If you’ve read all 16 Sarah J Maas books, you’ll know there’s no such thing as a simple ACOTAR announcement. Five months after the author first revealed on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast that three new instalments were coming, we finally have the covers, titles and first glimpses for two out of the three novels – and, as a major fan of the series, I have a few thoughts on the scant information we’ve been given.
Breaking down what we know so far, they’ll sit within the existing A Court of Thorns and Roses series (versus Maas’ other best-sellers, Throne of Glass and Crescent City) and the first of the new books, A Court of Splintered Harmony, will land on 27 October 2026. A Court of Forgotten Melody will follow on 12 January 2027 and both titles will sit within the newly named arc, The Valkyrie Cycle, according to Bloomsbury Publishing.
