Laura and Meggie are sat for the big finale in The Remnant Chronicles series as they crack open the near-700-page The Beauty of Darkness. Some might say the real beauty of darkness is the friends you make along the way and we'd agree! Lia and Rafe are safely out of Venda but it's no happily ever after. Tensions rise between the pair as they race to prepare their kingdoms for the threat of the Vendan army. Can they overthrow Venda? Can their love survive? Will Kaden swoop in at the last minute? Tune in for it all!
Picking up right where we left off last book The Heart of Betrayal kicks off with Lia and Rafe held captive in Venda and immediately thinking of their next moves to get the heck out of there. Meanwhile Kaden is trying to convince both the Komizar (and himself) that bringing Lia to the barbarian kingdom was a good idea. Join Laura and Meggie as they discuss, dissect, and fully immerse themselves in the continuation of The Remnant Chronicles
Once again Meggie and Laura have gathered to bid farewell to another book series. After losing their vir-JANE-ity this season (nice) reading the anthological Lady Janies series it's time for a final review as your hosts talk about the ups and downs of being a Jane from history. You'll laugh, you'll question the hosts' projections for if these characters had social media presences, and you'll hear what's happening in the YA, We Read It! sphere next.
Rounding out the My Lady Janies series is My Calamity Jane a wild west historical/fictional take on Calamity Jane, Annie Oakley and others from the time. Join Laura and Meggie for a rootin' tootin' good time where in this new wild west world we've got werewolves running about and it's up to our cast of characters to hunt down the Alpha that's infecting people all over the country.
Hello world! It's us, Meggie and Laura and we are back for our 14th season. My Lady Jane (the first book in the Lady Janies series) written by Jodi Meadows, Cynthia Hand, and Brodi Ashton became the hit amazon prime show of the same name. After watching the show your beloved hosts simply had to read the source material, okay? Meet Edward and Gifford and Lady Jane -- our three protagonists. Edward's the teenage King who's being poisoned, Gifford's the guy who's cursed to be a horse by day/man by night, and Jane our resident book worm who's about to have a husband who's sometimes a horse. Join us for a journey of love, conspiracy, friendship and people turning into animals!
If there is anything breaking: it's our hearts. The time had come to say goodbye to reading Twilight with the lukewarm conclusion to Breaking Dawn. Laura and Meggie are ready to give you their takes on everything: Bella's new life as a vampire (complete with vampire powers), the nonexistent all-powerful Vampire fight, and most importantly more in depth discussions on how Jacob imprinted on a baby, like how he gave her a promise ring for Christmas (gross). All this and more, tune in!
It was 2005 when Twilight first graced the world with its presence, and now 19 years later Meggie and Laura have finished reading the entire series for your listening pleasure. It's once again time to put their final thoughts to rest on the highly popularized vampire romance. We're discussing our thoughts on this as a romance, a vampire story, and just an all around book series in general. It's insightful, it's fun, and we hope you'll go on this one last Twilight stroll down memory lane.
Meggie and Laura are BACK to finish up the Twilight series with their insight on the first half of Breaking Dawn. You know what they say: first comes love, then comes marriage, and then on your honeymoon you get pregnant with a vampire child and go through an expedited pregnancy that culminates in your fetus gnawing its way out of your fragile human body -- aw, cute! While Edward and Bella are planning their new parenthood and eternity as vampires, Jacob (who's moody af now) ends up leaving his wolf pack to protect the Cullen family and be his dramatic self.
After discovering that the impending threat to our cast of characters is a constructed vampire army made entirely up of new vampires, it's time to take action! The vampires and werewolves are officially putting their differences (and their treaty) aside to get ready to fight. Jacob and Edward also team up to make sure Bella is safe at every step. Can Bella face the two people/monsters she loves most in this world when danger is afoot? Listen to Laura and Meggie tell you all about it in the conclusion to Eclipse!
Bella and Edward's relationship is officially back on! But at what cost? Jacob is not talking to Bella, Charlie has grounded her, and with the limited time they have to spend together, Edward is insisting on Bella applying to as many colleges as humanly possible. Mystery sets in as a wave of killings is happening in Seattle and it all somehow seems to be tied to Bella. Can Bella make peace with having a vampire boyfriend and a werewolf best friend? Meggie and Laura are here to talk about it all!
Resident monster-apologist, Bella Swan has just learned her best friend Jacob Black is a werewolf. When Jacob's wolf pack finds out Bella has insider vampire knowledge, they have no choice but to accept her as they work to stop the vampire invasions in town. Unfortunately, this major plotline is dropped immediately when Bella learns that ex-boyfriend Edward is on his way to Italy to ask the Volturi to kill him. The race is on! Can Bella save him in time? Tune in as Meggie and Laura dish it out.
Laura and Meggie are cliff diving into Twilight's follow-up New Moon, where Bella and Edward have been living out their human-vampire-relationship fantasy. Trouble brews as Bella turns 18 and is now figuratively older than "forever 17 year-old" Edward. Who needs to think about college when your invincible vampire boyfriend's vampire family wants to throw you a birthday party, am I right? Soon, the Cullen family leaves Forks to go to Alaska and Edward breaks up with Bella for good. In the throes of her first heart break will Bella return to life as a normal teen? Or will this monster-loving gal run into the arms of a resident werewolf? Listen now!
Ah, romance: your partner watching you sleep, telling you he could kill you, wanting to drink your blood... all the normal romance stuff.... Now that Edward's shown off how fast and strong he is in the meadow, his and Bella's romance is in full swing. Bella doesn't care that he's a vampire and she certainly doesn't care that she's only known him for like 2 months, she decides that they're in love. They're trying to make their coupling as normal as possible by meeting each other's families, but when some other vampires decide to pass through Forks and decide they want to eat Bella the clock immediately starts ticking down to save Edward's heroin. Join Meggie and Laura on the action-filled finale to Twilight.
Welcome to lucky number season 13 of YA, We Read It! Bella Swan had everything in Phoenix: warm weather. Her life is turned upside down when her mother decides to tour with her minor league baseball boyfriend and she is forced to relocate to the cloudy, nature-infested, and historically not warm Forks, Washington to stay with her dad. Bella quickly finds herself obsessing over the resident unsocial Cullen family, known amongst the small town mostly for being really really good looking and isolating themselves. Bella becomes infatuated with Edward Cullen who soon reveals his entire family is vampires, and Bella is honestly totally fine with it (ok, go off Bella!). Can their love make it through the throes of high school and vampire lore? Will your hosts Meggie who historically loves Twilight and Laura who historically does not love Twilight give you the POVs you're looking for this season? Tune in!
The summer is finally coming to an end and our resident upper east siders are preparing for the next steps in their lives: college. Nate and Blair have returned from their month at sea, Dan's mom shows up unannounced to celebrate his coming out, and Serena is still pining after you-know-who not caring whatsoever about her best-friend-forever, YIKES. It's the beginning of the end! Or is it? Let Laura and Meggie tell you how they really feel, in the final book of the main series. You know you love us (and we love you too!), L + M
Listen up, Laura and Meggie would NEVER lie to you, our dear listener and we have to be honest that this book was ROUGH and we can't wait to lament the tail of the weird series tone-shift to our audience. Let's get into it: the Summer continues for our gossip girl gang, with half the group going to the Hamptons, and Dan exploring his sexuality... You'll just have to press play to find out everything else. You know you love us (and we love you too!), L + M
Dreams do come true! Or do they? It's officially summer and Serena, Vanessa, and Blair are all working on big shot director Ken Mogul's next blockbuster, and Nate and Dan get to date hot blonde girls... Join Laura and Meggie as they discuss their dreams (not really) and all the ins and out of our Gossip Girl gang's last summer before college. You know you love us (and we love you too!), L + M
Nobody does Gossip Girl talk quite like Laura and Meggie so get ready for this! Blair and Nate are finally back together and finally doing the deed (and nonstop at that!). But will Nate blow it when he gets too high and steals his family's boat? Dan is biffing it hard as the lead singer of a famous rock band. And Jenny is really trying to be Serena 2.0. Serena is still in this series but she's boring and kind of a bad friend? All of this and more in the 7th Gossip Girl Book! You know you love us (and we love you to!), L + M
Some want money, some want fame, but right now most of our Gossip Girl gang just want to get into their top college picks. Apparently, this is easy for everyone but Blair who only gets into one school. Serena falls in love with every school she tours, Blair drunkenly joins a celibacy club, and Vanessa unfortunately takes Dan back and the two decide to play house. And all Meggie and Laura want is for you to have a good time listening to their thoughts on Gossip Girl! You know you love us (and we love you to!), M + L
This one really does have EVERYTHING! It's Christmastime in the big apple and everyone's paired off: Serena and Blair are besties, Nate and Jenny are exclusive, and Dan and Vanessa are being as cringey as ever. What else? Serena has a fling with a famous musician, Blair's step-brother is still into her (yeesh!), and Dan is way against sex and super into slut-shaming. Meggie and Laura break it all down and more on this week's YA, We Read It! You know you love us (and we love you to!), L + M