Welcome to the World of Crescent City! Eve and Sam discuss Chapters 22, 23, 24 and 25 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series. Spoilers abound so listener beware! Have things to say? Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com

In this episode we discuss funeral rites and grieving in the Maasiverse, Matriarchial societies, shattering the glass ceiling, the glass cliff, gender roles and power dynamics within the mate bonds across the works of Sarah J Maas, as well as the role of empathy in manipulation as it pertains to power.

Further links discussed in this episode:

On power and empathy:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/neuroscience-in-everyday-life/202006/the-brain-under-the-influence-power

The Statue in the Cathedral of St. Paul

https://theophanesavery.com/adventures-in-gender-fuckery/2019/05/17/you-sexy-devil-the-story-of-the-genie-du-maal/

On Matriarchy

https://www.amazon.ca/Matriarchal-Societies-Studies-Indigenous-Cultures/dp/1433125129

Not Past it Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0TQyhslv1MVP31OJZToIFs?si=008ba55be9984009

Books and shows mentioned:

Political Animals (TV series)

A Primate’s Memoir by Robert Sapolsky

Books we are reading:

Warbreaker Brandon Sanderson

Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood

Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey

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https://www.tiktok.com/@eves_reads

Sam:

https://www.tiktok.com/@creativelbd