantasy book nerds, Charlie and Melina, each episode does a deep dive into a few chapters of your most beloved romantasy books. If you’re proud to be a romantasy fangirl this podcast is for you! JOIN OUR PATREON: https://bit.ly/romantasy-fangirls-patreon JOIN THE ROMANTASY READS NEWSLETTER: https://pages.romantasyfangirls.com/join GIVE US A FOLLOW: Instagram: @romantasyreadspod TikTok: @romantasyreadspod YouTube: @romantasyreadspod Threads: @ro...
Jan 31, 2024•30 sec•Ep. 1
