A Court of Forgotten Melody

A Court of Thorns and Roses #7

by Sarah J. Maas

What was lost will be reclaimed.

Prythian might never be the same again. Traditional alliances are crumbling, and no amount of diplomacy seems sufficient to repair them. With the continued threat of Koschei the Deathless on the horizon, a united front is crucial--and farther out of reach than it has ever been before.

Bonds will be tested. Power will shift. And old enemies will emerge from nightmares of the past.

As the Night Court's Inner Circle disperses far and wide, desperate for any advantage against Koschei and his mighty allies, peace hangs by a fragile thread. But hope can be spun from the darkest of shadows, and the Night Court has its own part to play in the looming crescendo.

Genres: Fantasy, Romantasy, New Adult, Romance, Fantasy Romance, Fiction, Fae

896 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication January 12, 2027

About the author

Sarah J. Maas is the #1 bestselling author of the Throne of Glass, Court of Thorns and Roses, and Crescent City series. Her books have sold millions of copies and are published in thirty-eight languages. She lives in New York City with her family.

Reviews

[Clace]

With the way book 6 ended. I WANT ALL THE THEORIES!!! I was going through some on reddit and insta and theyre actually so cool 😭

Aside from the whole ship fiasco- im excited to see how they deal with koschei the deathless. I also DO NOT want rhys as high king 😭 as much as I love him- I dont like the concept of that.

AND NESTA AS THE HIGH LADY OF DUSK!!! I SUPPORT THAT. There are still sm stuff that I need in this book to happen 😭
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GUYS!! The streets are saying that the cover is giving ashryver eyes and now I cant look away 😭
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A COURT OF FORGOTTEN MELODY IS THE TITLE AAAAAAAHHHH THIS IS SOOO AZ CODED.

VALKYRIE CYCLE MOVEMENTS II and III AAAAAAAHHHH LETS GOOOOOOOOO 😝😝😝😝😝😝 we won.

I also dont know how I'll feel about the whole tog connection tbh. I think their stories concluded so perfectly
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I'm here to collect my gwynriel content 😌☝️

[Sarah, High Lady of the Court of Feels]

HOW LONG WILL THIS SERIES GO ON??

Because I'm really hoping the answer is forever.

UPDATE: it has now been 5 years and I stand by my statement. Bring it on, Maas!

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[☀︎El In Oz☀︎]

Lucien’s happiness in this book please

And Gwynriel endgame of course 🙏🏻

[levi (starboy) (s.ia)]

Hear me out. A lucien and tamlin or an azriel and eris bl 😰
—-
we have the title!!!!!! And a very underwhelming cover

[Angelica]

Me by the time the last book in this series to finally comes out:

[SK]

I know there's a shit ton of ship wars that is gonna blow up in this one. But my primary focus is on Koschei and Dusk Court. The word RECLAIMED means something you are going to claim AGAIN, not for the first time. The wording matters because it seems like there's gonna be lot of unraveling of truths and bonds that need to be mended. I also assume that Dusk can be reclaimed or something else entirely.

Notice how it says bond(s) in the blurb and not just a bond. Obvious direction would be Elucien in mind, cause that's the one bond that can fit reclaimed narrative. But I'm not gonna give it a benefit of doubt and say the bonds can be extended to one such as Beron- Lady Autumn- Helion. Or simply the fall out of Azriel- Mor- Eris.

There also seems to be power shifts here, which makes me lean towards truths about certain lineages spilling particularly a Day court one. Politically? That's a volcano ready to burst.

As for scheming? I'm expecting Eris to be more on the front lines here. And his path can have significant changes. The foreshadowing has been made throughout the series and if the cards are right and the chess pieces are in the right place? Possibility of a certain... High King is immense.

So yes.. while we focus on raging wars amongst us with Elucian x Elriel x Gwynriel wars... there's a whole lot to look forward to. Personally? I believe it's Elucien and Gwynriel and it would make much more sense.

But one of my most underrated parts is? We're going to see DADDY RHYS

[NickReads]

I wonder if any of my ships will last till this one.

[✩ Yaz ✩]

I AM THE ROCK AGAINST WHICH THE SURF CRASHES, NOTHING CAN BREAK ME 🌊🌊🌊

[She-who-must-not-be-named]

I wish I was a Daemati if only to find out what's going on in SJM's mind.

[Cardan Greenbriar]

*My recipe to make this series interesting again in the first place*

ingredients:
1) 8 shots of "Amarantha is back"
2) a dash of " Cassian realizing Nesta is his mate while eating McDonald's "
3) 3 cups of Nesta punching Rhysand
4) a peeled Amren
5) 5-6 suriels
6) 4 cups of Feyre punching Rhysand
7) one BIG "Azriel losing his shit"
8) 1 chili named " Lady of Autumn court divorces Beron 'swagger style' "
9) a pinch of Elain killing Amarantha
10) and last but not least Tarquin losing his shit

^^^^ mix these however you want ^^^
pro tip: avoid adding Rhysand purring
bake at 10000000000° Fahrenheit
top with whatever you desire
serve hot

for more recipes visit my website
www. thatnightcourtscenewassounnecessary . com/ prythian

[SARAH]

use this as a "this book must be about azriel and gwyn or i'll die" button.

[alex]

OK, LISTEN UP.

"believe what you want about me." -eris, acowar

here is my case for an eris vanserra redemption arc.
because he deserves it and has so much potential. sarah's been planting seeds this whole time. i don't know where to start, so i'll just jump into the thick of it.
*MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ALL ACOTAR BOOKS*
*MAJOR ACOSF SPOILERS*

his home life sucks a lot
lucien has said before that the autumn court is basically awful and cutthroat and it sucks. we know that eris is tortured by his father and has most likely been multiple times. canon physical abuse, my friends:
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"Always mix truth and lies, General. Didn't those warrior-brutes teach you how to withstand an enemy's torture?"​
"Beron tortured you?"​
"Who cared what my father does to me? He believed my story about the shadowsinger's spies informing him that a valuable asset had been kidnapped by Briallyn and that you lot were disgusted to arrive and find it was me, rather than someone from the Summer or Winter courts, or whoever stoops to associate with you."​
Cassian unpacked every word. Beron had tortured his own son for information, rather than thanking the Mother for returning him. But Eris had held out. Fed Beron another lie. And then there was the way Eris had spoken about the other courts. Something had been off in his words, his tight expression. Was the male jealous?​" (acosf)
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i mean.
his father is a total asshole and eris is not exempt from that influence. also, there's no chance he has anyone to comfort him or to tell him to stand up to his father. eris is alone, as far as we know, and that sucks a lot.

he acts in the best interests of prythian and the autumn court.
cassian says it in acosf. he takes the antidote. he wants to be high lord because beron is awful at it. he doesn't tell bri-whateverhernameis anything.
also he's nice about taking the antidote, so there's that.
he is not a bad person in the path that he is taking- he is allied with the ic and he wants the best for prythian, from what we've seen.

the mor thing.
yeah, there are conflicting reports on that. eris, multiple times, has said that the ic doesn't have the whole story.
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"so what's the asking price, eris?" mor demanded. "another little bride for you to torture?"
"i don't know who fed you those lies to begin with, morrigan."
"you never gave any evidence to the contrary. certainly not when you left me in the woods."
"there were forces at work that you have never considered, and i am not going to waste my breath explaining them to you. believe what you want about me." (acowar, left out irrelevant parts bc i don't feel like typing them out.)
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"Get that pitying look off your face."​
"Why did you leave Mor in the woods that day?"​
"You're not the person I want to explain myself to."​
"I doubt Mor will want to listen​."
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there is more (haha, mor/more) to this story, guys. and I'm willing to bet, because it's sjm, that it doesn't cast eris in a negative light.

the lucien thing.
conflicting reports again. tamlin says, in the first book, that eris was there when lucien's lover was killed. eris refutes this, and so does rhys (i think? idk about this, but i think i read that rhys said he wasn't somewhere). anyways, who do we believe- tamlin, or eris? it's worth thinking about. eris claims that:
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"and what of the brother you hunted down alongside of me? the one whose lover you helped to excecute before his eyes?"
"you know nothing about what happened that day. nothing."
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"how do you think he made it to the spring border? i wasn't there- when they did it. ask him. i refused. it was the first and only time i have denied my father anything. (more emotional abuse from beron! eris has never had to courage to deny him anything but that.) he punished me. (this is what i mean by making a case for him being physically abused multiple times.) and by the time i got free... they were going to kill him too. i made sure they didn't."
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so yeah? I mean, that's kind of a big deal. and eris seems distressed enough that i can't see how this would be a lie- especially because it'd be so easy to fact-check his story with lucien.

he is generally being an asshole, but...
is he an asshole to cass/az? yes, ofc. he says stuff with the intention of hurting them, and that's not ok at all. nothing can excuse that, but i'm almost certain he's jealous of them.
cassian says it himself: (in acosf) that eris has everything on paper (wealth, status, pureblood (for lack of a better word lol)) but he has no one that loves him, no friends- everything the inner circle has, eris lacks.
and eris always is as asshole to az and cass about their lineage. he calls them bastards all the time because he's jealous that even though they have nothing on paper, they're happy. they have friends and love, and while eris may have pure blood, he has none of that. even two bastard-born nobodies are happier and richer than he is, in the ways that matter.
cassian also notes, in the quotes i included above (the first one) that eris sounds jealous of the ic's friends.
yes, he is an asshole, but he has his reasons. they are obviously wrong, but he's not mean to be mean- he's mean because he's jealous and lonely. he can learn to recognize that, heal, and apologize.

under the mountain/literally the rest of his life
there is so much we don't know about him.
"because eris... what had it been like for him, under the mountain? what games had he played- what had he endured?"
also he has a few centuries of life to sort through, so... y'know. we know nothing about him. personally, i ship him in m/m relationships just because it seems to fit him. bi eris, please. my point is that we only know the biased povs of the inner circle and we know that they are not reliable narrators.

everyone's instincts say that there's more to him
"beron studied his son with a scrutiny that made some small, small part of me wonder if eris might have grown to be a good male if he'd had a different father. if one still lurked here, beneath centuries of poison." -feyre pov, acowar
"You know Eris, I think you might be a decent male, deep down, trapped in a terrible situation. I grew up surrounded by monsters. I've spent my existence fighting them. And I see you, Eris. You're not one of them. Not even close. I think you might even be a good male. You're just too much of a coward to act like one."​ -cassian to eris, acosf

misc. quotes and points
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"Only Beron was stupid enough to scoff. Eris was just angling his body in his chair--blocking the path to his mother."
ok, so eris is protective of his mother. interesting.
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"beron entered... his remaining sons sneered at us... their father didn't bother to check them. but eris did. a step behind his father, eris murmured "enough" and his younger brothers fell into line. all three of them."
interesting.
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also i don't think the fact that he wanted to marry nesta is a negative character trait. i want to marry nesta. he didn't know really anything about what was going on in acosf, so like... i can't fault him for liking nesta. great. also we don't know his logic behind that request.
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""who knew that a cock could be so persuasive?"
"father." eris's voice was low with warning."
eris didn't need to stand up for rhys there, not at all.
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he is a redeemable person.
all i'm saying is that i would bet a lot of money that he gets his arc, and i want him to so badly. please, sjm. redeem eris.

edit: sjm please make azriel and eris mates because it would be funny and i would find it entertaining

[makenzie ⊹ ₊]

my biggest flex is this is coming out on my birthday, happy birthday to me hehe

[Mirabel]

this book better be dedicated to azriel or im throwing my life away

JUSTICE FOR AZRIEL

[manas]

the covers? the description? lmao…

[Roxy]

THE COVER omg.

[DianaRose]

only a few more months until a court of forgotten melody....the fact that this comes out the day after my 27th birthday is such an iconic treat 🩵 thank you sjmaas

[Lucie V.]

UPDATE : and we got a title and cover for this one too. 🥲



The way I screeched and laughed maniacally yesterday while listening to Call Her Daddy...

CAULDRON SAVE ME. IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!!!!
A release date. 🤩🤩🤩🤩
I guess I know which series I will be rereading in September 🤭

And we're getting another one in January
After YEARS of waiting, we are getting 2 books in the next year. 😭🥳


I am hoping for:
🖤 Lucien. A lot of Lucien... And for him to learn about his father's identity
🖤 Lucien getting some happiness. My poor baby deserves it.
🖤 Some Feyre & Lucien moments. I miss seeing them together.
🖤 Gwynriel (No Elriel, it would hurt Lucien too much)
🖤 Emerie & Mor, please and thank you.
🖤 I would like to know more about Eris, I was intrigued by him in the last book...
🖤 A happy ending for the Lady of Autumn and Helion (and Beron's demise along the way, I guess...)
🖤 For this book to have a plot besides the romance, I need to see more of Prythian, and I want action and adventure, like we got in ACOMAF and ACOWAG
❌ No love triangle. Poor Az deserves some happiness, without too much drama, and the Gwynriel/Elriel fight has been going on for too long already.


*I will probably add more items to the list, because I know I will be obsessed with this series and what awaits us in the next 2 books until I get my hands on them.


1. A Court of Thorns and Roses ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. A Court of Mist and Fury ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. A Court of Wings and Ruin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3.5 A Court of Frost and Starlight ⭐⭐⭐
3.5 A Court of Frost and Starlight ⭐⭐⭐
4. A Court of Silver Flames ⭐⭐⭐.5

[Daria]

A Court of Haunting Melodies??
That would be a good title, especially if this is Azriel and Gwyn's book! I can't stand the thought of him with Elain, she's so bland, and my girl Gwyn deserves so much love!

[Cindy ✩☽♔]

2/22/21

Since I'm now thinking/hoping the 5th book will be about Azriel. I'll predict that this one is about Lucien and Elain. And transfer all my original predictions for book 5 to this book 😆

At this point, I am still not Elain's biggest fan but I could've said the same about Nesta before her book. Though I admittedly at least liked her more than Elain. That being said, I want Lucien to get his own book. He has so much story left to tell and he's so entwined with all the courts. The Autumn Court where his so-called father rules and his brother is trying to take over. The Day Court where his real father is. The Night Court where his mate resides. The Spring Court where his former best friend is letting things fall to shit. And his position as emissary working with Juran and Vassa.

He and Elain also haven’t truly had any time to explore any sort of relationship. Mostly because she hasn’t been open to it, and part of me thinks it’s because the whole idea of mates terrifies her. Like she feels as though it’s something forced upon her, all her life people have always given her want she’s wanted. But she never asked for this sort of thing. I want to see if they would as a couple if given a good honest chance.

Anyways, fingers crossed Sarah gives our fire boy the arc he deserves.

My original 2016 predictions for book 5 that I am now moving to book 6 -->
Fangirl hopes/predictions/theories:
But honestly, with Lucien's story, there is still so much to tell. Whether it’s his relationship with Elain, his fractured friendship with Tamlin, or his near non-existent relationship with his family. In ACOWAR, we were hit with two major Lucien-related realizations. Both of which he was not even privy to. I really hope Feyre tells him the truth, and I hope he cares enough to seek to confront those truths. (view spoiler) Anyways, I want Lucien to mend fences and really grow as a character.

[Melanie (meltotheany)]

1.) A Court of Thorns and Roses ★★★★
2.) A Court of Mist and Fury ★★★
3.) A Court of Wings and Ruin ★★★
4.) A Court of Frost and Starlight ★★★
5.) A ​Court of Silver Flames ★★★★
6.) A Court of Splintered Harmony ★★★

i really wish this was just one big book :(

1.) Throne of Glass ★★
2.) Crown of Midnight ★★★★
.5) The Assassin's Blade ★★★
3.) Heir of Fire ★★★★
4.) Queen of Shadows ★★★★
5.) Empire of Storms ★★★★
6.) Tower of Dawn ★★★★
7.) Kingdom of Ash ★★★

1.) House of Earth and Blood ★★★
2.) House of Sky and Breath ★★★
3.) House of Flame and Shadow ★★★

[julia (currently a bit inactive cause exams)]

ALL ABOARD THE GWYNRIEL TRAIN CHOO CHOOOO!!!

[laur gluchie]

2/20/2021: this is the book where mor marries me i’m 🙏 manifesting 🙏

3/4/2026: this could still be the book where mor marries me guys DON'T LOSE HOPE!!!

8/17/2026: mmmkay so it's looking like this is not about mor marrying me unfortunately but ngl the synopsis looks extremely interesting so i'm down for whatever atp. also the cover art?? could that be a stygian spider??? am i finally getting the acotar tog crossover of my dreams?????? sarah pls pls pls pls pls pls

[Alylally⛰️⛺️⛈️]

OMG THESE COVERS ARE BEAUTIFUL 🤩🤩🤩

[Valkyrie ✨]

🕯🕯🕯 Manifesting 🕯🕯🕯
🕯🕯🕯 Gwynriel 🕯🕯🕯
🕯🕯🕯 💖🎶💖 🕯🕯🕯

[dyketatorship]

I've said this before and I'm saying it again; If this book isn't about Emerie x Mor (Morie??), then I WILL find you SJM, and I WILL hex you into a frog.

[Angelica Juarez Gonzalez]

2020

Sarah J. Maas:

[༚˳⁺✧˚Jennifer ˚✧⁺˳༚]

Ideal ACOTAR 6 plot

1. Tamlin dies
2. Mor gets a GF
3. Elain and Lucien sort out their shit

[angelinabvby ۶ৎ]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAKENZIE

[S {Semi-Hiatus}]

I see Melody in the title and immediately think that it's about Gwynriel.
#staydelulutillitbecomestrulu