Sam and Dan discuss chapters 15 - 28 of Elizabeth Lim's Six Crimson Cranes.

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Now that we're over half-way through the book, we discuss how much better we've got to now Shiori. We assess the suspicious actions of the highly unlikeable Zirina. There's a murder mystery afoot, and Shiori or her blossoming romantic interest, Takkan, could be the next target. And, as usual, we lay out our theories for where this fairy tale fantasy story is heading.

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Sam and Dan discuss chapters 1 - 14 of Elizabeth Lim's Six Crimson Cranes.

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We travel to the Far East, in the fictional land of Kiata, where the story of Six Crimson Cranes is based. We discuss what we've learned about the magic system, we get to know our main protagonist, Shiori, and her nemesis,and step-mother, Raikama, and as usual, we throw our theories, predictions, and best guesses at where this story is heading.

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Sam and Dan discuss chapters 53 - the end of Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn't Burn: the first instalment of The Library Trilogy.

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We give our assessments of the climax and where this first instalment left our our two time-travelling love-birds. We grade our previous attempts at predictions, and we explore some of the questions left to be answered in the next instalment of this trilogy. As you might imagine, we can't help but make some predictions and guesses at where this story is heading. Finally, we decide whether this is a world we would like to live in ourselves, and draw conclusions on whether we would recommend this book to others, before we reveal what our next read on the Escapists Anonymous podcast will be.

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Sam and Dan discuss chapters 35 - 52 of Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn't Burn: the first instalment of The Library Trilogy.

SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers of the three-quarters of this book. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.

We get stuck straight into the major plot twist that we've just had revealed to us. We try to unravel the mysteries of Master Yute and Head Librarian Yamaha. We explore the rather sinister mentions of Jaspeth throughout the book so far. And, as we approach the climax, we theorise about what the final chapters have in store for Livira, Evar and the great library.

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Sam and Dan discuss chapters 18 - 35 of Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn't Burn: the first instalment of The Library Trilogy.

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Now that our main characters have met, we discuss what we've learned and what their futures (or pasts... depending on where you're starting from) might hold. We try to figure out the motivations of some of our supporting characters, including Master Yute and his cryptic instructions to Livira. Maland, despite his complete absence from the story, presents a lot of mystery for us to theorise about. And, as usual, we throw around loads of theories about where this story is heading.

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Sam and Dan discuss chapters 1 - 17 of Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn't Burn: the first instalment of The Library Trilogy.

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We dive straight into the big questions around how our two main protagonists, Livira and Evar might be connected to each other. We discuss whether this is in fact a sci-fi or a fantasy novel (or a little bit of both perhaps?). We get to know Livira and Evar, and we delve into Mark Lawrence's world of dust, libraries and eccentric characters, before sharing some theories on where this story is heading.

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Sam and Dan discuss chapters 29 - the end of Hannah Whitten's The Foxglove King: the first instalment of The Nightshade Crown trilogy.

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Now that we've finished the novel, we discuss what we thought was great, the character development of Lore, Gabe and Bastian throughout, the world building of the citadel, the church and the catacombs, some theories for where this trilogy is heading, and some critiques of the plot.

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Sam and Dan discuss chapters 14 - 28 of Hannah Whitten's The Foxglove King: the first instalment of The Nightshade Crown trilogy.

SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers for the first 28 chapters of the book. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.

Now that the story is in full swing we delve into the developing relationship between Lore and Gabe, the conspiracies of church and crown that they are trying to unpick, and the mysterious magic that Bastian is beginning to display. As usual, we also throw our own theories around about where this book is heading.

Discussion time stamps:

00:43 - Welcome and recap of the story so far
03:55 - Tension with Gabe
10:45 - The notes conspiracy
12:53 - Who is the voice in Lore's head?
15:35 - Unravelling the mysteries of Mortem
20:51 - Reformation vibes
23:47 - Bastian's powers
27:54 - The villages
30:36 - Our theories and predictions
36:26 - Final questions
38:34 - Next episode we will be covering... - Wrapping up

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