Anna and Jeffrey are back and ready to talk about anything but A Court of Thorns and Roses! Were you wondering what movie they had seen this week? Perhaps you had a hankering to hear about the Tour de France? Or hear Anna's take on Greek stereotypes? Well, you get that and so much more!

Once they get to the material, they decide to chat about chapters 36-37. It's time to see what Feyre's first trial could be... and it's basically a mix of Theseus fighting the Minotaur, Gladiator, and Dune. They discuss what Amarantha's public works projects would look like and wonder, once again, about faerie economics. Amarantha really is a jobs creator. Do we think that the Middengaard eats both meat and mud? Who knows? After defeating the monster (are monsters animals? Do they have rights?), Anna marvels at Feyre's aim in spear throwing after Feyre perfectly places a bone spear directly in front of Amarantha. Go for the kill, Feyre! Rhysand joins the show later in Feyre's cell, prompting Jeffrey to wonder at the theatrics of bands opening shows in the dark to appear on stage. Rhysand has a bargain for Feyre, and boy is she totally not in a place to deny said bargain as the wound she sustained is festering. It's a hard bargain but Feyre doesn't know if she can wait on chance... so she ends up getting a cool tattoo, shaking Rhysand's hand, and giving away a week of her life each month. Rhysand turns into Edward Scissorhands and heals Feyre. Wild stuff.

What do we think about the Night Court? Jeffrey thinks it's a goth's dream. Anna and Jeffrey wonder about Bjork and where she would live in Prythian. Is Iceland just a combination of the Night and Day Courts? Jeffrey is really into this aspect of the world. Could this just be a land of goths and goth music? Please, take him there.

Anna and Jeffrey wonder at the first person nature of the storytelling while wondering if this book is literature. Anybody here read Marcel Proust? Feyre certainly hasn't, explaining why her reveries and experiences seem a bit slow and boring comparatively. Why is she such a dummy about Tamlin? She should be chilling with her family and not obsessing over this faerie lord. Jeffrey wonders whether she just can't go back to a normie life after experiencing magic. Anna thinks it's because nobody will be able to relate to her anymore... she's been forever changed from this experience.

Have we also been forever changed?

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