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Welcome to A Novel Bunch, your new favorite modern-day book club! Hosted by besties Molly Burnett and Alyssa Tabit Smith, this podcast dives into one book per month, broken down chapter by chapter. New episodes drop every Tuesday, so grab your copy and read along—right here on A Novel Bunch.
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Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath: (Ch 16-31): Agent Night and Agent Daybright Have Entered the Chat
#064: This week on A Novel Bunch, we're covering chapters 16–31 of House of Sky and Breath and BUNCHIES... the conspiracy is conspiring, the rebellion is rebellion-ing, and Bryce and Hunt are finally…
Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath: (Ch 1-15): Ruhn Danaan Knew Three Things With Absolute Certainty
#063: This week on A Novel Bunch, we're diving into chapters 1–15 of House of Sky and Breath and BUNCHIES... Sarah J. Maas gave us approximately five minutes of peace before throwing us headfirst…
Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood: (Ch 73-97): "Light It Up, Bryce! Light It Up!"
#062: This week on A Novel Bunch, we're covering chapters 73–97 of House of Earth and Blood and BUNCHIES… we genuinely don’t know how Sarah J. Maas expects anyone to emotionally recover from this…
Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood: (Ch 49-72): The Clue Danika Left… “Through Love, All Is Possible”
#061: This week on A Novel Bunch, we covered chapters 49–72 of House of Earth and Blood and BUNCHIES… Sarah J. Maas officially chose violence.*SPOILERS AHEAD*Bryce and Hunt’s investigation into…
Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood: (Ch 35-48): Wait... WHO Really Stole the Horn!?
#060: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re diving deeper into Crescent City House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas and BUNCHIES… the plot officially THICKENED.*SPOILERS AHEAD*Bryce and Hunt’s…
Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood: (Ch 1–24): We Were NOT Ready for Chapter 5…
#059: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re kicking off Crescent City House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas—and BUNCHIES… we were not prepared.*SPOILERS AHEAD*We meet Bryce Quinlan: party girl, art…
Onyx Storm | Live Reading (Ch 65–66) + Recap (Ch 50–66): “Don’t Look for Me.”
#058: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re diving into the FINAL chapters of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros and BUNCHIES… we are not okay.*SPOILERS AHEAD*We’re breaking down chapters 50–66 AND doing a…
Onyx Storm (Ch 33-49): Enter the Irids… (Andarna's Seventh Breed Is HERE)
#57: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re diving into chapters 33–49 of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros and BUNCHIES… we are officially in emotional warfare.*SPOILERS AHEAD*We land on Hedotis expecting…
Onyx Storm (Ch 16-32): “There’s No Magic Here…” (Xaden & Violet’s Loophole)
#56: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re diving into chapters 16–32 of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros and BUNCHIES… things just went from unsettling to straight-up unhinged.*SPOILERS AHEAD*We start…
Onyx Storm (Ch 1-15): Violet: "I Will Save Him."
#55: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re diving into the prologue and chapters 1–15 of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros and BUNCHIES… something is OFF. Like… deeply, unsettlingly OFF.*SPOILERS AHEAD*We…
S1E54 Iron Flame (Ch 53-66): Xaden... What Did You Do!? PLUS THEORIES
#54: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re covering chapters 53–66 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros and BUNCHIES… I don’t even know how to emotionally process what we just read. The reveals? The…
S1E53 Iron Flame (Ch 40–52): "My House. My Chair. My Woman."
#53: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re covering chapters 40–52 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros and BUNCHIES… the tension? The betrayals? The absolute chaos? We are so deep in it. *SPOILERS AHEAD*We…
S1E52 Iron Flame (Ch 27–39): Xaden Has a Past… And Her Name Is Catriona
#52: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re covering chapters 27–39 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, and you guys… the emotional damage? The secrets? The chaos? We are officially in the deep end…
S1E51 Iron Flame (Ch 14-26): Xaden: "You Love Me. Maybe You're Not the One I'm Reminding."
#51: This week on A Novel Bunch, we continue our deep dive, covering chapters 14–26 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, where Violet Sorrengail’s second year at Basgiath escalates from stressful to…
S1E50 Iron Flame (Ch 1–13): Xaden: "I Want Those Three Little Words Back."
#50: This week on A Novel Bunch, we officially begin Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros and Basgiath isn't the only thing that's changed. The wards are cracking. The dragons know more than they're saying.…
S1E49 Fourth Wing: Xaden Riorson’s Bonus Chapter (Chapter 9) | Live Reading
#049: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re diving into Xaden Riorson’s BONUS CHAPTER (Chapter 9) from Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros… and let’s just say, seeing the rebellion king’s POV? Life-changing.…
S1E48 Fourth Wing (Ch 29–39): "Welcome to the Revolution, Violet."
#048: This week on A Novel Bunch, we are spiraling straight into the back half of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros—where lightning doesn’t just strike once, secrets fracture loyalties, and Violet…
S1E47 Fourth Wing (Ch 19-28): The Kiss That Lit Up the Sky
#047: This week on A Novel Bunch, we are spiraling deeper into Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros—where secrets turn lethal, dragons guard dangerous truths, and Violet Sorrengail stops just surviving…and…
S1E46 Fourth Wing (Ch 10-18): Two Dragons. One Rider. That Kiss on Threshing Day… and the One Watching
#046: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re continuing Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, covering Chapters 10–18—where Threshing Day tests every rider, the dragons make choices no one expects, and Violet…
S1E45 Fourth Wing (Ch 1-9): “Going for Blood Today, Are We, Violence?”
#045: This week on A Novel Bunch, we’re launching into Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, covering Chapters 1–9—where conscription is a death sentence, dragons choose violence, and Violet Sorrengail is…
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