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Episode 29: (Tower of Dawn) New Episode!! Join Anastasia, Jennifer and Jessica as we are rereading the Throne of Glass series. In this episode we are covering Tower of Dawn but there will be spoilers for the series as a whole. Our podcast can be found on all major podcast platforms. Here are a few links to get you started. Spotify Apple

Post by: Jessica Silver Elite (book 1) Broken Dove (book 2)  By: Dani Francis Cover: The cover is fine. It matches the first book well but it doesn’t really have anything to do with the story. The gold is kind of a tie-in.  Story: ★★★ This book picks up right after the end of the first. Wren has escaped and joined the Uprising. There are a few familiar faces but a ton of new characters. Wren…

Post by: Jessica Once Upon a Demon’s Heart By: K M Moronova Cover: I like this cover. I think it is very pretty. But I think that’s it. It’s just pretty. It doesn’t really go with the story or have anything to do with the story. But it did catch my attention and that’s what covers are supposed to do. Story: ★★★ So this story follows Alira, she is a demigod and a knight in a war against the…

Post by: Jessica The League of Dangerous Young Ladies  By: A. J Morganstine  Cover: The cover is cute. I’m not sure it’s super eyecatching but I had fun flipping back to it and finding the people and things that were mentioned in the story.  Story: ★★★ So the story is set in the Sherlock Holmes world and follows Rose Moriarty. She was recruited for a team of exceptional young ladies but their…

Episode 25: (Empire of Storms) New Episode!! Join Anastasia, Jennifer and Jessica as we are rereading the Throne of Glass series. In this episode we are covering Empire of Storms but there will be spoilers for the series as a whole. Our podcast can be found on all major podcast platforms. Here are a few links to get you started. Spotify Apple

Post by: Anastasia The Swan’s Daughter By: Roshani Chokshi Cover: The cover is nice and fits the story well. The copy I got from the library had bright, shiny pink edge that were very pretty. Story: ★★★★ The Swan’s Daughter by Roshani Chokshi is a standalone YA romantasy about a prince using a royal tournament to find true love in the hopes of avoiding the fate that the majority of his…

Post by: Anastasia Beth is Dead By: Katie Bernet Cover: I don’t think this is my favorite cover and I’m not sure if it quite fits the story, but that bright pink and dripping blood definitely makes it stand out. Story: ★★★★ Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet is a standalone YA murder mystery, modern reimagining of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Beth March is found dead and is suspected to have…

Post by: Jessica Starside By: Alex Aster Cover: The cover is nice. I am not sure it’s eye-catching. It probably blends in with all the other books with swords on the cover. But the dragon and the sprayed edges helped draw me in.  Story: ★★ So this is a quest story where every 50 years 50 people compete to go on a quest into the land of the gods and get a cup full of magic to bring back to…

Post by: Anastasia The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale By: C.M. Waggoner Cover: I like this cover. It’s cute and is part of what made me pick up the book in the first place. Story: ★★★★ The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigendale by C. M. Waggoner is a short, adult, cozy, fantasy novel that follows a cranky, old witch that finds a baby left on her doorstep. She takes him in and years later it…

Post by: Anastasia Gingerbread Bones By: Lindsay Lovise Cover: The cover fits the spooky vibes of the story well enough, but I don’t know if it really stands out much? Story: ★★★ Gingerbread Bones by Lindsay Lovise is a standalone YA horror, paranormal romance. In it we follow Georgie who is shipped off with her brother, Hamish, to the wilderness to film a reality TV survival show featuring…

Post by: Anastasia Castle in the Air House of Many Ways By: Diana Wynne Jones Cover: I think both covers fit their stories nicely, giving us a glimpse of plot, and I like that they match well with the first book. Story: ★★★★ Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways are sequels to the classic Howl’s Moving Castle. Castle in the Air follows a carpet seller named Abdullah who is sold a magic…

Post by: Anastasia Circe By: Madeline Miller Cover: The cover is simple, but nice and fits the story well. Story: ★★★★ Circe by Madeline Miller is an adult, fantasy standalone novel that set out to tell us the story of the goddess Circe from The Odyssey. In The Odyssey, we meet Circe who has been exiled to live on an island alone, and has a habit of turning men into pigs. Now I’ve read plenty…

Post by: Jessica The Faraway Inn By: Sarah Beth Durst  Cover: This book is so pretty! The cover is lovely, the cottage on the cover seems to glow. The sprayed edges are lovely. I saw this book online and in the library and just kept noticing it. So I finally decided to give it a shot.  Story: ★★ The story is about a city girl who, after getting her heartbroken, decides to spend the summer…

Episode 27: We Are Winging It (Escape Game) Link to our The Escape Game review. (spoiler free) New Episode!! Join Anastasia, Jennifer and Jessica as we talk about our current reads and events and then do a deep dive into a book we all read. In this episode we are covering The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss. Our podcast can be found on all major podcast platforms. Here are a few…

Post by: Jessica, Anastasia, Catherine The Escape Game By: Marissa Meyer .  Cover: It’s not my favorite cover, but it’s a nice and fits the story well. Now that I’ve read it, I recognize some of the different items from the escape rooms in the story and that’s a fun little detail they added. Cover: I think the cover is cute. I’m not sure it’s eye-catching but I appreciate the details that…

The Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Bookcon 2026. Okay there wasn’t any actual blood that I saw but there was plenty of pain.  Post By: Jessica Comments added by Anastasia, Catherine, Let’s start out nice. What was one thing you enjoyed about Bookcon? Anastasia: I enjoyed seeing just how much the book community has grown. It may have been crowded and difficult to get tickets, but that just shows…

Episode 26: The Blood, Sweat and Tears of BookCon 2026. New Episode!! This episode doesn’t follow our regular format and there is no deep dive book at the end. This is our BookCon recap and vent. TheBookcave girls met up in New York for BookCon 2026 and and we survived to tell the tail. Our podcast can be found on all major podcast platforms. Here are a few links to get you…