Calling Cards

...and so are we! Lydia and Taylor return from an extended hiatus to discuss the upcoming Bridgerton season 2.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYNCws-a6CQ
Netflix video we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdIeuLTXKJ4
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Lydia and Tay jump into gender roles and the logic of dominance among changelings with our discussion of Nalini Singh’s Branded by Fire. Mercy worries she’ll never find a mate as a dominant female and Riley thinks he wants a submissive wolf mate, but don’t worry, we relate this all back to real life (it's actually... super relatable).

We’re taking a short break, listeners! We’ll be back with our next episode, Blaze of Memory, on Feb. 1. EDIT (2/16/22): We'll be back by the end of Feb!

In this episode, we also revisit Tally and Clay to discuss a really insightful article sent to us by listener Mystery. We highly recommend the article, “In Defense of ‘Unlikable’ Heroines,” by Aarya Marsden on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books (**SPOILERS for Kiss of Snow, Tangle of Need, and Shards of Hope**): https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2019/04/in-defense-of-unlikable-heroines-a-case-study-of-three-heroines-from-nalini-singhs-psy-changeling-series/

Reading Recs:

• Mercy shifters
  • Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (urban fantasy)
• Co-workers/opposites attract
  • Shadowdance (Darkest London #4) by Kristen Callihan (historical paranormal romance)
  • Partners in Persuasion by Nalini Singh (you can also find this novella in the collection Wild Embrace)
  • All the Feels by Olivia Dade (contemporary romance)

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Book 6 of the Psy-Changeling series starts with a bang, and Lydia is HERE FOR IT! Tay and Lydia recap Branded by Fire and add to our series playlist.

We’re back again in 2 weeks with our deep-dive discussion of this book!

Psy-Changeling Playlist:

Tay:

• Boss Bitch, Doja Cat
• It’s Raining Men, The Weather Girls
• Shut Up, Kiss Me, Angel Olson
• Wildest Dreams, Taylor Swift
• What I Like About You, The Romantics

Lydia:

• Dive, Ed Sheeran
• King of Anything, Sara Bareilles
• Mr. Know It All, Kelly Clarkson
• Sweet Creature, Harry Styles
• Jealous, Nick Jonas
• I want you to want me, Cheap Trick

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/psy-changeling/pl.u-r2yBAexTPRd661

What’re we reading?

Tay: Wolfsong by TJ Klune, & rereading Patricia Briggs’s “Alpha and Omega” series

Lydia: Single All the Way on Netflix and All the Feels by Olivia Dade

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Lydia and Tay dive into themes of Hostage to Pleasure, book 5 of Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. Is Dorian a Mary Sue, and do we care? We get into a somewhat heavy discussion around women’s bodily autonomy, because sci fi is RELEVANT.

Next episode: Branded by Fire

Reading Recs:

• Enemies to lovers
  • Peter Darling, Austin Chant, (queer romantic fantasy)
  • Magpie Lord trilogy, KJ Charles (queer historical paranormal)
  • Folk of the Air trilogy, Holly Black, (YA Fantasy, romance comes later in the trilogy)
  • The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, NK Jemison, (dark romance-y fantasy)
• Sisters
  • The Consortium trilogy, Jessie Mihalik (slow burn, romance-heavy sci fi)

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WE’RE BACK! Hello! This episode is about the wedding that wasn’t, and Lydia and Tay are annoyed. We recap & discuss Bridgerton s2, e6, "The Choice."
Lydia’s recs:
Watching: How to Build a Sex Room, House of the Dragon, and Rings of Power
Reading: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, a local MN author, Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood, sequel to The Love Hypothesis
Tay’s recs: Ali Hazelwood’s Love on the Brain, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, Jeannie Lin’s Pingkang-li series (murder and forbidden love in the Tang Dynasty),
[Also mentioned: Ordinary Grace by WKK, The Night Watchman by LE, The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. PLUS Desi Geek Girls ep 70]
We’ll put out the next episode as soon as we are able- thank you so much for listening!

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