Holly (still) Hates ACOTAR: Part Two

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11/07/22 • 32 min

This week we’re finishing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas ... although Harley is starting to wonder if Holly actually read A Court of Mist and Fury & A Court of Wings and Ruin.

We’re talking about what we want to happen next, the mechanics of mating bonds, and what constitutes a soup.

We also talk about our first-ever Patreon episode. When you’re done listening you can sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/bimbomedia

For full show transcripts and more information go to https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-004

To follow Bimbo Book club on your favourite social media platform click here: https://bio.link/bimbo

This week we’re finishing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas ... although Harley is starting to wonder if Holly actually read A Court of Mist and Fury & A Court of Wings and Ruin.

We’re talking about what we want to happen next, the mechanics of mating bonds, and what constitutes a soup.

We also talk about our first-ever Patreon episode. When you’re done listening you can sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/bimbomedia

For full show transcripts and more information go to https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-004

To follow Bimbo Book club on your favourite social media platform click here: https://bio.link/bimbo

Previous Episode

Holly Hates ACOTAR: Part One

This week we’re reading not one but three books - A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury & A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas.

A fairy-tale retelling turned faerie smut that Harley can get behind and Holly is not impressed by.

We talk how to do a sex scene well, the trouble with interesting worlds but less engaging main characters and how movie training montages just don’t translate to fiction.

Trigger warnings ahead we also talk about trauma and the ways we think Sarah J Mass did this well ... but could have done better.

For full show transcripts and more information go to https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-003

To follow Bimbo Book club on your favourite social media platform click here: https://bio.link/bimbo

Next Episode

House of Hunger

This week we’re reading House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson.

We’re talking gothic plot pacing, getting demoted to the dungeon and the blood countess herself.

Harley argues that a rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but a villain by any other name might be harder to spot from a mile away.

Holly takes issue with a handful of sex scenes and an unhealthy obsession with the mistress of the manor getting this book a ‘sapphic novel’ description.

We’re also talking how not nailing everything doesn’t always make us enjoy a book less and can maybe even double as a teaching tool for the future authors among us.

For full show transcripts and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-005

To follow Bimbo Book club on your favourite social media platform click here: https://bio.link/bimbo

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