Content Warning: This section of the guide contains discussion of racism, gender discrimination, graphic violence, sexual violence, and physical abuse.

Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

1. Overall, how do you like this book when compared to the earlier books in the series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, and A Court of Frost and Starlight?

2. How does this novel compare with other sequels in popular “romantasy” series, such as Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, Iron Flame, A Touch of Ruin, and The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King (and all of their subsequent sequels)?

3. Overall, how do you like this series when compared to Maas’s other series, the young adult series Throne of Glass and the urban fantasy House of Earth and Blood? If this is your first experience with Maas, would you like to read more of her work?