A Court of Thorns and Roses should have copied the best thing from Sarah J. Maas's first fantasy series

Sarah J. Maas' Cutting thorns and roses became an extremely successful romance series, but should have copied an element from Maas's first series, Throne of Glassto make it even more so. While there are several similarities between Maas' two series – including phenomenal female characters, epic battles, and an overall strong cast – they demonstrate a stark difference in terms of storytelling. Unlike Maas's original fantasy books, Cutting thorns and roses focuses solely on the perspective of its main protagonist, while Throne of Glass instead, it includes a multitude of POVs.

Throne of Glass has a huge cast of characters - similar to ACOTAR - and Maas' use of multiple points of view helps tie the narrative together between all seven Throne of Glass books. While Cutting thorns and roses has an equal number of important characters, Maas chose to revolve the story around a single protagonist, foregoing additional perspectives from secondary characters. This can be exciting for readers as it allows the story to provide a greater number of shocking plot twists. However, with so much going on outside of the page at ACOTARthe story is sometimes limited by Feyre's centrality.

A Court of Thorns and Roses should have copied Throne of Glass' multi-POV narrative

Additional character perspectives could have expanded ACOTAR's worldbuilding

One of the best elements of Throne of Glass series is its multi-POV narrative, with the narrative focusing on several Throne of Glass characters and locations from one chapter to the next. This element makes the world portrayed in the novels seem much more expansive, and unfortunately, this is something that the Cutting thorns and roses series is a little lacking. Maas's writing choice Cutting thorns and roses a single point of view with Feyre hinders the construction of the story world to some extent, as it cannot explore beyond the main protagonist's worldview, such as Throne of Glass he can.

The singular point of view isn't necessarily a bad choice for a fantasy series, but compared to Throne of Glassmakes everything that happens off the page ACOTAR even more apparent. There are several scenarios throughout the ACOTAR series that could have benefited from multiple POVs, including Lucien's journey to the continent or Rhys' experiences during the battle. The inner circle is full of characters with different specialties and different missions, and it would have been interesting to read their perspectives throughout the book. ACOTAR series.

More perspectives would have solved some of ACOTAR's biggest problems

Story elements are impeded without additional POV context

Although it is likely that Maas chose to restrict ACOTARIf the narrative was told from a single point of view to create bigger plot twists, additional character perspectives would have actually helped resolve some of the series' biggest problems. While reading from a character's point of view can sometimes be beneficial, it impedes the plot in other circumstances. For example, during the battle with Hybern in the third book, readers miss much of the action only through Feyre's point of view, and it is only through the cauldron's eyes that Maas explores the surrounding chaos.

With much of the storytelling happening off the page, ACOTARHybern's narrative can feel somewhat stilted, and the high stakes surrounding the war with Hybern (and several other moments in the book) felt inconsequential with so little of the battle actually depicted. A Court of Silver Flames eventually broke the four-book trend, but if Maas had decided to include additional POVs in the Cutting thorns and roses' series earlier, the lack of exposition wouldn't seem as apparent. And while ACOTAR still proves to be an amazing read, adding elements similar to Throne of Glass' Multiple POVs would only have further contributed to its extreme success.