What fairytale is Crescent City based on?

Sarah also sought inspiration in the fairy tale The Beauty and the Beast, in the Norwegian tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon and in the legend of Tam Lin. Maas declared, “It actually wound up going away from those things; it started off as a retelling of the more original fairy tales, but then moved away.
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What is Crescent City based off of?

Crescent City was also inspired by “Waking Up” from the Oblivion soundtrack. I saw key parts of the opening chapters play out in my head while listening to it. So I had the end and the beginning and had to figure out what happened in the middle. This is your first adult novel.
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Is Crescent City a spin off of ACOTAR?

Although she warned that things could change, it looks like we'll be getting the first book in the Nesta ACOTAR spin-off series and Crescent City #2 in 2021. Like Crescent City, the Nesta spin-off will also be considered adult fantasy.
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Is the Crescent City series related to A Court of Thorns and Roses?

The Crescent City series is J. Maas' third fantasy series after the assassin saga Throne of Glass, and the beauty and beast reimagined in A Court of Thorns and Roses series. In 2021, Maas told Nesta's story in the sexy A Court of Silver Flames, the fifth book in 'A Court of Thorn and Roses' series.
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What fairytale is Acosf based on?

ACOTAR was based off of Beauty and The Beast, ACOMAF was based off of Greek mythology's Hades and Persephone.
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Is Acomaf a Hades and Persephone retelling?

A Court of Mist and Fury is a retelling of Hades and Persephone, a classic Greek methodology on how Persephone, the daughter of goddess Demeter, was kidnapped by Hades, the God of the Underworld, and later became the Queen of the Underworld.
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What fairytale is A Court of Mist and Fury?

The second book, A Court of Mist and Fury, is a retelling of the Greek myth Hades and Persephone. This book details Feyre and Tamlin's broken relationship and the new blossoming romance of Feyre and Rhysand.
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Is Throne of Glass related to Crescent City?

After two YA fantasy series, Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses , Sarah J Maas makes her début in adult fantasy with the Crescent City series. The first book of the series, House of Earth and Blood (Bloomsbury) was released on March 3.
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Will Crescent City be a movie?

Maas' 'Crescent City' Series Scheduled for 2021 Release - Cinelinx | Movies. Games.
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Is Crescent City series connected?

Crescent City is an adult series that follows half-human, half-fae Bryce and includes the following books: House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath (to be released in 2022.) This is an ongoing series.
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Why is Sarah J. Maas hated?

It needs a lot of editing and she's very repetitive. She got a bit preachy in the ACOTR series, which got on my nerves after a couple of times and it has some issues. When every character gets stronger and stronger and they're pretty much all powerful, it gets really difficult to set up a believable big bad and climax.
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Can I read ACOTAR before tog?

To answer questions about A Court of Thorns and Roses, please sign up. Kimberly No, the series' are alike (they have faeries) but they are not a part of the same story. Alli no, but you should read throne of glass because it is so good!
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Does Bryce meet Rhysand?

Azriel discovers her and takes Bryce to the apartment they often use for their own “coffee table pow wows” and everyone else shows up. It seems that the Starborn sword is a sister weapon to Azriel's's dagger, and when Bryce meets Rhysand, she remarks that he looks a lot like Ruhn.
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Is Crescent City a YA book?

So: for whatever reasons, Bloomsbury and Maas are simply lying - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood is most certainly not an adult-fiction debut. It's 800 pages of easily-identifiable YA.
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What is Pangera Crescent City?

Pangera is across the Haldren Sea from Valbara. Besides the Eternal City, Pangera is the location of the Asteri's death camps. Their most notorious one is Kavalla. The Bracchus is another death camp located in the north of Pangera where elders are sent to be executed and buried in mass graves.
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Is Crescent City the first book?

House of Earth and Blood is the first book in a new adult series called Crescent City.
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Is there going to be a 3rd Crescent City book?

Crescent City #3 is the upcoming third book in the brand-new adult fantasy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas.
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Who is Hunt's father Crescent City?

Hunt's father was the King of Hel. There are numerous things throughout the book that led to me suspecting this. Firstly, it's revealed in chapter 9 that Hunt's real name is Orion, who was a great hunter and also the son of Poseidon in Greek mythology.
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Was Rhysand in the Kingdom of Ash?

OMG FYERE AND RHYSAND ARE IN KINGDOM OF ASH | Throne of glass books, Sarah j maas books, Throne of glass.
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Are Ruhn and Rhysand related?

also Ruhn is a descendant of Rhysand and Feyre, don't @ me. Aidas though… ? what's goin' on there… ah, another one-dimensional female villain who is at odds with the main love interest…
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Is Throne of Glass A Cinderella retelling?

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas began as a Cinderella retelling that became its own epic tale along the way. Throne of Glass tells the story of Celaena Sardothien. Celaena is an eighteen year old assassin sent to do hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes.
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Are all of Sarah J. Maas books connected?

The first three books in this series, and the novella, do not feature crossovers with any of Maas' other books, but the most recent installment, A Court of Silver Flames, does feature a slight crossover with Kingdom of Ash.
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Is A Court of Frost and Starlight the fourth book?

A Court of Frost and Starlight is the first novella and fourth installment in Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses trilogy. ACOFAS acts as a tie-in to the upcoming books in the series, and follows the Night Court's first Winter Solstice together after the events in A Court of Wings and Ruin.
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Does A Court of Mist and Fury have a love triangle?

Maas does not include a love triangle than I do believe that Rhysand will either become a friend with benefits (hehehe) or force her to 'become his' with his scary mind powers. BUT what if there is a "Night Rite" like there was in the spring court and Rhysand brings her to the Night Court during that week. OOH!!
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