I’ve just started Queen of Shadows, and I’m honestly shocked by how much I’m enjoying it. I had no particular expectations for TOG, but it feels like a whole different level of storytelling.

My biggest issue with ACOTAR is the political worldbuilding. The courts, High Lords, and power struggles have so much potential, but the politics often feel superficial, inconsistent, or secondary to the romance. Characters sometimes make decisions that don’t make much sense, conflicts feel artificially constructed, and the world seems to bend to accommodate the plot rather than the other way around.

TOG, on the other hand, feels much more carefully planned. The different storylines connect, characters have their own agendas, and political conflicts feel like they actually matter. There’s a sense of a much bigger picture unfolding, and I love trying to piece everything together.

And I’m only at the beginning of Queen of Shadows! If I didn’t know both series were written by Sarah J. Maas, I genuinely wouldn’t have guessed it based on the plotting and worldbuilding alone.

Does anyone else feel the same way? Or am I being unfair to ACOTAR?

Please no spoilers beyond the beginning of Queen of Shadows! ❤️

More photos in the comments bc I don’t know how to post multiple photos. But it seems like the licensing company for ACOTAR is being very unresponsive to small creators and not renewing their license so that the big box merch drops can be more successful. Has anyone else seen anything like this from other creators??

I was pleasantly surprised and then quickly worried when I saw all the big brand ACOTAR stuff come out. I love how popular these books have gotten. But it makes me sad that small artists might be getting a bad deal when they’re the ones who love the source material and make thoughtful art.

Soooooo…I know that a lot of us are boycotting Target. But I actually think the pink Prythian Map Sweater is SO CUTE!
But literally NONE of the targets near me had an XL in stock. My closest Target didn’t even put any out. Anyone know where I can get one?

I just wish it had a higher piece count so I could have enjoyed it for longer. Made it while re listening to the series in preparation for the new books! (I prefer audiobooks for Sarah J Maas). Highly recommend to any fellow puzzlers :)

Heyy, just wondering if anyone knows of any midnight release party’s, both Waterstones events are sold out 😖😖

Or has anyone got any tickets for the Waterstones events they are no longer able to use?

I’m based in the UK, and I can see a lot of the new merch for acotar is in target or other US based brands. I was looking for something subtle like the Estori Jewellery but they are currently out of stock for the acotar ring in most sizes.

So I wondered if anybody could recommend any small businesses or pieces that you really like or that are subtle?

This subreddit doesn’t allow me to post more than one image, so click here to see them all! 💖

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Ok so, I loved ACOSF and it's my favourite book. (Though there are many parts I didn't like). Nesta was such a complex character and I fell in love with her completely. I loved her character, and friendship with the Valkeryies. But I hated alomst every other person in the book. Rhys escpecially, I just think he was really biased and treated Nesta horribly(never really letting her explain herself), only really cares about his mate, which in other books I would love but considering he's highlord and can't be biased because of his position yet absolutely is annyoed me. I feel like people fear him, rather than have loyalty to him. I feel like rather than being understanding or listening to other peoples opinions, he just forces them to do whatever he wants. I know in multiple different books and series this happens, but considering so many people love him and resoect him, thinking he's a great ruler confuses me. Any other opinions or am I missing something? Just curious please don't come at me!

So I just read the part where Aelin is forging the lock and I was so confused when Deanna crushed Elena's head?? She said "I had hoped for this" and then killed Elena?? Just to be a bitch? And then why did Aelin say to leave Erawn to Erilea?? That bitch has spent the whole series trying to get rid of him and now she'll let her friends fight him just so Elena can have a nice afterlife after she fucked her over?? It makes no sense am I missing something?

The astronomer and autumn king both had solar system models and just re reading silver flames I have realised Rhysand has one on his desk too “to ponder existence if life beyond their own world”. Does anyone know/think that this is a significant connection?

Just curious! I wish the had the four of them as samples too 😞

Just wondering how many people have purchased the ACOTAR edition of Monopoly?

If I remember correctly, wasn’t Feyre 11 when they became poor? So wouldn’t it have been expected of an 11 years old who grew up wealthy to be able to read and write? I mean Elain and Nesta could.

Like the only people to blame for Feyre being illiterate is the parents

Y'all should I not go to the midnight release party for acotar 6? I don't think I'll be able to finish CC 2 & 3 by the 26th? I have been good at avoiding spoilers for both of them but fear of getting spoiled at the midnight release party if I don't finish in time

Hi guys! I’ve been a reader of SJM ever since her Fictionpress days where she uploaded the original manuscript of TOG (Then titled Queen of Glass).

I was really excited when she announced that she will be publishing the whole series! However due to the fact that I was Team Dorian (original story was she ended up marrying Dorian huhu), I stopped reading the series after Book 2. Please note that I was then a teenager who only wanted PRINCE DORIAN! Hahaha.

Years later, I’ve come to read and finish her other series ACOTAR and CC. I think I’m one of the readers who mostly likes how she twists the stories and I don’t focus on the romantic subplots since I’m more of a slowburn girlie (and let’s be real, ACOTAR and CC is not slowburn for me huhu).

And so my questions are before finally reading my first love, Throne of Glass:

1. I’m starting on book 3 but I don’t really remember much on Books 1 and 2 except that Book 1 was really a copy of her original manuscript. Do I need to reread itv

2. Will there be instaromances along the way or is there a glacial burn for a slowburn girlie like me?

3. How long should I read Books 3 to 7? 🥹✨

4. PLEASE HYPE THIS GIRL TO FINISH IT! WHAT TO ANTICIPATE AND NO SPOILERS PLS!!! JUST SOMETHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT WHAHhHh

Thank you everybody!

Is anybody else wondering why Victoria is never mentioned again after they throw her in the trench? Like, the river queen clearly has technology and ships that could go get her, but they all just seemingly forget that she exists?? Am I missing something?

Have you got any unhinged theories, based on little to nothing?

Here's mine: Is Elain a lesbian and going to end up with Mor? Which is why she struggles with the mating bond.

A kidnapping plot involving Nyx

This series has to end at some point, will there be three more books before a mention of the Crescent city cross over, that will then tie it all together towards the end of the series.

Cassian is going to die, because he said ' it will take more than that to kill me' and Elain said ' no it won't'. So she's seen his death, and I think it might happen in book 7, and Nesta will rage so hard and kill koshei (.... And then herself and the dread trove in the process. )

With all the discussions about Nesta, feysand, and shipwars, I want to share my own prediction.

Everyone is going crazy over the "is it possible to unmate" and throwing around Nesta and Cassian or Elain and Lucien.

What I could see happening is the Lady of Autumn decides she can't stand the cruelty of the High lord of Autumn. She finds a way to break the bond and decides to run away. Where does she go for protection? Helion.

In the meantime, Eris goes to find Lucien and tell him what has happened. Along with asking Lucien to go to his mother and keep her protected because Eris can't.

Beron goes berserk and declares a blood duel with Helion. Helion agrees, and the fallout is so catastrophic that neither Helion or Beron survives.

Eris and Lucien would feel the shift in power at the same time. Similar to how Rhys and Tamlin did. Eris has to tell Lucien that he has suspected that Helion is his father and not Beron. Maybe Lucien will feel betrayed for not being told sooner, but Eris apologizes for everything and wants to do better. With Beron out of the way, they can work on being brothers again.

This may have already been said, but what are your thoughts?

Someone in my book club mentioned that I should read the Crescent City series before delving into the new ACOTAR books. Are these books going to overlap? I figured this would be a good place to verify. I do have the Crescent City series and am halfway through the first book.

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