Happy Half Hour (8/11/25)

Today, we’re chatting about two magicians faced with the responsibility of discovering an apocalyptic cataclysm and thwarting it; a graduate student who is pulled into a magical world in the heart of Los Angeles; and a woman who returns to her hometown for her grandmother’s funeral, only to discover that her grandmother’s body has suspiciously vanished.

A FATE SO COLD by Amanda Foody and C. L. Herman | 9781250873156 | 11/4/25
ALCHEMY OF SECRETS by Stephanie Garber | 9781250789150 | 10/7/25
BLACKTHORN by J.T. Geissinger | 9781250379139 | 11/4/25

Additional titles we mentioned:
FALLEN CITY by Adrienne Young | 9781250794192 | 11/4/25
HEART’S GAMBIT by J.D. Myall | 9781250365408 | 2/3/26
THE RIVER SHE BECAME by Emily Varga | 9781250878694 | 6/30/26
THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME by Ilona Andrews | 9781250377265 | 3/31/26
CODEBREAKER by Jay Martel | 9781250355546 | 7/22/25
PARADOX by Douglas Preston and Aletheia Preston | 9781250413901 | 4/21/26
GEMINI: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story by Jeffrey Kluger | 9781250323002 | 11/11/25
EVERYTHING LOST RETURNS by Sarah Domet | 9781250087898 | 2/17/26
WAIT FOR ME by Amy Jo Burns | 9781250399304 | 3/3/26
HONEYSUCKLE by Bar Fridman-Tell | 9781639736737 | 3/24/26
HEART OF MISCHIEF by Emma Noyes | 9781250342935 | 3/10/26
THE LABYRINTH OF WAKING DREAMS by Michelle Kulwicki | 9798890033802 | 4/21/26
WHILE YOU WERE SEETHING by Charlotte Stein | 9781250867995 | 4/14/26
ENCHANTING THE FAE QUEEN by Stephanie Burgis | 9781250359612 | 1/27/26
DRAGON CURSED by Elise Kova | 9781649377838 | 1/6/26
FLIRTING WITH MURDER by Amanda Sellet | 9781250360199 | 4/21/26
WESTWARD WOMEN by Alice Martin | 9781250375308 | 3/10/26
THIS STORY MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE by Tiffany Crum | 9781250395238 | 3/10/26
THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao | 9781250406811 | 1/20/26
MEET THE NEWMANS by Jennifer Niven| 9781250372444 | 1/6/26
WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy | 9781250827951 | 3/4/25

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