A Court of Thorns and Roses
A mortal huntress is dragged into a magical land of faeries after killing a wolf in the woods, where she discovers that her captor's world is in grave danger and nothing is as it seems.
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Feyre kills the wrong wolf in the woods and is dragged across the wall into the faerie courts as payment. Her captor Tamlin is cursed and a creeping shadow is poisoning Prythian. She has one mortal lifetime to figure it out.
The first book is moderately spicy, with a few explicit scenes. The series gets significantly more explicit starting with book two, A Court of Mist and Fury, which most readers rate 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale.
The first book is moderately spicy, with a few explicit scenes. The series gets significantly more explicit starting with book two, A Court of Mist and Fury, which most readers rate 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale.
No. The series currently has five published books, with a sixth installment confirmed by Sarah J. Maas. The release date for the sixth book has not been announced.
The first book was originally marketed as new adult and crossover YA, but later books are openly adult fantasy with explicit content. The series is now sold in the adult fantasy section by most retailers.
Read in this order: A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight (a novella set after book three), and A Court of Silver Flames.
A Court of Thorns and Roses was written by Sarah J. Maas, published in 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing.
A Court of Thorns and Roses is 451 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, A Court of Thorns and Roses takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
Yes. A Court of Thorns and Roses is book 1 in the ACOTAR series by Sarah J. Maas.
A Court of Thorns and Roses is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
