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Today we’re revisiting one of our all time favorite reads: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty.  Join us as we ramble through our favorite moments and talk about our favorite characters (all of them).  Would you visit Daevabad if you had the chance?Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re covering our quarter one favorite reads.   How would you describe your Q1 reading?  If your year has started slow, listen to us blather about our favorite fantasy and horror books to get some recs to kick off a perfect Q2.Weavingshaw - Heba Al-WasityThe Red Winter - Cameron SullivanJapanese Gothic - Kylie Lee BakerThe Poet Empress - Shen TaoThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham JonesCleopatra - Saara El-ArifiMolka - Monika KimThe Storm - Rachel HawkinsThe Ever King - L. J. Andrews This Wretched Valley - Jenny KieferHis Face is the Sun - Michelle Jabès Corpora Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today’s spoiler chat is all about Scythe by Neal Shusterman.  How quickly does society forget how to say words?  How mad would you be if you were left mortal in an immortal world?  We’re covering it all.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

The covers may have been…questionable, but the stories were always on point. Travel back with us to 2016 where our lore stayed, and let’s recap our favorite reads from the golden year of YA.A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J MaasEmpire of Storms - Sarah J MaasCrooked Kingdom - Leigh BardugoMorning Star - Pierce BrownAn Ember in the Ashes Series - Sabaa TahirRed Queen Series - Victoria AveyardRebel of the Sands - Alwyn HamiltonThe Young Elites - Marie LuThe Maze Runner - James DashnerThe Crown - The Selection - Kiera CassThe Star Touched Queen - Roshani ChokshiStalking Jack the Ripper - Kerri ManiscalcoBurning - Danielle RollinsFollow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

What’s your favorite romance trope?  We love fake dating, so today, we’re discussing The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood.  Awkward interactions, found family, miscommunication, we’re breaking it all down.  Join us to find out if we’re too old for this…stuff.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

It’s that time of year again.  Love is in the air, and we’re not going to judge your kindle unlimited library.  Today we’re recapping some unhinged romances.  Listener discretion is advised.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re having a spoiler chat about I, Medusa by Ayana Gray.  Is this the episode where we are smited?  We have a lot to say about Poseidon.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

It’s a bonus episode!  We’re recapping our 2025 reads and talking about our most anticipated for 2026.  From rites in the Oregon coast to questionable dinner choices, we’re looking forward to a lot of books, as long as we don’t have to read them out loud. The Caretaker - Marcus KliewerThe Red Winter - Cameron SullivanYou Should Have Been Nicer to my Mom - Vincent TiradoThe Last Contract of Isako - Fonda LeeHold Me Like a Grudge - Celine OngHeir of Prophecy - Analeigh SbranaJapanese Gothic - Kylie Lee Baker Dead First - Johhny ComptonMolka - Monika Kim Nothing Tastes as Good - Luke DumasShe Made Herself a Monster - Anna KovatchevaThe Secret Dinner - Raphael MontesFollow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

For our first topic of 2026, we’re talking about retellings.  We support a woman’s wrongs and damsels not being in distress.  Listen in today for a list of retelling recommendations and only a little booing.Comfort Me with Apples - Catherynne M. Valente Kaikeye - Vaishnavi PatelLegendborn - Tracy Deon Half Sick of Shadows- Laura SebastianThese Violent Delights - Chloe GongMisrule - Heather WalterHell’s Heart - Alexis HallThe Weight of Blood - Tiffany D. JacksonA Blade so Black - L.L. McKinneyFollow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re having a spoiler chat on Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club.  Topics include: Why is solving cold case files the best retirement plan?  Book or movie, which is better?  How many llamas is too many llamas? Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

You’re never too old to solve a murder!  You’re also never too old to commit a murder, but this podcast does not condone that.  Pour up your Holiday Bee’s Knees at 11 AM because today we’re talking about elder protagonists.  Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna RaybournThe Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre - Philip FracassiToo Old For This - Samantha DowningVera Wongs Unsolicited Advice for Murders -Jesse Q. SutantoDeath in her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh The Haar - David SodergrenDetective Aunty - Uzma JalaludinThe Retirement Plan - Sue HincenbergsSwordheart- T. Kingfisher The Change - Kristen MillerKillers of a Certain Age - Deanna RaybournFollow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Dive into the Mountain King by Anders de le Motte with us. Will it be coherent? Not even slightly. But there will be bad insults, a psychic dog, train figurines, and lack of cake. Happy Nordic Noir November! Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

‘Tis the most wonderful time of the year: time for grisly Nordic Noir.  Today we have a Smörgåsbord of atmospheric titles to talk about, but unfortunately no cake. We make do by discussing some books we’ve read and others we’re excited about. We’re sorry in advance to your wallet.The Witch Hunter - Max SeekI’m Travelling Alone - Samuel BjorkThe Corpse Flower - Anne Mette HancockSon - Johanna Gustawsson and  Thomas EngarHome Before Dark - Eva Björg ÆgisdóttirThirty Days of Darkness - Jenny Lund MadsenInto Thin Air - Ørjan Karlsson and Ian GilesThe Tenant - Katrine EngbergWolf Hour - Jo NesbøA Nearly Normal Family - M.T. EdvarssonFollow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Come one, come all. It’s time to learn, perhaps not for the first time, how you could’ve died during the witch trials and finally find out once and for all if a puritan life is for you…This week we’re discussing Slewfoot and all its bloody magic. Enjoy, witches.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

It’s finally spooky season!  Today, we’re talking all things horror.  Halloween decorations, our October tbrs, a big scare, and some giggling like teenagers.  Come with us to get trapped in a swamp mansion or sacrifice our neighbor to the worm god.  Happy Halloween! Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Basking sharks, bothies, and wildlings, today we’re breaking down The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke.  Join us on a wind swept Scottish isle as we discuss the goings on at The Longing.  Would we paint a super casual mural of various symbols in a lighthouse where we found bones, or would we run for the highlands?Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

It is finally (unofficially) fall.  The BER months have arrived, and we’re ready.  To make sure you’re ready too, we’re talking Supernatural Thrillers.  Get ready to play some guessing games, it’s the game show episode. House on the Lake - Riley Sager Sundown Motel - Simone St. James Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinnborough The Burning Girls - CJ Tudor I Remember You- Yrsa Sigurðardóttir Mayra -Nicky Gonzalez Lock Every Door - Riley Sager  Something in the Walls - Daisy Pearce Home Before Dark - Riley Sager Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

What better way to celebrate a year of podcasting than talking about our favorite moody king, Haymitch 🎉? Today’s a spoiler chat about Sunrise on the Reaping. We’re diving deep into what really happened during the 50th Hunger Games, who we’d want the next book to be about if there is one, and our secret gumdrop spot.  It’s sad. It’s chaotic. It’s our one year birthday!! Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Welcome to our lore episode.  We’ve been podcasting for a year!  To celebrate we’re talking about the books that made us readers, no matter how embarrassing they might be.  Sweep - Cate TiernanBlue Bloods Series - Melissa de la CruzHouse of Night Series - PC Cast Kristin CastCelestra Series - Addison MooreTithe - Holly BlackMortal Instruments - Cassandra ClareDaughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini TaylorFollow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re talking all things The Bright Lands by John Fram.  And by talking, we mean shambling through a spoiler chat.  Things don’t need to be in chronological order right?  Buckle up, get your southern accents ready, and pay attention because we apparently weren’t. This episode contains graphic and explicit content, listener discretion is advised.   Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re talking about Summer Horror.  What makes something a Summer Horror read?  Listen in because we have no idea.  It’s a feeling, okay?  Slashers, faeries, clowns in the town’s drainage systems?  All those things, plus, the origins of Summerween.The Reformatory - Tananarive DueWhen the Reckoning Comes - Latanya McQueenSmall Favors - Erin A. CraigCurse of the Reaper - Brian McAuleyBurn the Negative - Josh WinningSilver Nitrate - Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Remaking - Clay McLeod Chapman The Starving Saints - Caitlin StarlingInto the Sublime - Kate A. BoormanSmile for the Cameras - Miranda SmithAnd once again, It - Stephen KingFollow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re having a spoiler chat on Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi.  Does YA sometimes make you feel 1,000 years old?  Us too, but we’re reading it anyway.  Do you ever feel emo enough to cry into the eyes of the boy you love?  Join us today to discuss why that is.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

It’s finally summer!  The sun is out, so we’re…heading inside to the movies where the air conditioning is.  This week we’re talking books that would make the perfect summer blockbusters.  Serial killers, mapmakers, and a hot witch priest, we’ve got recommendations for everyone. The Gilded Wolves - Roshani Chokshi Oona Out Of Order - Margarita Montimore The Daevabad Trilogy - S.A. Chakraborty Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle The Hacienda - Isabel Cañas Blacktop Wasteland - S.A. Crosby The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson The Haunting in Room 904 - Erika T. Wurth  The Last Word - Taylor Adams Finley Donovan is Killing It - Elle Cosimano Raybearer - Jordan Ifueko Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

This week we’re having a spoiler chat about Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield.  Were we led astray by a Goodreads list?  Perhaps.  Join us on this misclassified journey and answer questions like:If you’re significant other came home from sea bleeding from their pores, would you take them to the emergency room?  Would you give your name to a sea demon? (spoiler alert we would)Join our sea cult!Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Happy Spring!  Probably.  Is the pollen evil?  Are mushrooms trying to kill you?  It’s all possible with Ecohorror.  Do you ever consider whether launching yourself into space is better than going deep underwater? Today we’re talking about our favorite Ecohorror picks.Saturnalia - Stephanie FeldmanFever Dream - Samanta SchweblinWilder Gurls Rory PowerNever Whistle at Night - Shane HawkThreads That Bind - Kika HatzopoulouThe Only  Good Indians - Stephen Graham JonesThe Ruins - Scott SmithThe Unworthy - Agustina BazterricaThe Bane Witch - Ava MorganThe Annual Migration of Clouds - Premee MohamedOrleans - Sherri L. SmithHeartwood - Amity GaigeMexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-GarciaFollow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re having a spoiler chat on the one and only, Zombie Bake-Off by Stephen Graham Jones.  One of us knows what happened.  The other had a choose your own adventure style audiobook nightmare.  Fun was had by all.Read this one before you listen.  Which version did you get?Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

In honor of the dead rising, today we’re talking zombie and apocalypse fiction.  Join us for some recommendations on flesh eaters, dystopians, and at least one book that doesn’t fit the theme at all.  We’re sure that book has some strategy to learn that will save you in the zombie apocalypse. This Delicious Death - Kayla Cottingham Head Like a Hole - Andrew Van Wey Schrader’s Cord - Scott Leads The Vegetarian - Han Kang  Tender is the Flesh - Augustina Bazterrica They Bloom at Night - Trang Thanh The Living Dead - George A. Romero and Daniel Krause The Girl With All the Gifts - M. R. Carey Wool - Hugh Howey The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemison  Red Rising - Pierce Brown The Passage - Justin Cronin Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Our April Fools’ Day joke is posting a week late.  Join us today as we have a spoiler chat about The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.  Is it overhyped, under hyped, or appropriately hyped?  We have opinions.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re talking about bookish hot takes for over hyped and under hyped books.  Do we hate one of your favorites?  We’re sorry.  We have our reasons.  Let us explain.Over HypedHidden Pictures - Jason RekulakBehind Closed Doors - B. A. ParisShadow and Bone - Leigh BardugoThe Only One Left - Riley SagarThe Other Mrs. - Mary KubicaKill Creek - Scott ThomasThe Invisible Life of Addie Larue - V.E. SchwabHouse of Flame and Shadow - Sarah J MaasUnder HypedCity of Dusk - Tara SimThe Bone Shard Daughter - Andrea StewartKing of Scars - Leigh BardugoWhere Dream Descend - Janella AngelesA Tribute of Fire - Sariah WilsonDear Child - Romy HausmenThe Mountains Wild - Sarah Stewart TaylorGideon the Ninth - Tamsyn MuirFollow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

This episode contains graphic and explicit content.  Listener discretion is advised. We wish we would have used podcaster discretion, because we will never be the same.  Today, we’re describing some unhinged romance reads to each other.  Have you ever given a sexually explicit book report?  It gets very weird.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re talking about our favorite or not favorite Romance books and listener discretion is advised.  Romcoms,  somewhat unhinged Romance series, and Fanfiction, we’ve got it all.  Hit us up if you know the plural for synopsis because we…do not. It Happened One Summer/Hook, Line, and Sinker - Tessa Bailey The Boyfriend Project - Farrah Rochon  The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston The Ravenhood Series - Kate Stewart Remain Nameless - HeyJude19. (AO3) Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love - isthisselfcare becoming The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy - Brigitte Knightley  Manacled - SenYinLu becoming Alchemised Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re discussing The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard.  There will be spoilers, so if you haven’t read it yet, come back later! Let’s chat True Crime, Crime Fiction, and if we think we could catch a serial killer.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Do you know The Nothing Man?  Who lives on Drury Lane?  Join us this week as we discuss our favorite Serial Killer Thrillers in preparation for this month’s reread, The Nothing Man.  Other topics include: why we’re okay with Denmark buying the U.S. and New Year’s resolutions. *The Chestnut Man - Søren Sveistrup  *The Jigsaw Man - Nadine Matheson *The Whisper Man - Alex North *Please See Us - Caitlin Mullin *I’ll be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara *The Shining Girls - Lauren Beukes * You Shouldn’t Have Come Here Jeneva Rose  * Children’s House Series Yrsa Sigurdardóttir  * Notes on an Execution Danya Kukafka * The Butcher Jennifer hillier  * Unsub Series Meg Gardiner  * The Island Ragnar Jónasson * Creep and Freak Jennifer Hillier Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Looking forward to 2025?  So are we.  Today we’re talking our most anticipated reads of 2025.  Join us as we mind meld to go through the most exciting books coming next year.  There may be a few rants and digressions along the way. Davyn’s Most Anticipated: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Grady Hendrix  The Manor of Dreams - Christina Li This Book Will Bury Me - Ashley  The Library at Hellbore - Cassandra Khaw The Ash Fire King - Chelsea Abdullah The Favorites -  Layne Fargo  Overgrowth - Mira Grant The Unworthy Agustina Bazterrica Oathbound - Tracy Deonn When the Wolf Comes Home - Nat Cassidy Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones Lora’s Most Anticipated:  Something in the Walls - Daisy Pearce The Inheritance - Trisha Sakhlecha When They Burned the Butterfly - Wen-yi Lee What Hunger - Catherine Dang Blood Moon - Britney S. Lewis  Cold Eternity - S.A. Barnes The Possession of Alba Díaz - Isabel Cañas Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collin’s Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros

Pretend we haven’t spent the last six months shoving these books in your face and join us on reminiscing about some of the best books we read in 2024.Davyn’s Top 5 of 2024: ⁃ Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland ⁃ The Angel of Indian Lake By Stephen Graham Jones ⁃ Fever House by Keith Rosson ⁃ Flesh and False Gods Series by Chloe Gong ⁃ What The River Knows by Isabel Ibañez Lora’s Top 5 of 2024:- I was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones- We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer- Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll- Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle- The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí ClarkAparna Verma’s Instagram @spirited_gal*Disclaimer the sequel of The Phoenix King is not out until August 2025.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

It’s time to discuss our reread of Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.  Have you been screaming internally about how much we misremembered last episode?  We’re putting it right today.  Sort of.  We’re also deciding once and for all: Team Peeta, Team Gale, or Team Katniss Dies Alone.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

What makes a good sequel or series?  Today we’re talking sequels and what keeps us coming back for more emotional damage.  We’re also discussing what we remember from Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins before we reread them.  Welcome back to a fantasy episode.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Happy Halloween!  Just when you thought things couldn’t get any spookier, Lora and Davyn are back with horror reads fit for any level of reader. And, as the cherry on top, one of them continues to be haunted by a malevolent spirit hellbent on being invited to the party. Sit down, buckle up, and forgive us for this audio.

Have you ever reread your favorite book when you were a teen for nostalgia and got more than you bargained for? So did we. Welcome to the roast of R.L. Stine. Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

It is officially spooky season!  Our favorite time of year.  Join us today as we recommend some of our favorite chilling reads.  There might be some not so chilling reads as well…at least one anyway.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re talking all things The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim.  Join us for a spoiler chat and find out what color eyes Davyn would covet and what scene Lora will think about for the rest of her life (thanks Monika!). All the spoiler warnings, you want to read the book before listening! Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

In this Episode, we’re going back to school.  Listen in for Dark Academia thriller/horror/fantasy recs, and a few recs for those that misunderstood the assignment.Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Does The Hunger Games hold up?  Have we been a little hard on Katniss?Today we’re recapping The Hunger Games and, this time, not based on memory.  Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz

Is Katniss from district 13? Do we like Gale?We’re diving deep into what we remember from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Spoiler alert: One of us remembers a lot more than the other…Follow for more bookish content:@plottwistiforgotDavyn @davynsdenLora @questsandcrimesMusic by Augusto Diniz