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• A very happy birthaversary to Rick and Becky, who celebrated their 59th birthday and their 38th year of marriage on June 5.
• Rick even wrote a blog post about it, which included some pretty fantastic pictures.
• Congratulations to Charlie Bushnell, who just graduated high school!
• Brave + Kind Books is re-streaming the Atlanta The Sun and the Star event on June 12 at 5pm ET.
• There are still signed book available, and they’ll even ship internationally!
• We also announce the countries of the people who won our international giveaway!
• This Hollywood Reporter interview doesn’t have a lot of new info, but it’s still nice hearing Rick talk so passionately about combating the racism Leah has experienced since her casting.
• Read Riordan has a whole article on the bulgae from The Last Fallen Realm.
• If you missed the Last Fallen Realm virtual event from Mysterious Galaxy, you can watch it on YouTube and even order a copy of the book with a signed bookplate!
• Karen goes through some of the highlights from the event in case you don’t have time to watch the whole thing yourself!

• What is this book about? We give you a very short synopsis.
• Read Karen’s Last Fallen Realm book review!
• This book takes place in Vegas! Have we ever been there?
• Reality is collapsing, and even though it’s cool to see the Godrealm’s version of our stores, it’s not a good thing!
• People are so skeptical, they didn’t think any of what was happening was actually real.
• Everyone is back for this book, and it was a lot of characters to keep track of!
• Did anyone else vibe something more between Dahl and Taeyo?
• We really love how Riley’s parents adopted Dahl into the family.
• We get to meet the other goddesses in this book, and they’re pretty interesting! Do we have a favorite?
• We’re kicking off the spoiler section at 00:31:19.
• What did we think of the Water Dragon Goddess?
• And we finally get some answers about Hattie!
• It was really beautiful seeing Hattie support Riley and help her combat her imposter syndrome.
• We would TOTALLY have Moon Bunny ears if we could.
• The mini golf tournament had total Alice in Wonderland vibes.
• How useful would it be if we could fold space??
• We absolutely loved the bulgae and what the second trial ended up being.
• If you’ve watched The Good Place, you’ve heard of the Trolley Problem.
• Emmett and Riley finally admit how they feel about each other.
• We feel so BETRAYED by what the Mayor did in this book.
• Let’s take a moment to pour one out for Dahl.
• Did anyone see that Taggy reveal coming?
• Okay, it’s time to talk about the ending of The Last Fallen Realm.
• Kristen has an alternate ending—what do you think!?
• We don’t like being sad, but that doesn’t mean this ending didn’t have its merit.
• WE TOTALLY DIDN’T ALMOST CRY WHILE WE WERE RECORDING THIS EPISODE.
• Where do all the rest of the characters end up?
• This book made us feel a little bit better about the world, and honestly, what more could we ask for?

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  Check out the written interview here, in case you want to follow along!
• The first thing we want to know is…how is Graci doing now that the Gifted Clans series has come to a close?
• What were the challenges of writing The Last Fallen Realm?
• Had Graci ever been to Vegas before?
• We learn why Riley Oh dealt with so much imposter syndrome in this book.
• Was it difficult to balance Hattie and Riley’s personalities?
• Is Hole-in-One-Riley based on Graci’s real life!?
• Let’s talk about all the wonderful food in this book!
• Why is the Tree of Life such a consistent symbol across multiple cultures?
• The spoiler section for these questions starts at 01:34:52.
• Okay, we’ve gotta talk about the mayor’s betrayal.
• Graci explains why she ended Riley and Dahl’s story like that, and the surprise she came across after she drafted this book.
• Has she thought about Riley’s life after this book at all?
• Would she revisit this world at some point down the line?
• Graci also talks about how Rick Riordan Presents has started to change the publishing world.
• Would Graci ever be involved in an adaptation of her series?
• Lastly, she gives us an update on the new series she’s working on!
• Stick around to listen to us discuss a few of her answers and give our input!