Don’t do it! A guide to surviving S.J. Maas books.
Whether you’ve read the ACOTAR or TOG books you know one thing about an S.J. Maas book that remains true across the board... You’re favorite side character is going to die.
Go ahead, let that sink in, let it settle into your psyche and burn into your soul. Once you’ve accepted that your favorite side character is going to die you can move onto step 2. *RIP Suriel, Bone Carver, Nehemiah*
Step two in surviving an S.J. Maas book is never get attached to the first obvious love pairing. Maas likes to fake us out. She likes to hide clues inside dialogue, scene descriptions, and side characters. Yeah SIDE CHARACTERS. So step two...be careful who you ship and/or don’t get too attached to the ships you’re sailing..chances are Sarah’s going to blow hole in that first ship and sink it to the bottom of the ocean. *cough* Tamlin *cough*
Step three is possibly the most frustrating for all of us readers..we’ve all fallen into this pit of despair in one of her series so this is more a caution and less of an acceptance. That really, truly, awful, villain that you’ve just spent like three books hating, she’s going to make you like him. She’s going to throw a wrench in your hate-ship and make that really awful person...relatable! *gasp* So lesson 3 be careful who you hate-ship. *I’m looking at you King of Adarlan*
Fourth “It’s a Mate thing” is used to explain a whole host of animalistic, territorial, fae male, behavior. If you were expecting FAE MALES to act like HUMANS you should just stop reading now you will be disappointed, and salty, because that’s not going to happen.
Fifth expect the unexpected. Plot Twists are like, a very real thing in these books. Also cliffhangers that will leave you broken and shattered on the rocks of your emotions below. *ACOMAF* ending..still got me feeling all the feels.
Sixth...the fandom is salty, sarcastic, smutty, and more angsty than a hoard of escaped Emo Teenagers from a Panic at the Disco Concert. Yeah that includes me. Prepare yourself for fan fiction that doesn’t push the boundaries it ignores that boundaries even exist.
These six basic steps will get you through any S.J. Maas series..or at least...it’ll help you cope with the feels.
Also helping fans cope with the feels these blogs I’ve listed below.
@propshophannah @crochanblackbeak @paperbacktrash @teamfeyre @fuckyeahazriel @acourtofpainandfeelz @hermajestymanon @readinglikewildfire
