Oddly Specific Book Recommendations (for your very specific moods) 📚 [EP#16]

Today, we are going to give you our book recs for ALL your very specific moods. Hope you love this one! (We apologize for the audio quality in the last 2 minutes, we had some technical difficulties 🫶🏻) Two friends, two time zones, and a shared love of stories. We are Freya Valerio (from Australia 🇦🇺) & Jaime Fok (from Canada 🇨🇦), book besties who are worlds apart. As lovers of fantasy, romance, and fiction - we'll dive into what we are reading, TBRs, recommendations, and all things books! Join us as we bridge together our time zones, one chapter at a time 📚✨ Follow us on Instagram:   / onceuponatimezonepod   Jaime's socials:    / @jaimefok     / jaimefok     / jaime.fok   Freya's socials:    / @freyvalerio     / freyv_reads     / freyvalerio   Books Discussed: The Intruder - Freida McFadden Alchemised - SenLinYu Katabasis - RF Kuang Alchemy of Secrets - Stephanie Garber Masters of Death - Olivie Blake Shark Heart - Emily Habeck Immortal Consequences - IV Marie Water Moon - Samantha Sotto Yambao A Harvest of Hearts - Andrea Emmes Madwoman - Chelsea Bieker Blood Over Bright Haven - ML Wang Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah Just for the Summer - Abby Jimenez A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid Recursion - Blake Crouch A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross Magnolia Parks - Jessa Hastings Binding 13 - Chloe Walsh To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo The Sirens - Emilia Hart Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber A Winters Promise - Christelle Dabos Belladonna - Adalyn Grace Kiss of Deception - Mary E Pearson Five Broken Blades - Mai Corland A Song to Drown Rivers - Ann Liang 00:00 - intro & current reads 11:19 - book to screen adaptation announcements 15:08 - the animal companion is kind of a jerk 19:06 - something that feels like a liminal space 23:01 - makes you think about life, death, right and wrong, while also making you feel all the feels 25:58 - queer dark academia with a twist 28:14 - you're bundled up in a cozy cabin sipping coffee while it rains 32:31 - a girl goes insane 36:14 - summer nights when it is late and you and your friend are the only ones awake watching the stars 39:29 - literally like walking into a storm 45:22 - everyone thinks is spicy, but is actually low key 48:25 - with sirens, mermaids and pirates 51:17 - running barefoot through a castle wearing a flowy dress 54:46 - a fantasy, set in a kingdom, no magic, enemies to lovers, betrayal and arranged marriage