I have so many thoughts on this. Firstly, I think SJM is confirming there will be ACOTAR perspectives but not actually confirming that Feyre will necessarily be one of them (I could be wrong though).
Either way, I really, really fucking hope we don’t get a POV from someone we’ve already had a perspective of (*cough* Feysand *cough*). Their stories have been told, and they have their own series to be in the limelight. I don’t want SJMs works to just turn into Rhys’ world that we’re all just living in. Not to mention how incredibly jarring it would be if she follows her first person format of ACOFAS, where everyone else was in third except Rhys and Feyre. And, before you say I’m crazy, the scene from Starfall that she wrote about Aelin’s fall was taken out at the editor’s insistence because 1) having Rhys just pop up in someone else’s book wasn’t coherent and 2) suddenly and randomly switching to first person did not work.
I also want these series to be complete and meritorious on their own. If Rhys and co play such a large role that they’re instrumental in the defeat of the Asteri, it won’t be Bryce’s story, nor her triumph, anymore. I also feel for any readers in the future who will pick up ACOTAR5 and think wait what the hell is happening because of how CC3 has so heavily influenced the plot of the remaining ACOTAR books. Like okay, Nessian is happy and Feysand have a baby and I’m fucking sorry why are we suddenly discussing the multiverse and characters I’ve never heard of?
So, whose perspective would I appreciate, especially if we look at CC3 not just as a book in that series but also as a continuance/set up for ACOTAR?
Hello hello to my favourite character Gwyn. The one who has been researching the multiverse for years. The one who was featured in the main bonus chapter. The one who works in academia and would surely be familiar with the ancient fae language. The one who could use CC3 as a segue/introduction into featuring as a main character in the next ACOTAR book.
Although it wouldn’t surprise me if SJM accidentally used the same name twice (she has self admittedly done it multiple times before) I wonder if Ruhn was named in an effort to create more connections between her worlds. Although I don’t think he is named after the mountains of vise-versa, perhaps they share the name of what they were both named after.
Unlike with the ACOTAR books, SJM can’t go back and add Easter eggs into the ToG series to expand her multiverse. So maybe this is that. Using something she already had and giving it a deeper meaning.
All I want for christmas is for SJM to release the deleted scene from CC where bryce and hunt are playing mario kart please sarah i need some serotonin
“She held Ruhn’s stare, and he stilled as he caught a glimmer of something molten course beneath the skin of her forearm, making her flesh look like… scales.” - Sarah J. Maas, Crescent City House of Sky and Breath
