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A Court of Silver Flames Spice Level and Content Notes

By Sarah J. Maas. Last checked .

Spice level

5/5

Very explicit

“Many lengthy, detailed, hot sex scenes involving self-pleasuring, intercourse, and oral sex in numerous variations”

Source: Common Sense Media, checked Oct 12, 2026. We place that description on the FaeShelf 0 to 5 spice scale.

Book facts

Author
Sarah J. Maas
Series
Book 5 of A Court of Thorns and Roses
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
First published
Feb 16, 2021 (Goodreads)
US edition on sale
Feb 16, 2021, Bloomsbury hardback, ISBN 9781681196282 (publisher)
Pages
768, Hardback, ISBN 9781681196282 (publisher)
Age rating
17+ (Common Sense Media)
Goodreads
4.45 from 2.32M ratings on Goodreads as of Oct 12, 2026

Content notes

  • Violence: Hacking, beheadings and mass killings. Common Sense Media rates Violence & Scariness “a lot”. “Hacking, slashing, beheadings, and, in the distance, mass killings as magical beings war with one another and with humans.” (Common Sense Media)

A book missing from this list is not guaranteed to be free of that content.

Tropes and creatures

Only tags the publisher’s own description names, with its wording.

  • Fae“being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will” (source)
  • Forced proximity“only burns hotter as they are forced into close quarters with each other” (source)

Read it or skip it

Read it if

  • You want frequent, very explicit scenes central to the story (5/5 per Common Sense Media).
  • You want fae and forced proximity, as the publisher's description puts it.
  • You have read A Court of Thorns and Roses up to book 4.

Skip it if

  • You want romance without explicit sex (5/5 per Common Sense Media).
  • You want to avoid violence on the page (listed by Common Sense Media, which rates Violence & Scariness: "a lot").
  • You have not read A Court of Thorns and Roses yet: start there.

A Court of Silver Flames FAQ

Is A Court of Silver Flames spicy?

It is 5/5 (very explicit) on the FaeShelf 0 to 5 scale, based on Common Sense Media: "Many lengthy, detailed, hot sex scenes involving self-pleasuring, intercourse, and oral sex in numerous variations"

Is A Court of Silver Flames YA or adult?

Common Sense Media rates it 17+ (checked Oct 12, 2026).

Is A Court of Silver Flames part of a series?

Yes. It is book 5 of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. Read A Court of Frost and Starlight first.

When did A Court of Silver Flames come out?

Goodreads lists it as first published Feb 16, 2021. Bloomsbury Publishing lists this edition on sale Feb 16, 2021: Bloomsbury hardback, ISBN 9781681196282.

What content notes does A Court of Silver Flames have?

Common Sense Media lists hacking, beheadings and mass killings (Violence & Scariness: "a lot"). A book missing a note is not guaranteed to be free of that content.

Same series: A Court of Thorns and Roses

In our guides

How we checked this

This page draws on 3 source pages, each linked next to the fact it supports, last checked on Oct 12, 2026. Spice comes only from a named review or the author’s or publisher’s own content notes, quoted as published and placed on our 0 to 5 scale; reader shelves and fan sites are not used. Ratings change daily, so the Goodreads figure is a dated snapshot. Read more about our sources, or browse all books.