By Sarah J. Maas. Last checked .
Not rated: no public source describes the sex content clearly enough.
Common Sense Media mentions "a prolonged, palace-rattling sex scene" but does not say how explicit it is, so we give no number. How we rate: the FaeShelf spice scale.
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We have not rated it: no public source describes the sex content clearly enough. Common Sense Media mentions "a prolonged, palace-rattling sex scene" but does not say how explicit it is, so we give no number.
Common Sense Media rates it 15+ (checked Oct 12, 2026).
Yes. It is book 4 of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. Read A Court of Wings and Ruin first. The next book is A Court of Silver Flames.
Goodreads lists it as first published May 1, 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing lists this edition on sale Jun 2, 2020: Bloomsbury paperback, ISBN 9781635575620.
Common Sense Media lists vivid flashbacks to past atrocities, including murder, torture and rape (Violence & Scariness: "some"). A book missing a note is not guaranteed to be free of that content.
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