Melody and Katee are here with Aveda Vice to recap Desire the Star by Miranda Silver! This witchy, tarot-loving (literally), paranormal, polyknot, CLIFFHANGER was joy from start to finish. It has every trope you can think of and at least 3 you never would have guessed.

Aveda Vice was one of our June book club picks because she just came out with INEXTRICABLY TIED, the follow up to her Gargoyle/Harpy masterpiece SKIN. Make sure to check it out! Aveda's Website

Aftercare Suggestions:

Aveda: All Of Us Are Dead on Netflix. It's coming of age, but zombies!

Melody: the podcast Deliver Us from Ervil. Content Warnings for violence, murder, sexual abuse of minors, and sexual assault. But wow it's a great true crime documentary podcast!

Katee: Black Sails! The 'ships this show makes you ship are plentiful and sometimes surprising! Content warning for sexual assault in the first season. They were trying to be like Game of Thrones until they realized we don't need more gratuitous violence against women in the world. They have since fixed their mistake!

Check out and FOLLOW our Kickstarter! (Ahhhh!)

Next week, the gals will be back for the Temple-only episode!

So as always, if you’re looking for more bonkers in your life, check out The Temple of Defiant Joy!

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September in the Temple!

- This month we're back with Katee regaling us with more Fertile in My Ex-Boyfriend’s Dungeon (and we discover an actual hard limit for Katee!), and Hannah Whitten is going to stop by to give us all her best spooky season recs. - In Book Club news, everyone in the Joy Bringer and Celebrant tiers can download their ebooks of MY WICKED PRINCE by Molly O’Keefe and the entire audiobook collection of COURT OF THE VAMPIRE QUEEN by Katee Robert! - And finally, Joy Bringers and Celebrants can check out all the digital art we’ve created for the Temple! It’s all on one convenient page waiting for you.

Temple of Defiant Joy

Pirates are waiting for you!

Six brand new bonkers pirate books you can read THIS MONTH from Katee Robert, CM Nascosta, Naima Simone, Andie J. Christopher, Jenny Nordbak, and Nina Saxena! Plus, foiled special editions with sprayed edges, gorgeous art, and so much more! Don't miss it!

Dangerous Tides!