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[Theory] Announcing a double release for the 10th anniversary - Elaine & Azriel's stories in parallel?

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With the 10th anniversary of ACOTAR in sight, I'm hoping we'll finally get news on book 6 soon - and I'm pretty convinced it will be Elaine's story.

I also think (delulu but maybe correct?) that we might get two books:

One about Elaine & Lucien - focusing on their development, their role in the larger conflict, and hopefully a real endgame moment. A second about Azriel & Gwyn - or at least Azriel as a central character, perhaps with Gwyn as a love interest, perhaps with overlap to Elaine's plot. SJM has done something similar before (Tower of Dawn & Empire of Storms), so why not here? Elaine and Azriel are emotionally and thematically linked - their perspectives could overlap in time but show different aspects of the conflict, apart from separate love stories.

A double release for the anniversary would be the perfect fan move and would finally advance both storylines.

Just wishful thinking over here XD

Posted May 4, 2025, 4:49 PM UTC

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