Episode 18 - The Storyteller's Daughter, by Cameron Dokey

Sleep deprivation, stories-within-stories-within-stories and questionable romance come together to make up this engaging, Shahrazad-centric retelling of One Thousand and One Nights. The titular character is a teenager tasked with telling her new husband a story so good he'll spare her life just to make it past a cliffhanger (we're just grumpy that we don't get to hear much of that story ourselves). We fill in the blanks with a discussion of the novel's sometimes questionable approach to girl power and plenty of reminiscing about the role of storytelling in our lives.

We're curious: have you ever read this or another of the Once Upon a Time books (not the show, but the early aughts YA series)? Let us know in the comments!