Episode Details

Mr. Vivisection is here, and it’s a whole lot! Regin the Radiant is on Torture Island, and just her luck, the guy running the whole show is a berserker reincarnate who she’s loved in five earlier lifetimes. Declan Chase is a highly controversial Kresley hero, and Dreams of a Dark Warrior is a book Sarah and Jen always skip on the reread…but this week, we’re talking about it and *gasp!* we’re kind of on #TeamDeclan by the end?! UP IS DOWN!

This episode, we’re digging into the way Kresley builds characters and lays the brickwork for the rest of the IAD series. We’re talking about torture, about childhood, about packing for the end of days, and about Lothaire’s Guide to Wooing Women. We’re joined by the wonderful Sarah Hawley, co-host of the Wicked Wallflowers podcast, and Declan-stan.

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In two weeks, strap in because Lothaire. Is. Here!!! We’re so excited we don’t know what to do with ourselves, but FYI, this is gonna be a double episode for SURE. Gird your loins. Get Lothaire at Amazon, B&N, Apple Books, Kobo, or from your local Indie.

Show Notes

• In Salman Rushdie's novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories, juggling is often used as a symbol for storytelling.
• There's not much better than a snowed-in romance. Or maybe marriage in trouble is more your speed.
• "That just happened" is a quote from a very funny scene of a movie with Alec Baldwin called State and Main.
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith and the single sexiest hate fuck ever filmed. /fans self
• The heist movie slow walk is iconic.
• Villains as heroes: hard to write, delicious to read.
• Sarah Silverman interviewed a woman who escaped from the cult of The Westboro Church.
• Revenge is a good plot.
• Talia Hibbert had to quit this one.
• The Lord of the Rings Ring is super fancy. And super creepy.
• Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame 

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