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International bestselling writer of the mega-hit A Court of Thorns and Roses publication series, Sarah J. Maas (aka SJM), was the astir caller impermanent connected Call Her Daddy. The writer sat down with big Alex Cooper and dished astir Throne of Glass (ToG), A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR), Crescent City, and more. Here's everything we learned from the interview:
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***Note: For anyone who hasn't work each SJM publication series, determination are plentifulness of spoilers ahead.
1. To start, Cooper asked what SJM was listening to close now. Current playlists SJM has connected repeat? KPop Demon Hunters and The Batman soundtrack.
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2. Cooper asked if SJM has ever been starstruck by a celebrity, and she said Margot Robbie.
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Those viral pics of Margot Robbie and SJM having a cupful of java successful a NYC successful 2024 were real. The 2 icons met due to the fact that of Robbie's publically professed emotion of SJM's books and the blonde duo rapidly became friends aft meeting. Maas told Cooper that gathering Barbie successful existent beingness was a precise large woody for her.
3. So, is Margot Robbie going to nutrient the ACOTAR TV show? Short answer, no. But maayyyybe?
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It was officially reported successful February 2025 that an ACOTAR live-action bid was nary longer moving forward astatine Hulu, and past successful March 2024, Maas appears to person java with Robbie, who owns the accumulation company LuckyChap Entertainment. But Maas told Cooper she has lone "just gotten" the adaptation rights backmost to each of her books, but added that if an adaptation does happen, she'll beryllium profoundly progressive successful "making it right."
4. SJM has yet to conscionable a Rhysand she would privation to formed successful the series, and she's not going to settee until she finds the "perfect Rhys" for immoderate imaginable adaptation of ACOTAR.
5. No, she hasn't seen your AI thirst traps of the High Fae. Cooper asked if SJM has seen immoderate AI creation depicting ACOTAR scenes and characters, to which Maas replied, "Oh my god, no."
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6. She was a loner successful precocious schoolhouse who liked to constitute and was obsessed with Legolas from LOTR.
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She inactive has a cutout of Orlando Bloom arsenic the elven prince and admitted she would “piss," "shit her pants," "vomit," and adjacent "ovulate” if she were to spot Bloom today.
7. Has she been readying her multiverse and crossovers for years? Sort of...the multiverse connections hap much organically for the writer. Also, crystals connected her table mightiness beryllium giving her psychic penning powers.
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There isn't immoderate monolithic representation with lines connecting each series, but she did notation "crystals each implicit her desk" and sometimes feels similar her subconscious oregon immoderate "psychic thing" guides her writing.
8. It's not conscionable smut. Cooper asked SJM what benignant of "boxes" radical effort to enactment her penning in, and SJM unloaded connected however dismissive radical tin beryllium astir phantasy romance due to the fact that of the sex.
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She added she isn't ashamed of the enactment scenes she writes and added, “the enactment is tied to the plot,” peculiarly betwixt Cassian and Nesta.
9. Writing Feyre's gestation was influenced by SJM processing her ain traumatic childbirth acquisition with her archetypal child. And Rhys's deficiency of mistakes successful lying oregon omitting things to Feyre came from his fearfulness of losing his mate.
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This portion of the interrogation was hard to watch. SJM elaborate her ain traumatic commencement communicative with her archetypal child, and however the feelings of being kept successful the dark, losing the autonomy and power of her commencement plan, and having to acquisition a rushed C-section from what sounds similar a dangerously incompetent doc not lone scarred her physically, but emotionally arsenic well.
10. Nesta's intelligence wellness travel mirrors Maas's ain struggles successful A Court of Silver Flames. In the interivew, SJM explained, “[Nesta] was successful a hole, I was successful a hole, and we dug our mode retired of it together.” SJM credits therapy for "saving" her life.
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She told Alex that successful the autumn of 2019, she was "in specified a acheronian place" that she needed to speech to idiosyncratic and knew she needed therapy. Around this time, she started penning A Court of Silver Flames, which helped signifier Nesta's journey, too.
11. When asked whether oregon not Tamlin, the High Lord of the Spring Court, volition beryllium getting a redemption arc, SJM responded, “That fucker tin pain successful hellhole forever.”
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SJM explained women person confided successful her that Tamlin's abusive attraction of Feyre reminded them of past relationships, and she doesn't privation to erase oregon invalidate their experiences.
12. You tin pronounce 'Rhysand' nevertheless you want, according to SJM. And she searches babe registry sites for quality names. But she isn't telling what Rhysand's past sanction is, oregon the King of Hybern's existent name.
13. SJM's effect erstwhile Cooper asked, “Fuck, Marry, Kill?" with either Rhysand, Hunt, oregon Rowan? She wants to fuck each of them and wed each of them. Doesn’t privation to termination immoderate of them. This is simply a queen's answer. No notes.
14. SJM explained that the mates successful her books person a "biological" connection, but determination are immoderate "perfect mates" similar Feyre and Rhys oregon Cassian and Nesta. When asked whether Elain would interruption the mating enslaved with Lucien, SJM deflected, alternatively discussing Elain's "free will" and trauma.
15. Where is Manon? SJM said that she hopes the badass witch is successful therapy due to the fact that she's been done a lot. And says we'll get much of ToG "if my children fto maine sleep."
16. Bryaxis from ACOTAR is inactive MIA (and SJM isn't saying where), but turns retired the nightmare/pet from the depths of the Court of Night's room is simply a girl.
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17. As for the excavation of starlight successful the Spring Court, SJM wouldn't accidental if it is oregon isn't a portal to different world. She near unfastened the instrumentality mentation that Rhys's sister and parent aren't really dead, but sent done this starlight excavation into different world, but besides said, "Who thinks of these things?"
18. What are Mor’s powers? When asked astir Mor's existent power, SJM rapidly said, "Truth," but added that determination are different powers beyond that. And she’s not revealing much connected that, but besides said we’ll find out.
19. Is Mama Archeron descended from the Ironteeth Witches successful ToG? SJM skipped the question, laughed, and asked for a spicy margarita.
20. Back to Crescent City and mates: Bryce and Hunt are endgame, contempt theories that Bryce’s existent mate is Azriel. Also, digging further into the Crescent City series, SJM had nary remark connected whether Cormac Donnall, the Crown Prince of the Avallen Fae, is really dormant oregon not.
21. Who would triumph successful a fight: Bryce, Aelin, Feyre, oregon Manon? SJM said they wouldn’t fight, they would devour In-N-Out Burgers.
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22. AND finally...we're getting TWO caller ACOTAR books October 27, 2026, and January 12, 2027. SJM refused to springiness the titles oregon adjacent immoderate screen hints, but did accidental this is simply a precise "big" story.
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