Oct 16, 2026 · 40 min · 10 segments
In this episode of Read Me Next, Carina and Pili discuss Alchemised by SenLinYu, a dark fantasy that left readers sharply divided. They unpack the story’s amnesia trope, war-torn world, complicated…
So do you know the lore behind this book? There's lore behind this.
No, absolutely not.
I knew you wouldn't.
Okay.
Thank you.
So our author, Sen Lin Yu, she basically wrote a fanfic for Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy of the Harry Potter series.
Oh, cool.
Do you know who those people are?
Yeah, she was-
Mm-hmm
... like, the sweet, cutie girl, very intelligent, kind of smarty pants, and Draco is, like, the bully of Harry Potter.
Hmm.
So she w-
Cute.
Yeah, he's like-
Enemies to lovers
... it's giving enemies to lovers.
It was just like...
Okay.
Yeah.
So do you know the lore behind this book? There's lore behind this.
No, absolutely not.
I knew you wouldn't.
Okay.
Thank you.
So our author, Sen Lin Yu, she basically wrote a fanfic for Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy of the Harry Potter series.
Oh, cool.
Do you know who those people are?
Yeah, she was-
Mm-hmm
... like, the sweet, cutie girl, very intelligent, kind of smarty pants, and Draco is, like, the bully of Harry Potter.
Hmm.
So she w-
Cute.
Yeah, he's like-
Enemies to lovers
... it's giving enemies to lovers.
It was just like...
Okay.
Yeah.
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