169 Fun Facts About ACOTAR

Who wrote A Court of Thorns and Roses?

She also wrote Throne of Glass and Crescent City, and had sold more than 75 million books by 2024.

How old is Feyre Archeron when the series begins?

The official description calls her a 'nineteen-year-old huntress' feeding her family from the woods.

What does Feyre kill in the woods to set the whole story in motion?

The killing breaks a wary truce between the human world and Prythian, and the beast who comes to collect is Tamlin.

What is the name of the faerie land Feyre is taken to?

Erilea is the world of Maas's Throne of Glass series and Midgard is Crescent City's.

Which of the seven faerie realms does Tamlin rule as High Lord?

Feyre lives on his estate there and slowly realises what she was taught about faeries was false.

Which fairy tale was NOT one of the three Maas originally set out to retell in the series?

Cinderella was the seed of Throne of Glass instead: 'What if Cinderella was not a servant, but an assassin?'

In which year was the first ACOTAR book published?

It came out on May 5, 2015; the next two books followed on almost the same date in 2016 and 2017.

Roughly how long did Maas's first draft of A Court of Thorns and Roses take to write?

She began it in early 2009, six years before it was published.

Which villain does Feyre defeat at the end of the first book, having been held Under the Mountain?

Kirkus describes the sequel opening 'in the months after defeating Amarantha and escaping hellish captivity Under the Mountain'.

What does Feyre become after surviving the trials Under the Mountain?

The official description says she 'now has the powers of the High Fae' but 'her heart remains human'.

Rhysand is High Lord of which of the seven faerie realms?

Feyre made a bargain with him to survive Under the Mountain, and honouring it drives the second book.

Under her bargain with Rhysand, how often must Feyre go with him to his realm?

Rhys, believing war is coming, wants her for what Kirkus calls 'his dangerous scheme to win it'.

How many Fae courts does the faerie land have?

Publishers Weekly's review of the second book notes a new enemy 'that threatens both the seven Fae Courts and the mortal world'.

What is the title of the second book in the series?

At 640 pages it is far longer than the first book's 432, and Publishers Weekly rated it for ages 14 and up.

Which kingdom's king invades the faerie lands in the third book?

The war with Hybern leaves the scars that A Court of Silver Flames is built around.

Which character travels with Feyre on the dangerous journey back to Velaris in the third book?

Kirkus notes that 'after her cover is nearly blown, she and Lucien undertake a dangerous journey back to Velaris'.

What is Velaris?

It is the secret, peaceful side of Rhysand's court, hidden from the rest of Prythian for centuries.

What happens to Feyre's sisters in the third book?

Kirkus notes 'her sisters, recently transformed into Fae, struggle with their new reality'; Nesta was forced into the Cauldron.

Which title does Feyre hold in Rhysand's court by the fourth book?

The novella follows her first Winter Solstice in the role, several months after the war.

The fourth book, a novella set at midwinter, is narrated by which two characters?

The book is a bridge between the first trilogy and the later novels, set around the Winter Solstice.

Which festival is approaching during the fourth book?

It is the court's first festive season since the attack from Hybern, and everyone is still carrying wounds from the war.

Which sister of Feyre is the heroine of A Court of Silver Flames?

The description calls her 'prickly—proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive'.

What turned Nesta into High Fae, against her will?

That violation, against her will, is why she struggles to find her place in the Night Court.

Which battle-scarred warrior is Nesta's love interest in A Court of Silver Flames?

He is General of the Night Court's armies, which keeps him constantly in her orbit.

Who has forged a 'dangerous new alliance' that threatens the peace in A Court of Silver Flames?

They had returned to the Continent during the last war and now threaten 'the fragile peace that has settled over the realms'.

In which year was A Court of Silver Flames published?

At 768 pages it is the longest book in the series so far.

Which is the shortest entry in the series, at about 240 pages?

The novella runs to roughly 57,000 words against more than 200,000 for the third and fifth books.

Roughly how many copies has the ACOTAR series sold?

The 75 million figure is Maas's total across all her series.

Which streaming service optioned ACOTAR for a TV adaptation in 2021, with Ronald D. Moore attached?

Reports in 2024 said the project was scrapped; Variety said it was still in development but not active.

Which publisher reissued the series with new illustrated covers in 2020?

The same publisher bought Throne of Glass in 2010, and the series is now shelved as New Adult rather than YA.

Which two ACOTAR titles won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction?

A Court of Mist and Fury won in 2016 and A Court of Wings and Ruin in 2017; the first and fourth were nominated.

When announced in 2025, the sixth ACOTAR novel was scheduled for release on what date?

Maas has said books six to eight are one story told in parts; the seventh was slated for January 12, 2027.

Which ACOTAR book tied for tenth on the ALA's most banned and challenged books list of 2022?

In 2023 an Iowa district made headlines for pulling it after running a book list through ChatGPT.

Which US state's school board banned all five ACOTAR books from public schools in 2024?

Thirteen titles were removed under a new state law, including one Throne of Glass book, Empire of Storms.

The author began writing her debut novel, Throne of Glass, at what age?

Sarah J. Maas posted early chapters on FictionPress under the title Queen of Glass, where it became one of the site's most popular stories.

Where did Maas graduate in 2008 with a degree in creative writing?

She graduated magna cum laude with a minor in religious studies, having grown up on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Which magazine crowned Maas 'romantasy's reigning queen'?

The Independent compared her fan devotion and world-building to J. K. Rowling's.

Which two novels does Maas credit with making her love fantasy?

She has also cited film scores, classical music, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sailor Moon as influences.

Which artist originally designed the dress on the cover of A Court of Wings and Ruin?

Adrian Dadich designed the final cover and adapted her dress; the 2020 reissues switched to illustrated covers.

Which official companion title to the series was published in 2017?

It is listed on Wikipedia as the series' one companion title to date.

When announced in 2025, the seventh ACOTAR novel was scheduled for release on which date?

Books six, seven and eight will tell one continuous story.

On which podcast did Maas describe ACOTAR books six to eight as 'a book told in four parts'?

The eighth book had not yet been written at the time.

Where did a July 2025 post reveal that Maas had finished the first draft of the sixth ACOTAR book?

She had first publicly discussed a sixth book in September 2023.

Which Greek myth inspired A Court of Mist and Fury, especially Rhysand, Feyre and the Night Court?

A Grimm fairy tale also crept in, spawning the character of the Weaver.

Which fairy tale spawned the character of the Weaver in A Court of Mist and Fury?

A book of the Bible loosely inspired parts of Miryam and Drakon's backstory.

Which biblical book loosely inspired the backstory of Miryam and Drakon?

Maas wove several myths and tales into the second novel.

Which of these was one of the working titles of the second ACOTAR book?

Others included A Court of Calm and Fury and A Court of Venom and Silver.

How was the first draft of A Court of Mist and Fury written, in terms of point of view?

The published book is told largely from Feyre's perspective.

Who designed the final cover of A Court of Wings and Ruin?

He adapted a dress originally drawn by Charlie Bowater.

Which magazine reported in July 2016 that Maas was writing five more ACOTAR books?

The plan was for stories set both before and after the first trilogy.

Maas agreed to publish the first ACOTAR book as young adult on what condition?

The series is now classified as New Adult.

In which year did Maas begin writing A Court of Thorns and Roses?

It was not published until May 2015.

Which production company first optioned ACOTAR for film, in November 2015?

Rachel Hirons was hired as screenwriter in 2018, but the film never materialised.

Which studio was announced in March 2021 as developing the ACOTAR TV series for Hulu?

Ronald D. Moore was to develop it alongside Maas.

In which month and year was the Hulu ACOTAR adaptation officially scrapped?

A February 2024 TVLine report of its death had been disputed by Variety.

Ronald D. Moore, once attached to the ACOTAR show, won a Peabody for reimagining which series?

He also created For All Mankind for Apple TV+ in 2019.

A 2023 Iowa school district banned A Court of Mist and Fury after checking books with what tool?

Mason City asked the AI whether each book depicted a sex act.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools voted in 2023 to ban which ACOTAR instalment?

The North Carolina committee cited material 'pervasively vulgar or obscene'.

In 2024, Rutherford County Schools in which state pulled all five ACOTAR books among 20 titles?

An internal review later found two of the twenty did not meet the state's obscenity standard.

Which Throne of Glass novel joined all five ACOTAR books on Utah's 2024 school ban list?

The state board banned 13 books in total that year.

In 2025 the ALA ranked A Court of Thorns and Roses at what position for removal requests in the US?

The count covers requests by individuals and political groups.

On what date was Sarah J. Maas born?

She was born and raised in New York City.

In which Manhattan neighbourhood did Maas grow up?

She was adopted by a Catholic mother and a Jewish father, and grew up Jewish.

What was Maas's minor at Hamilton College?

She graduated magna cum laude in 2008 with a creative writing degree.

As of 2024, roughly how many copies of her books had Maas sold?

Her work has been translated into 40 languages.

Under what title did Maas's debut first appear online, on FictionPress.com?

It became one of the most popular stories on the site before being removed for publication.

Which literary agent signed Maas in 2009?

She was with The Laura Dail Literary Agency; Bloomsbury bought Throne of Glass in March 2010.

Throne of Glass reimagines which fairy-tale heroine as an assassin rather than a servant?

'What if she didn't attend the ball to meet the prince, but to kill him, instead?'

On what date was A Court of Silver Flames published?

It was the fifth book and the first of the spin-offs focused on other characters.

Maas announced her third series, Crescent City, on May 16 of which year?

House of Earth and Blood followed on March 3, 2020.

Which Crescent City novel won Best Fantasy at the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards?

It was released on February 15, 2022.

Crescent City heroine Bryce Quinlan is half-human and half what?

She teams up with fallen angel Hunt Athalar to solve murders.

Which British newspaper compared Maas's success to that of J. K. Rowling?

It praised her books' 'female agency' and complex worlds with caste systems.

Alongside Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which anime has Maas named as an influence?

She also credits movie scores and classical music.

Maas married Josh Wasserman, whom she met as a Hamilton freshman, on what date?

He had been a resident assistant in her dorm building.

Maas's 2020 cover reveal for A Court of Silver Flames drew backlash for referencing whose killing?

The post came nine days after Louisville settled a civil suit with Taylor's family.

Maas's Catwoman: Soulstealer (2018) is the third book in which series of DC novels?

Leigh Bardugo's Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Marie Lu's Batman: Nightwalker came first.

In Catwoman: Soulstealer, teenage Selina Kyle fights in which underworld gang to make ends meet?

She does it to support her sister Maggie, who has cystic fibrosis.

What is the name of the assassin heroine of Throne of Glass?

She is later revealed as Aelin Ashryver Galathynius.

In Throne of Glass, the heroine spends a year in which slave camp before the competition?

Crown Prince Dorian offers her a shot at becoming the King's Champion.

On what date was the first Throne of Glass novel released?

The eighth and final book, Kingdom of Ash, arrived in October 2018.

Embers of Memory, a two-player card game set during Kingdom of Ash, was released by which publisher?

Players help Aelin survive imprisonment by Maeve by diving into her memories.

Which two Throne of Glass books overlap chronologically, sparking 'tandem read' guides?

Guides suggest reading their chapters concurrently.

Which Chicago character's 'arrogance and fierceness' helped inspire the Throne of Glass heroine?

Maas also cited Éowyn from The Lord of the Rings.

Throne of Glass was the first Bloomsbury children's novel featured on which reviewer platform?

Its publicist noted Maas's 'huge online following, particularly in the US'.

In Throne of Glass, Rowan Whitethorn is one of six elite warriors in whose Cadre?

Maeve is the Fae Queen of Doranelle.

Which 1987 novel about a woman drafted into a faerie war is an origin of modern romantasy?

Emma Bull's book is steeped in Irish mythology with romance at its centre.

Which subcommunity of TikTok is credited with driving romantasy sales in 2023-24?

The community emerged in late 2019 and boomed during the pandemic.

Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing, often shelved beside ACOTAR, follows which heroine?

She is forced into Basgiath War College to become a dragon rider.

Fourth Wing sold how many copies in its first six months?

It was published on May 2, 2023 by Red Tower Books.

The original 1740 'Beauty and the Beast', a key ACOTAR inspiration, was written by whom?

Beaumont's abridged 1756 version became the most retold.

'Beauty and the Beast' was influenced by 'Cupid and Psyche', a tale from which ancient work?

Apuleius wrote it in the second century AD.

The ballad of Tam Lin, another ACOTAR inspiration, originates from which region?

Its heroine rescues Tam Lin from the Queen of the Fairies by holding him through transformations.

In the ballad, Tam Lin appears when a maiden plucks a double rose in which forest?

Janet insists she owns the land because her father gave it to her.

'East of the Sun and West of the Moon', a source tale for ACOTAR, comes from which country?

Asbjørnsen and Moe collected it; a white bear takes a peasant's daughter to an enchanted castle.

In 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon', what animal asks the peasant for his youngest daughter?

It is classified as ATU 425A, 'The Animal (Monster) as Bridegroom'.

ACOTAR's publisher Bloomsbury took a chance in 1997 on which series after many rejections?

Nigel Newton founded the company in 1986.

What is the title of the sixth ACOTAR novel, announced for an October 2026 release?

The seventh book, A Court of Forgotten Melody, was slated for January 2027.

Which title was announced for the seventh ACOTAR book, slated for January 2027?

Books six through eight tell one continuous story.

Of the first five ACOTAR books, which was the longest by page count, at 768 pages?

It runs to about 210,000 words.

How many pages does the first ACOTAR novel run to?

It contains about 130,000 words.

Roughly how many words long is A Court of Mist and Fury?

It is 640 pages, a big jump from the first book.

How many pages does A Court of Wings and Ruin have?

It was published on May 2, 2017.

In which month were the first four ACOTAR books all released?

They came out on May 5, 3, 2 and 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Which fan-voted sci-fi and fantasy prize nominated A Court of Wings and Ruin in 2017?

A Court of Frost and Starlight earned the same nomination in 2018.

Which Goodreads Choice category did the fifth ACOTAR book win in 2021?

The earlier books competed in the young adult category.

Where did BuzzFeed rank A Court of Thorns and Roses on its 32 Best Fantasy Books of 2015?

Bustle placed it ninth among the year's 25 best YA books.

Which magazine ranked A Court of Frost and Starlight 33rd on its 71 Best Books of 2018?

The midwinter novella was a companion to the main trilogy.

Which tech magazine listed ACOTAR among 36 fantasy books everyone should read in 2021?

Business Insider also listed the series among the 23 best fantasy series that year.

Which state's teen book award did A Court of Thorns and Roses win in 2017 for grades 10-12?

Throne of Glass had been nominated for the same award in 2014.

Which kid-voted honors named A Court of Thorns and Roses a 2016 Teen finalist?

A Court of Mist and Fury was a finalist there the following year.

Where did A Court of Thorns and Roses rank on Publishers Weekly's top 25 bestsellers for 2023?

Eight years after release, BookTok kept the first book on the charts.

Who did the Tempo Productions team hire in 2018 as screenwriter for an ACOTAR movie?

The film never materialised; a Hulu series was announced in 2021 instead.

Which two producers' company, Tempo Productions, optioned ACOTAR in November 2015?

They later hired Rachel Hirons to write a screenplay.

Which outlet reported in February 2024 that the Hulu ACOTAR show was scrapped?

The adaptation was officially scrapped a year later.

How many books did Tennessee's Rutherford County Schools quietly pull in 2024, ACOTAR among them?

An internal review let two titles back, but the whole ACOTAR series stayed off shelves.

How many books did Utah's school board ban from public schools in 2024, all five ACOTAR titles included?

The board cited 'objective sensitive material'.

As of 2025, how was the ACOTAR series classified after years between two categories?

When the first book came out, the New Adult label had not yet caught on with publishers.

Into roughly how many languages had Maas's work been translated as of 2024?

She had sold more than 75 million copies by then.

The Throne of Glass series is available in how many countries?

It has been translated into 35 languages.

Maas was adopted by parents of which two faiths?

She grew up Jewish on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

How many children does Sarah J. Maas have?

A son was born in 2018 and a daughter in 2022.

With what academic honor did Maas graduate from Hamilton College in 2008?

Her degree was in creative writing with a religious studies minor.

In which month and year did Bloomsbury purchase Throne of Glass?

Bloomsbury later bought two additional books in the series.

On what date was Kingdom of Ash, the final Throne of Glass novel, released?

At 992 pages it is Maas's longest book.

How many pages long is Kingdom of Ash?

It contains about 272,000 words.

How many stories are collected in The Assassin's Blade?

Four had been e-book novellas; The Assassin and the Healer was new.

Which of these is one of the Throne of Glass prequel novellas?

The novellas follow Celaena travelling Erilea with Sam Cortland.

Which retailer ranked House of Earth and Blood among its top 20 sci-fi and fantasy books of 2020?

The Crescent City opener won the Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy that year.

Which Maas book won Romantasy at both the 2024 Goodreads Choice and 2025 Libby Book Awards?

It was the third Crescent City novel.

Who is the fallen angel Bryce Quinlan teams up with in Crescent City?

He is enslaved to the Archangels and hopes to win his freedom.

What is the name of the world in which Crescent City is set?

Prythian and Erilea are the worlds of ACOTAR and Throne of Glass.

Who are the ruling powers that Bryce and Hunt's rebel allies fight in Crescent City?

Hunt ends up in the Asteri dungeons in the third book.

How many pages does House of Earth and Blood have?

House of Sky and Breath matched it at 816 pages.

On what date was the third Crescent City novel published?

A fourth Crescent City book is planned but undated.

Who narrated the audiobooks of A Court of Thorns and Roses and A Court of Mist and Fury?

She is a Juilliard drama graduate and two-time Audie Award winner.

The ACOTAR audiobook narrator played Laura Lyons in which crime drama?

She also played Juliet Chang in Blindspot.

Which producer was attached to a 2016 Throne of Glass TV adaptation optioned by Hulu and Disney-ABC?

Nothing came of it and the rights reverted to Maas.

Where did the Throne of Glass book trailer premiere in May 2012?

Publishers Weekly had previewed the book that February.

Which retailer named Throne of Glass its Best Book of the Month for Kids & Teens in August 2012?

The Guardian gave the debut five stars out of five.

USA Today's Serena Chase called the Throne of Glass heroine what kind of Cinderella?

Maas built the series on the idea of Cinderella as an assassin.

With which sequel's release did Throne of Glass first debut on the New York Times Best Seller list?

Crown of Midnight came out on August 27, 2013.

What is the true name of the Throne of Glass heroine known as Celaena Sardothien?

She is the lost queen of Terrasen.

Roughly how old is the Fae warrior Rowan Whitethorn?

He was one of six warriors in Maeve's cadre.

Manon Blackbeak, a Throne of Glass witch, belongs to which witch clan type?

She competes to become Wing Leader in Heir of Fire.

Which land, where magic is still free, does Celaena travel to for Fae training in Heir of Fire?

There she trains with Rowan Whitethorn.

Who is the King of Assassins and Celaena's former master?

Aelin teams up with him in Queen of Shadows to free magic and rescue Dorian.

Who accompanies Chaol Westfall to the Southern Continent in Tower of Dawn?

Healer Yrene Towers treats him there.

Which demon-like race does Lord Erawan belong to in Throne of Glass?

Dorian is possessed by a Valg prince in Queen of Shadows.

In which month and year was the Embers of Memory card game released?

Players help Aelin survive her imprisonment by Maeve.

Where do Bloomsbury and Maas suggest reading The Assassin's Blade in the series order?

Its events are a prequel but it was published in 2014.

How many witches are in Manon Blackbeak's coven?

Asterin Blackbeak is her second.

Who acquired film option rights to Throne of Glass around its debut?

The trailer had premiered on MTV.com.

Because of Maas's and Rebecca Yarros's success, what did publishers create for romantic fantasy?

Some publishers distinguish 'romantic fantasy' from 'fantasy romance'.

Which paper said romantasy appeals to readers who grew up on Harry Potter but want adult themes?

Writer's Digest credited TikTok for the genre's rise.

Which Colleen Hoover novel is listed alongside ACOTAR as an example of the new adult genre?

Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue is another example.

Which magazine's reviewer compared Fourth Wing favorably to ACOTAR and Blood Trials?

Publishers Weekly praised its 'sexy dark academia aesthetic'.

In which ACOTAR book were the sexualities of all four LGBTQ+ characters revealed, drawing criticism?

That book was originally meant to conclude the series.

Maas said she was surprised that ACOTAR had been classified as what?

Her books are known for their themes of romance.

Which Maas quality has been especially praised: her development of what kind of characters?

Her detailed imaginary worlds have also drawn praise.

Where did The Independent rank Queen of Shadows on its 10 best fantasy novels of 2015?

PopSugar put the second Throne of Glass book at number 2 on its 2013 YA list.

Which Iowa school district made headlines in 2023 for pulling A Court of Mist and Fury from shelves?

The district ran its library list through an AI chatbot asking whether each book depicted a sex act.

Which agency did Maas sign with in 2009 through agent Tamar Rydzinski?

Maas had been sending her debut to agents since 2008; her publisher bought the novel the following spring and later two more in the series.

On what date was House of Earth and Blood, the first Crescent City novel, published?

Kobo ranked it among the top twenty science fiction and fantasy books of 2020; its sequel followed in February 2022.

In Throne of Glass, what post does Chaol Westfall hold at the start of the series?

Celaena forms unexpected bonds with both Chaol and Crown Prince Dorian over the course of the competition.

In Throne of Glass, Celaena competes against other assassins and thieves for what title?

Crown Prince Dorian Havilliard makes her the offer after a year in the Endovier slave camp, with freedom promised after six years of service.

Maeve, the Fae queen who commands Rowan's Cadre in Throne of Glass, rules which realm?

Her Cadre of six elite warriors also included Lorcan Salvaterre, Gavriel and Fenrys Moonbeam.

What is Yrene Towers, a supporting character in the Throne of Glass series?

Lysandra Ennar is the former courtesan of the series, and Elide Lochan is a human with Blackbeak blood.

How is Aedion Ashryver related to Aelin in the Throne of Glass series?

Aedion is a demi-Fae with enhanced senses but no magic; Aelin herself lived for years under an assassin's alias.