For the uninitiated, Sarah J Maas (SJM) has written a young adult novel for DC Icons (Catwoman: Soulstealer), a young adult high fantasy series (Throne of Glass), a new adult fantasy series (A Court of Thorns and Roses), and one adult fantasy series (Crescent City). She published her first book, Throne of Glass, in the summer of 2012 and has not stopped since. She now has 16 books on the market, three of which were impressively published in 2018, and the fans and fan-made products to back her up. If there is one thing I know about fan communities is that they love producing bookish things for other fans. Supporting what you love through collections of things is a time-honored tradition I will happily enable. As a fan, I know I will find SJM highlighting artist communities in her fantasy worlds that are often filled with love and war. In A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTOR) Feyre’s love of painting leads her to the artist community in the Rainbow of Velaris. The Throne of Glass series (TOG) has Madam Florine, a famous dance instructor who helps Celaena train as she learns to become an assassin. In Crescent City, Bryce works for an antiquities dealer, attends dance classes, and is friends with Juniper who dances professionally. If I am reading a SJM book I expect, as Alien says in Empire of Storms, “territorial male nonsense,” fae, and art.
