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• Happy birthday (and happy Pride Month) to Piper McLean!
• The official Percy Jackson and the Olympians Twitter account finally broke their four-month silence to tell us…nothing.
• Becky gave us a little more info about the WGA strike and what mini-rooms are.
• Oh, and Read Riordan wants us to meet the water dragon goddess from The Last Fallen Realm.

• We’re so excited to be talking about this book this week, especially with the next one right around the corner.
• Don’t forget, you can read Karen’s Last Fallen Moon book review from last year.
• Also be sure to check out the interview we did with Graci Kim (which also links to the podcast episode if you’d like to listen instead)!
• So…what is this book about, exactly?
• This book starts off rough—everyone is so mean to Riley and her family.
• Why did Riley insist on going it alone!?
• How amazing was the depiction of the Spiritrealm?
• It’s interesting to think about how stories and mythologies change over the years and WHY they change.
• Torture is still torture, even when it’s disguised as fun.
• We talk a lot about the changes to Hell, and why Graci made them.
• Karen once again talks about the brilliance of shared universes.
• Hattie and Riley’s relationship has been so wonderful to experience.
• We talk about some of the new characters we get to meet in this book, but we’ll save the details for the spoiler section.
• Speaking of…the major spoilers start at 00:45:34!
• Let’s talk about that forgotten underwater kingdom, shall we?
• The cosplaying protestors were pretty great, and we have a very important question for our listeners.
• What about all the creatures we meet in this book?
• Riley goes through so much in this book! Let’s break it all down.
• Was Hattie being selfish and impulsive? Was Riley being too self-sacrificing?
• Can you believe they actually got arrested!?
• Were we surprised by the mayor?
• Shout-out to that edible forest! We can’t wait to see the food in Fallen Realm.
• Of course the one thing that can destroy the snake is the one thing they gave away!
• The culmination of the story in this book is pretty huge.
• Let’s talk about Hattie’s big reveal.
• That hairpin was important after all!
• Thank goodness they got the memory book back!
• Will there be more Emmett in the next book?

• This week, we’re reading The Red Pyramid chapter 11!
• Do you know what a group of scorpions is called?
• It was really great for Sadie and Carter to talk about the difficulties in their lives, even if their conversation got cut off.
• What were our first reactions to Zia Rashid?
• Would you have fun memorizing all those auspicious times?
• We want a fire-breathing staff!