Five-Star Reads Show

Are you stuck in a reading slump and looking for your next favorite book? Then come to Five-Star Reads Show!

Some of LA’s funniest up-and-coming comedians will pitch you their FAVORITE BOOK (and tell other jokes!), then YOU vote on the best pitch. The comedian that wins will come back for the next show!

Every audience member receives a FREE bookish trinket! First come, first serve, so arrive early if you want the special stuff (like cute crochet amigurumi!!!).

Plus, we’ll be joined by fantasy author and screenwriter JULIA BIANCO. Her debut novel, WITCH SEASON, was just released this summer, and is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Juno Dawson, V.E. Schwab, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer! She’ll be signing books but TBD if they will be available for purchase at the show, so buy a copy before you arrive!

WITCH SEASON SYNOPSIS That is the price of magic–not just the blood, but the pain to bring it out.

Katherine Barnes is an enforcer, charged with upholding the rules of the notorious Los Angeles-based Aestas coven. It’s her job to maintain order and bring unsettled witches–people who aren’t aware they have magic until it explodes out of them in a catastrophic burst–into the coven’s fold. As a former unsettled witch, Katherine owes her life to Sylvia Page, coven leader and silver-haired rebel who founded Aestas years ago.

When Silas Khatri, heir to Noctis, the most powerful coven in the world, arrives to take Aestas to task for some of their more unconventional practices, Katherine’s dislike for him reaches blistering levels. She hates his money, his good looks, his coven’s dangerous attitude towards unsettled witches. She can absolutely overlook that he sets her off in more ways than one.

But a powerful threat is about to rise. Stronger than any one coven. More insidious than the decades-long power struggle that exists in the hidden witch world. One that will pull Katherine and Silas together despite their differences. And one that will lead to an all-out war.

THIS SHOW’S COMICS:

JILL SILVA

CHELSEA HOLLAND

JORDAN WOLD

AMIE LIEBERMAN

HOSTED BY DANA SAYLES link for witch season (please link where it says "witch season synopsis).