Daggers and Shadow Daddies

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  • Join us in our fantasy romance book club, led by a husband-and-wife duo inspired by The Fourth Wing and Iron Flame and incredibly excited for Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. These books opened the door to our love for the genre, and now we're diving into more highly recommended fantasy series. Tune in for engaging discussions, character explorations, and a "sprinkle" of romance! Book Club https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Book reading order: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Re-Read) Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (Re-Read) Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
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  • Ep 53: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 19-27 | Review & Discussion Part 2

    Ep 53: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 19-27 | Review & Discussion Part 2
    Dec 20 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 19 through 27 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 23: • Enters secret(?) Training area, "the key can be found in my dresser drawer" • Rhi bitter, sawyer lied to his parents, Ridoc scared of snakes, "I'm in love with Xaden" 🤣 • No one drank the water • Violet roasts the interrogators looks • Bring in "water", could rhi one day move the water into their stomach? • Varrish misses interrogating, brings dain. Chapter 24: • Dain's a little b**** • Gasp, Varrish is testing a theory. • Testing if xaden will show up, to understand their bond or the effect of the elixir? • Dain not as much of a little b****.... for now. • Nolon follows orders and helps-ish them escape. • Varrish and Nolon talk about Barlowe. • They escape, the boys have huge egos lol Chapter 25: • Excerpt: Zolya cliffsbane academy • They get a patch, lost cadets, asks bodhi why sgaeyl was very angry last night • Zolya defeated notice from two days ago on all of their chairs. • Markum calls it propaganda, grabs papers and changes the story from blue fire dragons to blue dragons • Barlowe Chapter 26: • Menders are not healers, follow different rules • Start class like this is normal, discuss outpost attacks, Devera implies xaden was injured. • This chapter gave me extreme anxiety the first time, tairn overpowering. Chapter 27 • Samara to basgiath is an 8hr flight. • She realizes she is controlled by tairn, Mira finds her, she finds xaden, gives her a cold shower. • Xaden jelly of Bodhi's flight jacket. 😂 • Ope, this is the shower scene • "It's no longer up to you to punish me, I'm no longer in your chain of command" • "You were worried about me?" He says it 3 times, he feels loved 🥺 • No way Mira didn't realize violet and xaden are banging
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Ep 52: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 19-27 | Review & Discussion Part 1

    Ep 52: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 19-27 | Review & Discussion Part 1
    Dec 17 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 19 through 27 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 19: • Excerpt: Dragons do not answer to the whims of men • On the flight field, no andarna. • Varrish talks of his punishment, Tairn is so badass, dragons do not answer to him, Varrish retreats tairn but still says violet answers to him, tairn attacks Solas. • "You are no rider without a dragon", demands Varrish apologizes on his knees to Violet with Solas's neck still in his mouth. • Rhiannon hurt Vi never told her about the punishment, Rhi doesn't see the point of the gauntlet, Vi thinks it's best for training for Venin but won't tell her. Rhiannon snaps 🥺 • Violets feelings are valid and to not be ready to talk about liam • Violet searched by Varrish in front of Rhi. Chapter 20: • Excerpt: after his dad died he forgot what it was like to be loved until Violet, going to do anything to get that back • Running landing, tairn is upset. • Violet's turn to visit Xaden and holding the contraband lol. • Xaden mentally asks if she wants to kiss him for show, he walks up, full make out....for show of course, didn't Xaden get a boner.... for show?, 2nd kiss, Mira got the point. • Sister time, withholding Brennan being alive, Mira doesn't trust Xaden, Vi quietly agrees. • Ward stone is the stem, wards like an umbrella, ward woven to the ground at the outposts. The alloy that extend the wards, unknown alloy material. (Fantasy metal blend and eggs) • Violet says that she thinks it's wyvern destroying poromish towns, Mira thinks she's crazy. • The outpost kills civilians. 🤨 • Violet apologizes for keeping ward research secret, xaden says it makes sense but I think xaden just said he won't keep secrets that will affect how she makes decisions and asks for the same. • Ends with them talking about her blocking him out, neither can fully do it to each other, and cuddling to sleep. "You love me, stop reminding me, maybe you're not the one who needs reminding". Chapter 21: • Excerpt: forming nevarre stripped locations of their cultures. • Devera fills in for the history class and she discusses the cultural loses. • Lost folklore, languages, books, history, travel. • Ridoc knows oral folklore violet doesn't, he jokes that's impossible. • Nevarre only gave families 1 year to move for protection and unification. • Awkward moment with Dain, dain vs vi sparring, not a sexy one • Dain doesn't acknowledge he stole her memory, tells her about his scars 😬 • Rhiannon realizes there is a hit on those who went to Athbyne for seeing something and asks what killed Deigh, no answer. • Auric tells violet he knows about venin. Chapter 22: • Violet nightmare - future?, he wants her power. • Xaden takes her to the basgiath forge, "thank you for trusting me" • First 6 carved the first ward stone, plans for finding the book. • Violet talks to Sgaeyl about Xaden backing down to Varrish. • Violet taken for interrogation with grady and varrish and xaden returns her book.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Ep 51: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 10-18 | Review & Discussion Part 2

    Ep 51: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 10-18 | Review & Discussion Part 2
    Dec 13 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 10 through 18 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 14: • Excerpt: issues between infantry and riders • Finds herself in a forest, can talk to tarin, pressure for her to get back to basgiath by tm for sgaeyl. • They realize the water blocks them. • Goal to find a location using a map. • Lots of arguing on how to proceed, given 2 different map, run into an orange dagger tail. • Violet tells baide if she kills violet, tarin will not let her live. Baide kills a runner • What other animals kill like this? A snake? Chapter 15: • They lost the challenge, still wandering, infantry better at survival • Rhiannon laid out all out, Vi won't talk about her and Andarna, xaden, war games, what Vi knows of what's out there, running, it all. Tells her to stop lying. • Tarin shares that he could hear her but not vice versa • Rhiannon points out the weird year, guarded infirmary, assassinations, elixir. Violet plays it down and that she didn't say she didn't believe her and rhi says you don't say much anyways Chapter 16: • Xaden to Vi letter: his dad wanted him to be in infantry, thought riders were pompous dicks • Vi goes to the archives and saw effie and Jesinia, reads the record of the RCS • Cadet killed for requesting an account of a border attack • jesinia didn't record any of violets requests, she's starting to question the archive legitimacy. • Jesinia wants help, violet asks for a book on how the first 6 built the wards. • In sparing class, being a rider is lifelong, infantry is shorter, was xaden's dad infantry • They think Nolan has someone they are torturing. • Violet poisoned sloane's opponent, she tells Rhiannon ish, sloane thought she won • Violet says she can have his letters if she trains, 1 letter a week, Imogen impressed. • Jesinia brought her a classified book in exchange for the fables book. • Varrish at her door, they check her bag, asshole as unusual, tarin thinks a few more weeks until andarna wakes. Chapter 17: • Dragons and humans made sacrifices for nevarre and wards. Loses of hatching grounds and humans from borders being closed. • Imogen asks about her and xaden relationship... they're becoming friends 🧡 xaden sent another letter about his childhood. • Imogen thinks Violet should forgive xaden and accept his secrets, it's normal for riders especially xaden. • Imogen lays it out harder and to be there for Rhiannon and there are bigger things to worry about. • Rhiannon letter from her family "be aware of strangers seeking shelter... your kindness could kill" • Markum took it, he reads it out loud, says it's not official and a regional thing, calls it propaganda that the regional leadership think the destruction is from dragons. • Violet runs out, releases her power, Rhi follows, Vi lies, asks Rhi to take notes for her in RCS, runs to Jesinia (not Saturday) • Tarin calls her out for losing control and being in the archives was her attempt, "good point but I would tell Tarin", "already did" lol • Returns her book, discuss consequences. Chapter 18: • The borders of nevarre determined by the limits of the wards. • Xaden showed up exhausted, she says I want you not I love you like he wants(but he has never said it to her), they talk about her books, and her ward plan. • They're fighting in their heads in front of others about her secrets, he thinks it's not the same. • More arguing as they visit Jesinia, run into Nolon, Nolon says he would never hurt her... but will let others???, he's mending a soul. • I don't think xaden can actually read her mind directly, he has asked frequently what Exactly is she thinking. • Xaden can sign, jesinia points out issues with the archives, violet has a white satchel, more fighting.
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    1 hr and 17 mins

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