Welcome back to Banter & Books, the monthly Mythic Mic segment where Amara and a special guest share spoiler-free reviews of the books they cannot stop thinking about!

This month, Amara is joined by Mythic Mic Team Member Teresa Diaz to talk alien death games, dystopian assassins, masked men, murderous berserkers, found family, comfort reads, and the very real problem of owning more books than you could possibly read.

They dive into Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, Heart of the Raven Prince by Parker Garner, Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe, and Blood Bound by J.A. Good. They also revisit two favorites with A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas and Beast Becomes Her by Crystal Seitz.

Along the way, Teresa explains why Dungeon Crawler Carl finally convinced her to take the plunge into LitRPG, Amara makes a bold comparison between Heart of the Raven Prince and some of her favorite recent fantasy reads, and the two investigate the increasingly undeniable appeal of mysterious masked men. They also talk enemies-to-lovers with actual enemies, unusual magic systems, female villains, morally questionable assassins, audiobook performances worth obsessing over, and why sometimes a great book does not need romance to completely consume you.

Whether you are hunting for your next five-star fantasy, curious about the dystopian books dividing readers, or simply need someone to validate your completely unreasonable TBR, this spoiler-free episode is for you.

BOOKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE

• Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
• Heart of the Raven Prince by Parker Garner
• Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe
• Blood Bound by J.A. Good
• A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
• Beast Becomes Her by Crystal Seitz (Check out our interview with Crystal Seitz (Ep. 87) here!)

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