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Episode 158: The King's Blood Ch 5-8

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Show Notes

In this episode covering The King’s Blood we all get PTSD from a Geder chapter, disagree with Clara’s choices, get sad for Dawson and wish Cithrin would get on with it. We also stray into a few book recs!

CW: Don’t really know how to say this but there’s a penis in these chapters. Also some talk of terminal illness of a secondary character.

Timestamps: Ch 5 (Geder): 15 min Ch 6 (Clara): 27 min 47 sec Ch 7 (Dawson): 38 min 27 sec Ch 8 (Cithrin): 45 min 40 sec

Next Episode: The King’s Blood Ch 9 (Geder)- 12 (Cithrin)

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