Good news: Crime is gone! Bad news: it’s because of mind control. This week, Maggie and Rachel continue the Warcross duology with its sequel, Wildcard. Hideo’s algorithm now controls most of the world population, and Emika is determined to stop him. But with a bounty on her head, she’ll need to find new allies in unlikely places. We’ll talk about the scenes that surprised us the most, the morality of mind control, and what might be our favorite ship of the series (hint: it’s not who you think it is!)

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Books in this episode:

• Warcross by Marie Lu


• Wildcard by Marie Lu


• The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura


• A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger


• Himawari House by Harmony Becker


• Loveless by Alice Oseman


• Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall


• Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson


• The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson


• From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty


• The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen


• Caraval by Stephanie Garber


• Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare


• Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan


• For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

Other things we mentioned:

• The Good Place (TV Show)


• Mean Girls (movie)