1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,580 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:10,320 - My name is Shauna and I am here with Olivia. 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,240 And this is your PCJ Pop for the week. 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,240 Mine is gonna be a book series, 5 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:19,280 something that Olivia forced me to read 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,680 with thread of Violence on my life. 7 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,560 - I said we're ending the podcast if you don't read them. 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:25,800 - Pretty much. 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:30,320 - So I have read all of the "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series 10 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:31,840 by Sarah J. Maas. 11 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,400 There is an entire other book series, but two of them, 12 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,360 oh my God, I don't know if I'll read "Thrown of Glass." 13 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,320 The one that I am gonna Pop is called "Crescent City." 14 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:41,920 That is the name of the series. 15 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,560 There are three books in the series, 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,520 "House of Earth and Blood," "House of Sky and Breath," 17 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,640 and "House of Faleim and Shadow." 18 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,560 These all follow Bryce, 19 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,680 Quinlan and Hunt Athalar in the city of Lunathian, 20 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,160 "Increscent City," or "Crescent City," 21 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:00,520 maybe I think they're the same thing, right? 22 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:01,840 "Lunathian, Crescent City." 23 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,080 As they uncover dark secrets and fight powerful forces, 24 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,440 I don't know why I was so reluctant to read these. 25 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,800 I think it's because they are so thick. 26 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:11,640 - They're huge. - They're huge. 27 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:12,480 They're massive. 28 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:13,320 - They're huge. - They're massive. 29 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:15,600 But I really like "The Court of Thorns in Roses," 30 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,520 so I don't know what my hesitation was. 31 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,960 - You heard modern like "Fairy Tale," 32 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:24,240 which is like today's technology, 33 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,800 but in a magical world. 34 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,640 - I think that's so cool about it. 35 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,640 And Bryce is so cool. 36 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,520 I love her as a main character. 37 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,120 She reminds me a lot of me and you. 38 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,000 I mean, she's younger than us in the book. 39 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,120 She's in her 20s, 40 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:44,040 but she starts out as a party girl who wants to go out 41 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,520 and drink with her friends and go dancing. 42 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:47,360 - She's not like a virgin. 43 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:48,880 - She doesn't suffer Bella Swan as a... 44 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,320 She's not like, "I'm not like the other girls. 45 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:52,440 I'm innocent and pure." 46 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:53,760 No, she's like, "I like to drink. 47 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:54,840 I like to screw. 48 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:55,840 I like to dance." 49 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:56,840 - I love women. 50 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:57,960 - Yes. 51 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,920 And then she kind of gets thrown into this world of, 52 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,400 adventure and mystery and murder. 53 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,440 And just it's so good. 54 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,360 And there's so many complex characters. 55 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,640 And there is Sommutt in it, which I love obviously, 56 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:15,360 but it's romantic and it's conceptual. 57 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,320 And it's between like, 58 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,600 adults and the Sommutt is well written. 59 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,280 And it feels earned. 60 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,280 Like, I don't know. 61 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,280 I love these books. 62 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:24,520 - A sham does so well. 63 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:25,360 - Yes. 64 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:26,400 - I'm on the third book. 65 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,960 So no spoilers. 66 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,840 Anybody I don't know how it ends. 67 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,080 And there's probably gonna be a fourth, right? 68 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,240 - So yes, there are four houses in Midaguard. 69 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,880 And so we have three of those houses. 70 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,960 There is a suspected fourth book, 71 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:45,440 but the next three books that Sarah J. Mouse, 72 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,320 the next two books that are coming out 73 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,480 within the next six months are both Aka Tar books. 74 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:52,480 - So unclared. 75 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:53,320 - So unclared. 76 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:54,360 - Yeah, a quarter thorns are roses. 77 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,880 So unclear when Crescent City is coming, 78 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,640 but the assumption is, 79 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:00,600 yes, because there's a fourth one. 80 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:01,440 - I love that. 81 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:02,320 - Yeah, very good. 82 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:03,960 - Thank you for convincing me to read these books. 83 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,160 - You're very welcome. 84 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:06,000 You're very welcome. 85 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,720 And we get to keep this podcast. 86 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:08,560 So that's nice. 87 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:09,400 - Thank God. 88 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,560 We don't almost cancel there for a second. 89 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:11,560 - Yeah. 90 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,760 - You can listen to it on Spotify if that's your thing. 91 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,360 - You can buy it in your local library if it's there. 92 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,360 - It is gonna be kind of a rough time 93 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,640 to try to get that book right now leading 94 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:24,440 up to these Aka Tar ones. 95 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,280 - The fourth local. 96 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,040 Find your local bookstore and give them a try. 97 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,240 - Very worth it. 98 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,280 And yeah, this is my second time rereading it this year. 99 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,120 - Oh my God. 100 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:33,960 - This year. 101 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:34,960 - You're insane. 102 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:35,800 - I know. 103 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:36,640 - It's so good. 104 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,240 - There are like 800 pages of pages in my God. 105 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,680 - Yeah, so very worth it. 106 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,600 - My pop this week is gonna be the Crescent City series 107 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,200 by Sarah J. Mance. 108 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,600 And that'll do it for this week's PCJ Pop. 109 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,180 (upbeat music)