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Sarah J. Maas Bonus Chapter Masterlist

Many people have posted images of the bonus chapters from Sarah J. Maas's books, and I thank you for giving us access to content we would have missed out on otherwise. However, no one person has posted all of them, so I figure that I can collate the links in one place.

There are minor spoilers below the cut in the chapter descriptions, so be wary of looking too far ahead, if you have not read all the books.

Throne of Glass

The Captain and the Prince - A conversation between Dorian and Chaol before the start of TOG

The Assassin and the Captain - When Celaena arrives back at the castle from her first mission as the King's Champion between TOG and COM, Chaol is waiting to greet her

The Assassin and the Princess - Before the start of COM, once Celaena has been the King's Champion for a month, she and Nehemia do a little shopping in Rifthold

Untitled - Mistward is visited by nobles—including one of Rowan's exes—during Celaena's time there in HOF

Untitled - A bonus chapter while Aelin and the rest of her court travel through Terrasen in EOS

Untitled - Chaol and Nesryn's sea journey before the start of TOD

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Wings and Embers - Cassian goes to visit the mortal world and ask Nesta to deliver a letter to the mortal queens in ACOMAF

Feyre's Perspective - In ACOSF, after Feyre and Rhys tells her sisters about their baby, they have a conversation

Azriel's Perspective - After the Winter Solstice celebration in ACOSF, Azriel is wandering the halls, unable to sleep

Crescent City

Ruhn's Perspective - Once Cormac comes to town in HOSAB, Flynn's younger sister decides to visit

Bryce's Perspective - Part 1 - Part 2 - Cormac invites Bryce to a luncheon at Flynn's parent's villa in HOSAB

Tharion's Perspective - Part 1 - Part 2 - Tharion reminisces about first meeting Hypaxia during HOSAB

*EDIT TO ADD: HOFAS has five bonus chapters, none of which have names and are just referred to by the characters they're about.

house.of.hurricane on insta has a reading guide for them, and has them all available in her highlights at the alternative link below ↓

u/ManicPlusSize on reddit has also posted a PDF of all five chapters if that is preferred.

Bryce and Danika - Takes place before the start of HOEAB

Bryce, Azriel and Nesta - Read after chap 16 of HOFAS

Ember and Randall - Read after chap 80 of HOFAS

Bryce and Hunt - Takes place after the series ends

Ruhn and Lidia - Takes place after the series ends

An alternative is here; the highlights contain all eight chapters

If I have missed any, please feel free to let me know, or link them in the comments/reblogs :D

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Sarah J. Maas Bonus Chapter Masterlist

Many people have posted images of the bonus chapters from Sarah J. Maas's books, and I thank you for giving us access to content we would have missed out on otherwise. However, no one has posted all of them, so I figure that I can collate the links in one place.

There are minor spoilers below the cut in the chapter descriptions, so be wary of looking too far ahead, if you have not read all the books.

Throne of Glass

The Captain and the Prince - A conversation between Dorian and Chaol before the start of TOG

The Assassin and the Captain - When Celaena arrives back at the castle from her first mission as the King's Champion between TOG and COM, Chaol is waiting to greet her

The Assassin and the Princess - Before the start of COM, once Celaena has been the King's Champion for a month, she and Nehemia do a little shopping in Rifthold

Untitled - Mistward is visited by nobles—including one of Rowan's exes—during Celaena's time there in HOF

Untitled - A bonus chapter while Aelin and the rest of her court travel through Terrasen in EOS

Untitled - Chaol and Nesryn's sea journey before the start of TOD

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Wings and Embers - Cassian goes to visit the mortal world and ask Nesta to deliver a letter to the mortal queens in ACOMAF

Feyre's Perspective - In ACOSF, after Feyre and Rhys tells her sisters about their baby, they have a conversation

Azriel's Perspective - After the Winter Solstice celebration in ACOSF, Azriel is wandering the halls, unable to sleep

Crescent City

Ruhn's Perspective - Once Cormac comes to town in HOSAB, Flynn's younger sister decides to visit

Bryce's Perspective - Part 1 - Part 2 - Cormac invites her to a luncheon at Flynn's parent's villa in HOSAB

Tharion's Perspective - Part 1 - Part 2 - Tharion reminisces about first meeting Hypaxia during HOSAB

An alternative is here; the highlights contain all three chapters

If I have missed any, please feel free to let me know, or link them in the comments/reblogs :D

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girlhood calcifying into this bruised adulthood.

nothing new, taylor swift // @seravph // drop kick aria, sally wen mao // the unabridged journals of sylvia plath // sugar, spice and everything nice, d.s. // girlhood, stevie edwards // jenny zhang // would've could've should've, taylor swift // churching, kristin chang // ? // taylor swift // seven, taylor swift // girlhood is godhood, mimi evangeline @tenderfaery // everything is illuminated, jonathan safran foer

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Disclaimer: this post contains major spoilers from House of Sky and Breath

This was so much fun to make, it'll make everyone's lives easier including myself haha so happy reading everyone! I tried my best to include accurate info🤍

Posted on Instagram

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Actually, House of Flame and Shadow is the perfect book to have Ruhn on the cover because his form is stars and shadows while Lidia's is flames...

Can you imagine on the cover half of him is shadows and the other half is flames?

*manifesting*

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The Princes of Hel are the true villains of the SJM universe. They are the Valg.

This theory contains spoilers for ACOTAR, Crescent City, and Throne of Glass!

The Princes of Hel: Can they be trusted?

As of Crescent City 2, we are lead to believe that Aidas, Apollion and the other Princes of Hel are the misunderstood "good guys;" that they have been fighting for Midgard liberation all along. I think that is a lie.

Interwoven throughout the book, there are many 'red flags' regarding the behaviour and true intensions of the Princes of Hel. The most prominent of these is Rigelus's warning to Bryce; that Queen Theia trusted Aidas, and ultimately "paid the price."

Secondly, the Wolf Mystic reveals that as punishment, she would be sent down to Hel where both the demons and their Princes would terrify and taunt her. Doesn't sound very saviour-like, does it?

Let's also not forget that the Princes of Hel are at the top of the food chain. They easily kicked the Asteri out of their world, with Apollion even straight up "devouring" one of the Asteri.

Additionally, they have connections all over Midgard. It is said that the Princes want to enter Midgard again - but to what end? What are their true motives?

Thanatos reveals Hel's motives.

Bryce's interaction with Thanatos - the Prince of the Ravine - is most telling. Thanatos states that Hel's current rules of civilisation are a mere "illusion." Instead, when the gates between worlds open once more, he will feed on the souls and power of the Vanir AND the Asteri.

Some may argue that Thanatos is a rogue, lesser Prince - that his brothers are different. However, is it then a coincidence that the Bone Quarter, where souls are harvested into secondlight (what Thanatos wants to taste), is overseen by Apollion, the most powerful and influential of the seven Princes?

Most importantly, Thanatos said he once used to devour secondlight like FINE WINE.

Where else have we heard this phrase before?

The Daglan. The ancient beings that oppressed those in the ACOTAR world.

SJM has lead us to think that the Daglan are the Asteri.

I believe that is incorrect.

I theorise that the Daglan are actually the Princes of Hel.

And, I also theorise that the Princes of Hel are Valg.

Princes of Hel = Daglan = Valg.

There are many similarities between the Valg and the Princes of Hel:

They are both "demons" (a word that is not used to describe the Asteri).

Both are said to live in worlds that are "cold" and "dark."

Both feed on power (I see this point contested for the Valg regularly - that they don't feed on power, but fear. This is canonically incorrect; see photo below).

Both have the ability to take on different forms.

They both possess the same "dark" shadow-like power.

Both create beasts and other lesser, evil creatures (something the Asteri do not do).

However, the most telling evidence for this lies with Lanthys - the ancient being that Nesta killed in ACOSF.

He bled black blood - the trademark of the Valg.

His humanoid form of blond hair, black eyes was identical to both a Valg Prince, and a Prince of Hel (Apollion).

Lanthys also feared Nesta's death-sword. The Reapers in Crescent City similarly feared Bryce's death-sword; the Reapers also bled black blood.

The Reapers originated from Hel. I doubt that is a coincidence.

The 3 Valg Kings.

If the Princes of Hel are indeed Valg, then we cannot forget about Erawan's two older brothers, who are presumably still alive; Orcus and Mantyx.

Erawan's oldest brother, Orcus, is said to be the most powerful Valg King of all time - what he can do pales to the horror's Erawan inflicted upon Erelia.

Another name for Orcus, is APOLLION.

In mythology, both Orcus and Apollion are depicted as having bat wings. In Crescent City, Apollion is the only Prince of Hel (so far) with bat wings (the same as the Illyrians... but more on that later).

Thus, I theorise that Orcus = Apollion = Most powerful Valg/Hel leader.

How does Prythian history tie into all of this?

If the Princes of Hel/Valg are the Daglan, then they must have been in Prythian. There is proof of this.

Take a look at how the Daglan are described in Rhys's book:

“He flipped it open to a page, revealing an image of tall, strange-looking beings with crowns atop their heads.”

Now look at how the 3 Valg Kings are described in the book Yrene finds in Tower of Dawn:

“Their bodies, tall and powerful.” “Crowned, dark figures.”

They are the same beings. What's more - Yrene flips the page to reveal the 3 Valg Kings standing a top a mountain. Take a look at a key feature of this mountain:

"As if someone had built the gateway of BLACK STONE out of thin air. There were no doors within this ARCHWAY."

Now look at the description of a key feature on Ramiel:

"The Breaking flowed through an ARCHWAY of BLACK STONE. The Pass of Enalius."

The Valg Kings were standing on top of Ramiel. 

Is that what the 3 stars above the sacred mountain indicate - the 3 Valg brothers?

If that wasn't enough evidence, consider also Erawan's words to Yrene - that her power existed in his home world.

Yrene's power is described as "starlight," and acts in the exact same way as Bryce's. I believe that Yrene is Starborn. We know that the Starborn Fae originated from Prythian - if Erawan says the Starborn were in his world also... this further proves the Valg's connection to Prythian.

The history we have been told is a lie.

I always found it curious that the history of the 3 Valg brothers and the world they conquered (2000 years total), lined up perfectly with the history and subsequent overthrowing of the Daglan (2000 years total). However, it never made sense if you believed the Asteri to be the Daglan.

Instead, I believe the Asteri were in Prythian BEFORE the Valg/Daglan. I believe they created the Fae, and lived in relative civilisation (as they do now in Midgard). 

I think timeline has been purposely misconstrued.

According to the Valg history, they found a world and waged a war - they were successful, and ending up conquering that world. It is explicitly stated that the world they found was not always grim and dark, but the 3 Valg Kings turned it into a world of ice and and cold and darkness.

I believe that world was Prythian. The Valg/Princes left Hel through the gates and overthrew the Asteri - taking control of the ACOTAR world.

Then, who was Fionn?

Rhys mentioned that the first and only High King of Prythian was Fionn. If this theory is correct, it suggests that Fionn was no mere fae warrior, but was actually Orcus/Apollion.

This makes perfect sense, as a single fae warrior is not capable of overthrowing the Asteri - but the Star Eater himself is.

Thus, Orcus = Apollion = Fionn. All the same person. All Kings.

What else can be explained?

During this time, the Valg/Princes of Hel either created, or stole and used the Dread Trove. I don't find it a coincidence that Erawan was called the "Dread Lord," and that the "Dreadwolves" in Crescent City are referred to as "demons."

What's more, is that Amren was thrown into the Prison during this time. She was a being of LIGHT and FIRE - the two things the Valg hate the most. She was also an angel; the all-time sworn enemies of demons (even dating back to the Bible).

It also explains how the Illyrians came to be, with their leather bat wings identical to Apollion's, and those of Hel's armies.

It also explains how shadow powers, winnowing and other Valg/Hel-related powers are so prominent throughout Prythian (the Night Court in particular).

I also believe Rhys to be Fionn/Apollion/Orcus's direct descendant. This is why he has the exact powers of a Valg King. It is also why he is dubbed the most powerful High Lord to exist. It ALSO explains why Rhys's beast form is identical to the Daglan hounds. (And no, that doesn't mean Rhys is evil - just that he has their power).

What about Queen Theia and Prince Pelias?

We are told that Queen Theia and Prince Pelias presumably killed Fionn - something that never made sense if he was indeed a noble, fae warrior. However, it makes perfect sense if Fionn was actually an almighty demon King.

However, aside from that, I believe that everything we have been told about Queen Theia and Prince Pelias - the original Starborn fae - is wrong.

We are lead to believe that Pelias was an awful person, who forcibly wed Theia's daughter. I think this is false, and that Queen Theia and Pelias were actually husband/wife or lovers (and I'll tell you why later, hehe).

I also believe that Prince Pelias is actually Enalius - the famed Illyrian warrior.

We know that Enalius fought an unknown enemy for 3 DAYS.

Pelias and Apollion fought for that exact same amount of time - 3 DAYS.

I theorise that Prince Pelias caught on to Apollion/Orcus/Fionn's rule, and tried to overthrow him. They fought for 3 days the top of Ramiel, with Pelias attempting to stop Hel's armies from accessing the gate.

In further proof of this, Pelias was described as a fae warrior wearing a "helmet."

Hunt finds a vase with the same helmeted fae warrior fighting Hel's demons, 15,000 years ago.

That same helmeted fae warrior is later shown as a statue riding a Pegasus, sword raised - charging into battle. Pegasus's are the animals of the Dusk Court - the Starborn - as Pelias is.

However, after the 3 days, Apollion kills Pelias/Enalius. But, before he dies, Pelias uses the Horn to banish Apollion and the Valg/Princes of Hel/Daglan back to Hel.

Saving Prythian, and allowing for the 7 Courts to be ruled as they are today.

Theia and her two children then use the horn to seal the gates. However, they are are then betrayed by the Princes of Hel; the extent of which remains unknown.

Cassian and Nesta.

This theory makes even more sense when you consider Cassian and Nesta as "reincarnations," or parallels of Queen Theia and Pelias.

Pelias and Cassian:

Pelias is Enalius. Cassian was said to be "Enalius reborn," that he has Enalius's exact fighting style.

As Pelias was Fionn's general, Cassian is Rhys's general.

Nesta and Queen Theia:

Nesta is continually referred to as a "Queen," despite not ruling any lands of her own.

She created a death-sword, just as Theia created/used Gwydion - Bryce's starsword.

Nesta's power and interaction with the Cauldron was described as a "newborn star."

Together, both Nesta and Cassian have a tattoo of an eight-pointed star. The symbol of the Starborn - the same symbol of Theia and Pelias.

Even when Nesta and Cassian had sex, the sound of a "single horn" was heard. Just like Pelias's horn?

And let's not forget Cassian's proclamation to Nesta;

"I will find you in the next world - the next life. And we will have that time. I promise.”

Almost as if... they've lived together once before...?

Timeline of events.

(A very rough draft).

Whether this theory is true or not remains to be seen.

However, in the meantime - don't trust the Princes of Hel.

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I genuinely feel so stupid for not picking up on this

Hosab + acowar minor spoilers

House of Sky and Breath, chap. 48, P. 700 (eb)

A Court of Wings and Ruin, Chap. 26, P. 272 (physical copy)

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“So Lorcan did” has to be the most reckless, audacious and unhinged sentence SJM has ever written and I’m still not over it.

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my sexual orientation is fictional men written by women

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may sondheim’s memory be a blessing

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STEPHEN SONDHEIM 1930 - 2021

May his memory be a blessing.

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i don’t even know how to explain to non musical theatre people that we genuinely just lost shakespeare — i can’t even think of another comparison that may even remotely come close. there was no one like him and there never will be. a league of his own, the greatest of the greats.

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the iliad//the song of achilles

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i absolutely love this review

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no bc John Walker fills me with so much fucking rage😃

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I present to you:

The 2:33AM point I made to my sister well she’s halfway across the US on a trip.

You can make me choose between the classic.

Choose between the CW hotties.

Hell even make me choose between the my Apocalypse Boys.

BUT NEVER

Make me choose between three Kings.

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Twelve hours ago I received the phone call telling me I’m going to die today, and I’m more alive now than I was then.

They Both Die at the End

By Adam Silvera