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It’s been a minute, but we’re diving back into GIDEON THE NINTH! In this episode, we pick up our reread with Chapters 32 and 33, in which Gideon, Harrow, Pal, and Cam team up to explore a new room, Second House tragedies occur, and we find the last key inside Abigail’s corpse. We rated some hilarious descriptions of The Locked Tomb series from Tumblr users who’ve never read the books, and then it was time to talk keys and trials: What are the different trials in Canaan House and which lyctors...

We still have so much more to say about Nona the Ninth! After gushing over two characters we hadn't got to yet—Pyrrha and Pash!—we evaluated how well we did overall in our previous Nona theories episode and discussed the major plot developments and new information gained in this book. We took a fun new Nona quiz, acknowledged a new Kiss Truther scene you may have missed (we certainly did on our first reads!), and yes, if you saw our tweet, this episode also has a Big Goose. * SPOILER ALERT...

It's another bonus episode all about Nona the Ninth! (Sort of.) This episode is focused on the biggest theories and questions we had going into Nona and was recorded before we read it, so there aren't any spoilers or discussion of events past the excerpts released before publication. Although the book's obviously out now, we decided to resurrect this bonus episode from the dead, if you will, in order to establish what our expectations were going into Nona and give an overview of some of the...

Happy Birthday Nona the Ninth!!!!! Please make sure you've finished reading the book before listening to this episode, as it is entirely made of spoilers. We're celebrating this special day with our very first reactions, recorded within 24 hours of reading Nona and having spoken to no one else about the book yet. This is the first Nona reaction episode we're releasing and we decided to focus on the characters—our favourite moments with them and all the emotions we were bursting with by the...

This episode is about one thing only: THE POOL SCENE. Our best friend Nora joined us to celebrate the iconic Chapter 31 and we had so much fun chatting about everything that goes down in the Canaan House pool—from plot revelations to moments of intimacy we will simply never recover from. (We also have a very important personal agenda to push here and we're trying to convert you all!)  Then a discussion we've been eagerly awaiting: Gideon and Harrow and the ROMANCE of it all. Despite the...

Gideon's reeling from discovering the head of Protelisaus the Seventh in Harrow's closet when we start our recap of Chapter 30. A heavy dose of childhood secrets and guilt come to the surface in a conversation with Palamedes that we got very emotional about, and then the mood lightens with some good old inter-House bickering about Dulcinea's use of the beguiling corpse and the very important decision of what to do with the dead guy's head. Then it's time for another round of The Price Is...

Gideon is NOT having a great time as we recap Chapters 28-29, in which she has a truly awful visit with the Eighth House, is too confused to even appreciate Coronabeth's hotness, and finally makes a horrifying discovery in Harrow's closet. Then it's time for a quiz to see which houses we belong to—not to be confused with the new official Tor quiz, because we love to support our local uQuiz makers (and already tweeted our Tor quiz results). We finish with a discussion on our biggest questions...

We're going on a guilt spiral with Gideon in Chapters 26-27, before a fight with Harrow blows up everything and leaves us on a thrilling cliffhanger. Baily gets quizzed on words for numbers in different languages, as we study up on the etymology of last names in the Nine Houses, and then it's time for a discussion of the King Undying, the Necrolord Prime, the kindly Prince of Death himself... just some guy named John.    * SPOILER ALERT * We reference events from GTN and HTN in this podcast,...

Welcome to suffering hours. In a Chapter 25 that's straight out of a horror movie, poor Isaac Tettares and Jeannemary Chatur meet their tragic deaths and we will absolutely never be okay about it. There's a lot of wailing. But we tried to lift the mood afterwards with a fun vocab quiz, the second part of our discussion about lyctors Augustine and Mercymorn—including a look at the parallels between Harrow the Ninth and No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre—and another very sexy bone! * SPOILER ALERT *...

WE'RE BACK!!! And we're making up for our absence by bringing you sexy duels and sexy bones! Canaan House is plunged into chaos in Chapters 23-24, as the houses start fighting for possession of the keys. Camilla gets the chance to show off her duelling skills to a (mostly) unsuspecting audience and we can't possibly scream enough about it. Then it's time for another fun quiz, the first half of a two-part discussion about the horrible saints of Joy and Patience, and a very special bone of the...

It's getting tense at Canaan House as we recap Chapters 21-22, in which discoveries are made about just how many keys there are for everyone to fight over and some mysterious remains are discovered in the incinerator... Then to lighten the mood, we play a classic game of f**k, marry, kill with the beloved (and not so beloved) characters of the Locked Tomb, before launching into a discussion about the original lyctors and what we actually know about them: the order of their ascensions, the...

Our tenth episode is finally here! Gideon and Harrow are taking on the avulsion trial in Chapter 20 and we certainly feel like we've been through it too after all the technical delays we had to get through to put this out. We revisit Goodreads to see if we can tell the difference between some wild one- and five-star reviews of Gideon the Ninth, and then it's time to discuss CYTHEREA—her backstory, everything she did in Canaan House, and what exactly she was hoping to achieve. And of course,...

There are too many mysteries to keep track of in this episode! In Chapters 18-19, no one can agree on what happened to Magnus and Abigail and suspicions are cast wildly. Then Gideon and Harrow explore the very well-preserved rooms of a certain "G" and "P" and Gideon finds a note that happens to have her name on it... So it's time to discuss everything we know (and the many more things we don't know!) about Gideon the First, Pyrrha Dve, and one of the weirdest love triangles we've ever...

It’s time for more of the epic highs and lows of Canaan House. In episode 8, we recap Gideon and Harrow’s triumph over the winnowing trial and the tragic discovery of Magnus and Abigail’s bodies in Chapters 16-17. After another vocabulary quiz to familiarize ourselves with more of the fun words Tamsyn keeps throwing at us, we pay homage to the deceased Fifth House necromancer and cavalier with a discussion of their relationship and how Gideon the Ninth takes a turn into murder mystery...

There's a lot happening at Canaan House! In Chapters 14-15, Gideon's introduced to the winnowing trial and gets to fight a truly terrifying bone construct. Then it's time to celebrate the eleventh year of Magnus and Abigail's espousal with a dinner party—and a seating plan—for everyone. We also take a fun quiz to figure out which characters we're most similar to in the Locked Tomb series, then plunge into the Tragedy of the Terrible Teens. RIP in peace Jeannemary Chatur and Isaac Tettares. *...

This week, it's time for Gideon and Harrow to finally join forces in Chapter 13, we dive into deeper, darker corners of the Internet (and probably get put on a watch list somewhere) to find out just where Harrow would be able to get her hands on some bones in the 21st century and how much it would cost her, and we talk about the dynamics between our beloved Third House representatives at Canaan House: the princesses Coronabeth and Ianthe Tridentarius and their cavalier, Naberius Tern. And of...

In our first bonus episode, we're stepping away from our reread for an interview with a very special guest: Carl Engle-Laird, editor of the Locked Tomb series. We discussed a poem from Nona the Ninth that was recently released by Tor.com Publishing, then looked back over Carl's journey editing this series, from his first impression of Gideon the Ninth to the decision to split Alecto the Ninth into two books. Carl also dropped some no-context clues about Nona the Ninth and gave his thoughts on...

Ambience, baby 💀 This week, Baily and Kabriya recap Chapter 12, in which Harrow goes missing and Gideon is definitely, totally celebrating while also desperately trying to rescue her with the help of the Sixth House. Then we take a look at how hard it would be for Harrow to get her hands on necromantic materials via eBay in the 21st century, and we do our first deep dive into one of the cavalier/necromancer dynamics we encounter at Canaan House: Captain Judith Deuteros and Lieutenant Marta...

We’re looking at Chapters 9-11 of Gideon the Ninth this week and getting to know some of the other occupants of Canaan House! Gideon meets Magnus and the terrible teens of Fourth House, gets a moment alone with her crush in a greenhouse, and takes the chance to try out her duelling skills against the other cavaliers. Then Baily and Kabriya try to tell the difference between 1-star and 5-star reviews (harder than it sounds) and dive into a big chat about queerness in the Locked Tomb series and...

In this week’s recap of Chapters 7-8 of Gideon the Ninth, we arrive at the First House and get introduced to some of the other necromancers and cavaliers! And what fun introductions they are. Then Kabriya puts Baily’s linguistics knowledge to the test in a game about the naming conventions of the nine houses, before we jump into a discussion of memes and Internet culture references in the Locked Tomb series—the ones that made us laugh and the ones that made us groan. * SPOILER ALERT * We...

In our second episode, we look at Chapters 4-6 of Gideon the Ninth, in which Gideon reluctantly agrees to take on the role of Cavalier Primary of the Ninth House and finally gets to leave that damn hole in the ground. Baily quizzes Kabriya on some fun new words we learned from Tamsyn, and then we get into the CATHOLICISM of it all. It sure seems like there are some parallels going on here and who better than an ex-Catholic and a non-Catholic to figure it all out? And then of course, it’s time...

Welcome to ONE FLESH, ONE END, a Locked Tomb reread podcast! We’ll be recapping and chatting about all the little clues in Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir as we wait for the very mysterious Nona the Ninth to hit the shelves this fall. In the first episode, we go over Chapters 1-3, let you get to know your hosts a little better by taking Tamsyn’s quiz to see which of the nine houses we belong in, and discuss Tamsyn’s approach to foreshadowing. And we’ve got our very first...