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A Court of Thorns and Roses
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015) is the first novel in the adult high fantasy series of the same name by Sarah J. Maas. Other titles in the series include A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight, and A Court of Silver Flames. The novel is a loose retelling of the 16th-century Scottish ballad of Tam Lin; it is also heavily influenced by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot Villeneuve’s classic, Beauty and the Beast, and various Celtic faerie and folklore traditions. Maas combines generic elements of fantasy, adventure, and romance to explore Sacrifice and Moral Compromise as the Duty of Love, Consent and Power Dynamics in Sexual Intimacy, and Hidden Truths and Subverted Expectations.
Maas is also the author of the young adult high fantasy series Throne of Glass (2012), which is inspired by the Cinderella fairy tale, and another adult high fantasy series, Crescent City (2020).
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