The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

07/18/24 • 46 min

Join the crew of the Marawati!
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty is the first in a magic filled swash buckingling trilogy. Enter a world of pirates, magic, demons, and a badass protagonist coming out of retirement.
Jen and Ellie review the world building, plot, language and characters (spoilers and all!) before diving into the challenges in the book. Yo ho ho and a boat load of magic. 🏴‍☠️
Let's see if we survive this!

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Jen and Ellie review the world building, plot, language and characters (spoilers and all!) before facing off against the greatest challenges in the book. For a first episode this will really be a trial by fire🔥
Let's see if we survive this!

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Jen and Ellie review the plot, characters and how the world and story expands before battling against the challenges in the book. Dragons and Griffins and Wyverns, oh my!
Let's see if we survive this!

If We Survive This - The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Transcript

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Ellie: [00:00:00] Hi and welcome to If We Survive This, a podcast where we read fantasy books and discuss how likely we've been to survive the challenges in them. A quick warning that this podcast is filled with spoilers for all aspects of the book.
Jen: I'm Jen, the slightly more bookish side of the podcast, though I do have some fitness credentials.
Ellie: And
I'm Ellie,
I could survive in the wild for weeks as long as I have a good audio