Sam and Dan discuss the prologue to chapter 12 of Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent and the Wings of Night.

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We've got a brand new book to deep-dive into. It's supposed to be one of the hottest books of the year, featuring sexy vampires and a Hunger Games-style life-or-death contest.

We discuss our first impressions of the world and how it compares to other famous vampire stories we know and love, the main characters and, as usual, make our predictions about where this bloody story is heading.

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

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Having finished the book, we give our honest (sometimes too honest!) opinions on the climax of the story. We review the plot, the characters, the relationships and answer our regular end of book questions: would you like to live in this world, and would you recommend this book?

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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.

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

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.

SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers of the first 17 chapters of this book. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.

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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