Author Sarah J. Maas is this week’s guest on ‘Call Her Daddy’
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It’s been more than five years since Sarah J. Maas last published in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. That’s about to change.
Maas took to Instagram to reveal the titles of the next highly anticipated installments in the series. After a cryptic social media post earlier this year teasing new ACOTAR, Maas went on Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast to confirm two new books were on the way.
“It took me a long time to write, just because there were enough things going on in my life that I had to sort through,” Maas told Cooper. “It took me a while to find the right story and to be in the right headspace. And then what poured out of me was this, and it poured out very quickly.”
Sarah J. Maas reveals the titles of ACOTAR 6 and 7
Book 6 in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series will be “A Court of Splintered Harmony,” out Oct. 27. The seventh book is “A Court of Forgotten Melody,” out Jan. 12. These two books kick off The Valkyrie Cycle, a continuation of the ACOTAR series. Both are available to preorder.
Maas included a teaser for each book: “What was broken will be remade” for “A Court of Splintered Harmony” and “What was lost will be reclaimed” for “A Court of Forgotten Memory.”
“It’s meant to be read ideally as one massive, massive story as opposed to like in a trilogy,” Maas told Cooper. “It’s not a trilogy. Arcs aren’t wrapped up. It’s like in the way you take my book, it’s like if you expand it all of part one, all of part two, all parts, it would be huge like that. And so I just decided, I’ve never told a story that way. This is how it wants to come out.”
Maas’ announcement came alongside an entire social media refresh, with the author deleting all other posts and rebranding her website with dark grey icons for the new books. The titles were also announced on digital billboards across Los Angeles, Denver and New York City.
Also known for her bestselling Throne of Glass series, Maas’ works have sold more than 85 million copies in English, according to Maas’ publicists. Both have catapulted Maas to BookTok hall-of-fame status, with a global fandom unafraid to root for their favorite heroines − and maybe even tattoo her world on their skin.
What is ‘A Court of Splintered Harmony’ about?
Maas’ publishers, Bloomsbury, also released descriptions for each book:
“Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he’s been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands.
The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day.
To make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.
But to defeat Koschei’s creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.”
What is ‘A Court of Forgotten Melody’ about?
ACOTAR 7, according to the publishers, will see old enemies return:
“Prythian might never be the same again. Traditional alliances are crumbling, and no amount of diplomacy seems sufficient to repair them. With the continued threat of Koschei the Deathless on the horizon, a united front is crucial—and farther out of reach than it has ever been before.
Bonds will be tested. Power will shift. And old enemies will emerge from nightmares of the past.
As the Night Court’s Inner Circle disperses far and wide, desperate for any advantage against Koschei and his mighty allies, peace hangs by a fragile thread. But hope can be spun from the darkest of shadows, and the Night Court has its own part to play in the looming crescendo.”
Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY’s Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy releases, chats with authors and dives into the culture of reading. Find her on Instagram, subscribe to our weekly Books newsletter or tell her what you’re reading at cmulroy@usatoday.com.
Contributing: Anthony Robledo