Calling all book lovers! Check This Bookout is your go-to podcast for fantasy and romance book talk, hosted by two book-obsessed sisters, Madeline and Hannah Bookout. (Yes, that's our real last name!) Join us for unfiltered reviews, bookish games, seasonal book recs, monthly book club, and more! We’ll be here every other Tuesday discussing the books that made us laugh, cry, and stay up way too late. So find your comfy reading chair, grab your never-ending TBR, and let’s Check This Bookout!
It’s time for our long awaited review of Iron Gold by Pierce Brown 🪐 After falling hard for the original trilogy, we were ready for another high-stakes journey through space, but some things left us disappointed. In this episode, we talk through what about this book’s character arcs and plot worked, what didn't, and whether it lives up to the books that came before it. (P.S. this book contains spoilers for Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, and Iron Gold.)
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💌 October Book Club: Grim Tidings by B.K. Borison
📖 Books Mentioned:
Iron Gold - Pierce Brown
Dark Age - Pierce Brown
Light Bringer - Pierce Brown
Red Rising - Pierce Brown
Golden Son - Pierce Brown
Morning Star - Pierce Brown
Queen of Shadows - Sarah J. Maas
Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas
Grim Tidings - B.K. Borison
Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff
A Court of Silver Flames - Sarah J. Maas
Good Spirits - B. K. Borison
15 Sept 2026
BASTION by Phil Tucker | Fantasy Book Review
Introducing your next favorite progressive epic fantasy: Bastion by Phil Tucker! 📖 With only 7,500 ratings on Goodreads, this book is criminally underhyped. In Part 1, we're discussing the writing, world building, characters of both books 1 and 2 -- Bastion and The Rascor Plains -- of the Immortal Great Soul series. As always, we're getting deep in detail to break down what makes this series a must-read!
(P.S. this episode contains spoilers!)
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💌 September Book Club: Iron Gold - Pierce Brown
📖 Books Mentioned: Bastion - Phil Tucker
The Rascor Plains - Phil Tucker
Throne Hunters - Phil Tucker
Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
The Everlasting - Alix E. Harrow
🔗 Bastion Photos Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/682901669/bastion-deluxe-hardcover-edition
26 Aug 2026
THE EVERLASTING by Alix E. Harrow | Fantasy Book Review
We love a good fantasy standalone & The Everlasting is near the top of the list 🌳🗡️ This book delivers beloved historical fantasy settings with fairytale whimsy, but manages to write a devastatingly beautiful love story. In this book review, we gasp, laugh, & cry at how awe-inspiring this book is. Tune in to discover it for yourself! (P.S. This episode contains spoilers!)
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💌 September Book Club: Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
📖 Books Mentioned:
The Everlasting - Alix E. Harrow
Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross
Iron Gold - Pierce Brown
🌳 The Everlasting Synopsis:
Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters―but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten.
Centuries later, Owen Mallory―failed soldier, struggling scholar―falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives―and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs.
But that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una’s legend―if they want to tell a different story--they’ll have to rewrite history itself.
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