A Court of Thorns and Roses is one of the most popular romantic-fantasy series of recent years, and fans are curious about the potential of A Court of Shaded Truths. The series follows a young woman named Feyre who finds herself whisked away to the realm of the Fae. Over the course of five novels, the rich fantasy world is explored and expanded, and Feyre, as well as fantasy readers, will find their ideas of the Fae challenged.

Writer Sarah J. Maas is a prolific fantasy writer, writing primarily in the New Adult genre, though her work has sometimes been classified as Young Adult. A Court of Thorns and Roses was previously optioned for television by Hulu, but the series was in development for a few years before it was canceled, so fans are eagerly awaiting more books in the series. That’s likely why any news, even news that isn’t true, about her novels tends to go viral.

The A Court Of Shaded Truths TikTok Video Is Likely Fake

Videos Featuring The Supposed ACOTAR 6 Are Going Viral

In October of 2024, videos began to make the Tik Tok rounds that featured the supposed sixth book in the ACOTAR series. The book was titled as A Court of Shaded Truths, and the use of the book in the videos, including a prominently shared one from buncybookclub, featured the book next to the others in the series.

While A Court of Shaded Truths does seem like a good title for a book in the series since it follows the of the royal court in the world of the Fae, it’s unlikely to be the title of the next book in the series. A title, after all, has yet to be announced. There have not even been hints about the title given to fans.

The videos do a good job at creating a cover for the book, using a different color (purple) than the previous books have, and keeping with a design that is both ornate in its flowered illustrations of a harp, but also simplistic in its use of that single color of a sketch-like illustration. It certainly had plenty of fans, if not fooled, then hyped for the next book in the series.

The videos, however, are likely fake. For one thing, not even advanced reader copies (known as ARCs among reviewers and those in the publishing industry) have been announced for the sixth book in the series, let alone a title. In fact, outside of the book being on the way, little has come from the camp of Sarah J. Maas for fans to have any details about the book that could be A Court of Shaded Truths.

What We Know About Sarah J. Maas' ACOTAR 6 Book

Few Details About ACOTAR 6 Have Been Released

The sixth book in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series was announced in 2024 when Sarah J. Maas appeared on Today promoting her latest book release. That release was the third in her Crescent City series. She has been writing the Crescent City novels in between those of her ACOTAR series.

Not only was that sixth book announced, however, but her publisher also confirmed that she had renewed her deal with them to publish four more books - on top of her existing three books left to fulfill. That means there are ultimately seven books on the way from Maas, not likely all from the ACOTAR series, though that is certainly the one most fans are clamoring for more from first. Maas is equally excited about the next ACOTAR book.

She told Today:

I’m very, very excited about that one. I know much more about what’s happening in this one. And then the next book in that series, I have the ideas and general, vague thoughts. But the nitty gritty of writing and the emotional journeys with the characters — I usually love to go on those journeys with them.

Since 2012, Maas has roughly released a book a year, but that’s largely because she started working on her first series of novels many years before they were published. Now that she is actively writing while the two series she is writing are also currently being published, there is a bit longer of a delay between books. That means fans will likely be able to expect an official announcement from Maas in 2025 or 2026 before the book is released.

Maas’ Throne of Glass series was previously slated for an on-screen adaptation as well.

There has also been a lot of speculation about just who the series will follow. While the first books in ACOTAR follow Feyre, the most recent follows one of her sisters, Nesta, which has led to speculation that another family member could be featured as the point-of-view character for the sixth book. Elain is Feyre’s other older sister, and breadcrumbs have been dropped about her character and her relationship with Azriel. Fans have been waiting to see their dynamic explored further and the sixth book would be a good place to do it.

Because Maas is known for changing her point-of-view character though, ACOTAR 6 could really be about any of the ing cast of characters in the rich fantasy world Maas has created. We will only know for sure once an official summary is released for A Court of Thorns and Roses 6.