About this episode

Sasha Peyton Smith joins the hosts to discuss love triangles in her books and in Gilmore Girls.

Gilmore Girls lovers, on Wednesdays, we talk books!!! New York Times bestseller Sasha Peyton Smith's latest novel THE THORN QUEEN wraps up her historical fantasy duology after the success of the first novel THE ROSE BARGAIN. This duology is perfect for you if you love to sink into a story, live beside characters, marvel at how complicated families can really be, and find yourself rooting for one love interest over another. For this exact reason, I wanted to bring Sasha in to talk about love triangles: in her books, on Gilmore girls, in modern media. And boy does she have thoughts! Don't cancel us if we don't agree with your fave fandom <3 In this episode, Sasha and I talk about confidence we got as teenagers, boys we made cry, what we love and love to hate about Gilmore girls, which team she's on, which of Rory's boyfriends she knows IRL, and of course all about love triangles. Want more Gilmore Girls inspired book recommendations? Join our book club, @gilmoretoread. -- Our newest podcast, A Marvelous Time: A Marvelous Maisel Recap Podcast , has arrived! Exclusively on Patreon . Be sure to join the Super Cool Party People tier or the Vicious Trollops tier to receive weekly…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tara Llewellyn, Haley McIntosh

Guest: Sasha Peyton Smith

Topics covered

• love triangles
• Gilmore Girls
• book recommendations
• teenage confidence
• character relationships

Keywords

• Sasha Peyton Smith
• love triangles
• Gilmore Girls
• THE THORN QUEEN
• THE ROSE BARGAIN
• book club
• teenage confidence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gilmore Girls

Books & works: THE THORN QUEEN, THE ROSE BARGAIN

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