Alchemised
Novel by SenLinYuWikipedia
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Oct 15, 2026
speaker_0HOST
Mm-hmm.
MalfoyesqueGUEST
And it's just since Manichaud and, uh, since Alchemized, since Modifying Ordeal, oh, what's it called?
speaker_0HOST
Mm-hmm.
MalfoyesqueGUEST
Um, what's, what's the title for Bridget's?
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MalfoyesqueGUEST
That's free marketing for the publisher.
speaker_0HOST
Mm-hmm.
MalfoyesqueGUEST
The amount of things, I know there was a lot of discourse when, um, both, um, Alchemized and Irresistible Urge dropped about the fact that they were both being advertised as Dramione-
speaker_0HOST
Yes
KateHOST
And I'm Kate.
RenataHOST
And for this episode, we read Alchemized by Sen Lin Yu.
RenataHOST
Joining us to discuss this Harry Potter/Handmaid's Tale-inspired AU is exhausted soldier Nicole.
KateHOST
Hello.
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KateHOST
[laughs] Which that would be kind of...
KateHOST
Like, wouldn't that be kind of funny, actually, if Voldemort was in just, like, a toddler? [laughs] Um, but that doesn't happen 'cause that would be fun and whimsical, and that's not what this- I was just gonna say that.
KateHOST
[laughs] Write your own fan fiction of Alchemized where that happens.
KateHOST
[laughs] Oh my God.
Alannah ZilkowskyGUEST
so I don't get bored of them or bored of the characters or the storyline, as opposed to, like, binging the whole thing.
Alannah ZilkowskyGUEST
So definitely recommend Alchemized.
Tawny PalmHOST
Mm, that one's on my top five too.
Alannah ZilkowskyGUEST
Yeah.
Tawny PalmHOST
I was like, you know, amazing that she took a world and characters that already existed and just changed it already.
Tawny PalmHOST
Like, that's pretty cool.
Tawny PalmHOST
But then to make Alchemized and have a totally different magic system, different character names, like all the ...
Tawny PalmHOST
I don't know.
speaker_1HOST
Right.
speaker_1HOST
It was won by V.E. Schwab for Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil with Senlin Yu's Alchemized as runner-up.
speaker_2HOST
And best romance also still exists.
speaker_1HOST
Won by Sarah MacLean for These Summer Storms with Adib Khorram's It Had to Be Him as runner-up.
speaker_1HOST
Schwab is a masterclass in atmospheric fantasy, totally established.
speaker_2HOST
Right.
speaker_1HOST
But the runner-up is Alchemized by Senlin Yu.
speaker_1HOST
If you look down the broader list of winners, Senlin Yu actually won debut author of the year for that exact same book.
speaker_0HOST
Okay, so let's get into the next book on the list.
speaker_0HOST
This one is called Alchemized by the author Sen Lin Yu.
speaker_1HOST
Right.
speaker_0HOST
It was officially published by Del Rey Books in 2025.