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S.2 Ep. 8: Mythic Mic Deep Dive: Empire of the Vampire with Noah's Brisk Reviews
🎃 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 🎃
🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where myths intertwine with reality, legends come to life, and fantasy is more than just a story!
For this spooktacular Halloween special, hosts Bethany Amanda and Sara Santillan are joined by Noah from @NoahsBriskReviews for a chilling, bloody, and thought-provoking deep dive into Jay Kristoff’s Empire of the Vampire and its sequel, Empire of the Damned (all leading up to the third book's release next week!).
This isn’t your typical fang-filled discussion. It’s a raw, emotional exploration of faith, monstrosity, and what it truly means to live (and die) in the light. From holy wars and blood feasts to broken saints and heretic hearts, this episode will have you rethinking what it means to be human in a world ruled by darkness. 🩸
💀 What happens when faith is your curse?
🔥 Can light be just as dangerous as shadow?
🕯️ And how do you trust a story told by a man who might be lying — even to himself?
Grab your garlic, stake, and favorite candle because this one gets hilariously dark.
⚔️ IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT…
🩸 Faith, Blasphemy, and Blood: How Empire of the Vampire flips religious myth into gothic legend.
💔 Gabriel de León’s Fall: The man, the myth, and the martyr who refuses to break even when the world does.
🔥 The Burden of Light: Why hope burns brightest in the most brutal worlds.
🦇 The Women Who Bleed Power: Dior, Astrid, and the fierce feminine energy behind Kristoff’s vampires.
📖 Empire of the Damned: What the sequel reveals about guilt, grief, and gods that demand too much.
🧠 The Unreliable Narrator: How Kristoff’s choice to let Gabe tell his own story changes everything and why we can’t be sure what’s truth or self-made myth.
💫 CONNECT WITH US
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🧛 Guest: Noah – @NoahsBriskReviews
🎧 Host: Bethany Amanda – @BethanyinFantasyland
🎧 Host: Sara Santillan – @The_Magical_Quill
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