Julia and Victoria try to find the line between history and fantasy in The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang. They use their incredible communication skills to meet in the middle of their opposing opinions.

Julia and Victoria marvel over the masterful point of view shifts and scream about the ending of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Victoria buys some lemonade.

Julia and Victoria are back with their friend David to discuss the second installment in the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife. They can’t agree on whether or not it’s a good sequel and why, but they do have very strong feelings about the ending, so spoiler alert!