The Bird and the Sword might be for you if you loved the mysterious eagle rescue in Tamora Pierce's "Wild Magic," but want something more grown up with a witcher-style MMC. The writing style wavers between fairy tale and heavy introspection and our woebegone heroine Lark might annoy you with her poetry.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29008738-the-bird-and-the-sword?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6z5vwruIWd&rank=1

Other books mentioned in this episode:

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13836.Wild_Magic?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=RyhWgeTvq9&rank=1

Thorn by Intisar Khanani

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51265989-thorn?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60717747-half-a-soul?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6qRtvWQZtq&rank=1

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13928.Daughter_of_the_Forest?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=lMYP39a6xD&rank=1

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Happy Friday, Readers! This was our first Hot & Bothered episode published almost a year ago on our Patreon, right after we had finished reading Fourth Wing. (Please forgive our general Violet snarkiness.) We have a handful of others H&B episodes we'll be posting on random Fridays, let us know what you think and if you'd like to see more of these.

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The theory: some readers can skim past a bad heroine for a vicarious romance with a shadow daddy, while others may DNF a book if they can't relate to the POV. We suspect this might account for the vast discrepancies in ratings in our beloved genre.

What do you think? Can you overlook a Violet to get to a Xaden?

Do you miss the early 2000's romcoms? That's Jordan's pick in book form. Low threat at only 180ish pages on Kindle Unlimited.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/763219.Impetuous

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