Of Swords and Soulmates
Is this a kissing book? Of Swords and Soulmates features two couples (and sometimes more), with varying reading preferences and experiences, as they read, listen, and sometimes watch romantasy stories and discuss plot, fantasy elements, romance, spice, theories, and more. Join us for our non-expert opinions as we discuss, argue, rave, rant, and hopefully entertain. We may just help you find your next reading obsession or at least contribute to that TBR list!
Of Swords and Soulmates
"Filthy Rich Fae" - Fae Mafia Romance in New Orleans
Step into the shadows of New Orleans with us as we unpack Geneva Lee's "Filthy Rich Fae," a supernatural crime drama where the lines between mafia power and fae magic blur into a dangerous, seductive world.
When ER nurse Kate Holloway strikes a bargain with the notorious fae crime lord Lachlan Gage to save her brother's soul, she finds herself bound to his world for thirty days—just long enough for forbidden attraction to take root. Our discussion explores how Lee blends the gritty realism of organized crime with the ethereal elements of fae mythology, creating what host Jonathan humorously dubs "cornotropia"—a story where multiple romance tropes collide and overlap.
The episode reveals fascinating divisions among our hosts, with Ashley giving the book enthusiastic praise and immediately diving into book two, while others found themselves wishing for more fantasy elements and less gunplay. We debate whether the romance truly qualifies as fated mates, enemies-to-lovers, or something altogether different when Lachlan persistently calls Kate "princess" despite her ordinary background. Does this hint at hidden royal connections, or is it simply his way of establishing dominance?
For listeners intrigued by genre crossovers, we discuss how "Filthy Rich Fae" serves as an excellent bridge between contemporary mafia romance and romantic fantasy—perfect for readers looking to expand their literary horizons without venturing too far from familiar territory. But be warned: while book one can stand reasonably well on its own, continuing to book two might leave you desperately awaiting the unreleased third installment.
Links from the News Segment and Show:
- SJM has finished the first draft of book 6 of the ACoTaR series
- SenLinYu will be doing book signings and participating in panels at San Diego Comic Con, July 24-27
- Fourth Wing Amazon show has a new show runner: Jac Shaeffer
- JR Ward author of the BDB series is taking a dip into romantasy
- Instagram Link
- 4 part series called the Kingdoms of the Compass series starts with Crown of War and Shadows due out Feb 17 2026
- Also, on July 19th her author shop goes live
- Instagram Link
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Mari:Hello and welcome to Of Swords and Soulmates, a podcast where we read, watch and discuss romancy stories. I'm one of your hosts, mari, and with me I have Kelly.
Kelly:Hey everyone, it's Kelly. We also have Ashley.
Ashley:Hey guys, it's Ashley. We also have Jonathan.
Jonathan:Hey everybody, it's JP. How's everybody doing tonight? We also have Jonathan. Hey everybody, it's JP, how's everybody doing tonight Pretty good.
Mari:It is basically Halloween season upon us, because that's next big holiday, so I'm ecstatic, boo.
Jonathan:You get me every time with that, every time.
Mari:Good times, good times. So today we're going to be discussing Filthy Rich Fae by Geneva Lee, but first, as always, we're going to go over some news. We don't have a lot of news in terms of a lot of different content, but we've got some big things that have happened lately. For sure, I think, like yeah. So starting with the big one is sjm. Sarah j moss announced on her instagram profile she had a little picture that she had finished writing the next ACOTAR book ACOTAR book six, maybe. And so now, of course, all that has to be edited and all that stuff. I say maybe because the way it's showing in the picture says ACOTAR six. And then I thought, when I saw it, I thought it was an arrow like six and like ongoing or six inside, or whatever. I know people have been talking saying that they thought that it was six to eight. I don't know if you guys have heard that yeah, there's a whole like, like, like rabbit hole.
Jonathan:Handwriting analysis yeah I, I I got baited into it somebody figured you'd be all about it, like the title of the book, and it was not I. Now that I'm thinking about it, I don't think that that's the title. It was a court of watery bowels. No, that's not that, I was fooled. Yeah, that's HHN.
Ashley:So then there's also like reverse speculation, because there's a lot of diehards that would argue, only four books release and that you know, the, the, the, the small one. The novella is like 3.5, and so some people are like well, she's written two books, and that's book five and book six, and that the, the grammar in her posting would also like it. It wouldn't be accurate if it was just a single book, is what they were saying, because they said drafts like sing, you know, like in that it was just that it meant more than one book or something like that.
Ashley:So there's there's some conspiracy theorists that would argue that this is going to be, that she's written book five and six, but then others, like you said, are saying six through eight, which seems like a lot.
Mari:But who am I? But I mean if, if you're wrapping it up or if you're interconnecting other series with it, you do have to plan ahead some yeah, and it has been for sure but five, four years now. So court of silver flames is the last one that came out, which was book five in that series. I know she's written crescent city since then, but the last akatar one was court of silver flames. That was 2021.
Mari:I was gonna say that was full pandemic right, that was in the middle of all that. So, yeah, yeah. So it'll be interesting to see if it's just going to be one that's going to be released or if we're going to get some sort of release dates or release schedule for more of them. I think it's going to depend, of course, on how long it takes to edit them, and then all the other speculation like is it going to be from someone else's viewpoint? Who's going to be the?
Mari:main focus of it. What's going to happen?
Jonathan:yeah kelly, which book are you on in that series?
Ashley:none I only read the first one. Yeah, kelly said no thanks yeah, I'm the same.
Jonathan:We're in the same spot you gave up oh akatar I'm thinking tog no, no, tog, I'm good, but yeah, well, you if?
Mari:nothing else when book six comes out. Ash, because you're up through five, right, you've read all of them that are out now.
Ashley:So I have not, no, okay, I have not, yeah, no, I stopped at book three because I realized that it wasn't finished. Yeah, I have not read the novella and I've not read A Court of Silver Flames.
Mari:Okay, okay.
Ashley:And then I deep. I started the deep dive into Throne of Glass and I just started Queen of Shadows on Throne of Glass.
Mari:Yeah, we got to get back to Throne of Glass at some point after all the Romantic Con books.
Ashley:Yeah, because I would like us to finish it as a podcast.
Jonathan:It flows so well yeah.
Ashley:Even for it being like considered. Ya, I feel like.
Mari:Yeah, I really do enjoy that series. Well, if nothing else, one thing we can maybe think about doing as a podcast is maybe getting a few people together guests we've had on the past or whatnot, who have read it, and then just kind of talking about book six, without necessarily going through books two, through five as a group. You know if we're not going to do that as a podcast, so we can just kind of talk about the new woman. It comes out whenever, whenever that date is, so you can figure that out, all right. Anything else about the akatar news anybody want to talk about?
Ashley:no, I've only gone down one rabbit hole when I have. When I go down more, I'll let you know, yeah the only thing I would say is it does it.
Jonathan:Am I the only one that it bothers that we call it akatar? Yes, even though every other book is like different yes, you're the only one that bothers akawiff.
Ashley:I mean, that's the name of the series.
Mari:The series is akatar, the akatar series, isn't it, well, the official name of it.
Kelly:I mean a lot of times.
Jonathan:This is my disconnect and I apologize to everybody for this.
Kelly:A series is often known by whatever the first iteration of it is right you know it's the star wars saga. They didn't start calling, you know, a new hope separate until all the movies had come out right.
Ashley:It was always just called star wars right, because the fourth wing series is arguably the Empyrean series and so you know she's been very clear about that since the beginning. But I don't think Sarah J and you know we just said TOG right and we knew that we were talking about the complete series. So I think Sarah J Mass, her series are just the book one and then that's the name of the series for the rest of us.
Kelly:Because there are so many. But good question, the creator doesn't often get to pick the name of something it's. Whatever the people who read it, watch it, et cetera, start calling it.
Mari:That's true, we're in charge, all right. Other news, little tidbit I had, was Sin Lin Yu, who wrote the Alchemize book that's going to be coming out. It's going to be doing book signings and participating in panels at San Diego Comic-Con, which is coming out. I mean, it's happening a few days after the release of this episode. So I assume San Diego Comic-Con is like the other California Comic-Cons where you kind of have to buy tickets way in advance. So if you have tickets in our fan, you may want to check her out. If you don't have tickets in our fan, you might be out of luck, I don't know. But basically you have to have a ticket to the to the comic-con event to be able to go to her panels or her book signing. But she is doing book signings, uh, and she's going to be participating several panels. On her website and her instagram page she's got like a list of of what panels she's going to be at and when all her table signings are going to be. So but what is what is she signing? That's a great question.
Ashley:I assume it's like like it just dawned on me that it's happening so soon, like you know, like a book plate maybe.
Mari:I assume, like like some authors do, well, they'll do like that sticker book plate thing that you can then put in the book, I guess, after you get it oh, so do you think they're going to be people brave enough to bring manacles? I mean maybe I, if I were going, I absolutely would heck.
Mari:Yeah, I didn't realize that it was like this month yeah, yeah, and, as I said, I I assumed san diego comic-con is one of the bigger ones where you have to buy tickets like a year in advance kind of thing. But if anyone is going and is a fan and wasn't aware, that's something you might want to be looking for. Or if you have someone in your life that's a fan, that might be a great gift for them.
Ashley:I didn't realize she had so many fan fictions.
Mari:I haven't read anything of hers other than Manacled. Well, I'm a masochist and I will let you know. Next thing is other big romantic news is that the fourth wing TV show, the Amazon show, has a new showrunner that they've announced it's going to be Jack Schaefer. She did Agatha All Along and WandaVision, which I really enjoyed. Both of those. I thought they were very well done, Very well done. So I'm excited as to, potentially, the direction that this is going to go. I mean, we don't have any more details than that and you know it'll still take a while for us to get any details, but it feels like it's becoming more real, you know.
Ashley:I mean, I guess I was a little concerned that there was already, like it's only been, a year since they announced the last showrunner, right, and so here we are with new blood, and I'm not opposed, but I just wonder why the change?
Mari:I think a lot of that's my understanding, and my understanding of hollywood stuff is basically just what you read after the fact you know my understanding is, a lot of these projects take a really long time to do, and so you may have someone semi-committed to it, but if you know you're setting to do this a year from now and they commit to it, but then it ends up being two years from now or three years from now they've already committed to another project.
Mari:That's actually happening, you know, I guess that's fair like, was it guillermo dota was supposed to, I believe, direct? Wasn't he supposed to direct like one of the lord of the rings movies or something or the hobbit? Really, he was supposed to direct something and he ended up not doing it because by the time they were ready to do it and he he had like semi committed to it, he was in the middle of doing Crimson Peak. So you know, I think that I think change arounds happen a lot, just depending on, like what big projects people end up being actually in the middle of at the time that everything else that has to come together for a show starts to come together. You know.
Ashley:Yeah, I guess, put that way it makes sense we'll see.
Mari:I guess, put that way, it makes sense. Yeah, and I mean it's fairly early on. Like I said, they, they don't, they don't have haven't done casting. I don't know that they even have like a person picked who's going to be doing casting. I I don't think they have a whole lot of the talent lined up yet. You know what I mean. So I think we're a ways from that.
Ashley:Yeah I mean, I know rebecca's talked about. You know the script that she's read, you know, at least some of the script, if not all, and that she's, you know, enthusiastic and optimistic about what she's seen so far, and there's definitely been a lot of fan casting.
Mari:Yes.
Ashley:And a lot of rumors.
Jonathan:Is fan casting when people fight over stuff?
Ashley:No, when people like pick who their choices are.
Mari:I think this actor would make a good blah blah blah, or make a good this, you know character or that character yeah so, and then they take sides and stuff and they get all upset at each other yeah, yeah, sometimes I don't like I'm against fan casting, I mean because of that.
Jonathan:I just think that people just think nobody likes who not, I shouldn't say nobody. People choose sides and then they jump all over another person for, because they chose somebody they don't like, this is the person I see. Is this? Yeah, but isn't it's what comes out?
Mari:it's just like kick the hornet's nest yeah, I think fan casting I think that I don't think there's anything wrong with fan casting, because I do think it's natural when you read something to have a vision in your head of what you think that person's going to look like. And a lot of times where that comes from is people we've seen, you know, on TV or movies or whatever. So I don't think that's that unusual. I think, ultimately, if the author is behind whoever's officially cast, then they've given it the seal of approval. I saw some TikTok thing where people were saying so the Black Dagger Brotherhood show came out, just finished up, the season just finished up.
Mari:And there are people complaining that the actors that they cast for the main vampires were, like, not the right people and not the people that they thought and not as as buff as they thought they were supposed to look like or whatever. But ultimately and like the big thing is, ultimately the author said that this is, this was perfect. Like these people that were cast were perfect. So I think, so long as they get the author input, if the author agrees with whoever's cast, then the rest is just. You know, People can fan cast whoever they want. It's like fan fiction. But I mean, there's no right or wrong, you can't argue about it. You know what I mean? Not really.
Jonathan:You shouldn't argue about it.
Mari:You know what I mean? Not really, but I mean you shouldn't argue about it.
Jonathan:People do so. Just to recap, it's the readers who name the book series and it's the authors who choose what we envision. Check. Just making sure I was a joke, I'm just playing around.
Ashley:Nobody said it made sense. Why are you looking for logic?
Jonathan:I've lost all sense.
Mari:Yeah, but speaking of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, that's the last little bit of tidbit of news that we have is that Jerra Ward, who wrote the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, is releasing a romancy series. As far as I could tell and I've only ever read some of her Black Dagger Brotherhood books, I'm up to like book seven I believe, now. But as far as I can tell, she hasn't done any other Romanesie stories. I think everything has been kind of a paranormal urban fiction kind of thing, like the Black Dagger Brotherhood, and then she's got some series that are kind of take place in the same world and I think she may have like a historical fiction series. So this will be her first kind of steps into romanicy. It's going to be a four-part series, four books. The series is going, or the. The series as a whole is going to be called the kingdoms of the compass series and the first book is the crown of war and shadows.
Mari:It's due out february 17th of 2026, I don't think I've read jr ward my first reading of hers was when I started reading the black dagger brotherhood series because the show was coming out and I was like, oh, it's a vampire series I didn't hear about. I like vampires. The series has been around for a minute. Book 23 in that series is coming out this year.
Mari:So that gives you an idea. But I heard that the TV show is coming out. I'm like, well, let me at least read the first book before I decide whether I'm not going to watch the show. And I ended up liking the book, even though it is dated. You got to realize it's a product of when it was written, but it was still, I thought, a good, a good book, and I ended up enjoying it. And, like I said, I'm enjoying the rest of them. I'm I'm right now. I'm still planning on continuing them. I'm on book seven and plan to finish it. So interesting, yeah um.
Ashley:We love a commitment this book looks pretty.
Jonathan:I mean, it looks like a lovely look. It would definitely capture my attention. I don't enjoy the naming convention of this and part of that is because I feel like akatar owns this naming convention now, but then, like looking at the photo of the author, she's giving off super meryl streep. Devil Devil Wears Prada vibes.
Mari:She very much gives me those vibes. Yeah, if you ever see any of her in person like video of her doing interviews and stuff, she has a very strong personality. Yeah, I think she's really cool. I think the a blank of blank and blank is very common in Romanesie. Like, I think it's just if you're going to try and launch a Romanesie you know series, I think it's an easy way to like put the Romanesie sticker on it.
Mari:You know what I mean To make sure that it's firmly in that genre and I believe this is done through Bramble, so I don't know. There may have been some input they had on, had on like how the naming convention was done. I don't know. So I'm planning on reading you gotta have these.
Jonathan:So this, this syllable count right Right. Which is probably that's how I would. I'm not going to lie, that's how I would look at it. Like I have a theory that if you have a round circle, like just a circle, on the front of your book, of your self-help book, it's going to sell more, more. I don't even care what's in that circle, just circle, sell books. If you're, if you're a publisher and you're out there, circle, sell books and follow the syllable count of akatar at least if you're in romanicy.
Mari:I think it is very much an expectation in romancy. You know what I mean. So yeah, I I will be. It'll be interesting to see, because the black dagger brotherhood is in a very modern kind of setting, like Like I think it starts in the 90s. When I say modern, I mean like modern-ish Versus. This series seems to be like a straight-up fantasy series. You know, more of a traditional fantasy, romantic-y type of series rather than any modern influence on it. So we'll see. We'll see where it goes. But speaking of her, speaking of JR Ward, her author shop is going live a few days after this episode goes out too. It's going live on July 19th, so I don't know what all kind of merch she'll have on there, but if you're interested in any of her works, I would check out her shop after the 19th. Good to know. Anybody else have any news News? I heard that.
Jonathan:I don't know if this is true news, but this could just be gossip. I heard that there was a Comic-Con and Galaxy-Con in New Orleans. I heard that day one it was pretty much a bust. People were not. The vendors were starting to get a little freaked out by the quality of crowd, like marketing. But everything I can find when I start to research it and dig deeper, like the fans are like hey had a great time, hey, this was great. And I'm looking at the pictures to see, like you know, if it's just, if I go to like a comic con and it's just me, I'm going to have a great time because I get to spend all the time with people. But the pictures show people in the background, so I don't know how much truth there is to it or if it was somebody just trying to start some drama. But yeah, I don't know.
Ashley:So, but like were they upset that like people weren't showing, like it wasn't heavy crowds?
Jonathan:That's what some of the social media posts on, like TikTok from the POV of the vendors. Some of the like the book in the's. What like on book talk. It popped up for me.
Jonathan:And I was like they're loose, they fit together every now and then, right, but like that, I was like hmm, that like struck me as as interesting, so I'd like to. So maybe not. Maybe, maybe there's a an element of truth in there, but keep your eyes on the horizon. If it breaks, if it's like a big thing and like and all these authors were like, hey, if it's like a big thing and like, and all these authors were like, hey, this was terrible. You heard it here first. If, if it doesn't and I'm way off base and it was just like a handful of people trying to make a scene then you know, hey, blame those people. My man.
Mari:Well, I will say GalaxyCon is different from Comic-Con. So, like my understanding and Kelly, you may know more about this than I do. But Comic-Con, I believe, is like a marketing entity, like a Comic-Con. There's an official Comic-Con but not all fantasy or comic conventions are Comic-Con. So if it was named GalaxyCon it probably wasn't an official, like a Common Con event, which I'm not saying is better or worse.
Mari:So Comic-Con has, depending on where it is, like you know, new York, or wherever they're very large, they're very well attended by the public and they tend to. Because they are such a big marketing entity, they tend to pull in big movie stars and whatnot. But you also have smaller cons that happen in places throughout the country probably throughout the world, but throughout the country for sure that kind of have some of the same formula of Comic-Con but they're smaller. A lot of them are smaller fan-run type events Like MegaCon in Orlando is smaller than Comic-Con. It's not Comic-Con. It's still fairly large and has a very similar model to Comic-Con.
Mari:But, for example, dragoncon that I go to in Atlanta is a fan-run event that's structured differently than Comic-Con. So you're going to have panels, you're going to have a place to shop and you're going to have cosplay. Those are kind of common things at all these types of events, but whether or not the main focus is on, say, you have this one website where you pay X amount of dollars for all these things and you're in this one spot for this hour to this hour and you're over here for this hour to this hour versus a more over here for this hour to this hour versus a more freeform event. So Comic-Con tends to be very highly structured and you pay for everything.
Kelly:But GalaxyCon is also a system of cons too, like San Diego Comic-Con, new York Comic-Con. So there's GalaxyCon in Columbus, there's GalaxyCon this year in New Orleans, which was the first year, I think, they had one in New Orleans, which is possibly why the attendance was low.
Mari:Could be.
Kelly:I mean, it just happened and you know, july is not necessarily a great year to be in New Orleans. Yeah, it's a great, great time to be in New Orleans it's just hot Plus. I mean, the trend in 2025 has been that conventions attendance is not as good as it's been in the past. Part of that is because of in bigger cons you have less people coming from overseas, like ces attendance was way down this year because you didn't have a lot of people coming over from china, coming over from Japan etc.
Jonathan:CES Consumer Electronics.
Kelly:Yeah, several medical conferences attendance has been down just because you know finances are getting tight, so people are opting not to come, especially people who pay their own way at these medical conferences.
Ashley:Yeah, that's a good point.
Mari:And I wanted to. If it was moved, like you said, where was it before? Was it Columbus, georgia, or Columbus Ohio, ohio? So think about it. If it was in Columbus Ohio, is it in the same spot year after year, normally?
Kelly:Yeah, I mean I think they're still having one in Columbus this year, I think it was just they added one in New Orleans, is my understanding.
Mari:Because you've got to think about it. If someone does go to it every year, or they're planning to go to it and it's within driving distance to them, and all of a sudden there's another one that you have to fly to, that's a whole different level of barriers.
Kelly:Right and they're having it.
Mari:It looks like there's also a.
Kelly:GalaxyCon that's going to be in San Jose and one in Raleigh, north Carolina, as well.
Mari:Okay.
Kelly:So you know, if this is just the first, time in new orleans, you know in july. Yeah, this may not have been the ideal time to have a conference.
Jonathan:Yeah, no, I, I agree, I and like I said, it's, I don't. I wasn't there, so I don't have any like hardcore proof on this. I just saw some social media posts, some tiktoks going around, authors there or booksellers or vendors who are just like, hey, this isn't what I signed up for. I hope it changes.
Kelly:I think finances are playing a big role.
Jonathan:And maybe that's just their POV. Maybe the rest of it was amazing.
Kelly:I think finances play a big role in people's choice in attending a conference. If your finances are tighter this year and you, you know, you went to three conventions last year and now you can only go to two who's going to make the cut?
Mari:Right, it's true, it's true. Well, we will see. That'll be a developing news. Anything else anybody wants to talk about in the news?
Ashley:I saw a rumor about three hours ago and the rumor was that on goodreads there was an empyrean number four listed as releasing in november 2025. What I did not get a chance to validate said rumor today.
Jonathan:We were a little busy. What's the source of that?
Ashley:it was tiktok, but they were showing like screenshots of it's there right now. I'm pulling it up. Now it is the book talkers, don't lie, I'm looking at it right now it is right now yeah it is right now, it's still up.
Mari:Imperial number four by rebecca yaros, not yet published expected 30 november 25 that's wild interesting.
Jonathan:Do you want me to go sit outside target right now?
Ashley:we don't stop the target, but we will for this just in case there's two different versions, I mean special releases and whatnot yeah so, rebecca, I don't know what you're up to, ma'am two books in one year again. You said you weren't doing it, you know, didn't? I see that she did release.
Jonathan:She's doing a giveaway and she released a new. Was it like owl crate or something like that? I don't doing it, you know, didn't? I see that she did release? She's doing a giveaway and she released a new. Was it like owl crate or something like that?
Ashley:I don't think it was I don't know if it was owl crate, but I did see that she was doing like new sprayed edges this was that too, but there was.
Jonathan:There was a new, like very limited edition oh, I don't know version of fourth wing so it was like all black binding and stuff that could be interesting.
Mari:I I am a sucker for black binding, especially if it's black binding with, like gold or silver, shiny foiling sold that is. That is the uh way to my bookcase. Yes, it's interesting that there are 790 ratings on this posting on Goodreads. That is literally nothing, but there's 790 ratings, none of which are talking about an ARC, so it's not like there's an advanced reader copy that anyone has read. Why, how?
Ashley:I don't know. I saw it pop up on my feed today and I was like that's interesting. And then it was like 2025. And I was like that's way more interesting. Because, she said she wasn't doing it.
Mari:I mean, unless she got over. I know she was having a lot of anxiety and maybe she was able to work through that and get it out, who knows? So we'll see.
Ashley:Listen if she spits out four books in the time that Sarah hasn't released anything in five years. Sarah's got some explaining to do.
Jonathan:I'll drop this link to this, to this in our chat real quick.
Ashley:I mean, I suspect that the date is definitely wrong. Yeah, but I wonder how far out we are now from book four, because I wasn't. I was definitely anticipating like 27.
Jonathan:Yeah Well, I you know, my TPR is forever long There'll be plenty of things to read in between and, yeah, I mean I think we'll enjoy them when they come out. So I, yeah, I'm excited to get some books by authors that we enjoy. But all in their good time, want to look at that, the video from that giveaway, because it is. It looks to me like a very beautifully style.
Ashley:Now I know what you're talking about. Yeah, it's like solid black maria, you gotta check it out it's it's.
Jonathan:It comes in a solid black case, but when you open it up it's got all the dragon scale colorways across the front and a rainbow I think it's her giveaway and then on the back, it's it's, it's got a, it's what does have a gold spine, and then the back is all black. It looks lovely, and so you might be familiar with this. Is it fabulistic?
Mari:I don't. I don't think I've ever gotten anything by them by that company. It's fab yeah, fabulistic is how I would pronounce it, but I haven't gotten anything by them. That is really pretty and almost like a little rainbow dragon scale.
Jonathan:And there's a few other editions coming out.
Mari:Very pretty, very pretty, interesting, interesting. We'll see, we'll see. I have finite space and I already have several very pretty versions of it, since I got the special edition one and then I got the one that she signed, so now I have to keep them both. So we'll see, we'll see. But yeah, it looks really pretty, looks really. So we'll see, we'll see what else they release. Anything else, news wise, before we move on. Nope, that was it all right. So we are going to be talking about Filthy Rich Fae.
Mari:We started reading this because we wanted to go ahead and start reading some of the authors that were going to be at the Fabled Fantasy Romanacy Con event that's happening in Orlando in October, and this is one of the authors that's going to be there. When I suggested this book, I didn't realize that this series is kind of a spinoff series of another one of her series, which is Filthy Rich Vampires, I believe. So my bad, but I don't think it necessarily suffered too much by not having read the first series, which is Filthy Rich Vampires, I believe. So my bad, but I don't think it necessarily suffered too much by not having read the first series. It's like a four-part series, I think. It's billed as a standalone. Just if you want more context, there's more, all right. So this was published June 25th 2024. It's part of the Filthy Rich Fae series, which is two books, and let me read the synopsis and then we'll get into it.
Mari:In new orleans, one rule stands above the rest never cross the gage crime family. Their word is law. Their enemies disappear and their prince lethal, beautiful and utterly inhuman does not grant mercy. Kate holloway has spent her life avoiding them until her brother makes a mistake that cannot be undone. Now, to save him, she must face lachlan gage, the Dark Prince of the City's Underworld. But Lachlan doesn't deal in money or favors. He deals in souls. Bound by a bargain she never wanted, kate is dragged into a world she never should have seen, where shadows whisper, secrets, fey courts plot in the dark and her captor is far more than just a crime lord. With only thirty days to break the curse that binds her, kate has two choices Outwit the ruthless Fae who holds her fate, or surrender to the dangerous temptation he offers. Because if she falls, she won't just lose her soul, she'll lose her heart to the one being she swore to hate.
Mari:Spoiler warning Kelly.
Kelly:We've said several times, Mari, we're not doing spoiler warnings anymore.
Mari:Okay, I will take it out. What did we think of this overall?
Ashley:I loved this book and Jonathan mocks me for it, even though we're not supposed to yuck each other's yums, but I love this book. In fact, I loved it so much I was like I wonder if book two is out. Oh it is. This is great. What I didn't know is that it was a trilogy and book three is not out.
Mari:Oh, I didn't know that If I had to give any warning to anybody?
Ashley:it's you can finish book one, but don't don't don't tread into book two, because book three is not out yet, guys.
Mari:Does book two end on a cliffhanger Book?
Ashley:two ended not out yet, guys, does book two end on a cliffhanger? Book two ended not on a cliffhanger that I felt like book one ended on, but I needed more. Okay it was, I could have held peacefully at book one and now I'm tortured after book two. They hooked you, she got me, she got me good. So this was a solid four for me overall. I don't know if I would read it again, but I will definitely be finishing it and I will probably dabble into her other worlds okay, anybody who wants to go next?
Ashley:don't everybody jump at once. I'll go. I'll go now. I'll jump in. I'll just I'll dive.
Jonathan:I'll dive in face first. That's what I'm known for. I'm not no looking, just leaping, I'm going to give it a three.
Jonathan:I thought you know Ashley did enjoy it and, and that's it's cool, ashley's favorite meal is also chicken nuggets and ketchup, right, so you know? Oh, she's giving me a look. That's poor, bad husband thing. Is that what I did there? Sorry, my bad, I'm giving you a look from here for her. I'm sorry. I know, I thought it was, I thought it was a, I thought it had potential, I thought it was a and it was an okay plot. I got lost. It took it. I feel like there was a chunk of the book that didn't need to be there and then the chunk of book that did need to be there wasn't there, and in the epilogue I was like hold on what happened. I was just it, just it went off. The rails took a turn, I didn't get there. It got there, I didn't get there.
Mari:Kelly, what'd you think?
Kelly:I really didn't care for this book. I thought it jumped around a lot. I thought it didn't make sense in a lot of ways. Essentially this was a mafia book disguised as a fey book, so it just wasn't my jam. I didn't really think the character development was all that great and there were a lot of things that just kind of didn't work for me. Things that just kind of didn't work for me. And let me just say I knew it was a hundred percent fiction when somebody called a hospital CEO and just said hire more nurses to fix your short staffing and that magically happened because that would never fucking happen.
Jonathan:That's correct, you're, you're, you're absolutely right, kelly. That very intuitive of you. I I definitely see recruiting reports and it ain't that easy.
Mari:What would you give it, Kelly? What number did you give it?
Jonathan:Two.
Mari:Two, yeah, I was not a huge fan as well. I had somewhat high hopes because I love New Orleans. I was like, ooh, a Faye story set in New Orleans, I'm in, but I feel like this could have been set anywhere it didn'tae. Story set in New Orleans, I'm in, but I feel like this could have been set anywhere. It didn't have to happen in New Orleans, I feel like. I think, like Kelly, I feel like this was pretty much a mafia love story. It's a mafia romance, nothing wrong with that.
Mari:I just tend to not be a big fan of those. I don't think I've read any that I like be a big fan of those. I don't think I've read any that I like. And there was too much like mafia gunplay, like macho, real world-ish aspect of it to the story and too little like fey magic. Why is this even happening? Why are they collecting souls? What is going on? For me and if I wasn't reading it like, I don't want to give it a bad number because I don't think it's the author's fault that I finished this book I finished this book because of the podcast. If I had been reading it on my own, I would have DNF'd it as soon as I realized how mafia romance heavy it is, just because that's not my jam, so for me it was a three.
Ashley:It was fine, it just wasn't for me. So what do we think about the world building? Deep into the lore in book one, and he's definitely more like like you were saying, like macho, like caveman, like super, you know, hard-headed and stubborn and why, why? Why are we even here, right? So I think the world building again had a lot of potential and I think this probably would have made a better visual story. You know, like we've said that a few times, I think in the last year, is you know TV series or even movie? Yeah, I think, like that to Jonathan's point, like the plot was there, I had just not been emotionally prepared for it being more than two books, so that was disappointing to me.
Jonathan:No-transcript felt like just a shitty city, like it felt and he had control over the city, like when you read other books that have that take new orleans into into account, like that's the space in which those those books take place. But it didn't feel like it was like end of the world, like one family runs this town mafia style, right, or at least that it's known um. But yeah, it sounds like this is just like there's this, it there's just a forced blending of reality. It's maybe, maybe, it's maybe, maybe. It ventures down like uncanny valley. It's a little too close. Like it's like leave out, like I don't need to know if you've got a range rover or a birkin bag I need I don't.
Jonathan:I I want to know if you live, you can live in, like metropolis, like you know. Come create the fake.
Jonathan:You know you're, you're this, you're in the Southern part of the country and give me an ambiguous space that you live in and it can have some like you don't need the French quarter, but maybe you got the France quadrant you know, something like that you know and you and you can take me, take me, put my toe on the line, but when you, when you take me, put my toe on the line, but you, when you, when you take me to into the reality space, and then you make it so far-fetched like the idea that that this is happening, it just maybe that's why it didn't work and that's just speculation as to like I. I'm trying to think what makes other books or other series that have a similar approach work. I kept seeing like and I kept struggling, trying to like I had trope misidentification syndrome.
Jonathan:I don't know if that's a thing sorry I like throughout this whole world space, I couldn't decide if it was like forced proximity, faded mates, or like or stockholm syndrome, like I couldn't figure that out, and so then I kept getting detached the more I thought about it in this and we didn't get like. What was the name for the other place?
Mari:Which other place what?
Jonathan:do you mean? There was like the fae world and the real world. What was the other place called?
Ashley:It was just Faerie, wasn't it? I don't know, I'm not sure.
Jonathan:The idea that you can go to this other place. I would. Maybe I would have liked to hear more about going to this other space that you know. But it was like, hey, we can live here and we exist here and that's cool, but it's kind of shitty over here. Let's go get some wi-fi, like and you know, like that, I don't know, I'm gonna, I'll tell you right now. I would give in, I get to live in that hotel. I'm yours. Take, take me, I'll be home every night. Cool Curfew, what time.
Ashley:I'm not even leaving no questions asked.
Jonathan:No questions asked. I don't have to do anything, you got it Cool. Anyway, for world building I should give it a two.
Mari:Okay, kelly.
Kelly:I think pretty much the same Interesting. We just cribbed a bunch of the classic Fae stuff and gave them guns. Guns I mean really a lot of. It felt like it was cribbed somewhat from Underworld, where you had vampires in Underworld who had bullets that could kill werewolves and werewolves developed bullets that could kill vampires, so it just became a shooting movie.
Mari:Yeah.
Kelly:And this is the same thing. Oh, the Fy have developed bullets that can kill other fey. Okay, I mean, I don't know how that really was all that dramatic, but whatever it just I don't know, just didn't do it for me. This I didn't think it was the kind of world building I enjoyed, so I said it just had to be a two yeah for me.
Mari:I gave it a three just because I was trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, because I didn't realize that this series was like a sequel or an answer to her first series. So I'm making the assumption that some of the stuff may have been fleshed out and we just don't know about it. I feel like the author created a world with different courts and probably some different intricacies in the courts. I just don't feel like she brought that across to the reader. I feel there was more that just didn't come across. I wanted to know more but ultimately it felt very much like a gang warfare, mafia warfare situation in a major like major city. So I just left it at average because I'm I'm going on the benefit of the doubt that stuff was maybe more fleshed out in the vampire series before this, so I gave it a three. What do we think about the romance?
Ashley:this romance felt fairly typical of the faded mates trope. I maybe there was a little bit more resistance, you know, and you don't get a lot, of, a lot more detail in book one, though you do in book two. You definitely see things, you know decisions that he made because of her, and I think the ending was probably a little bit more tragic and sacrificial than we've seen in a while, like it was almost, you know, edward cullen disappearing, so that. Or edward cullen killing, him getting himself deaded, right, yeah, because bella, he thought bella was dead, or whatever. Um, who's that twilight gosh, I love you so much, you're so pretty. So, yeah, I, I thought the romance, you know it, there was a little bit more resistance than we've seen in a while. I wasn't opposed to it, I thought it was a, I thought it was a.
Jonathan:Three, jonathan, what you think okay, again, I had trouble with the trope, so I used what did you say? It was Ashley, fated Mates, mm-hmm. So I had those three boxes ticked Fated Mates, force, proximity, and what was it? Stockholm, mm-hmm. It was like.
Jonathan:And so here we are with the timeline in a day timeline, but much shorter than the last one, although same book length, right. So like last year was last, not last year. Last time it was like a year and a day. Now it's a month and a day. And she. So here she is in this forced proximity because of a bargain that she made. But like they dropped these like very basic hints throughout the whole book. He just keeps calling her princess, okay, princess, okay, princess, okay, princess, and it's she's not like. And so from the start, like that's why I, like I landed on like faded mates because she, she didn't come to him in a pretentious way, like when I hear, when I always think of space balls when when you know, like when you have that pretentious princess and it's like, yeah, okay, princess, okay, you know, like, all right, cool that's.
Jonathan:I didn't get that vibe from her. So when they, after they had met that first time, and he kept referring to her as princess, I was like that's not really, it's not really fitting, for you know, she's, she's the opposite of this pretentious being. She doesn't want what he's offering, she wants to save someone that she loves so dearly. All right, so like, so there's that. That's why I was like this is like fated mates, right. I was very interested to see what happens if they, if there would be like a bangening, if they like, would really like, fuck that magic on and then like, but I didn't quite get that.
Jonathan:And then there was the forced proximity. Like yeah, you're here and we're rich, it's not, you don't need a whole lot of game, you know, at that point to win somebody over. Like hey, yeah, you're stuck with me, you can't go anywhere, and if you do, you're going to come right back. You could offer yourself to get out of this. That's no fun, you get off me. That's probably not going to be fun for you either. I'm really difficult, I'm fast, but like so. So then it's like this it leans into stockholm syndrome where it's just like okay, well, you're a really nice owner of me. Thanks, I like you a lot now. So so I I'm really struggling with the romance side of things I don't know two and a half, I'll give it two and a half. Can things I don't know Two and a half, I'll give it two and a half. Can I give it two and a half? Two and a half. That's where I'm at.
Mari:Okay, kelly.
Kelly:I agree with Ashley. I think the romance was the fairly typical faded mates crap which, if people like that, hey, more power to you. I don't find it particularly compelling.
Mari:I just didn't do anything for me, so I just gave it a two. Actually, I'll say one thing before I say what I want to say about romance. I forgot to say back in the world building, something that happened early on in the book. That got my expectations up along with the whole. It being in New Orleans is in the very first scene in the hospital. They talk about like having the clothes, some of the clothes on backwards, some people having some of the clothes on backwards, some people having some of the clothes on backwards. I was like, oh cool, they're bringing in like folktale stuff about the fey, like old. You know, supposedly if you wear an article of clothing inside out, you can't be glamored by the fey. That's like an old folktale thing. So I was like, oh, that's really neat. And and then everything went downhill from there for me, for my expectations. So romance kind of romance was really bad for me in this one. I don't know if it's because I was already not vibing with the book, but I felt like it was very. These are the two characters, therefore they will be together.
Mari:I did not feel like it was Fated Mates because I didn't feel like there was any. There was no prophecy. There was no like physical response. I didn't think there was anything. I couldn't tell what was bringing them together. What was pulling them together?
Mari:To be honest, I feel like the ring had something to do with it. I think he called her. Mind you, I've only read this book. I didn't read the sequel. I feel like she's probably some sort of secret royalty or something and he was able to tell that because of the ring and that's why he calls her princess. That was my thought as I was reading it. But just because she's royalty doesn't necessarily mean that they're fated, because I mean there were other royal fay that he wasn't necessarily fated to.
Mari:I felt like this was a trying to do like a hate, hate to love kind of thing, enemies to lovers, in that you know she hates him because he brings this drug into the town that's killing all these people that she has to see die in her emergency room, shift after shift. And then she meets him and it's oh wait, but he's hot and I guess that was it. That was enough for like romance for her, the vibe I got anyways, yeah, and the fact that it was never the drug thing was never addressed. It was just like, oh, I didn't know. People were dying like these puny little humans were dying. I don't know. Maybe it's because I didn't like him, but for me the romance was a one. This was very Barbie and Ken doll. Stick them together. Situation.
Jonathan:So it's a one romance for me. I think you just complicated it for me because you've added a fourth rope for me Enemies to lovers Because I wasn't thinking about that. But when you said that, yeah about that. But when you said that, yeah, and I, I agree with you with the whole, like you know, like. So there I think there are two, like there's the common theme, or three, three themes that maybe run throughout parts of the book one, where he keeps calling her a princess. Two is the ring, like that or that came up early didn't come up often but came up early.
Jonathan:And the third one's like yeah, nobody's ever bound by the, was it not the fasting? Is it fasting? Fastening, then, like tying the knot, kind of thing, hand fasting, hand fasting hand fasting like and. But so I'm like, you know, like right, but yeah, so there's like now I've got, now I'm up to like four tropes that I can't decide which one it's going and only ash Ashley knows. I'll have to wait for her off the mic to tell me, but like, so now I want to call it a cornotropia.
Mari:You write it down, you write it down.
Ashley:I'm going to forget it in a minute.
Mari:You figure out how to spell that Cornotropia?
Jonathan:Cornotropia yeah.
Ashley:We got the smash magic, cornotropia banging. That's where we're at so far. What do we think about the spice? Oh, I think I think you get a lot of tension in book one. You get a tiny little dabble spice because she's she's trying to fight all her feelings, right? She feels she feels some type of way, and so that's fine. I wasn't opposed to spice. I thought it was. You know, I thought it was a good amount of spice. I'm glad that there was some spice. We've had some books lately where there's not any spice, so I'm glad that the spice is back. I'm here for that. But I think it was like a two and a half. I didn't think it was particularly spicy, but it was more than just salt and pepper. Jonathan.
Jonathan:Yeah, no, yeah no. I you know when it, when it happened, cool, I don't think it happened a whole bunch, so I I would say I'm gonna give it a, I'm gonna give it a three, but you know it's a. There's an asterisk next to it, that's all. I don't have a whole lot to say about it, though, so okay, that's all I got.
Ashley:That's all I have to say about that kelly I also gave it a three.
Kelly:I mean it felt like it was fairly typical of most of the romance fantasy books we've read. As far as the spice goes, it wasn't a whole lot, it wasn't a whole little, just felt kind of average for me.
Mari:I thought that the spice was like a three and a half bordering on a four, like I think it was probably the the best thing that was done in the book. I don't think there was anything particularly memorable about any of the spice scenes, but I thought that they were fine when they were done, like they didn't seem forced, like I did feel like they were generally physically attracted to each other, like Her getting over her. I hate you, I want to fuck you thing, and then she just went for it. I still don't understand why he was being so weird about it. I don't know if that's explained in the second book, why he was being so reticent about everything. I assumed there was more, was more going on. So yeah, I'd say three and a half for spice for me. On this one final question do we think it's a kissing book?
Ashley:yes, I, you guys aren't gonna like that one, but yes, I'm also influenced because I've read book two, but I don't think that you get past the first couple of chapters without it being a kissing book okay, jonathan I don't think it's a kissing book yet and I think this it could be a kissing series in the future, but I think I don't think it's a kissing book kelly
Kelly:I also don't think it's a kissing book I.
Mari:I think it is a kissing book because I don't think that. I don't think that the things would have happened that happened if, if they hadn't been romantically involved, like I think he would have. Just I don't know, without knowing what's going on with that ring, I think he would have just either brushed her off and never given her the the you know potential for a bargain, um, or he might have just I don't know, seen it to the end of the bargain. So I think there had to be some sort of interest between them like that for the events that happened in the book to happen. So I'm going to say yes, it's a kissing book. Anything else you want to say about the book?
Jonathan:I think it would make a great television series. I don't think it would be a fantastic movie. It left me I feel like it left me unread, but I think if you so, if, if you're the author, you're out here listening cool. Thanks for sticking around so long.
Ashley:I'm sorry about my ratings, um, but or comparing her to chicken nuggets and ketchup oh my bad.
Jonathan:Why are you bringing up old shit?
Ashley:because you're the one that tried to throw me under the bus. Bro, it's called retaliation.
Jonathan:Yeah, I think maybe try because I'm not an expert, right but maybe try making a fictional southern Louisiana city to sprout this thing up, Because then you could get like you pull, like the Batman Joker kind of thing, Like you're, you know it's there and you know like bad stuff happens, but it's this fictional, fictional city. It's just too close to it's too close to reality, Right, but then also go back and forth between the two worlds a little more often.
Mari:Yeah.
Jonathan:Help me build that space.
Mari:Yeah, I wanted to see more of the Fae world as well. I I wanted to there'd be more involvement in that and more of that being fleshed out. I will say I do think this is a great book. If you have a friend or a family member who's into like mafia romance stories and maybe you want to try and lure them into fantasy like, this is a great stepping stone between like mafia romance and fantasy and romancy stories I.
Jonathan:I brought that up at dinner tonight. I told my sister. I said, hey, we read this book. I was like I didn't think it was extremely spectacular, but Ashley did. I think you'll like it, and I think she just heard me say that. Let me recommend this book that I didn't really like.
Ashley:Oh.
Jonathan:Just shut down, but I think that she correct me if I'm wrong. Ash, is that her, is that sort of her vibe? Does she like some of that?
Ashley:um, she's not opposed to dark romances, which can include the mafia romance genre. I think she leans a little bit more towards happy, fluffy stories though, okay, like the cowboys and the sports romances and the why chooses. But she's not opposed, I don't think. But you didn't really sell it either, dear.
Kelly:No, I stopped because it got awkward.
Ashley:Sorry my bad. I hope Geneva Lee hears you compare her to chicken nuggets and ketchup.
Jonathan:I'm totally going to speak to her at the convention and let her know that she's the inspiration. I'll probably give her a prize.
Ashley:She's going to. She's going to speak to her at the convention and let her know that she's the inspiration. I'll probably give her a prize she's gonna.
Jonathan:She's gonna. Yes, she has won the 2025 cornotropia award. I don't know what it looks like, but you know, if you get anything out of this cornotropia award 2025 cornotropia award goes to you okay, okay, anything else about this book?
Ashley:I am eagerly awaiting january for book three is that when the third one's coming out are you gonna read the, the vampire ones, the ones before it I have not read the other ones, but I think I will try them see if it flushes it out.
Ashley:I actually caught her on tiktok yesterday where she was kind of doing like a Q&A, so it must have been a live and then they just dropped it into a video right. But she was very clear that you don't have to read the other series to be able to enjoy this one. So as you were answering all the questions, hoping for more context of the world in the Filthy Rich Vampire series, I was like nope in my head.
Ashley:Nope, that's not what she said. No, no, um, but apparently I think what she was saying and I I didn't exactly hone in on it is that she I think she said she does contemporary romances and that there's like a lot, a lot of books that she does in her contemporary romances and that she, she always tries to leave it to where she can say that she's never like a thousand percent done with each couple's story. She likes to leave, you know, the door open for you know, the same world of the series, but maybe different characters, but also the same characters. Like she's never, she's never, just done. So. I thought that was really interesting and I I enjoyed listening to her q a on tiktok yesterday. I don't mind a mafia romance. I mean, if we're gonna make fun of somebody's taste, like look who I married, right, like he's. He's a little macho, he's a little alpha, he's a little fifa, fofum, um, so it appeals to me obviously is there a staring contest happening over there right now?
Jonathan:no, he's, he's ignoring me I'm writing a definition for cornotropia right now okay that's a really good one.
Ashley:High praise for that good job dear. I love a good pun. I'm not good at them, but I enjoy them.
Mari:All right, unless we have anything else, I'm going to go ahead and start to wrap it up. All good, yes.
Ashley:Geneva. We hope to see you in October. Yes, absolutely.
Mari:Before I go into our little outro thing, I will say we got a review, we did, we did you, we did. Yeah, somebody reposted us in their story on Instagram. It's christianhandel H-A-N-D-E-L and he's actually an author. He writes fantasy books, but they're in German. I couldn't find where they were translated anywhere. But if you speak German, if you read German, if you're wanting to read some German stories, you might want to check out his fantasy works. But he posted some pictures of our. We posted some of our stuff from Instagram. He said just a few days ago I've discovered Romanacy podcast of Swords and Soulmates and it's so good. I am more a fantasy guy than a Romanacy guy, but I just binged a handful of episodes as they are so good and entertaining, I guess. Thank you very much of Swords and Soulmates for this truly wonderful podcast. I mostly like that. The hosts have a great part about bookish news in each and every episode. I thought that was sweet. That's so thoughtful.
Jonathan:Yeah, follow Christian.
Mari:And Christian. If you ever get your books translated to English, let us know, please. Please, sign us up, yeah.
Jonathan:Oh, I'm not gonna lie. I'm looking at this one on here. I'm not going to be able to say it. I'm going to try it. Fiend Flitch the second you see it. Actually, you're going to know that's my gal.
Ashley:Oh no.
Jonathan:I can't. I don't know what he's telling me.
Ashley:I'm going to have to read this with my meta glasses. Glasses, have it translate for you.
Jonathan:Yeah, oh, it's like it's my, it's my, my dream woman, her silhouette like? Is it like adele?
Mari:no think dream villainous like horns with like a big cape situation and some claws, fine, right there's a claw and there's, there's horns.
Ashley:I didn't know that was your type.
Jonathan:That's my type.
Ashley:Interesting.
Mari:Ein finster Fluch. Dein Wunsch soll ehrfüll werden.
Ashley:Well see, now I need to know what that translates to.
Jonathan:Somebody drop that into a translator. Dream lady, that's what it sounds like.
Mari:Christian message us. We need to know now Christian, we need to know.
Jonathan:I could probably just, if only there was a whole computer program.
Ashley:Well, you're the one in front of the computer. I asked you to check it out, Okay let me take a look here. I need closure.
Mari:Let's see, let me just do some little A fairy in disguise, a grim curse that's what Instagram translation is giving me.
Jonathan:What's it saying?
Mari:it says a fairy in disguise, a grim curse. Do you like atmospheric fairy tale adaptations that follow the dark roots of old stories yet surprise you with unexpected twists and strong characters? Then follow calith and the wizard thorn into the heart of the fairy realm. Calith wants to do the impossible challenge the 13 fairy queens to become a terrible curse or to break sorry. To break a terrible curse and redeem the castle that sleeps beneath the thorns and all of its inhabitants. Fairy Curse is a romantic adaptation of the sleeping beauty fairy tale that takes you deep into the realm of fairies. Be released October 31st 2025.
Ashley:Christian.
Mari:That's right up our 31st, 2025.
Ashley:Christian. That's right up our alley. Yeah, my guy, other than language, you gotta help us out, you can't. The torture.
Jonathan:Yeah, I'll, even I'll probably Christian. If you get these translated in English, I'll make up a word for you.
Ashley:So tempting yeah.
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