Spoil Me! Dandelion Dynasty
by UNspoiled! Network
Join Natasha as she is commissioned to read the entire Dandelion Dynasty series by superfan Kyle! This series is packed with action, heartbreak, tragedy, beauty, love, and incredible world-building, and it's a wild ride. So come along!
Episodes
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Speaking Bones FINALE
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I can't believe that it's the end of the series, and I also can't believe that Ken Liu managed to tie off such a sweeping, massive story off in a satisfying way. I'm really delighted with the ending, and I'm so glad that I got to...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 55 & 56
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I can't believe we're almost at the end of this series. It has gone on for SUCH a long time that it feels like one of the OG commissions for Spoil Me! at this point. And I'm really curious how this is going to wrap, because the sheer…
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 53 & 54
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which Zomi and Fara have a conversation about Phyro and whether he would have bene a good Emperor, and I'm surprised to hear how little faith they both seemed to have in him despite all his growth. I am...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 50-52
Thank you very much Kyle for commissioning this episode! These are the chapters where Jia seems to finally be bringing her huge, long-played game to a close and is bringing everything to its conclusion. I will be honest, I wasn't really convinced she was going to be able to pull this off because…
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 47-49
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones where Noda Mi finally gets got, and it's the ingenuity of Timu who winds up taking him down even after death. Meanwhile, Lady Soto writes a whole treatise on the sins of Jia and distributes them to as many...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 44-46
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These are the chapters in which it seems like we saw Phyro fail but NOT die. I really didn't know what to think at the time, but evidently no body has been found and Jia is refusing to say that he was involved at all! What the heck is...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 42 & 43
Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I am losing my mind over how well Phyro has anticipated the way that everyone was going to react to his attack, and how he's managed to find a way around all of their precautions. Despite all that, I have a hard time imagining the...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 40 & 41
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, I'm getting my hopes up that Phyro is not actually attacking Pan the way that everyone is expecting, but I'm not sure whether I'm just seeing what I want to see. Also there's a whole thing with Thera getting reunited...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 36-39
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which it looks like Phyro maybe is going to war against Jia??? I'm not sure what to think is happening here, but that certainly seems to be the case. Meanwhile, we get to see the havoc that Jia's engineered...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 34 & 35
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! This is the section where we learn what Kinri's new name is now that he's become a member of Rufizo Mender's monastery devoted to repairing and renewing instead of war and destruction. Brother Thasé-teki is getting involved in the daily...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 30 & 31
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters deal a lot in the concepts of pacifism and the sanctity of human life and prevention of suffering, but there's a lot of conflicting feeling in them which I will say I think is appropriate. These are not easy topics to discuss and...
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Speaking Bones, Chapter 29
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I'm so mad that Tovo is still alive. I was really hoping that there would turn out to be catastrophic damage from the battle that caught up with him despite him surviving the explosion of the coffins, but NO. He's still here and he's...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 27 & 28
Thanks so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! The best way for me to summarize these chapters is to say, "Oh, Jia. What the fuck are you doing." I'm really tired of this bitch acting like a martyr when there are plenty of other options on how to handle things and she's just got no faith…
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 25 & 26
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning these episodes! In these chapters, we're still in the midst of a battle and we're seeing even more of the technological advancements Dara (namely Ruthi) has come up with, which include what amounts to a light-seeking missle. This is a wild ride. Thanks so much...
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Speaking Bones, Chapter 24
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! So we've got another installment of the battle between Goztan Ryoto's forces Phyro's forces, and we get to see how these ornithopters work. Turns out that Rati is a genius and the whole setup has many varied outcomes that are all pretty effective....
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 22 & 23
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! We're in the midst of the battle and getting to see the way that technology has advanced for the sake of winning this battle, and yet it will probably go on to affect everyone in a much more everyday way because Rati has discovered how to automate...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 20 & 21
Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In this pair of chapters, we meet a new character named Zen-Kara from Tan Adu and who experiences a lot of bigotry and microagressions when she moves to Dara and tries to pursue an education. We ALSO get the start of the battle against the...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 18 & 19
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we get to see how Phyro's planning for going to war has grown more subtle and more about what's right and wrong rather than mere rage. He has gotten the Blossom Gang to brainstorm and perform a sort of guerilla information...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 16 & 17
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters go from some incredibly high highs, to some incredibly low lows. We have the successful resolution of the slave rebellion, both rescuing (some but not all) of the Dara and Agon, while also destroying the city-ships the Lyucu would...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 13-15
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these, we get a very satisfying takedown of a certain Pekyu who I thought was going to be a more ongoing threat. I absolutely cannot wait until we get to see what happens after the explosion because shit's going to be in absolute shambles....
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 11 & 12
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are pretty rough. There are some victories happening, but mostly there's a series of devastating losses. We've got Takval in a coma, we've got Cutanrovo absolutely transcendant with victory, we've got more descriptions of horrific...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 7-10
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we get the betrayal of Thera and Takval, followed by their clever escape and flight to the north, where they team up with the Ice People and begin a revolution. Meanwhile, Tanto is out here looking at the remains of legends, and...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 5 & 6
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters see Tanto embarking on a massive quest for a mythical weapon that I can't believe possibly exists, and coming close to dying several times in the process. Then we're with Thera, who discovers some wild stuff about the sounds...
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Speaking Bones, Chapters 1-4
Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I'm really excited to be getting into this book, especially since we get some hopefulness with Thera coming out of her catatonic state and finding out that her children are alive and that Toof and Radia aren't the traitors they seemed to…
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 46 & 47
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I can't believe this book is already over, but I hope that I managed to do it some kind of justice. I like where things are going with the Blossom Gang, but I'm a little worried about Savo/Kinri now that he's out there in the world by himself.…
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 43-45
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters we get a kind of baffling third challenge in the Restaurant Wars, and a real Moment between Kinri and Dandelion. Meanwhile, Mota is up to something with his plan to infiltrate Last Bite, but I can't figure out what that...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapter 42
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! This is yet another installment in the Restaurant Wars, which don't get me wrong I *am* enjoying but I'm also a little puzzled? This gonna be the whole rest of the book? Apparently not everyone loved it, and while I can definitely understand why I...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 40 & 41
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters we get to see how Jia is taking some of the information being sent her way about the pirate problem going on around Unredeemed Dara. But mostly what we get is more of the competition between the Splendid Urn and the Treasure…
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 38 & 39
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters concern the complete desolation wreaked by Cutanrovo and her so-called "Purification Packs", and then the restaurant war still going on between The Splendid Urn and The Treasure Chest. Cutanrovo has seemingly backed Tanvanaki into a...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 36 & 37
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are each very delightful in their own ways. First, we get to find out that Volyu is not getting the rewards for his betrayal that he was expecting, and is in fact being sent back to his people in such a way that he may…
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 34 & 35
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I'm so glad that I got a little respite from all the horrific atrocities that have been happening to just chill with the food workers and theatre kids. They're a delightful crew, and I'm looking forward to them managing to at least thwart and...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 30-33
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are pretty rough. And though things are tinged with some hopefulness here and there, I swear to god I am going to need solid unmitigated win for human decency soon or I am going to LOSE it. We've got Timu being forced to burn...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 28 & 29
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, there's far more devastation within Thera's community than I wax expecting. In fact, saying "within the community" is suggesting there's still a community at all after what happens, and that's barely true. Meanwhile we get a...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 25-27
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we've got Thera once again doing the thing where she assumes that Dara's way of doing everything is superior to the Agon way, and gets schooled completely by an elder as a voice painting is made for the first time. Meanwhile…
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 23-24
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode? I put a question mark there because I'm very much not thankful to Kyle for putting me through this. I'm not, Kyle. You're mean. These are some rough chapters, y'all. Like. Ugh.
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Veiled Throne, Chapters 20-22
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in where Thera tries to pull back on her authority in their little camp and let the Agon people take the reigns a little more. Her uncle-in-law comes to them with a suggestion that I'm highly suspicious of. But by far…
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 18 & 19
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These are some fascinating chapters, and also a little saddening for me personally. Because of my personal dislike for Jia, I assumed that her assurances that Phyro isn't ready for the throne were just a ploy for her to retain power. But...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 15-17
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! So we're doing the thing where we jump ahead a few years and we get to see the ways in which cultures clash against one another, and the variety of ways in which value systems that don't match can lead to deep misunderstandings and feelings of...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 12-14
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, a misunderstanding almost results in Thera marrying the head of the clan she's trying to ally with, which would have led to the exile of the man she actually has grown to really care about (and whose child she's...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 10 & 11
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! We're still out here on the open sea, and we're getting to see the fallout of the attempt by the Dara soldier to sink the Lyucan ship. Takval winds up actually befriending (this may be too strong a word but I'm going to go with it)a…
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 8 & 9
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones where the Dara crews assemble an awesome shadow play to distract the Lyucu warriors while they break through the Lyucu ship's hull and attack from within. I'm blown away by the absolute nerve it takes to pull something...
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The Veiled Throne, Chapters 5-7
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In this section, we get some more time with Goztan as she explains who she is and gets some unexpected backup from Oga about her identity. Things turn a weird corner and it seems like she's about to rape him? Also, we get to see Thera again! She's...
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The Veiled Throne- Chapters 1-4
Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I'm finally starting the third book in the Dandelion Dynasty series, and it becomes very clear that I'm going to need to refresh my memory by revisiting the previous book so that I don't get too lost! We jump back in time and meet a new...
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The Wall Of Storms- Chapters 61 & 62
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this entire series! I can't believe this is it. The last available book in the series until sometime next year has been completed, and I'm sitting here absolutely dying to know what Thera is going to get up to, and dying to know how Phyro does at...
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The Wall Of Storms- Chapters 59 & 60
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I can't believe there's only one more episode of this book and then it's over and nothing more until next year! AGH These chapters are absolutely action-packed and so intensely interesting to read. I love how much time this author…
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The Wall Of Storms- Chapters 57 & 58
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In this one, we say goodbye to a legend.
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The Wall Of Storms- Chapters 55 & 56
Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! So these are some really tough chapters. Well, the first of the two isn't so much, because it's full of good news and some really cool science, including the beginnings of the control of electricity. Which is rad and amazing to read…
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The Wall Of Storms- Chapters 53&54
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! This was a really fascinating set of chapters, because we're getting to see the ways in which war influences the economy and research, which is something I'm so used to associating with WWII that I don't think about it as being a major...
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The Wall Of Storms- Chapters 51 & 52
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! So now we're starting to get somewhere. I have been waiting with breath that is bated for Gin to get on the same damn page with everyone else in terms of fighting back and saving Dara, and it looks like we might have finally gotten…
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The Wall Of Storms- Chapters 49 & 50
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! So these chapters give a whole new perspective to the invasion of the Lyucu people into Dara, and I have to admit that I'm not ENTIRELY on the side of Dara. Not that a whole nation is responsible for the actions of a handful, but like...these…
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Join Natasha as she is commissioned to read the entire Dandelion Dynasty series by superfan Kyle! This series is packed with action, heartbreak, tragedy, beauty, love, and incredible world-building, and it's a wild ride. So come along!
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