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Where A Court of Thorns and Roses sits
- Series
- Book 1 of A Court of Thorns and Roses. See all A Court of Thorns and Roses books in order
- The book before
- None. This is where the series starts.
- The book after
- A Court of Mist and Fury
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against sarahjmaas.com
- Place in the series
- It is the first book of the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. (sarahjmaas.com; read November 6, 2026)
- Next book
- Book 2 is A Court of Mist and Fury. (sarahjmaas.com; read November 6, 2026)
Checked facts about A Court of Thorns and Roses
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- Publication
- First published in 2015. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)
- This edition
- The edition checked here is a 419-page hardcover from Bloomsbury. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
What A Court of Thorns and Roses is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- Feyre is dragged off to a dangerous magical land she knows only from stories. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre
- There she learns that the one who took her is no beast but Tamlin, one of the faeries' High Lords. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries
The story behind A Court of Thorns and Roses
- Maas said the fairy tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon shaped the book more than Beauty and the Beast did. (interview, BookPage, interview by Cat Acree, 2015-05-05; read November 6, 2026)
- Before drafting, she read as many versions of the old tales behind it as she could find. (interview, BookPage, interview by Cat Acree, 2015-05-05; read November 6, 2026)
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Genres
Story types
Book type
- Novel
Published
- 2010s
Reading ages
- Adult
- Ages 16+
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