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We Know How To Read: Dragon Season : Author Interview : Judy Liu

We are very excited to announce our Dragon Season! This author interview season will be paired with our read-along of Onyx Storm. Every other Wednesday, we will release a They Know How to Write with one of our amazing authors! This week we had an AMAZING time with Judy Liu; author of The Vending Portal. Her debut novel is a sci-fi dystopia for middle and high school students, but young adults would enjoy it as well. The Vending Portal is a lightly distorted, funhouse mirror to reflect the pitfalls of our own society, seen through the innocent eyes of two young protagonists. We loved having Judy on and hope you guys enjoy our endless sidequest and girl chat!

We Know How to Read : Valentine's Day Special Epsiode

We have been keeping this a secret, we wanted to surprise you this Valentine's Day with what we like to call the latest Shadow Daddy!  Happy Valentine's Day from us, we hope you enjoy our thoughts, comments, and review of QuickSilver by Callie Hart. Book one in the series, Callie brings us; KingFischer, a broody fae male with dark magic, a bad temper, and oh-so easy to love! 

We Know How to Read : Onyx Storm Read Along : Chapters 9-18

Welcome back! SPOILERS this is a spoilers series. We will be going into detail about the chapters of Onyx Storm in each episode. This week we head into the true beginnings of Onyx Storm as the plot thickens, players are making their first moves and we are learning A LOT! Everyone has secrets this time and the key is to who to tell and when to reveal. We absolutely love diving farther into the chapters every other week to see what is about to come and we are on the edge of our seats! 

We Know How To Read: Dragon Season : Author Interview : Allie Shante

We are very excited to announce our Dragon Season! This author interview season will be paired with our read-along of Onyx Storm. Every other Wednesday, we will release a They Know How to Write with one of our amazing authors! Starting off the Dragon season with the talented Allie Shante! An avid author of romance, fantasy, and BIPOC characters we all fall for, her series Living Legends will do just that! Perfect for first-time fantasy readers and lovers of hot tension, banter, well-rounded characters, and edge-of-your-seat plot twists. We loved having Allie on and hope you enjoy her books as much as we did!

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!