This week on Unwise Girls, we have to reckon with what might be the fundamental question of this whole book: what balance can the authors find between the typical fantasy road trip of a Riordanverse novel and the YA supernatural romance that lies at the heart of the story? It's something we'll have to contend with alongside superhero moments, lack of consequence, rivers that suck, and many other important topics of that sort of nature.

Come back next week for The Sun and the Star, ch. 29 to 34!

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This week on Unwise Girls, we are truly red and steaming! We touch on the ways Riordan and Oshiro try and have it both ways with the Trogs, the sort of reverse-Guess Who's Coming To Dinner scenarios they've set up, strangely direct allegories for homophobia and transphobia, in-universe queer icons, fujoing out so hard you give away a boat, bisexuality, and the future streamers of the world.

Come back next week for The Sun and the Star, ch. 23 to 28!

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This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss assuming pronouns, Tartarus troubles, lost chapters being recovered, Nemeses, the haunting of the narrative by Gaea, Care Bears, the civilized Trog, and more!

Come back next week for The Sun and the Star, ch. 17 to 22!

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Look behind you - a new episode of Unwise Girls is out! Now you can continue on your journey and... wait a second, where's the episode? When I looked forward, it just disappeared, but I could've sworn it was in my podcatcher... did you see it, listener? No? You've never even heard of Unwise Girls? No, don't tell me... nobody's ever even listened to this show... and our analysis isn't successfully insightful?! It can't be true! No! We're totally insightful - this week we even discuss the ways Mark Oshiro's contributions have totally shifted both how dialogue functions in Riordan's works and how perspective is used chapter-to-chapter! Is that not good enough for you...? What about Subway Surfers? Oh, that caught your attention. Huh. Well, just watch the slime video, play Subway Surfers, and zone out with the episode, then.

Come back next week for The Sun and the Star, ch. 11 to 16!

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Welcome back to Unwise Girls - and welcome for the first time to The Nico di Angelo Adventures! That's right, we've read every single series that had published before Unwise Girls itself started. Now, all that's left is a bunch of stuff that happened after... including this book, co-written by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro! In this episode we discuss the pain of being outed, time limit alleviation, Star Wars boyfriends, centaur boyfriends, problematic Titan behavior, and just how grateful we are to not be reading another copy-and-paste Riordan story.

Come back next week for The Sun and the Star, ch. 6 to 10!

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We've had a lot of fun here, folks, but it's important to remember that the most important thing at the end of the day is to be kind to one another... or to roast the shit out of a book series that you spent nearly a year and a half reading! Well, whichever you choose, just remember to have fun. We discuss arcs, themes, new characters, villains - and we even do a brand new segment that Jacqueline spent way too much time on!

Come back next week for The Sun and the Star, ch. 1 to 5!

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This week on Unwise Girls, despite immense audience pressures, we decided to make some controversial statements. "This book was sometimes good and sometimes bad." "Stories' endings should resonate thematically." "Leo Valdez may not be our top oomfie blorbo anymore." I know, I know! But hold your horses, it's not all negative. We celebrate some big triumphs, some successful predictions, and a reading audience who we have nothing but respect for.

Come back next week for our Trials of Apollo retrospective!

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This week on Unwise Girls, the Beast has been put down. The children of Nero have been placated. The snake has been constricted... and the Lester has died. Badly. But don't worry, it's fine! Right...?

Come back next week for The Tower of Nero, ch. 36 to 39!

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