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We Know How to Read : Onyx Storm Read Along : Prologue & Chapter 1-8

SPOILERS this is a spoilers series. We will be going into detail the chapters of Onyx Storm in each episode. This week we start off the sensational book three with a prologue and chapters 1 through 8. Going through and annotating, tabbing, and more we have stumbled across many memorable moments that we must talk more about! Come back next week for an author interview with Elisa Kova! 

We Know How to Read : Onyx Storm Predictions and Theories

Spoilers!! In this episode, we are excited to go down the rabbit hole of Onyx Storm predictions. Some of these are cannon, some are a possibility, and some are just straight chaos theory! Hopefully, you enjoy or descent into madness as we are days away from Onyx Storm being released and all our theories are proven right or wrong. What do you think will happen next for Violet and Xaden?

We Know How to Read : Iron Flame Recap

We reread and summarized Iron Flame so you didn't have too! Onyx Storm is just days away so now is the time to lock in and review the text! Today is just a detailed summary of the events of Iron Flame so we can all go into reading Onyx Storm ready to pick up where Violet and Xaden left off. Not that any of us could forget THAT ending! Come back tomorrow for Onyx Storm Theories! 

We Know How to Read 2024 Reading Wrap

As we are well into 2025 we have had time to reflect on 2024, our reads, our reviews, and our top 12 books of the 2024 year! Enjoy or chaotic list of best reads for 2024. Let us know if you've read them AND what books were in your top 5 for 2024 so we can read them this year! We are very excited for our new reading goals for 2025.

We Know How to Read : S16 E4 : V.B. Lacey Interview

Welcome to our annual holiday season series, They Know How to Write, where we interview authors for the holidays. This week we have V.B. Lacey, author of  Elementals of Iona duology: It is a captivating fantasy adventure set in a world where beings wield the powers of earth, water, fire, and air. With richly developed characters and a plot full of suspense and enchantment, the series explores the struggle to maintain harmony in a world on the brink of chaos. A big congrats on releasing In the Wake of the Wicked, A first in a new series of fantasy romance standalones.
We had such a great time talking with V.B. Lacey we almost forgot it was an interview! You can find her on Instagram at vblacey.books for more!

We Know How to Read : S16 E3 : Hillary Raymer Interview

Welcome to our annual holiday season series, They Know How to Write, where we interview authors for the holidays. This week we have Hillary Raymer, author of  Starstorm Series: A spicy romantasy series of eight interconnected books following each of the Starstorm siblings, set in a world where marriage is required but love isn't always guaranteed. Full of magic, love, banter, and emotional damage. A big congrates on releasing book two in the Starstorm series this past week! Hillary Raymer is a fantasy romance author. She’s a wanderer, a storyteller, and believes in happily ever afters.
We absolutely loved talking with Hillary on the podcast, find her on Instagram at hillaryraymer for more!

We Know How to Read : S16 E2 : Shania Scichilone Interview

Welcome to our annual holiday season series, They Know How to Write, where we interview authors for the holidays. This week we have Shania Scichilone, author of Fates Divine Series. An author with many talents weaves a supernatural, fantasy, and adventure in her books, starting with A Fate of Smoke and Ash. This Young Adult novel is great for those who wish to read witches, dark fantasy, and suspenseful twists and turns! 
"TO BE WOVEN BY THE FATES IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART."
We absolutely loved chatting with Shania on the podcast, find her on Instagram at shaniascichilone for more!

We Know How to Read : S16 E1 : Kate St. Clair Interview

Welcome to our annual holiday season, They Know How to Write where we interview authors for the holidays. We are starting our season with the talented Kate St. Clair, author of Ptolemy. She is an advocate for education through fiction, and works with young writers through various #OwnVoices and underserved youth groups. She loves speaking on the topics of mental health, Queer characters, and addressing deep societal issues through the underpinnings of a story. The Ptolemy Project is a young adult science fiction adventure novel that dives into conflicts and emotions all while trying to return home in one piece.
Even if they can make it out, will they be able to find a way back to Titan and to a society that accepts them—scars and all?
We had so much fun and laughs chatting with Kate, find her on Instagram at kate_st_clair to follow her author journey. 

We Know How to Read : Stacks on Stacks : Phantasma by Kaylie Smith

Welcome back to our Stacks on Stacks series, a once-a-month book club. We started this to help us conquer that never-ending TBR, talk more with you, and abbreviate it as “S.O.S.” because yes send help! We will never finish our TBR at this rate!! We announce our “SOS” read at the beginning of each month, inviting you to read, listen, and talk with us on Instagram or Discord about that month's "SOS" book. Phantasma by Kaylie Smith, the first in an interconnected series. This book quickly had us falling head over heels for the characters, drama, and phantastic plot-twists! Caraval meets Throne of the Fallen in this SPICY dark romantasy where a necromancer, Ophelia, needs help from a dangerous phantom, Blackwell, to win a deadly competition, only to find their partnership puts her at risk of breaking the game’s most vital rule: don't fall in love.

We Know How to Read : S16E1 : Trial of the Tomes : Romance

Let the trials begin! This week we are putting Romance to the test in the following categories first impressions, design, writing style, general plot, characters, and our critical and enjoyment scores. In one corner for men, we have Thunderstruck by Carter Blake, and in the other corner for the women is Jackson by Nyssa Kathryn. Carter Blake writes novellas about steamy alpha romances. Nyssa Kathryn writes suspense romances of alpha men in small-town romances. Who will come out on top?!