The Down-Lore

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE!A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series.Today, we'll be discussing (at length... just like the books themselves) everything we've gotten from the Roots of Chaos series, by Samantha Shannon, so far. SPOILER ALERT!! If you haven't read Priory of the Orange Tree and/or Day of Fallen Night, we highly recommend reading them and then coming back to us when you're done :)Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!!

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE!A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series.In today’s episode, we are going to talk ALL TIME FAVES!!! If you haven’t read these, your TBR is about to grow, I fear.Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!!

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE!A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series.In today’s episode, we are going to get into the TEA about our recent booktok reads that FLOPPED. We’re talking flopiana grande. We are going to dissect what we read, why, and what went wrong. SPOILER ALERT! We’ll be talking in great detail about WHEN THE MOON HATCHED by Sarah Parker and DIVINE RIVALS/RUTHLESS VOWS by Rebecca Ross.Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!!

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE!A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series.Today's episode will take us back to where it all started... what we read in our ~youth~ that got us to be the meganerds we are today.No major spoilers to note.Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!!

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE!A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series.Today's episode covers the first book in the Dune series by Frank Herbert, the Sci-Fi Bible, the Genesis of modern science fiction.MAJOR SPOILER ALERT, but it's from 1965, so if you haven't read it yet... where have you been. Get to it, watch Timmy and Zendaya on the big screen, and then get back to us.Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!!

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE!A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series.Today's episode covers current events in the book world — Natalie finishing Throne of Glass & her thoughts, SJM’s new ACOTAR installment, and newly announced book 3 in the Empyrean series, Onyx Storm!!MAJOR SPOILER ALERT — We will be spoiling ALLLL the things from Sarah J. Maas AND the Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarrow… so if you haven't read ACOTAR/TOG/CC or Fourth Wing/Iron Flame and you plan to, get to it and then come back to us when you're ready :)Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!!Like, Subscribe, and Follow us on all our Socials:Instagram: @thedownloreTikTok: @thedownloreSend us your thoughts!! We'd love to hear from you :)[email protected]

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE!A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series.Today's episode is a fun one... we talk all things Our High Lady and Savior, SARAH J MAAS!!! Why she's the gold standard of fantasy, the Taylor Swift of the literary world, and what keeps readers coming back for 50 million copies' worth of Maasverse joy. P.S., if you've ever wondered what each SJM character's zodiac sign is, we have you covered ;)MAJOR SPOILER ALERT — We will be spoiling ALLLL the things from across the Maasverse... so if you haven't read Crescent City, ToG, or ACOTAR and you plan to, get to it and then come back to us when you're ready :)Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!!Like, Subscribe, and Follow us on all our Socials:Instagram: @thedownloreTikTok: @thedownloreSend us your thoughts!! We'd love to hear from you :)[email protected]

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE!A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series.Today's episode covers the Stolen Heir Duology by Holly Black, which includes The Stolen Heir and The Prisoner's Throne! These are a time-jump continuation from the Cruel Prince trilogy, and we are so excited to travel back to Elfhame for one more episode!MAJOR SPOILER ALERT — We will be spoiling ALLLL the things from across Elfhame, so if you haven't read Holly Black's Cruel Prince series or The Stolen Heir duology, go read 'em and come back to us!Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!!Like, Subscribe, and Follow us on all our Socials:Instagram: @thedownloreTikTok: @thedownloreSend us your thoughts!! We'd love to hear from you :)[email protected]

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE! A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series. Today's episode covers the Folk of the Air and Book of Night by Holly Black! We'll be reviewing the Cruel Prince series and the first installment in the Book of Night duology, ahead of the release of The Prisoner's Throne, which is the second in the Stolen Heir duology that takes place 10 years after the events of the Queen of Nothing. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT — We will be spoiling ALLLL the things from across Holly Black's repertoire... so if you haven't read FotA or Book of Night and you plan to, get to it and then come back to us when you're ready :) Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!! Like, Subscribe, and Follow us on all our Socials: Instagram/TikTok: @thedownlore Send us your thoughts!! We'd love to hear from you :) [email protected]

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE! A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series. Today's episode covers Crescent City 3, House of Flame and Shadow. We'll be diving into all the tea of the Maasverse crossover, epic plot highs and lows, and theories for what's yet to come. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT — We will be spoiling ALLLL the things from across the Maasverse... so if you haven't read Crescent City or ACOTAR and you plan to, get to it and then come back to us when you're ready :) Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!! Like, Subscribe, and Follow us on all our Socials: Instagram/TikTok: @thedownlore Send us your thoughts!! We'd love to hear from you :) [email protected]

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE! A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — hop onto God’s Internet to discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series. Today's episode covers Crescent City 1 and 2, House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, ahead of the release of Crescent City 3, House of Flame and Shadow, on January 30th! MAJOR SPOILER ALERT — We will be spoiling ALLLL the things from across the Maasverse... so if you haven't read Crescent City or ACOTAR and you plan to, get to it and then come back to us when you're ready :) Hop in and let's down-load this LORE!! Like, Subscribe, and Follow us on all our Socials: Instagram/TikTok: @thedownlore Send us your thoughts!! We'd love to hear from you :) [email protected]

WELCOME TO THE DOWN-LORE! A podcast where we — your hosts, Claudia and Natalie — discuss & dissect the tropes, trends, and most importantly, LORE in our favorite fantasy books and series. We both dove back into reading for fun in 2022, and quickly realized that one of the best parts of reading is getting to gush about books with your friends who’ve read them too! After multiple emotional support FaceTimes and voice memos sent to a plethora of our book besties (one of which led to a 5 page agenda/notes doc for a 1.5 hour debrief that low key inspired this whole podcasting idea), we decided to just…keep doing what we’re doing but record and share the fun with all of you! The Down-Lore is a podcast where we chit chat about all of our fantasy reads (think: classic faves, booktok darlings, new releases in 2024, etc). We’re here to gush over fictional men, pick apart tropes we love (or not lol), and go bat shit crazy with crack theories for our fave series while we sit on these cliffhangers that drive us absolutely insane (looking at you Iron Flame and Crescent City). Really, we just want to take you along for the ride with us. Since every episode will be heavy on spoilers, we’ll post updates on what we’re currently reading and planning to podcast about in the upcoming weeks so you can read along if you want, or you can set your own reading schedule and come back to our published episodes when you’re done with the book or series! On another, related note, we’re also aspiring authors! Claudia is writing a contemporary romance novel, and Natalie is working on a fantasy novel! Stay tuned for sneak peeks on our own original content and updates on WTF the world of literary agents and publishers is like (we legit don’t know, but we’re delusional and ready to find out)! Like, Subscribe, and Follow us on all our Socials: Instagram/TikTok: @thedownlore Send us your thoughts!! We'd love to hear from you :) [email protected]