Introduction to Season 2: Our ACOTAR Era

Your favorite literary chaos agents Abby and Ronnie are back for season 2 with a brand new obsession - the ACOTAR series! We're diving headfirst into Sarah J. Maas's world of fae, magic, and swoon-worthy romance, and we couldn't be more excited to share our thoughts with you!

We kick things off with our overall impressions of A Court of Thorns and Roses as a series, and let's just say we're completely obsessed. Abby confesses that after finishing the Empyrean series, she knew ACOTAR would take over her life (spoiler: it absolutely did). We start with what we love about the series (it’s character development), then we dive into our book-by-book reactions.

While initially slow, we both think A Court of Thorns and Roses is genius on a reread! It takes all the tropes we've come to expect and completely flips them on their head. What seems like a swoon-worthy romance with Tamlin on first read reveals itself as something much darker when you know what's coming.

A Court of Mist and Fury is nearly perfect. It's a beautiful story about love and healing cleverly disguised as fantasy.. Watching Feyre's journey from broken to whole with Rhys by her side is just magical. Ronnie admits, "This book healed a part of me I didn't even know was broken." The character development is just chef's kiss!

A Court of Wings and Ruin brings us Vengeful Feyre and we are here for it! We love seeing her come into her power, and the world-building really expands in this book. The battle scenes are surprisingly engaging because they focus on personal moments rather than just swords clashing. And let's not forget those hints of Cassian and Nesta that had us screaming!

A Court of Frost and Starlight gives us a warm hug of an interlude, though we both agree Feyre is kind of insufferable here, especially in how she treats Nesta. And finally, A Court of Silver Flames - when we die, please bury us with this book! Nesta's journey is raw, real, and so beautifully written. The sex scenes are hands down the best in the series (we said what we said), and watching Cassian stand by Nesta when everyone else abandons her is just everything.

We reveal our favorite and least favorite characters, choose our top sleeper pick characters (we’re team Eris), and each pick our top three moment from the series (Azriel and Cassian landing on the ice, anyone?). This is just the beginning of our ACOTAR journey and we’re so excited to get started! We'll be diving deep into specific topics, characters, and theories in future episodes. And don't worry - we'll always give you a heads-up before any Crescent City or Throne of Glass spoilers!

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