what to read after a court of splintered harmony: 8 books for acotar fans
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If you just closed the last page and you’re already panicking about the wait for book seven, I’ve got you. Here’s what to read after A Court of Splintered Harmony: 8 fae and romantasy books I’ve actually read and loved.
Quick honesty first: I haven’t read ACOSH yet. It comes out October 27, 2026, so this post is spoiler-free and there’s no review of it here. What I can do is hand you the books that gave me that ACOTAR feeling: fae bargains, court politics, heroines who get stronger every chapter, and love interests who would burn a kingdom down for them.
Every pick below is on my Goodreads read shelf. I’m a mom with ADHD. If nobody has kissed by the halfway point, I’m folding laundry instead.
first, the acosh quick facts
A Court of Silver Flames (book 5), the last ACOTAR book before this one.
A Court of Thorns and Roses #6Hardcover📰 news, not a review
by Sarah J. Maas
Release date: October 27, 2026, worldwide, from Bloomsbury, per Bloomsbury’s US page.
Full title:A Court of Splintered Harmony: The Valkyrie Cycle, Movement I. It’s book 6 of A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Format: hardcover and ebook, 352 pages (Bloomsbury).
The setup, per the publisher: Koschei the Deathless is stirring, the Night Court is still reeling from betrayals, and Prythian has to pull itself back together to stop him.
The Courting of Bristol Keats #1Limited stenciled-edge hardcover🌶️ open door
by Mary E. Pearson
After losing both parents, Bristol and her sisters are barely keeping their heads above water in a tiny town. Then an aunt she never knew existed shows up with a bomb: her father might be alive, kidnapped into the realm he actually came from. Bristol goes after him, lands in a world of gods, fae and monsters, and makes a deadly bargain with a fae leader named Tyghan, who has secrets of his own.
🫶 Why ACOTAR fans will love it: A human girl crossing into a fae realm and striking a bargain she shouldn’t? That’s ACOTAR book one energy, in the best way.
Heads up: romance.io readers flag past abuse, torture, war and death.
Filthy Rich Fae #1Paperback (Amazon doesn’t sell a hardcover)🌶️ explicit
by Geneva Lee
In New Orleans, you don’t cross the Gage crime family. Cate Holloway has avoided them her whole life, until her brother makes a mistake she has to fix. Lachlan Gage doesn’t take money or favors. He takes souls. Now Cate is bound to him by a bargain, with thirty days to break it before she loses her soul, and maybe her heart.
🫶 Why ACOTAR fans will love it: A fae prince, a soul bargain and a deadline. If Rhys’s bargain tattoo did something to you, start here.
Heads up: romance.io readers flag past sexual abuse, past child abuse, drug use, abduction and graphic violence. It also ends on a cliffhanger, and the series is best read in order.
Riela is the only mage her village has, so she’s the one sent into the forbidden forest to kill the beast that keeps attacking people. One beast turns into two, and a scarred, very handsome man with moonlit magic saves her life. She wakes up in his castle, complete with a gorgeous library and a strange wolf, and learns Garrick is far more dangerous than he looks, and that a century-old curse is draining his power.
🫶 Why ACOTAR fans will love it: Cursed castle, surly powerful male, a library to die for. It’s giving Spring Court rescue, minus the part where we all regret Tamlin.
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My copies of A Fate Inked in Blood and A Curse Carved in Bone.
Saga of the Unfated #1Hardcover🌶️ explicit
by Danielle L. Jensen
Freya is stuck in a terrible marriage, gutting fish and dreaming about being a warrior. When her husband betrays her, she ends up in a fight to the death against the jarl’s son, Bjorn, and has to reveal her secret to survive: she carries a drop of a goddess’s blood. Now the jarl wants to use her to become king, and Bjorn is the one ordered to protect her.
🫶 Why ACOTAR fans will love it: Norse-inspired, with a heroine who discovers she’s way more powerful than anyone let her be. Total Feyre-finding-her-power energy, plus a bodyguard who is very much not supposed to want her.
Heads up: romance.io readers flag abuse, misogyny, suicide, animal death and graphic violence.
Kadeesha is a fae princess and a warrior first. She leads a squadron of winged-serpent flyers and wants nothing to do with court politics, but she’s been promised to the High King since she was a baby. She spends one last free night with a dangerous stranger, who turns out to be Malachi, king of a court the High King destroyed, and he was using her to set a trap.
🫶 Why ACOTAR fans will love it: Rival fae courts, a warrior princess who flies into battle, and a vengeful king. If the Illyrian training scenes were your favorite part of ACOSF, this is your book.
Heads up: romance.io readers flag dubious consent, the death of a child, misogyny and graphic violence.
Silver Elite #1Hardcover (foil jacket and interior map)🌶️ explicit
by Dani Francis
Wren Darlington is one of the most powerful psychics alive, in a world where being Modified is a death sentence. She’s spent her life hiding and quietly helping the rebels, until one mistake lands her in the enemy’s most elite training program. The plan is to destroy them from the inside. The problem is the commander she’s living way too close to.
🫶 Why ACOTAR fans will love it: It’s dystopian, not fae, but it has the training-camp intensity of Nesta’s arc in ACOSF, plus a lot of “I should hate you” tension.
Heads up: This one is dark. romance.io readers flag sexual violence (not involving the main couple), human trafficking, dubious consent and drug abuse. It ends on a cliffhanger.
The Powerless Trilogy #1Hardcover (special case stamping and bonus content)🌶️ kisses only
by Lauren Roberts
In Ilya, only the Elites with powers belong, and being Ordinary is a crime. Paedyn Gray is Ordinary, a thief by necessity, and she’s faking it to survive. Then she saves the life of Kai, the prince whose whole job is hunting people like her, and gets thrown into the deadly Purging Trials.
🫶 Why ACOTAR fans will love it: Enemies with real stakes and a prince who should turn her in. It’s low on spice, high on tension.
Heads up: It’s a YA crossover. romance.io readers flag past child abuse, substance abuse and graphic violence.
Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha, training as a guard, even though she isn’t one of them. At the annual market run by the people who exiled the Alaha to the sea, she accidentally breaks a century-old peace treaty and has an intense run-in with an enemy soldier, who has sworn to bring her back to where she supposedly belongs.
🫶 Why ACOTAR fans will love it: Fated mates on opposite sides of a war, and a heroine finding out the magic she’s been kept from. Very “the world lied to you about who you are.”
Heads up: romance.io readers flag dubious consent, torture and graphic violence. It ends on a cliffhanger, and book 2, Light Wielder, is already out.
want more crowns with your fae drama? my royal romance books list has Powerless plus seven more royal picks, from arranged marriages to royal spies.
acosh faq
When does A Court of Splintered Harmony come out?
October 27, 2026, in hardcover and ebook, from Bloomsbury.
Is A Court of Splintered Harmony the last ACOTAR book?
No. Book 7, A Court of Forgotten Melody, is set for January 12, 2027. Bloomsbury lists ACOSH as “The Valkyrie Cycle, Movement I,” and Amazon lists book 7 as “Movements II & III.”
What should I read before ACOSH?
The five ACOTAR books, in order. If it’s been a while, my spoiler-filled ACOTAR recap gets you caught up fast.
What’s the closest book to ACOTAR with no slow burn?
For me it’s The Courting of Bristol Keats: a human girl, a fae realm, a deadly bargain and a fae leader with secrets. It only has 2 slow-burn votes on romance.io.
okay, your turn
Which one are you grabbing first? Tell me in the comments. And if you want more fae picks while we wait for book 7, my newsletter, socials and Goodreads are all on my links page.
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Hi, I’m Ari, a romance, romantasy, fantasy, and thriller reader who is probably adding another book to my TBR as we speak. I’m a mood reader, book reviewer, mom, marketing student, and lover of fictional chaos, morally gray love interests, plot twists, and stories that make real life feel a little more magical. Here, I share honest book reviews, cozy recommendations, reader thoughts, and the occasional dramatic spiral over books I cannot stop thinking about.
