Get ready to give your safe word, because DDDSpod is diving into Jacqueline Carey's 2001 BDSM historical fantasy masterpiece, Kushiel's Dart. The first thirty chapters of this precursor to modern (inferior) romantasy establish an evocative world of seduction and subterfuge—and your hosts can't get enough.

But first–Taylor Frankie Paul eats up more oxygen and both hosts wonder how bookstagrammers can keep track of their expectations.

NEXT WEEK: Chapters 21-60 of Kushiel's Dart

After a year of on-again/off-again journeying with Aelin Galathynius, FKA Celaena Sardothien, DDDSpod has finally finished the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. In this week’s episode, your hosts focus on Kingdom of Ash’s Part 2: Gods and Gates, but they’re ready to pass judgment on the mammoth final volume and the series as a whole. Was it time well spent? Honestly, they're not sure.

But first, Jacob is underwhelmed by Project Hail Mary (movie) and overwhelmed by Crimson Desert (videogame), William is still at the beach, and they’re both very ready to move on with their literary lives as they head to the sensual world of Terre D’Ange in Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Dart. Their chat through Chapters 1-30 drops April 2nd.

At long last, DDDSPod is finishing it's year-long read of the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. There are a lot of pages and characters in this book! Aelin is trapped in a box, Lysandra is cosplaying as the heir of fire without any of the fire magic, Dorian is trying to learn how to shape shift, Manon is uniting the witch tribes, and many, many other characters kill time as we await any meaningful resolution to come in part two.

But first, Jacob and William celebrate genre movie wins at the Oscars and William mourns the Buffy reboot.