ranking SJM books worst to best ♡ least favorite sarah j maas VS all time favorite books

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‣ ranking 16 sarah j maas books (spoiler-free)
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@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

***when talking about one of the books i said “mediocre scenes” and i meant to say MUNDANE, like slice of life kind of scenes***

@speaking_bookish 6 ай бұрын

A little inside knowledge from a former bookseller- when they list a book series on the shelf after it goes up by series it’s then alphabetical by title within series. So that’s why Assassins Blade is first. But I still do agree that you could read it first although it hits harder if you have more information about certain characters before reading it 😊

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

when you purchase the series as a set, assassins blade is first. all of the books are in reading order, is what i meant. i’ve never seen a series be sold where the books are not put in reading order, i guess is what i’m getting at

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

if assassins blade isn’t meant to be read first, why would they not put it in the correct order for the series?

@claudiabailey5302 6 ай бұрын

I believe the author was asked this question on her website of what order as she puts Assassins blade as book 3 in the series

@eeveealina5291 6 ай бұрын

I read the TOG series for the first time last spring and I actually decided to tandem read Tower of Dawn with Empire of Storms and ToD seemed more enjoyable to me that way. HOWEVER, a Court of Wings and Ruin is MY absolute favorite ACOTAR book. I can't believe it ranked so low for you wah

@ChristinaLynnF 6 ай бұрын

I'm so relieved to see CC ranking so high here, I'm on queen of shadows and already mourning the day it is all over, already read ACOTAR, so I am sooo happy there is something worthy to hold me over until the next release

@JojosBookburrow 6 ай бұрын

😻😻😻loved the video! I’m so excited to read house of earth and blood. Can’t wait to see what happens!!

@KarasBookshelf 6 ай бұрын

MY TEA IS READY TO SIP!!!!

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

🥹☕️ 🫶🏼

@Lifeonasofa 6 ай бұрын

Love SJM (I’m still reading TOG so can’t rate the series fully yet). But so far: 1. House of Earth and Blood 2. A Court of Wings and Ruin 3. A Court of Mist and Fury 4. A Court of Silver Flames 5. House of Sky and Breath 5. Throne of Glass 6. A Court of Frost and Starlight 7 A Court of Thorns and Roses Fully expecting TOG to completely change all this. Also, if SJM had given CC it’s own seperate trilogy before branching off, I think it would be everyone’s top. Like imagine 3 books giving that cozy book 1 vibe, falling in love with the city and the characters - would’ve been iconic.

@athenasbibliotheca8099 6 ай бұрын

I think my top 5 SJM books would be: 1. Queen of Shadows❤ 2. Empire of Storms🩶 3. Heir of Fire💚 4. House of Earth and Blood 5. A Court of Silver Flames If I rank series as a whole, it would be similar. TOG>CC>ACOTAR

@pamjournalcreate 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree with everything you said about a court of thorns and roses, it was my introduction to sjm and i love it so much the first time around but not so much on rereads. But my absolute fav and most comforting of all is a court of mist and fury… loveeeee.

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

🙌🏼

@daniela14_ 5 ай бұрын

Can you do a video flipping through you annotations please just, my brain needs it 😭

@emmaskapetis7603 3 ай бұрын

Finally someone who loves CC the most 🎉. It's seriously underrated for a SJM series. I've given all of three 5 stars. I love every book SJM has written though.

@LochsLibrary 3 ай бұрын

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@bookwormoflucerne 6 ай бұрын

ACOSF is SO good! The house 🥹🥹🥹🥹 and the girlfriends i just can’t deal!

@ravenhairedreader 6 ай бұрын

this is so hard but here’s my top 5!! 1) HOEAB 2) Queen of Shadows 3) ACOSF 4) Heir of Fire 5) Empire of storms THAT IS SO HARD UGHHHH 😻

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

our top 5 is so similar i’m shook! 😱 f*ck astrology, we are aligned in the starahs ⭐️

@midnight-tomes 6 ай бұрын

omg ACOWAR being that low is tea. I always see Queen of Shadows as one of my favorite TOG but you are so right about the beginning like half of the book. I ~think~ this is my top 5 but I'm curious to see if I still feel this way once I reread: KOA ACOMAF ACOSF Heir of Fire HOSAB

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

your top 5 🙌🏼

@spookymoogy 6 ай бұрын

Ruhn Danaan Crown Prince of the Valbarran Fae 😍😍😍😍😍😍 5.ACOWAR 4. KOA 3.HOEAB 2. HOSAB 1. ACOSF

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

🙌🏼

@xfanboyxreadsx 6 ай бұрын

This content is what we deserve.

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

🥹🫶🏼

@xfanboyxreadsx 6 ай бұрын

EMPIRE OF STORMS SUPREMACY. I loveeeeee that book so much.

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

yesss same😻🙌🏼

@danielle.c 5 ай бұрын

Where did you get these beautiful dust jackets? I’ve been looking all over but can’t seem to find ones that represent the characters the way I have them in my head like these ones!

@michellegilliland6366 6 ай бұрын

Loved this video!!! 😻

@helenvanzetten 6 ай бұрын

I’m almost through Throne of Glass series and haven’t read Crescent City series yet. 😻

@leoniereads 6 ай бұрын

Tower of Dawn is probably my least favorite book by SJM as well.🥲I think my top 5 are : Kingdom of Ash, Empire of Storms, A Court of Silver Flames, Crescent City 1 & 2. But it's so hard to pick.😇 I heard a lot of people say they think Empire of Storm is boring but I love it with my whole heart and I'm also a huge Lorcan fan/apologist.😍Also can we talk about how underrated Elide is ? she has become one of my favorites after EoS.😍😍☺I don't trust people who think Nesta is a b****, I love her.🥰OMG I'm soooo happy that you're a Hunt and Bryce fan as well. Hunt is one of my favorite fictional men ever, he is so underrated. 😍I really loved seeing your ranking and hearing about your thoughts you're so sweet and cool at the same time.💚💚💜💜

@LochsLibrary 6 ай бұрын

:')

@natcommon 6 ай бұрын

I need to reread the ACOTAR series before I can give my offical ranking, but Crescent City is my favorite series by SJM, with HOSAB being my favorite. My least favorite book, atm, is ACOWAR. I was so bored. >.

@krokodilgena637 Ай бұрын

I haven't read crescent city, but here is my ranking of tog and acotar: SPOILERS FOR TOG AND ACOTAR SERIES!!!! Also I only read each series(except my favorite book here) 13 AcoFas(it just doesnt have a place in the plot. It is just wierd fan cervice. She shouldve just split it and acosf in half basically and removed most of the filler) 12 Kingdom of Ash. Plot armor. HUGE plot armor. HUGE deus ex machinas. No consequences for anything whatsoever. So much missed potential. Valg princes die like flies while they couldnt kill 1 easily in heir of fire. They butcher ALL the stakes. I could literally go on forever. 11 Throne of Glass. SJM really didnt understand where she was leading the series(like the kind of adarlan pov chapter for example). 10 Tower of Dawn. Really you said everything I think about this one. 9 AcoWaR. Ok, so the first part of this book was really good with Feyre and the spring court. However, it doesnt really make sense though, like why destroy it. Anyway, the rest is just mid and the ending is just a bunch of deus ex machinas. Sarah J Maas cant write big epic fantasy and battles in particular. This is also evident in kingdom of ash, and even the final battle of empire of storms, though I do love that book. Also Rhys had no purpose in dying like that. And Amren shouldve stayed dead. 8 Now listen to me. Nesta's development here is amazing, but i have quite a few issues: 1. I normally disagree when people say acotar is fairy p*rn, but this is basically fairy p*rn. Way too much s*x scenes here. 2. The girls just anhialate the blood rite. That should not happen. They are certainly still very much below the average illyrian warrior who has been training THEIR WHOLE LIFE. 3. Bryallin dying is just wierd. And the fact Cassian didnt kill Nesta AND somehow survived himself when she told him "kill". 4. Cassian and Nesta shouldnt be mates. They were good without that because they just love each other. Nesta didnt even want a mate. But thats like whatever really. 5. Feyre explicitly didnt want children in ACOMAF. Why does she want to now? Why not change into and illyrian to give birth with the risk of losing the baby versus giving birth and she DEFINITELY dies and Rhys just allows it. Like wtf she is his mate he should not do that. The whole book is filled with plotholes, though it had so much potential. 7 Assasins blade. Just good stories, nice to have a background on Celaena. 6 AcoTar. If not for ACOMAF, this would be way lower, but it does set up acomaf really nicely and on a reread this is pretty good considering acomaf. 5 Queen of Shadows(huge expectations after Heir of Fire, dissapointed kind of though with how they dealt with Arobyn. Still pretty good though). 4 Heir of Fire. Good stakes, good character developement 3 Crown of Midnight. Great overall plot, really liked the romance despite what other people say. 2 Empire of Storms. Great plot, great ending, good character developement(at least on a first read, though it may be different on a reread). 1 AcoMaF. Absolutely love it, best romance, great fantasy stuff, great ending and sets up acowar(which she BUTCHERED) amazingly. Chapter 54 one love❤.

@LochsLibrary Ай бұрын

@@krokodilgena637 you have sooo many hot takes hahaha i appreciate your opinion though, and can agree whole heartedly about some of it! esp empire of storms 🥰 that book is amazing

@krokodilgena637 Ай бұрын

@@LochsLibrarythanks, I think I will definitely reread some of the better ones and update this list

@valeriabailey1996 5 ай бұрын

I only own thrown of glass that I got when it came out and never read 😭, and started a court of thrones and roses and never finished)!! what is wrong with me.