
Ep2 : The Rise of Issa Igwe : CH 1-10
10/22/24 • 44 min
This week’s book: The Rise of Issa Igwe by Shanna Miles
This week's hosts: Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Magdalyn Ann.
Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.
Visit LNK.BIO/BookedAllNight to follow us everywhere, join our new Discord server, and visit our site for great book recs and reviews. Delightfully creepy. Ghostly good fun. A school for magic like no other.
Despite a lifetime of breaking the rules, twelve-year-old Issa Igwe never expected to land in witch prison. At least that’s what she calls The Siren School outside of its hallowed halls. It’s actually the country’s most prestigious boarding school for magically gifted girls, and Issa’s parents insist that she attend . . . even though the school’s creepy history is the stuff of legend.
When a devastating loss overturns Issa’s world, Issa decides to break one of her new school’s biggest rules of all: she’s going to use bitter magic to turn back time. To succeed, she must snatch sleep-inducing feathers from the backs of magical creatures, sneak out while avoiding the Night Children—whoever they are—and even raise the dead. Her nighttime explorations bring the school’s darkest secrets to light, and reveal a new power within Issa herself. It turns out that a rule-breaker might be just what The Siren School needs to undo an ancient evil . . .
This spooky and delightfully magical middle grade companion novel to The Fall of the House of Tatterly introduces an indomitable heroine and an unforgettable school of magic based in hoodoo and Gullah Geechee culture.
This week’s book: The Rise of Issa Igwe by Shanna Miles
This week's hosts: Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Magdalyn Ann.
Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.
Visit LNK.BIO/BookedAllNight to follow us everywhere, join our new Discord server, and visit our site for great book recs and reviews. Delightfully creepy. Ghostly good fun. A school for magic like no other.
Despite a lifetime of breaking the rules, twelve-year-old Issa Igwe never expected to land in witch prison. At least that’s what she calls The Siren School outside of its hallowed halls. It’s actually the country’s most prestigious boarding school for magically gifted girls, and Issa’s parents insist that she attend . . . even though the school’s creepy history is the stuff of legend.
When a devastating loss overturns Issa’s world, Issa decides to break one of her new school’s biggest rules of all: she’s going to use bitter magic to turn back time. To succeed, she must snatch sleep-inducing feathers from the backs of magical creatures, sneak out while avoiding the Night Children—whoever they are—and even raise the dead. Her nighttime explorations bring the school’s darkest secrets to light, and reveal a new power within Issa herself. It turns out that a rule-breaker might be just what The Siren School needs to undo an ancient evil . . .
This spooky and delightfully magical middle grade companion novel to The Fall of the House of Tatterly introduces an indomitable heroine and an unforgettable school of magic based in hoodoo and Gullah Geechee culture.
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Ep1 : The Fall of the House of Tatterly : Full Book Discussion
This week’s book: The Fall of the House of Tatterly by Shanna Miles
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Twelve-year-old Theo Tatterly’s ability to see ghosts is a useful skill in a house full of dead relatives, but it makes him a loner at school and everywhere else, where ghosts eternally pester him for help. For Theo, life is easier on the periphery. When his first failed exorcism portends an end to the Tatterly line, Theo must bring together his entire family—living and dead—to save the home they’ve lived in for generations . . . and maybe the world.
Author Shanna Miles’s story of magical modern-day Charleston crackles with unforgettable characters and pays homage to the city’s rich culture, folklore, and history.
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This week's hosts: Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Magdalyn Ann.
Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.
Visit LNK.BIO/BookedAllNight to follow us everywhere, join our new Discord server, and visit our site for great book recs and reviews.
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Ep3 : The Rise of Issa Igwe: CH 11-20
This week’s book: The Rise of Issa Igwe by Shanna Miles
This week's hosts: Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Magdalyn Ann.
Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.
Visit LNK.BIO/BookedAllNight to follow us everywhere, join our new Discord server, and visit our site for great book recs and reviews.
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