96. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
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05/14/24 • 37 min
Show announcement: several months ago we decided that it’s time for The Library Coven to come to an end, so this will be our final season. Over the past nearly 6 years we’ve loved making the show and forging connections with folks we never would have met otherwise. But it’s time for our HEAs*. Whether you’re a new listener or someone who’s been with us since early days, thank you for giving us your attention <3 Links for ways to keep in touch included below
*happily-ever-afters
Onto the penultimate episode!
We were both captivated by the debut horror novel I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea. Laure has been working incredibly hard at the Ballet Academy of Paris, putting her body on the line in the process in a world filled with seemingly innocent white girls in pink tutus. But the world of ballet is cutthroat, and there’s no space for a Black ballerina. When Laure makes an otherworldly pact, she’s able to make people do her bidding. But when others who’ve also sold pieces of themselves start dying, Laure is sure she’s next – trying to keep up with her ballet while figuring out who’s hunting them down. Chaos ensues as white privilege and racism strike yet again.
- Recommend if you like...
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
- Get Out
- Black Swan
- Tiny Pretty Things by Dhonielle Clayton or the tv show adaptation
- Blacks in Ballet on instagram
how to find us slash keep in touch after the show ends:
- Jessie shares baking adventures at jessie.mae.bakes (on instagram and TikTok) and knitting escapades at jessie.mae.knits on instagram.
- kelly is less online but can still be found making queer community radio with the OutSources Collective on KNGU (kgnu.org/outsources) or at kellyjdrumright.com.
As always, we’d love to be in discussion with you, magical people. Reach out to us on Instagram (@thelibrarycoven) or via email ([email protected]).
Access complete show notes on our website, thelibrarycoven.com.
We really appreciate ratings and reviews on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or any other platforms. Help us share the magic by spreading the word about the podcast!
You can support our labor by leaving us a one-time tip on Ko-fi or purchasing books from our Bookshop! Better yet, become a monthly patron via Patreon and you can unlock a bunch of exclusive perks like access to our community of reader-listeners on Discord.
Our cover art is by the talented artist nimsby. The podcast theme song is “Unermerry Academy of Magics” by Augustin C from the album “Fantasy Music”, which you can download on FreeMusicArchive.com.
We support #LandBack. The Library Coven is recorded and produced on stolen indigenous land: Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Ute (kelly) and Chickasha, Kaskaskia, Kickapoo, Mascoutin, Miami, Mesquaki, Odawa, Ojibwe, Peankashaw, Peoria, Potawatomi, Sauk, and Wea (Jessie)
Show announcement: several months ago we decided that it’s time for The Library Coven to come to an end, so this will be our final season. Over the past nearly 6 years we’ve loved making the show and forging connections with folks we never would have met otherwise. But it’s time for our HEAs*. Whether you’re a new listener or someone who’s been with us since early days, thank you for giving us your attention <3 Links for ways to keep in touch included below
*happily-ever-afters
Onto the penultimate episode!
We were both captivated by the debut horror novel I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea. Laure has been working incredibly hard at the Ballet Academy of Paris, putting her body on the line in the process in a world filled with seemingly innocent white girls in pink tutus. But the world of ballet is cutthroat, and there’s no space for a Black ballerina. When Laure makes an otherworldly pact, she’s able to make people do her bidding. But when others who’ve also sold pieces of themselves start dying, Laure is sure she’s next – trying to keep up with her ballet while figuring out who’s hunting them down. Chaos ensues as white privilege and racism strike yet again.
- Recommend if you like...
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
- Get Out
- Black Swan
- Tiny Pretty Things by Dhonielle Clayton or the tv show adaptation
- Blacks in Ballet on instagram
how to find us slash keep in touch after the show ends:
- Jessie shares baking adventures at jessie.mae.bakes (on instagram and TikTok) and knitting escapades at jessie.mae.knits on instagram.
- kelly is less online but can still be found making queer community radio with the OutSources Collective on KNGU (kgnu.org/outsources) or at kellyjdrumright.com.
As always, we’d love to be in discussion with you, magical people. Reach out to us on Instagram (@thelibrarycoven) or via email ([email protected]).
Access complete show notes on our website, thelibrarycoven.com.
We really appreciate ratings and reviews on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or any other platforms. Help us share the magic by spreading the word about the podcast!
You can support our labor by leaving us a one-time tip on Ko-fi or purchasing books from our Bookshop! Better yet, become a monthly patron via Patreon and you can unlock a bunch of exclusive perks like access to our community of reader-listeners on Discord.
Our cover art is by the talented artist nimsby. The podcast theme song is “Unermerry Academy of Magics” by Augustin C from the album “Fantasy Music”, which you can download on FreeMusicArchive.com.
We support #LandBack. The Library Coven is recorded and produced on stolen indigenous land: Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Ute (kelly) and Chickasha, Kaskaskia, Kickapoo, Mascoutin, Miami, Mesquaki, Odawa, Ojibwe, Peankashaw, Peoria, Potawatomi, Sauk, and Wea (Jessie)
Previous Episode
95. House of Marionne by J. Elle
Today we’re talking about House of Marionne by J. Elle, which introduces us to 17-year-old Quell who has lived an itinerant life with her mother for *reasons* (namely, the forbidden power Quell wields), but is then forced to go directly into the belly of the beast...the magic boarding school at a lavish estate near New Orleans. Will Quell be able to fit into the debutante society and hide her secret from the hot mentor slash assassin Jordan and domineering Grandma slash Headmistress?! Y’all can probably surmise the answer is yes...until it’s no. Chaos ensues!
- Recommend if you like...
- Magical boarding school stories (e.g., the series that shall not be named, The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton – middle grade example)
- The Belles series by Dhonielle Clayton
- (from J) “I saw someone say this book was Mortal Instruments meets the Grishaverse and I would add Folk of Aire, Gossip Girl, and The Originals to that, and I think that’s a pretty apt description.”
As always, we’d love to be in discussion with you, magical people. Reach out to us on Instagram (@thelibrarycoven) or via email ([email protected]).
Access complete show notes on our website, thelibrarycoven.com.
We really appreciate ratings and reviews on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or any other platforms. Help us share the magic by spreading the word about the podcast!
You can support our labor by leaving us a one-time tip on Ko-fi or purchasing books from our Bookshop! Better yet, become a monthly patron via Patreon and you can unlock a bunch of exclusive perks like access to our community of reader-listeners on Discord.
Our cover art is by the talented artist nimsby. The podcast theme song is “Unermerry Academy of Magics” by Augustin C from the album “Fantasy Music”, which you can download on FreeMusicArchive.com.
We support #LandBack. The Library Coven is recorded and produced on stolen indigenous land: Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Ute (kelly) and Chickasha, Kaskaskia, Kickapoo, Mascoutin, Miami, Mesquaki, Odawa, Ojibwe, Peankashaw, Peoria, Potawatomi, Sauk, and Wea (Jessie)
Next Episode
97. A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
It’s our final episode (!), and we’re discussing A Tempest of Tea, the much anticipated new novel by Hafsah Faizal. We meet Arthie Casimir and her crew who run a tea-house-turned-blood-house called Spindrift in the city of White Roaring. When Spindrift is threatened, Arthie is forced to make alliances and pull off a dangerous heist. There are vampires, colonial shenanigans, forgeries, and intrigue galore. The book ends on a serious cliffhanger, and we don’t know when to expect the next installment.
Links for ways to keep in touch included below
- Recommend if you like...
- Hafsah’s other duology The Sands of Arawiya (We Hunt the Flame episode 32 and We Free the Stars episode 54)
- Sabaa Tahir if you like books that deal with colonialism set in a magical world (An Ember in the Ashes episode 4; A Torch Against the Night episode 7; A Reaper at the Gates episode 10; and A Sky Beyond the Storm episode 50)
- Definitely Peaky Blinders which was how Hafsah marketed this book – as Peaky Blinders with vampires, although this book is way less violent!
- Six of Crows (episode 22) and Crooked Kingdom (episode 29) by Leigh Bardugo since Arthie and Kaz have similar vibes.
how to find us slash keep in touch after the show ends:
- Jessie shares baking adventures at jessie.mae.bakes (on instagram and TikTok) and knitting escapades at jessie.mae.knits on instagram.
- kelly is less online but can still be found making queer community radio with the OutSources Collective on KNGU (kgnu.org/category/outsources) or at kellyjdrumright.com.
As always, we’d love to be in discussion with you, magical people. Reach out to us on Instagram (@thelibrarycoven) or via email ([email protected]).
Access complete show notes on our website, thelibrarycoven.com.
We really appreciate ratings and reviews on iTunes, Spotify, or any other platforms. Help us share the magic by spreading the word about the podcast!
Our cover art is by the talented artist nimsby. The podcast theme song is “Unermerry Academy of Magics” by Augustin C from the album “Fantasy Music”, which you can download on FreeMusicArchive.com.
We support #LandBack. The Library Coven is recorded and produced on stolen indigenous land: Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Ute (kelly) and Chickasha, Kaskaskia, Kickapoo, Mascoutin, Miami, Mesquaki, Odawa, Ojibwe, Peankashaw, Peoria, Potawatomi, Sauk, and Wea (Jessie)
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