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 Sarah...

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...

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...

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):...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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: -...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

Ep #06: Romantasy Fangirls 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 Game of Thrones has to do with the Asteri...? TIMESTAMPS: Anchor (romantasy...

Ep #05: Romantasy Fangirls Podcast Cousins, self-professed 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!) CHATTING ABOUT 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!) Breaking down...

Ep #04: Romantasy Fangirls Podcast  Cousins, self-professed 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!) CHATTING ABOUT 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 plays the males...

Cousins, self-professed 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!) CHATTING ABOUT 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 information from some Princes of the Pit Bryce starts...