Tar Valon Or Bust

In this TVOB After Dark, Preeti and Jenn are a little frustrated with pacing, find parallels EVERYWHERE, and are pretty excited about some character developments.Next episode: Towers of Midnight, Chapters 6 - 15 inclusivePreorder Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot (out September 24) and get awesome swag! Preorder Info HereCome to the Atlanta Launch! Merch:tar-valon-or-bust.printify.me/products and northingtron.redbubble.com

In which it takes Preeti and Jenn two recording sessions to get through all of this INTENSE material, from Egwene's epicness to the parallels between Egwene and Rand to Rand's dark night of the soul and then some. NOTE: Apologies for Preeti's audio in the second half of the episode. She did not check that the computer was using her podcast mic as a sound source and so it recorded the entire thing via the computer mic instead. Next episode: Towers of Midnight, Prologue - Chapter 5Preorder Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot and get awesome swag! Preorder Info HereMerch:tar-valon-or-bust.printify.me/products and northingtron.redbubble.com

Preeti and Jenn dig into character-author affinities, POV choices, Mat and Egwene parallels, and OMG VERIN in this episode.Next episode: Chapter 40 - EpiloguePreorder Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot and get awesome swag! Preorder Info HereMerch:tar-valon-or-bust.printify.me/products and northingtron.redbubble.com

The horror! The characterizations! The repeated shout-outs to Moiraine! Jenn and Preeti talk about this banger of a section and are once again tempted to just keep reading. Next section: Chapters 33-39Preeti's Work:X-Men: Blood Hunt: Jubilee one-shot in June (out now!)Preorder Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot and get awesome swag! Preorder Info HereMerch:tar-valon-or-bust.printify.me/products and northingtron.redbubble.com

WHAT A SECTION, Y'ALL!!! WHAT A SECTION. Seriously. Join Jenn and Preeti as they freak the hell out about Rand. (But Gawyn continues to be the worst.)Next section: Chapters 27-32Preeti's Work:X-Men: Blood Hunt: Jubilee one-shot in June (out now!)Preorder Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot and get awesome swag! Preorder Info HereMerch:tar-valon-or-bust.printify.me/products and northingtron.redbubble.com

Preeti and Jenn get Very Excited about Egwene's storyline, noodle on character resets and character parallels, and are annoyed by Gawyn (again). Next section: Chapters 19-26Preeti's Work:X-Men: Blood Hunt: Jubilee one-shot in June (out now!)Preorder Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot and get awesome swag! bit.ly/PayalPreorderMerch:tar-valon-or-bust.printify.me/products  and northingtron.redbubble.com

Preeti and Jenn revel in some really great (and really deliberate?) character work, as well as a faster pace, and talk about what they hope to see sooner than later.Next episode: Chapters 12-18Merch: https://tar-valon-or-bust.printify.me/products  and northingtron.redbubble.com Preeti's Work:X-Men: Blood Hunt: Jubilee one-shot in June (out now!)Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot (preorder)

In which we finally start on the Sanderson books and talk a lot about voice, POV choices, resetting of stages, and how Rand is basically Batman now.Next section: Chapters 5-11 inclusivePreorder Preeti's work!X-Men: Blood Hunt: Jubilee one-shot in JunePayal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot (save your receipt for goodies)Merch available here: https://tar-valon-or-bust.printify.me/products

While this last section is undeniably action-packed (yay!) and has some great writing (double yay!), Jenn and Preeti think about how it stands up to other books' endings, talk about some more closing of open loops, and get excited for what's coming next.Next episode: The Gathering Storm, Prologue - Chapter 4Printify shop https://tar-valon-or-bust.printify.me/products (shirt & sweater coming, will announce on Patreon when available)Preeti's upcoming publications:X-Men: Blood Hunt: Jubilee one-shot in JunePayal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot