Into the Fold: A Grishaverse Podcast

“Oh, how it’s been so long! We’re so sorry we’ve been gone!” Life has been really life-ing lately, but we’re glad to be back with the next installment discussing King of Scars. 

• Leigh has been hard at work and has given us much to be excited about!

• Every man deserves to be punished by Zoya specifically 

• Nikolai’s compassion for other people is one of his best qualities 

• Nina finds closure and an accidental date 

• Julianna makes a jok...

We haven’t said this for a while, but it’s time to start a new book! This week, its chapters 1-6 of King of Scars.

• This poor kid believes in the boogeyman, and he turns out to be right 

• Zoya is very loyal to the throne now that her boyfriend sits in it 

• Nikolai tries to cherry pick royal responsibilities 

• Nina’s life has never not been complicated 

• Fun segment: One-Word Stories

• Question of the week: which character from the S&B t...

Get ready for an explosive episode of Into the Fold as we dive headfirst into the chaos, heartbreak, and brilliance of Crooked Kingdom—this time, trivia style! Julianna and Geoff are joined by the dynamic duo Dani and Lucero from Sombra y Cuervos for a high-stakes trivia showdown that tests just how well we truly know the Dregs. From scheming heists to impossible odds, no detail is too obscure in this friendly but fierce battle of ...

We have reached the end… of Crooked Kingdom! This week, we are breaking down the final chapters in the second book of the Six of Crows duology (finallyyyyyyyyy). 

• Wylan and Jesper are living in a gay sitcom (and it’s fantastic)

• Is it okay if Colm Fahey dates Marya Hendricks?

• Inej might just have saved her best line for last

• Kaz finally learned that friendship really is magic 

• Fun Segment: Set the Scene, “Sk8 the Infinity” edition

• Que...

It’s not quite the end, but it’s close (and for one of the characters it is)!

• Wylan finally learned how to die

• Two pillars of different communities get torn down in the same place

• Matthias gives the gift of forgiveness before he dies 

• Fun segment: 20 Questions!

• Question of the week: Would it have been better if Nina had found Matthias after he died instead of witnessing his final moments?

Next time: Part 6.2: THE REST!

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Lights, camera, AUCTION! We’re in the next-to-last part of Crooked Kingdom and all the plans are finally coming together!

• We have news AND a message from a new listener!

• Kaz wants to earn respect, THEN leadership

• Apparently you can just… sell your own contract? 

• Signaling the end of Matthias

• Returning Ravkans

• Fun Segment: Two Baghras and an Apparat

Question of the week: When Jesper accidentally kissed Kuwei instead ...

We’re back to our usual format, and we’re keeping it moving through part 4 of Crooked Kingdom!

• Geoff still has a crush on Colm Fahey

• Kaz actually loves looking after Wylan for… reasons

• What does honoring the dead actually mean in Ketterdam?

• Fun segment: “Would you rather?”

• Question of the week: the same one as last week

Next time: Part 5!

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Happy New Year! Our first episode of 2025 is a special one, because it was recorded LIVE IN GEOFF’S LIVING ROOM

• Read “I’ll Get Back to You” by Becca Grischow 

• Geoff and Julianna recap their adventures in Louisville 

• We SWEAR we are here to discuss chapters 11-16 of Crooked Kingdom

• The hosts trade jokes (you decide whose are better)

  
  

In part 2 of Crooked Kingdom, we start with a visit from Jesper’s father and end with chaos in costumes while rescuing a beloved member of the team!

• Geoff has a crush on Colm Fahey, and we don’t blame them

• Matthias is a surprisingly good L&D nurse

• Did Inej go just a little too far this time? 

• Nina’s road to recovery and reconnection with her community 

• Fun Segment: Last Minute Limericks

• Question of the week:...

In this highly anticipated episode, Geoff and Julianna face off against Lucero and Dani from the "Sombra y Cuervos" podcast in an epic Six of Crows trivia smackdown! After some unavoidable delays (sorry about that, folks!), we are back with a jam-packed episode full of Kaz Brekker-level trickery, wild guesses, and plenty of laughs. We dive deep into the Grishaverse as both teams battle to prove who knows Six of Crows best...

Here it is! The episode that should have been at Literary Ink but we now bring to you not live! Geoff is back and feeling better! This episode highlights what we love about this book, including:

1. Strong women who don’t need a man
2. Differently-abled representation
3. Multiple perspectives
4. Characters working through their traumas
5. A crap ton of quotable lines
6. Normalization of queer relationships 
7. Brisk pace
8. Worldbuildin...

Let the record show that we kept our promise! We have reached the end of Six of Crows before we got to LIterary Ink this summer, and also in this glorious month of Pride!

• Inej and Nina are DEFINITELY worse off by the end of the book

• Kaz has been playing Jenga this entire time

• Matthias and Wylan are transformed in SO many ways 

• Can we REALLY blame Jesper, or can he not help it? 

• Fun segment: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Ma...

We are BACK and super psyched to get into the thick of the action with chapters 32-38 of Six of Crows!

• We DID read The Familiar, but our full reviews will have to wait

• Cheers from new friends across the globe!

• How to flirt while danger is imminent 

• Should it matter that the target of their mission has changed?

• The satisfaction of two lovers FINALLY on the same page

• Fun segment: What’s been living rent-free in yo...

• The Ice Court Job is in FULL EFFECT in this week’s episode, as we get into chapters 27-31 of Six of Crows!

• LB is going on tour (let us know if you plan to go)!

• Did Jesper kill a guy, or just knock him out? 

• Matthias doesn’t pair well with anyone… or does he? 

• Kaz might have more privilege than he realizes 

• Nina and Inej should really just have their own series!

• Fun Segment: “Friendship Corner: EvilleCon ...

Before Geoff and Julianna head off on their world travels, we have to talk about this prison break. So, this week, we are getting into chapters 22-26 of SoC!

• Some of the characters are just… there. 

• The things Jesper has to do for love (and to break out of prison). 

• There’s a reason Inej is holding onto hope better than Kaz

• The end of the Kaz Brekker origin story?

• Fun Segment: Set the Scene: Balloon Farm Edition (T...

This week, we’re stopping off at a coffee shop (they have those) to discuss chapters 20 and 21 of Six of Crows! 

• New goal: finished SoC by the time we present at Literary Ink in July!

• LB is serving some serious press realness for her new book: The Familiar

• “It” may be hard to talk about, but we have to acknowledge it 

• The moment we realized there IS no Bo-Yul Bayur

• Proof of coffee!

• Bonding over trauma bonding 

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