Season 5 of Worlds Within: Everyday Enchantments heads back to school with The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis! 🐺✨

In this episode, we dive into this hilarious cozy fantasy featuring werewolves, magical schools, parenthood, friendship, everyday magic, supernatural creatures, and PTA drama. We follow Vivian, a very ordinary mortal mom navigating a very extraordinary school after her five-year-old daughter is turned into a werewolf.

We’re talking cozy fantasy stakes, magical school settings, magical creatures, parenthood, community, school and social politics, and the chaos of a supernatural parents’ WhatsApp group. We explore the world of Grimoire Grammar School, from magical school trials and wizard soccer (but not like that!) to magical portals, prophecies, and the everyday magic woven into this quirky New England town.

Plus, we reveal our Portal Moments and Immersion Ratings for The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association.

📚 Book: The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis
🐺 Genre: Cozy Fantasy | Magical School | Urban Fantasy | Found Family
🎙️ Podcast: Worlds Within — Where story becomes space.

Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2544531/episodes/19829238-the-grimoire-grammar-school-pta-by-caitlin-rozakis-help-my-kindergartener-is-a-werewolf#transcript

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Hosted by Alyssa Curtis & Ash Christine. Theme song by Magiksolo. Recording studio provided by Garden Groove

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Season 5 of Worlds Within: Everyday Enchantments begins with The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst! 🫖✨

In this episode, we dive into this beloved cozy fantasy featuring found family, forbidden magic, community, romance, magical creatures, and an immersive island world. We explore the Crescent Islands with Kiela, a reclusive librarian who escapes to a quiet island and discovers that raspberry jam, secret spells, sentient spider plants, and a little community might be exactly what she needs.

We’re talking cozy fantasy books, magical worldbuilding, island settings, romance, found family, baking and food, magical creatures, and the sensory details that make The Spellshop feel like a warm cup of hot chocolate. Plus, we discuss the book’s whimsical magic system that pulled us deepest into the Crescent Islands.

Plus, we reveal our Portal Moments and Immersion Ratings for The Spellshop.

📚 Book: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
🫖 Genre: Cozy Fantasy | Romance | Magical Realism | Found Family
🎙️ Podcast: Worlds Within — Where story becomes space.

Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2544531/episodes/19829222-the-spellshop-by-sarah-beth-durst-forbidden-magic-and-raspberry-jam#transcript

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Hosted by Alyssa Curtis & Ash Christine. Theme song by Magiksolo. Recording studio provided by Garden Groove

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Join Worlds Within as we discuss The Ever King by L.J. Andrews, the first in the Ever Seas series. In this episode, we discuss going through the Chasm into the swashbuckling world of the Ever Kingdom with an intriguing cast of characters, a cursed land, and Alyssa's least favorite trope. We have pirates and viking fae and sirens and much, MUCH more to talk about.

Episode Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2544531/episodes/19782781-the-ever-king-by-l-j-andrews-pirates-and-viking-fae-oh-my#transcript

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Join us as we discuss The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh, a young adult novel that retells the Korean myth of Shim Cheong. In this book, we explore the underwater world of the Sea God, lost promises and prayers, and how to take fate into your own hands.

Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2544531/19351604-the-girl-who-fell-beneath-the-sea-by-axie-oh-a-korean-folklore-retelling-under-the-waves/transcript

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Join us as we explore an entirely different type of sea in Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. In this world, the sea is made of moon spores and had dangers beyond our earthly comprehension, friendships are made and fought for, and a girl goes on a thrilling adventure.

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Join us as we discuss the intricate and complex world in The Bone Ships by R.J. Barker. This is the first in the completed Tide Child trilogy. In this episode, we explore this violent world forced to consume itself, a dragon unlike one we have ever seen, and giant ships made of bone.

Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2544531/19351555-the-bone-ships-by-r-j-barker-high-fantasy-pirates-and-sea-dragons/transcript

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Join us as we explore the watery world of A Wraith Beneath the Tides by Emilia Jae. This world is full of pirates, fantastical ships, siren shifters, an underwater kingdom, a spicy romance, and one of the best displays of feminine rage. We discuss the world and our main characters, Esmyra and Draevyn and their enemies to lovers romance.

Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2544531/19351514-a-wraith-beneath-the-tides-by-emilia-jae-pirates-sirens-and-feminine-rage/transcript

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Join us as we discuss the world and characters of The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen. This is the first book in a completed series that is all set in the same world. In this episode, we discuss the political and economic systems in the world, the Bridge and Tempest seas, snakes, sharks, and just how cool and capable Lara actually is.

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