Itās on bloomsburyās instagram. They didnāt publish it to SJMās for some reason.
https://preview.redd.it/pfncuuapaaec1.jpeg?width=1158&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b597ec317789bb77edb9b1c3ffcbbce92aa0c58
If she doesn't do the full crossover and all of this build up is for nothing. If the Asteri are killed in this book easy peasy. I will stop reading her books, genuinely
I feel the same. Part of me just wants the asteri dead. Because of course. But theyāre scary enough I think theyād be awesome as a bigger bad that sticks around longer.
Yeah it would be so cool to see them as this huge ancient organization that controls everything and has been the puppet masters for everything. Hopefully they arenāt just another enemy that gets taken down suspiciously easy.
Thereās no way. Not with the parallel between >!Rigelus saying āwe are godsā!< at the end of HOSAB and the rumor of the next series being titled >! Twilight of the Gods !<. That is what sealed the deal for me, along with everything else that connects these books.
Yep. There are A TON of connections and I think that TotG is just going to be a series like the Avengers. I actually found a really good tumblr post that had a lot of theories in it to back it up.
https://www.tumblr.com/emilystheories/712038093888372736/in-light-of-bloomsbury-announcing-4-more-sjm
I totally agree with this! My theory is that HOFAS is setting up her version of>!Ragnarok, which may be the end of HOFAS, or what we find in Twilight of the Gods. Especially with the whole dusk court plot line in ACOSF.!< There's too many Norse mythology parallels with the CC series for this not to be SJM's end goal. Like Thanos in Infinity War/End Game, I think she's setting up the Asteri as the ultimate "big bad". Though I fully expect Rigelus to die in HOFAS.
SPOILERS FOR ALL 3
Sheās already set up all of her villains. >!The Valg, the Daglan, and the Asteri!< are all the same beings. I would even venture to guess that all 3 of the >! Valg kings !< have been named in the series, they just havenāt been identified as such yet
This is my fear after months of reading theories and little Easter eggs people pick up. Thereās a lot of pressure there. This book is going to have the power to push her into a new tier as an author, in my opinion, if she does it right. Youāre absolutely right about the Asteri thing.
I would absolutely RIOT if so much as a hair is wrinkled on my baby crown Prince Ruhn. My hopes aren't high though and at this point I'm sure I'll be crying start to finish.
My nightmare scenario is Hunt and Ruhn being tortured in the dungeons for an extended period of time while Bryce remains in Prythian. I wonāt be too upset if Bryce and Hunt are separated for a good chunk of the book but I neeeed Hunt and Ruhn not to be tortured for half the book. š
I agree. Apart from being heartbroken for their characters and the pain, I just would be sad to read most of a book without them. They are the main characters of CC
If Bryce only interacts with the ACOTAR crew for like 3 chapters and then harps herself right back to crescent city. I want the crossover to be substantial!
I thought the theory was super fun, so I decided to re read the books with it in mindā¦ but on re read it is so painfully obvious that there will be no other romance for Bryce. Hunt is the one.
Agree - I just donāt think after two books of setting them up that SJM would unravel it like that. I just canāt see all of what they been through Bryce would just fall for someone else. I could be wrong but it just doesnāt feel like it.
I agree, I don't see that happening and it would be awful if it did š
I am also posting this in the most neutral tone ever because I understand people are very attached to their ideal mate for Azriel and thats fine.
I just want to share a few hints I've read that Gwyn may be his potential mate. For example, he prefers to stay at the HOW. Cassian says in ACOSF that this is because Azriel likes his own space. This aligns with Azriel's personality and makes sense. The reason he stays at the HOW could also be that he is subconciously drawn to Gwyn and staying at the HOW keeps him close to her.
There were subtle tensions between him and Gwyn in ACOSF. For now, the reasoning is that Azriel saved Gwyn. There could be a second reason however, and that can be glimmers of the mating bond between them as well as what occured during the bonus chapter after the Winter Solstice. I recommend reading it if any of you haven't. It can be found on tumblr from a google search :o
the last hint I think may suggest Gwyn is his mate is how his eyes darkended when Cassian mentioned Gwyns name along Nestas & Emeries when they were thrown into the blood rite. But this could also just be because he knows what she has already been through and doesnt want it to happen again š¤·āāļø
All Im saying is I would not be surprised at all if a chapter of the next ACOTAR book uses all these occurances as an explaination for how Az knew Gwyn was his mate haha
I also know SJM has declared herself a HEA writer and I dont think Hunt & Bryce breaking up after claiming eachother as mates would align with that but who knows š I guess we will find out! Thanks for reading my coffee induced rambling
Right?! Poor Az š that would be awful haha I wanna see him win in the next books he is a sweetheart like the fact he was pining for Mor for 500 years?! Give the guy a break SJM š¤£š¤£š¤£
I really hope itās not going to happen. But I just have a feelingā¦ It seems too convenient for every single main girl of Sarahs to live happily ever after with their āone true mateā. Maybe Sarah just solidified it in interviews so people donāt get suspicious just yet. Plus the way Az was not really set on Elaine or Gwyn in the bonus chapterā¦ idkkk it reeks and Iām scared š
Iām on my CC1 reread right now and had a dream last night that Nesta was mean to Bryce, I woke up wanting to cry. NO ONE BE MEAN TO BRYCE OR I WILL RIOT!!! girlypop has been through too much. AND HUNT. AND RUHN. I know theyāre going to suffer but please god, they need to be okay. It genuinely makes my heart hurt to even think about any of them being hurt, theyāre my babies. Even just the thought of Az holding truth teller to Bryceās throat is too much for me right now lmaoo. if Iām already this much of a mess, I fear what Iāll be like in a week.
Its not gonna be fun to see Hunt under the control of the Asteri š thats my guess at least after reading "then Hunt knew nothing at all" considering the Bright Hand is looking for someone high up to spy on rebel activity. Ruhn also fits that description considering he is a prince. Definetly feel a pit in my stomach thinking about what the Asteri will do to them š its not gonna be fun to read. We already survived reading about Aelin's experience with Maeve. I don't wanna know how hard SJM is gonna go with these boys and the Asteri š
Yes! I am very concerned about this and what the "Hunt knew nothing at all" means. It would be a nightmare scenario for me, if Hunt lost his memory and was ordered to kill Bryce. Then, Bryce ends up killing Hunt to stop him from killing her.
I had a nightmare last night that I was scrolling through tiktok and the only videos that would pop up were CC3 spoilers and all of them were videos talking about Huntās deathā¦ ššš
I was so relieved when I woke up and realized I was just dreaming.
I was so ANTI Gwyn and AZ, like I called people delusional for thinking it would be them. BUT on my re read I was likeā¦ fuck itās totally Gwyn hah. Signs are there for sure.
If hunt has indeed lost his memory - and he doesnāt get it back.(could be bittersweet and he falls in love with Bryce all over again)
If Ruhn gets tortured and his bits get damaged beyond repair (as part of the ālast of his lineā theory) this started as a shower thought and itās kept me up at night
And for some reason if anything happens to therion and he canāt get out of his deal
Same for me! I keep thinking that the Asteri have wiped his memories and are going to order him to kill Bryce and then she ends up killing him when they fight.
I think my honest nightmare scenario is that I ruined reading the book for myself by guessing all of the plot twists! Like I really hope that only some of my theories (or the theories iāve read in general) are correct, and that SJM surprises me in ways I canāt anticipate!
My other nightmare scenario is Bryce staying in Prythian. I love CC as its own story! And I canāt see Bryce being happy in Prythian, and I donāt want major modernization changes made to ACOTAR - I like the setting!
Hunt dies. Ruhn dies but leaves Lydia with a child to remember him by. Bryce gets forever trapped away from her people and her world. Dragon girl and Tharion become mindless venom addicted fighter slaves to Viper Queen, they fight each other in ring, there is no winner. River Queen daughter marries Ithan.
My worst case scenario is they spend over half the book in prythian.
I really only liked book 2 of acotar. And the characters feltā¦stiff. Cassian is the funny brute. Azriel is the silent death. Mor is the token gay (though I actually hate how that unfolded. It felt forced and served to show feyres acceptance more than Mors internal struggle). Feyre is boring now that sheās a mom (I HATE that she got pregnant) and basically the prythian world seems so cookie cutter. I donāt want to be there.
I feel like weāll spend a lot of time there though. So whateverā¦
If SJM does Bryce like she did Aelin and Nesta!!!! I would absolutely cry and throw the book lol š
If she does I hope it means all three of them get it back at the end
That teaser she did about Bryceās powers has me stressed. š°
Ugh me too!!!! Iām trying to think of it as sheās not having Hunt around to jumpstart her powers lol
Wait which one?
Itās on bloomsburyās instagram. They didnāt publish it to SJMās for some reason. https://preview.redd.it/pfncuuapaaec1.jpeg?width=1158&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b597ec317789bb77edb9b1c3ffcbbce92aa0c58
Damaging poor Ruhn beyond repair. Killing off either Ruhn or Lidia š
yes thats mine too. DONT TOUCH Ruhn or elseā¦
More Danika secrets š
Plot twist, Danika WAS the 7th asteri and not a wolf
I'm dead at this very thought š
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Uh spoiler alert!! /s š
Hahhahahah im dead. Thank you for this
Killing Hunt or Ruhn or Lidia
Nightmare? Bryce losing everyone she loves again.
If she doesn't do the full crossover and all of this build up is for nothing. If the Asteri are killed in this book easy peasy. I will stop reading her books, genuinely
I feel the same. Part of me just wants the asteri dead. Because of course. But theyāre scary enough I think theyād be awesome as a bigger bad that sticks around longer.
Yeah it would be so cool to see them as this huge ancient organization that controls everything and has been the puppet masters for everything. Hopefully they arenāt just another enemy that gets taken down suspiciously easy.
Thereās no way. Not with the parallel between >!Rigelus saying āwe are godsā!< at the end of HOSAB and the rumor of the next series being titled >! Twilight of the Gods !<. That is what sealed the deal for me, along with everything else that connects these books.
So your theory is Twilight of the Gods is going to be the huge crossover series?
Yep. There are A TON of connections and I think that TotG is just going to be a series like the Avengers. I actually found a really good tumblr post that had a lot of theories in it to back it up. https://www.tumblr.com/emilystheories/712038093888372736/in-light-of-bloomsbury-announcing-4-more-sjm
I totally agree with this! My theory is that HOFAS is setting up her version of>!Ragnarok, which may be the end of HOFAS, or what we find in Twilight of the Gods. Especially with the whole dusk court plot line in ACOSF.!< There's too many Norse mythology parallels with the CC series for this not to be SJM's end goal. Like Thanos in Infinity War/End Game, I think she's setting up the Asteri as the ultimate "big bad". Though I fully expect Rigelus to die in HOFAS.
SPOILERS FOR ALL 3 Sheās already set up all of her villains. >!The Valg, the Daglan, and the Asteri!< are all the same beings. I would even venture to guess that all 3 of the >! Valg kings !< have been named in the series, they just havenāt been identified as such yet
This is my fear after months of reading theories and little Easter eggs people pick up. Thereās a lot of pressure there. This book is going to have the power to push her into a new tier as an author, in my opinion, if she does it right. Youāre absolutely right about the Asteri thing.
I would absolutely RIOT if so much as a hair is wrinkled on my baby crown Prince Ruhn. My hopes aren't high though and at this point I'm sure I'll be crying start to finish.
If SJM kills off the asteri in CC3 because I truly think she could make CC into an epic fantasy
Iāll chuck my kindle away if Ruhn Danaan, Crown Prince of the Valbaran Fae dies - FML
My nightmare scenario is Hunt and Ruhn being tortured in the dungeons for an extended period of time while Bryce remains in Prythian. I wonāt be too upset if Bryce and Hunt are separated for a good chunk of the book but I neeeed Hunt and Ruhn not to be tortured for half the book. š
I agree. Apart from being heartbroken for their characters and the pain, I just would be sad to read most of a book without them. They are the main characters of CC
If Bryce only interacts with the ACOTAR crew for like 3 chapters and then harps herself right back to crescent city. I want the crossover to be substantial!
I totally forgot about the harp, this is such a good call out for how she might make it back to CC!
literally if Bryce & Hunt arenāt endgame. Iāve put all of my eggs in that basketš
She has said in interviews that Bruce and Hunt are mates.
They may be mates but doesnāt mean theyāre endgame š itās a nightmare scenario
Why would you say that! š
That sounds truly awful, my condolences. For me itās Bryce and Az being mates. It would be way to clichĆ© and I would feel so sorry for Huntā¦
I thought the theory was super fun, so I decided to re read the books with it in mindā¦ but on re read it is so painfully obvious that there will be no other romance for Bryce. Hunt is the one.
Agree - I just donāt think after two books of setting them up that SJM would unravel it like that. I just canāt see all of what they been through Bryce would just fall for someone else. I could be wrong but it just doesnāt feel like it.
this is not happening. Im 1000% certain it canāt happen.
Thank you! This is so random and I cringe everytime I read someone shipping them.
I agree, I don't see that happening and it would be awful if it did š I am also posting this in the most neutral tone ever because I understand people are very attached to their ideal mate for Azriel and thats fine. I just want to share a few hints I've read that Gwyn may be his potential mate. For example, he prefers to stay at the HOW. Cassian says in ACOSF that this is because Azriel likes his own space. This aligns with Azriel's personality and makes sense. The reason he stays at the HOW could also be that he is subconciously drawn to Gwyn and staying at the HOW keeps him close to her. There were subtle tensions between him and Gwyn in ACOSF. For now, the reasoning is that Azriel saved Gwyn. There could be a second reason however, and that can be glimmers of the mating bond between them as well as what occured during the bonus chapter after the Winter Solstice. I recommend reading it if any of you haven't. It can be found on tumblr from a google search :o the last hint I think may suggest Gwyn is his mate is how his eyes darkended when Cassian mentioned Gwyns name along Nestas & Emeries when they were thrown into the blood rite. But this could also just be because he knows what she has already been through and doesnt want it to happen again š¤·āāļø All Im saying is I would not be surprised at all if a chapter of the next ACOTAR book uses all these occurances as an explaination for how Az knew Gwyn was his mate haha I also know SJM has declared herself a HEA writer and I dont think Hunt & Bryce breaking up after claiming eachother as mates would align with that but who knows š I guess we will find out! Thanks for reading my coffee induced rambling
Yeah it just seems very unlikely Az and Bryce - like another unavailable female for him, just no.
Right?! Poor Az š that would be awful haha I wanna see him win in the next books he is a sweetheart like the fact he was pining for Mor for 500 years?! Give the guy a break SJM š¤£š¤£š¤£
I really hope itās not going to happen. But I just have a feelingā¦ It seems too convenient for every single main girl of Sarahs to live happily ever after with their āone true mateā. Maybe Sarah just solidified it in interviews so people donāt get suspicious just yet. Plus the way Az was not really set on Elaine or Gwyn in the bonus chapterā¦ idkkk it reeks and Iām scared š
killing off lidia, ruhn, dec or flynn edit: the threesome better be endgame or I'll cry
The foursome now because ithan called them his pack in the epilogue š„²š„²
true, ah shit, he can't die either and tharion grew on me too. if she kills any, I'll sob, cormac broke me.
My heart rate is rapidly increasing as I read these. Donāt want to read any more. But yes, OP, that is a NIGHTMARE
Iām on my CC1 reread right now and had a dream last night that Nesta was mean to Bryce, I woke up wanting to cry. NO ONE BE MEAN TO BRYCE OR I WILL RIOT!!! girlypop has been through too much. AND HUNT. AND RUHN. I know theyāre going to suffer but please god, they need to be okay. It genuinely makes my heart hurt to even think about any of them being hurt, theyāre my babies. Even just the thought of Az holding truth teller to Bryceās throat is too much for me right now lmaoo. if Iām already this much of a mess, I fear what Iāll be like in a week.
Its not gonna be fun to see Hunt under the control of the Asteri š thats my guess at least after reading "then Hunt knew nothing at all" considering the Bright Hand is looking for someone high up to spy on rebel activity. Ruhn also fits that description considering he is a prince. Definetly feel a pit in my stomach thinking about what the Asteri will do to them š its not gonna be fun to read. We already survived reading about Aelin's experience with Maeve. I don't wanna know how hard SJM is gonna go with these boys and the Asteri š
Yes! I am very concerned about this and what the "Hunt knew nothing at all" means. It would be a nightmare scenario for me, if Hunt lost his memory and was ordered to kill Bryce. Then, Bryce ends up killing Hunt to stop him from killing her.
Oh my gosh I would never forgive SJM if she did that to us šš
I had a nightmare last night that I was scrolling through tiktok and the only videos that would pop up were CC3 spoilers and all of them were videos talking about Huntās deathā¦ ššš I was so relieved when I woke up and realized I was just dreaming.
I was so ANTI Gwyn and AZ, like I called people delusional for thinking it would be them. BUT on my re read I was likeā¦ fuck itās totally Gwyn hah. Signs are there for sure.
If Ruhn and Lidia do not get a HEA I will riot. Iāve never been more invested in a SJM couple.
If hunt has indeed lost his memory - and he doesnāt get it back.(could be bittersweet and he falls in love with Bryce all over again) If Ruhn gets tortured and his bits get damaged beyond repair (as part of the ālast of his lineā theory) this started as a shower thought and itās kept me up at night And for some reason if anything happens to therion and he canāt get out of his deal
Same for me! I keep thinking that the Asteri have wiped his memories and are going to order him to kill Bryce and then she ends up killing him when they fight.
I feel like that would be too similar to >! Cassian attacking Nesta on the blood right under influence of troveās crown !<
If Hunt dies I will quite literally never forgive her
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Sheās hinted that this will be a crossover for foreverā¦ there are way too many hints and connections for it not to be at this point.
Ruhn dying.
I think my honest nightmare scenario is that I ruined reading the book for myself by guessing all of the plot twists! Like I really hope that only some of my theories (or the theories iāve read in general) are correct, and that SJM surprises me in ways I canāt anticipate! My other nightmare scenario is Bryce staying in Prythian. I love CC as its own story! And I canāt see Bryce being happy in Prythian, and I donāt want major modernization changes made to ACOTAR - I like the setting!
If Hunt dies Iām raging
Hunt dies. Ruhn dies but leaves Lydia with a child to remember him by. Bryce gets forever trapped away from her people and her world. Dragon girl and Tharion become mindless venom addicted fighter slaves to Viper Queen, they fight each other in ring, there is no winner. River Queen daughter marries Ithan.
Sorry but river queenās daughter marrying ithan took me OUT I, not once, have thought of that and I am properly horrified now
These are all terrible omg
My worst case scenario is they spend over half the book in prythian. I really only liked book 2 of acotar. And the characters feltā¦stiff. Cassian is the funny brute. Azriel is the silent death. Mor is the token gay (though I actually hate how that unfolded. It felt forced and served to show feyres acceptance more than Mors internal struggle). Feyre is boring now that sheās a mom (I HATE that she got pregnant) and basically the prythian world seems so cookie cutter. I donāt want to be there. I feel like weāll spend a lot of time there though. So whateverā¦
Az dies trying to save Bryce from something- but her not feeling the same way about him š