We’re Leaving the Cult for the Assassin Academy

Bound by Blood and Books · Nov 5, 2026 · 1h 8m

Today’s episode is a safety hazard because we are experiencing absolute emotional dysregulation 🫠

First, we travel to the absolute bleakest pits of post-apocalyptic hell with Agustina Bazterrica’s The Unworthy. It’s a 192-page horror story written in a secret diary using... literal blood and dirt. If you thought your landlord was bad, wait until you meet the Mother Superior running this toxic climate cult. 🩸📦

Then, to save ourselves from a total existential crisis, we sprint directly into the arms of a thousand-year-old fairy warrior with Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass series. We’re tracking…