Get ready, listeners! In this episode, Anna and Kim are diving into all the essential details from Fourth Wing and Iron Flame that you need to know before tackling Rebecca Yarro’s Onyx Storm. Think of this as your crash course in worldbuilding, history, and the magic system of The Empyrean series.

Whether you skipped your reread or just need a refresher, we’ve got you covered with all the key facts to prepare you for the storm ahead!! 🖤✨

Link to the Empyrean character list with dragons & signets!

Summary of the End of Iron Flame : 45 mins 50 sec mark

⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing & Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros ⚠️

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Starting off Season 5 with a BANG and this one is gonna be HARD TO TOP!!!! Yes that's right, we had to bring on The Empyrean QUEENS for a super special Onyx Storm Theories episode!!! Kristina & Anna had a blast chatting with Lexi & Nicole, we know you all are going to LOVE this episode!!

***SPOILERS for the entire Empyrean series***

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Hello Book Besties!! We are ending our fourth season with our annual book awards episode! Join us as we share and discuss some of our favorite moments, characters and books from this past year! As always, we are so grateful for each of you and we hope everyone has a wonderful New Year! See you all in 2025!!

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House of Flame and Shadow (CC3) 

Spark of the Everflame

Glow of the Everflame 

Heat of the Everflame 

When the Moon Hatched 

Quicksilver 

Powerless

Two Twisted Crowns

Songbird and the Heart of Stone 

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Join us as we unpack some of the fandom's favorite Onyx Storm theories! We’re bringing the receipts for every possible prediction and diving deep into the lore, as we prepare for what's to come!!

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This episode is packed with spoilers for Fourth Wing and Iron Flame! Make sure you’re caught up before listening.

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Hey, book besties!! We are back with SUCH a fun episode, this will be part TWO of Songbird and the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent! This episode covers roughly the second half of the book, with spoilers for the entire book! This was an amazing episode with lots of sexy moments to giggle and blush over, we turned it into a musical of sorts so you're welcome for that + of course we get to gush over ASAR more!!!! We can't get enough of him!! Our sexy professor! We hope you enjoyed this, and if you haven't already checked out our interview with Carissa, please go do that! It's live wherever you listen to podcasts now!

SPOILERS for the entire Crowns of Nyaxia series!!!

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Welcome back Book Besties! In this episode, your hosts Anna, Kim, and Kristina dive headfirst into the highly anticipated third installment of the Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent: Songbird and the Heart of Stone. Join us as we discuss this epic fantasy romance following Mische and our newest shadow daddy, Asar, on their thrilling descent into the Underworld ✨

Spoiler Warning: This episode contains spoilers for the Crowns of Nyaxia series, including:

• Serpent and the Wings of Night
• Ashes and the Star-Cursed King
• Songbird and the Heart of Stone

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Next Episode: Part 2 of Songbird and the Heart of Stone discussion — coming soon!

Anna & Kim had the incredible honor of sitting down with Carissa Broadbent, author of the Crowns of Nyaxia & War of Lost Hearts series recently! We discussed all things Crowns of Nyaxia, her upcoming release Songbird and the Heart of Stone + much more! Carissa's writing is truly a thing of beauty & it was really amazing to hear her speak about her writing process, inspiration for the setting and character journeys, as well as her favorite Crowns of Nyaxia MMC! She was such a delight to chat with, we know you all will absolutely love this interview!

There will be a SPOILER FILLED discussion of Songbird releasing exclusively to our Patreon next week after the book's release!! You do NOT want to miss this, it was incredible!!

SPOILERS for Serpent and the Wings of Night, Ashes and the Star Cursed King 

Small spoilery discussion of Carissa's War of Lost Hearts Series starts at 34:30, feel free to stop watching at that point if you haven't read her WOLH series!! 

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Hi book besties!! We are SO EXCITED to bring you this BONUS mini mainfeed episode covering the Onyx Storm excerpt that just dropped today in the Winter edition of Cosmopolitan, available on Kindle Unlimited! We are so excited to be back in this world that we knew we needed to hop on and do a FULL breakdown debrief for our book besties!! If you'd like to read these pages for yourself but don't have KU, we have made them available for free on our Patreon!

SPOILERS for Fourth Wing, Iron Flame & these pages from Onyx Storm!!

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Anna & Kim are back with book 2 in Rachel Gilig's The Shepherd King duology, Two Twisted Crowns! This book is the perfect spooky gothic romantasy & we absolutely loved it!! Come along as we laugh about sharks in lakes (that's a real thing), cry (Kim actually sobs) & gush (WE LOVE ELM) over our favorite moments from this incredible story!!

SPOILERS for One Dark Window & Two Twisted Crowns!

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We are back with Powerless Part 2!! This book roughly covers the second half of the book, but obviously spoilers for the entire book! There is SO MUCH to cover in this part, wow!!

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In this Special Bonus Episode, Kristina sits down with the amazing Penn Cole to celebrate and discuss the newly republished hardcover edition of Spark of the Everflame. They dive into all the incredible details of the new Luther POV bonus chapter and much more :  including a passionate Throne of Glass reading order tangent!

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SPOILER WARNING : Spark of the Everflame, Glow of the Everflame and Heat of the Everflame

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