Bloomsbury this month not only revealed a third “Crescent City” book coming in January 2024, but also said Maas signed a new four-book deal in addition to her existing three books currently under contract. SJM’s publishers are certainly seeing the hype too. Many BookTokers will say these books have the extraordinary world-building of “Harry Potter,” the romanticism of a Taylor Swift album, and the jaw-dropping crossovers of Marvel movies.

These made-up worlds are expansive and picturesque, the romances are lyrical and intense, the adventures are thrilling and agonizing, and all of it is held together through intelligent planning and foresight. Maas to spin a web of a magical universe that expands to other fantasy series she’s written: “Throne of Glass,” the first of which was published in 2012, and “Crescent City,” which came in 2020. The long answer is that “ACOTAR” is this immersive and epic saga, but - and here’s where spoilers may come in - it set the groundwork for author Sarah J. Frank May / picture alliance via Getty Images

Maas, the queen of modern romantasy fiction. She finds love in a powerful Fae who’s half man and half beast.Įxcept, “ACOTAR” readers know this series is not about that at all, yet it’s still entirely about that. The simple answer? “ACOTAR” is a fantasy-romance series for “new adults,” a publishing term that denotes a book for people in their 20s who have graduated from the YA genre (and maybe moved onto things playfully called “fairy smut”), about a young huntress taken captive to mystical faerie lands. Maybe you’ve stumbled upon more clips with obscure references like “Tamlin” and “the Bat Boys” and “under the mountain” and “Helloooo, Feyre darling.” It’s piqued your interest - but the book cover, an illustration of a dragon-type creature before a crimson backdrop, doesn’t tell you much.

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