40: The Library at Hellebore

We’re celebrating spooky season with THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw—a fantasy horror about a group of magical students who seek refuge in the school’s library when the faculty go on a ravenous rampage.

Listen as Laura and Emma try to keep track of the many characters and their unique abilities, discuss the idea of monstrosity—specifically how women are made monstrous by monstrous men—and… Jason is there, too! Plus, Emma wonders whether this book is truly part of the dark academia genre.

Happy Halloween!

 

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Other books mentioned in this episode:

• The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
• The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
• Katabasis by RF Kuang
• The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Moiya McTier
• Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
• The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
• Critical Role: Bells Hells - What Doesn't Break by Cassandra Khaw
• The Poppy War by RF Kuang
• A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
• A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid
• To Bargain With Mortals by R.A. Basu
• Sing Me to Sleep by R.M. Virtues

 

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