Hosts Kinsey and Karly share their advice on how to read the Maasverse – This is the start of our Massive Maasverse Mayhem season, where we will cover favorite ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, and Crescent City moments, worldbuilding-&-lore breakdowns, ACOTAR 6 theories, and more before the sequel’s release on October 27, 2026! Today we will be walking you through everything you need to know before starting the maasverse, including the much debated reading orders, so you can get the most out of your reading journey. 

This is part of our Massive Maasverse Mayhem season, an ACOTAR 6 Crash Course. Listeners can expect quick but thorough recaps, discussions on favorite ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, and Crescent City moments and characters (including Karly’s first-ever experience reading the TOG and CC series!), worldbuilding-and-lore breakdowns, ACOTAR 6 theories, Maasverse crossover discussions, foreshadowing, and more before the sequel’s release on October 27, 2026! And once ACOTAR 6 is here, we’ll be right by your side to recover from the inevitable cliff-hangover before ACOTAR 7’s release on January 12, 2027…and yes, we will be reacting and updating our theories between releases.

TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) - Intro

(03:45) - Different Maasverse series

(03:23) - How ACOTAR 6 Will Be Split

(05:20) - Do we know how many books SJM plans on writing?

(06:26) - Twilight of the Gods

(08:16) - Recommended Maasverse Series Reading Orders

(14:23) - Throne of Glass Reading Order Debates

(14:51) - When to read The Assassin’s Blade

(22:50) - Throne of Glass Tandem Read

(27:28) - The order our season will cover the Maasverse

(28:38) - Differences between the three series

(30:50) - Bonus chapters

(33:14) - Favorite Maasverse series

(34:41) - What to know going into the maasverse for the first time

(36:16) - Outro

(38:11) - Bonus Blooper Discussion

LINKS:

SARAH J MAAS INTERVIEW ON CALL HER DADDY PODCAST:

(Skip to 1:28:59 to hear Sarah talk about the ACOTAR 6 release. Skip to 1:38:45 to hear Sarah talk about a potential return to Throne of Glass).

⁠https://youtu.be/M5iKSzjzTCw?si=JnUbhR5g_Mps8X3O⁠ 

SARAH J MAAS 2022 SYMPHONY SPACE INTERVIEW:

• Clips about continuing Crescent City and potentially returning to Throne of Glass:

• ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@dvnnisimone/video/7258321040756231470⁠ 

• ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@janine.baquir/video/7141179243131620609?lang=en⁠ 

• Written summary of the interview:

• ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/acotar/comments/x9mfge/sjm_live_event_summary/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2⁠

TANDEM READ GUIDE:

⁠https://www.tlbranson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Throne-of-Glass-Reading-Guide-2023.pdf⁠ 

MAASVERSE BONUS CHAPTERS:

(WARNING: House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) bonus chapter titles contain a massive spoiler; don’t look at the Crescent City section until after you’ve finished HOSAB) ⁠https://www.tumblr.com/zenithofstories/701697274246463489/sarah-j-maas-bonus-chapter-masterlist⁠ 

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