Tar Valon Or Bust

In which Preeti and Jenn are shocked to find themselves #TeamRand, talk about book bloat, things finally (FINALLY) starting to happen, and try to figure out where all the good villains are.This episode: Chapters 22-30Next episode: Chapters 31-38

Preeti and Jenn dig into the shifting power dynamics between various character sets, get into the org charts of the Dark One and the Whitecloaks, have opinions about what Jordan is getting right and getting wrong, and try to remember character names with varying degrees of success.

In a rare occurrence, Preeti and Jenn blaze through these (sort of nothing-burger) chapters, with pauses for extreme dislike of the Elayne/Thom dynamic along the way.

We're back to the main series, baby! This week Jenn and Preeti are still in awe of Robert Jordan's ability to make things weird, they are excited for some Lanfear development, and are super down for Rand and Moiraine to FINALLY lay it all on the table.

In this week's Very Special Bonus Episode, Jenn and Preeti are joined by half of the romance author duo, Kit Rocha -- Bree! Bree very kindly walks us through the romance and sexy times of the Wheel of Time. It gets kind of weird, but in a good way? Not in a getting spanked in the Ways kind of way, we swear. CN: Please be prepared for frank conversations about kink, sex, and consent!KIT ROCHA is the pseudonym for co-writing team Donna Herren and Bree Bridges. After penning dozens of paranormal novels, novellas and stories as Moira Rogers, they branched out into gritty, sexy dystopian romance.The Beyond series has appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists, has been nominated for best erotic romance in the RT Reviewer’s Choice award five times, and won in 2013 and 2015. Their most recent adventure is partnering with Tor to launch their critically acclaimed Mercenary Librarians series.Follow Bree on twitter right here: https://twitter.com/mostlybreeThe Wheel Takes PodcastLezbi Nerdy on YouTube

Preeti and Jenn hit a section of New Spring they really struggle with, talk about what this book does and doesn't do, and have a lot of feelings about Malkieri "customs" (:barf noise:).