Welcome back to Lattes and Lore Pod where the apocalypse is personal and the coffee’s never strong enough. Today we’re diving headfirst into Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, the book that turns morality, mayhem, and reality TV into one big existential dungeon crawl. From over-leveled cities to explosive soul crystals, we’re asking the hard questions — like, would you save humanity or just hit the detonate button for the drama?
Welcome to Level 3 — where chaos has a camera crew.
Not all dawns bring hope. We’re tearing into Sunrise on the Reaping — the origin, the symbolism, and why Collins’ newest story hits just as hard as the first arrow through the arena. It’s pain, politics, and Panem at its finest.
Grab your coffee and your emotional armor — this dawn isn’t gentle.
Today we’re dodging curses, spotting toxic tropes, and admitting we’d still fall for the morally gray guy with a tragic backstory. Just remember “Not all heroes wear capes — some just wave red flags really well.”
“In Blunder, even light casts a shadow.”
Today on Lattes and Lore, we’re diving deep into Gillig’s haunting finale — exploring the cost of power, the weight of identity, and why sometimes, the monsters inside us save us best.
Rachel Gillig’s Two Twisted Crowns isn’t just a sequel. It’s a reckoning — the story of what happens after the fairytale ends, when the hero’s victory leaves scars no magic can heal.
⚠️ Spoiler warning: Full spoilers ahead for One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns. If you haven’t finished both, this is your last chance to turn back.
For everyone else… grab your cloak, draw your card, and follow us into the mist.
Today we're diving into the mist soaked kingdom of Blunder, where magic comes with a price and secrets lurk behind every shadow. Let's talk about One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig.
This episode we dive into Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman.
As always spoiler warning if you haven't read this book yet.
On today's episode we discuss moments we enjoyed and some we didn't in Iron Flame.
On this episode with play "would you rather" but with a fantasy theme.
On todays episode we discuss some of our favorite authors and favorites tropes to read!!
Drop a comment on who are some of your favorite authors and tropes.
Today we dove into our recap of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Our focus was chapters 1-25 but spoilers are always on the table for entire Empyrean Series.
We had the pleasure of interviewing romance author Katie Russell.
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Today's episode we discuss some of our favorite villains throughout some of our favorite book, comics and TV series. As always there is a chance of spoilers.
On today's episode we discuss how we would react to common occurrences in fantasy books as our 20 year old selves and 30 year old selves.
We cover chapter 34-39.
We dove into chapters 28-34.
Part 2 of our Fourth Wing recap we pick up post execution and travel through manifesting signets and winning a squad battle.
As always Spoiler Warning!!! If you haven't read the 3 current books from the Empyrean Series tread carefully. In this episode we dive into the first have plus some of what we know from the other books of the Empyrean Series.
Spoiler warning for anyone who hasn't read all A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Throne of Glass series and Crescent City series. Will will be diving into our loved theories and hot takes.
This episode we discuss how our love of reading started and how we found it again as adults.