Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network 

Show Name: Hyperfixation Nation

Episode Title: Keeper of the Lost cities

Episode #6

You are listening to Hyperfixation Nation, the podcast with your host Blake. In this episode of Hyperfixation Nation I will be discussing the book series Keeper of the Lost Cities. I will cover why I love the series, my thoughts on the morals of the 3 main groups of people, and Team FosterKeefe vs Fitzphie. 

I have been reading this series since I was about 8-9 years old and it has kept me hooked ever since. Keeper of the Lost cities is a fantasy book series that has some romantic drama - but it is not the main plot point, it has relatable characters, and it has a decent amount of representation. If you enjoyed Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan and Harry Potter by JK Rowling, you will probably like KOTLC. I have loved these books for so long that one could say that it is just a love and not a hyperfixation but every time I read one, I cannot stop, I just keep reading and reading and reading. My interest levels may go up and down but I still adore the series and will talk about it with anyone at any time. I love so many aspects of it and that is what I will be getting into next! ALSO SPOILER ALERT. I will be talking about everything that has happened in published books so far. 

• The villains aren’t just villains, you can see that they are human and they aren’t really ALL bad
• The good guys aren’t all good either- they have done things wrong and they have mixed history with their actions also
• while the characters are fighting bad guys and have magic abilities and such, you can still tell that they are just teens also
• The love web - it isn’t just a triangle

• Neverseen 
• Bad guys
• Lady gisela doing everything for her son - in a very twisted way
• They want to accomplish the same thing as the black swan but have different methods
• Black Swan
• good guys
• used to be a step ahead and now doesn’t know anything more than the kids
• keeping secrets - good or bad?
• the genetic stuff they did to Sophie
• Council
• sometimes good sometimes bad
• just trying to maintain an image 
• want what is best for the elves