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After the war · a few months after book 3, at the Winter Solstice

A Court of Frost and Starlight

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A short Winter Solstice story with several narrators that bridges to the next book. Has sex scenes

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Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

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Quick recap

Months after the war, Feyre and Rhysand run the Night Court and help Velaris rebuild. The Winter Solstice arrives, Feyre's first as High Lady. She and her friend Ressina open a studio to teach art to people hurt by the war. Cassian, Rhys and Azriel deal with unrest among the Illyrians. Elain trades gardening for cooking. Mor revisits an old trauma. Nesta lives alone in an apartment across the city. At the Spring Court, Tamlin is a wreck. The Solstice party brings everyone together, even though no one is fully healed, and Feyre and Rhys finally find some peace. Left open: what becomes of Nesta, and what's between her and Cassian.

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  1. Behind the scenesLonger than a novella

    Maas revealed the title on Instagram in November 2017. She called it a bit longer than a novella but not a full-length book, bridging the trilogy and the books to come.

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  2. Behind the scenesSeveral narrators

    Unlike the trilogy, told only by Feyre, this book switches narrators. One chapter belongs to Mor, in first person, and deals with an old trauma of hers.

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  3. Behind the scenesPulled from schools

    In 2023, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina voted to remove this book from their libraries.

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  4. SetupMind the last chapter

    The book ends with a scene that sets up the next one. Pay attention to who's in it.

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