The Queens begin the seventh book of the Wheel of Time series, A Crown of Swords. We'd like to emphasize our trigger warnings throughout book seven. Please see the trigger warnings below and keep yourself safe.

Welcome back to Book 7. As Elayne falls in the Queens' eyes, we follow the crew as they braid each other's hair in the dark and negotiate around the most uncharacteristic moments. We learn of Olver's skill for jocky-ing and Mat's skill of getting mad at anyone who dares to take it away from him. As Mat is tossed about the castle, the Queens pick up on unsettling vibes that they hope they're wrong about. From theorizing about everything and every character to wondering whether or not certain much-missed characters are truly gone, expect to find your favourite Queens analyzing every sentence in this book. That is to say, join us as we read Chapter 11 to the end of Chapter 24 of Book Seven of The Wheel of Time, A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan.

At the end of the podcast, we have a special treat with not one, but two games! The Queens play Black Ajah or Nah, where Queens Tay and Marissa attempt to root out the Black Ajah we haven't yet found. The second game is Dead or Alive, where the two Queens attempt to guess which characters are going to make it to the very end. To cap it all off, Queens Tay and Marissa update their character rankings.

Content Warnings:
Please take care of yourself. We talk about the following in this podcast:

• Rape
• Sexual Assault
• Confinement
• Torture
• Physical Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Gore & Violence
• Misogyny
• Sexism
• Domestic Abuse
• Death

Expect spoilers for the first seven novels in the series: A Crown of Swords, Lord of Chaos, The Fires of Heaven, The Shadow Rising, The Dragon Reborn, The Great Hunt, and The Eye of the World.

For those reading along with us, our next episode will come out on May 15, 2024, and will cover chapter 25 to the end of chapter 34 of A Crown of Swords, the seventh instalment in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series.

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Marissa: Personal Instagram | The Book Jar Pod | StoryGraph | Crowned Heathens

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00:00 The Wheel of Time Turns
1:04 Intro
5:06 Short Summary
6:05 Start of In-Depth Analysis
29:36 Egwene Finds Lan
31:38 CW: Sexual Assault, Rape
44:07 End of CW: Sexual Assault, Rape
58:48 Braid My Hair & Tell Me Secrets
1:09:20 Olver, the Jockey
1:21:06 CW: Sexual Assault, Rape
1:27:10 End of CW: Sexual Assault, Rape
1:28:10 Mat's A Hot Potato
1:32:47 CW: Sexual Assault, Rape
1:36:16 End of CW: Sexual Assault, Rape
1:47:46 Berelain Needs to Go
2:10:56 Time to Theorize
2:22:48 How to Not Be A Friend by Elayne
2:42:33 Nynaeve's Bad News
2:49:46 End of In-Depth Analysis
2:50:07 Next Chapters to Read
2:50:44 A Game: Black Ajah or Nah
2:57:27 Another Game: Dead or Alive
3:05:42 Character Ratings
3:13:00 Outro & Socials
3:15:26 Blooper