#acosf bonus chapter

I’m giggling at how just one slow stroke along her neck completely unraveled them both. The air grew thick with their shared arousal.. his pants straining to the point of bursting, her breath saying yes while his hands in her hair.

All it took was one single touch. Their first touch..

They’re so embarrassingly down bad for each other that if Rhys hadn’t interfered, someone was absolutely getting pinned against a wall.

Him or her?

Honestly, the odds are fifty-fifty.

A lot of us genuinely had no idea any of that happened, I didn’t know it existed until this March… i was a casual reader, i wasn’t active in the fandom.

For years (i read the books in 2023, so the “ship war”had already been going on for quite a while by then) I didn’t know the almost-kiss happened, I didn’t know Rhys told Azriel to stay away from Elain, and I didn’t know about the necklace scene.

And if the chapter really is that important, I’m not saying SJM handled it badly… BUT

I just think that, if I were the author, I’d be doing a lot more to make sure readers actually read it…through translations, new editions, or better promotion.

People always say, “Well, she mentioned it in interviews.” Okay, but the interviews aren’t translated either 😭 Most of the ones I’ve watched were only available in English, often without subtitles.

If I (the author) realised a bonus chapter was essential to understanding the next book, I’d probably be talking about it on my social media too. I’d be pushing it EVERYWHERE

Because if a chapter becomes crucial to understanding the next book, it feels strange that so many readers never even knew it existed.

Honestly, if it were truly essential, I’d almost rather see it incorporated (entirely) into ACOTAR 6 somehow. Though I highly doubt that’ll happen

And by CRUCIAL, you know perfectly well what I mean…

Because from my perspective as an Italian reader, imagine ACOTAR 6 suddenly revealing that Azriel is no longer interested in Elain and has developed feelings for Gwyn. That wouldn’t feel like a natural progression to me. It would feel like a massive plot twist, because I literally wouldn’t have had the information necessary to follow that development.

(They weren’t romantic interactions to me personally, but I can see why people got excited about them)

Honestly, I’m already annoyed that I had no idea about the necklace for years. You’re telling me I could’ve opened ACOTAR 6, read a scene where Elain is thinking something like “This necklace was originally meant for me,” and just sat there in complete confusion? (I’m using that as an example, but honestly the last thing I want to see is two women fighting over a man)

I’m also annoyed about not knowing about Rhys’s order, actually 🤌

Like, what the fuck? Is that supposed to be an important plot point or not?

Az: I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Me: *sips my coke hurriedly with a straw*

Rhys: *confronts Az about the kiss*

Me: *straw falls off* Oh shit

Az: What if the Cauldron was wrong?

Me: Oh… my god. Rhys ask him what makes him say that. Ask him. Ask him. Ask—

Rhys: What of Mor, Az?

Me: NOOOO YOU FATHERFUCK. THATS NOT WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO ASK. HE’LL 500% DODGE THAT ONE—

Az: *dodges it*

Me: