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Princess Donut is the prize-winning show cat who survives alongside Carl in Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl. She belonged to Carl's ex-girlfriend before the catastrophe. The publisher presents Carl and Donut together at the center of a story in which surviving a deadly dungeon also means entertaining an audience. Spoiler scope: the setup of Book 1 and the broad partnership described in the Book 2 publisher blurb. No later-book outcomes, character deaths, ability reveals or adaptation claims. Who is Princess Donut? The official description of Dungeon Crawler Carl identifies Princess Donut as the cat Carl has been left with after a breakup. Their circumstances change dramatically when an alien invasion turns survival into a spectacle. For a first-time reader, three facts are enough: she is a cat, she has a life connected to Carl before the dungeon, and she remains central to his journey. You do not need a wiki's complete list of skills, relationships or later adven...

Spoiler boundary: This guide explains Anh's role in the premise and her friendship with Olive without revealing the novel's final relationship outcomes or assuming every film scene matches the book. Quick answer: Anh Pham is Olive Smith's best friend and the emotional reason The Love Hypothesis begins. Olive believes Anh likes Jeremy, so she kisses Adam Carlsen to prove she has moved on and give Anh permission to pursue him. Rachel Marsh plays Anh in the Prime Video film, which premiered September 23, 2026. Who is Anh Pham in The Love Hypothesis? Anh is a fellow graduate student, Olive's closest friend and one of the people who make the novel's academic world feel like a community rather than a backdrop. She is not a rival competing for Adam. Her connection to Jeremy creates the misunderstanding that pushes Olive into the fake-dating premise. If you need the central-couple context first, our published Olive Smith and Adam Carlsen relationship guide owns th...

Spoiler warning: This guide discusses major relationship reveals from Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis . It uses only the officially confirmed movie premise and does not assume that every book scene appears unchanged on screen. Quick answer: Olive Smith is a Stanford biology Ph.D. candidate who impulsively kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen to convince her best friend that she has moved on. Adam agrees to a fake relationship because the arrangement also helps him. What begins as a practical bargain becomes real through trust, professional support and feelings that are much less sudden than Olive realizes. Who are Olive Smith and Adam Carlsen? Olive Smith is a third-year biology Ph.D. candidate whose skepticism about lasting romance collides with her determination to protect her friendship with Anh. Adam Carlsen is a brilliant young professor with a reputation for bluntness and impossible standards. Their story is built around fake dating, but its real engine is ...

Major trilogy spoilers: This guide discusses the relationship outcome through A Curse for True Love . It uses only the official premise of The Mirror of Infinite Endings and does not reveal the novella's ending. Quick answer: Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, and Evangeline Fox begin with a magical bargain, not a love story. Across the Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy, distrust, impossible kisses, memory loss and repeated choices turn that bargain into genuine love. The new illustrated novella begins after their happily-ever-after and tests it with a secret that could rewrite their shared history. Who are Jacks and Evangeline? Evangeline Fox is a romantic who believes stories can still bend toward wonder even when her own life breaks apart. At the beginning of Once Upon a Broken Heart , she turns to a Fate because ordinary solutions feel closed to her. Jacks is the Prince of Hearts, one of the immortal Fates first known in the Caraval world. His mythology makes desire dange...

Major ACOTAR spoilers: This guide discusses events and reveals through A Court of Silver Flames plus the official setup for A Court of Splintered Harmony . Quick answer: Koschei the Deathless is an ancient sorcerer and death-god figure bound to a lake on the continent. He is connected to Queen Vassa's firebird curse, the human queens and the hidden maneuvering around Prythian. The official ACOTAR 6 synopsis now places his plans at the center of the next conflict, but his exact escape method, allies and final target remain unconfirmed. Who is Koschei the Deathless in ACOTAR? Koschei is one of ACOTAR's oldest and least fully explained threats. The published books connect him to the Bone Carver and Stryga, to a remote lake and to magic powerful enough to bind or transform other people. Unlike a villain contained to one early-book conflict, he has been introduced in pieces and left operating behind the visible political story. If you need the larger world first, our ACOTAR...

Spoiler warning: This guide discusses the core setup and relationship development of Divine Rivals , but avoids the duology’s final outcome. Quick answer: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross follows eighteen-year-old journalists Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt, professional rivals competing at the Oath Gazette while gods wage war. Iris’s private letters mysteriously reach Roman through enchanted typewriters, and his anonymous replies create intimacy before she knows who is writing back. Their romance works because rivalry, writing, grief and wartime choices all develop together. Who are the divine rivals? The title points first to Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt , two young journalists competing for the same columnist promotion. Macmillan and Rebecca Ross both describe them as rivals whose relationship changes through a magical correspondence. The story also takes place during a literal war among gods, so “rivals” operates at both intimate and mythic scales. The romance is personal; the world aro...

Major Onyx Storm spoilers ahead. This guide assumes you have finished Empyrean Book 3. Quick answer: The ending of Onyx Storm leaves Violet with a wedding ring and a twelve-hour gap in her memory after she asked Imogen to erase what happened. Xaden has drawn further on venin power, several riders and dragon eggs are missing, and Andarna has returned after seeking the irids. Book 4 therefore has to answer what Violet chose to forget, where Xaden went and what happened during those missing hours. Why the Onyx Storm ending is still driving Empyrean theories Onyx Storm does not end by giving readers one mystery. It stacks several mysteries on top of each other and then removes Violet's memory of the exact period that could explain them. Rebecca Yarros's official site confirms Onyx Storm as Empyrean Book 3. Her current homepage also confirms she is still expanding the Empyrean world through Threshing Day , while Book 4 remains a separate main-series question. If you need ...

Velaris is a city within the Night Court; it is not another name for the entire court. When an ACOTAR discussion mentions Velaris, it is naming a specific place. When it mentions the Night Court, the conversation may concern a wider territory, its leadership or its people. By Bookish Closet. Sources checked September 16, 2026. Spoiler notice: This guide includes minor setting information from early A Court of Mist and Fury . It avoids relationship outcomes, later-book events and explanations of the city's secrets. The linked reading resources may contain more spoilers. Velaris vs the Night Court: what is the difference? Term What it names How to read it in a discussion Velaris A city in the Night Court Think about a particular setting or location. The Night Court The broader court Check whether the writer means territory, leadership or people. Rhysand A character, identified as High Lord of the Night Court Keep a person distinct from the places associated with him. Bloom...

Spoiler warning: This character guide discusses the premise of Heated Rivalry and broad relationship developments leading into The Long Game , but avoids the biggest endgame details. Quick answer: Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are rival professional hockey stars at the center of Rachel Reid’s Heated Rivalry . Their public identities are built around competition, while privately they develop a relationship that stretches across years. Hudson Williams plays Shane and Connor Storrie plays Ilya in the Crave/HBO Max adaptation, whose second season is now filming for Spring 2027. Who is Shane Hollander? Shane is one half of the rivalry that powers Heated Rivalry . Publicly, he is a disciplined elite hockey player whose career and image reward control. That matters because his relationship with Ilya asks him to separate what he genuinely wants from what he believes a superstar athlete is allowed to reveal. In the television adaptation, Shane is played by Hudson Williams . Bell Media ...

Quicksilver and Brimstone spoilers ahead. Quick answer: Saeris Fane is the heroine of Callie Hart's Fae & Alchemy series. She begins Quicksilver as a survivor and thief in Zilvaren with an unusual connection to metal and alchemy. Her story expands through a quicksilver portal, her relationship with Kingfisher and the wider Fae conflict. By Brimstone , Saeris is navigating power she never asked for as queen of the Blood Court. Who is Saeris Fane? Saeris pulls readers into Quicksilver . She begins in a harsh desert world where survival requires secrecy, theft and a willingness to do what other people will not. If you need the broader setup before character spoilers, our Quicksilver beginner guide explains the Fae & Alchemy entry point, Kingfisher and the core fantasy-romance promise. Why is Saeris connected to quicksilver? Saeris's unusual relationship with metal and alchemy is one of the defining mysteries of the first book. Quicksilver is tied to the magical mechanis...

Major A Court of Silver Flames spoilers ahead. Quick answer: A Court of Silver Flames is ACOTAR Book 5 and shifts the series’ center toward Nesta Archeron and Cassian. It matters before A Court of Splintered Harmony because it rebuilds the Valkyrie tradition through Nesta, Gwyn and Emerie, deepens Nesta’s connection to Made objects and the Dread Trove, and leaves political and magical threads that feed directly into the next ACOTAR phase. Why A Court of Silver Flames matters more now than when it first released For years, some readers treated Silver Flames as “Nesta’s side book.” That framing no longer works very well. The upcoming ACOTAR phase is officially leaning into Valkyrie-related story context, which makes Book 5 one of the most useful rereads before the 2026 releases. If you need the wider world first, our ACOTAR series guide maps Prythian, the courts, current reading order and the next two announced books. What is A Court of Silver Flames about? Bloomsbury’s offic...

Spoiler-light guide: This page explains the series structure, major entities and current publication status without revealing the biggest romantic or late-series twists. Quick answer: ACOTAR is Sarah J. Maas’s fantasy-romance series set primarily in Prythian, beginning with Feyre Archeron in A Court of Thorns and Roses . The published reading path runs through A Court of Silver Flames , with A Court of Splintered Harmony arriving October 27, 2026 and A Court of Forgotten Melody on January 12, 2027. The world is organized around seven Fae courts, human lands and a growing ensemble beyond Feyre. What does ACOTAR stand for? ACOTAR is short for A Court of Thorns and Roses , the title of the first book and the fandom shorthand for Sarah J. Maas’s wider series. The story begins with Feyre Archeron, a human huntress who is pulled across the wall into Prythian after killing a wolf that was more than it appeared. From there, the series grows beyond one curse or one court into a much ...

Major Iron Flame and Onyx Storm spoilers ahead. Quick answer: At the end of Iron Flame , Xaden channels power directly from the source while fighting the venin threat, beginning the transformation that becomes central to Onyx Storm . The reveal matters because it turns the series’ biggest enemy category into a personal conflict inside Violet and Xaden’s relationship. After Onyx Storm , the key questions are no longer whether Xaden changed, but how far the corruption can go and whether it can be reversed. What actually happens to Xaden at the end of Iron Flame? The ending takes the venin problem and makes it intimate. Xaden is pushed into a situation where the power available to him does not feel sufficient, and he reaches directly for more. In the Empyrean world, that choice matters because channeling from the source rather than through a dragon is tied to becoming venin. The reveal recontextualizes Xaden’s entire role. He is no longer only the rebellion heir, shadow wielder and ...

Major Onyx Storm spoilers ahead. Quick answer: Onyx Storm does not reveal the identity of Xaden's new venin "brother." The ending confirms that the person is someone Xaden knows closely enough that he cannot simply kill them. Rebecca Yarros has told readers to pay attention to who is missing at the end and to characters who feel the power they have been given is not enough. Garrick and Bodhi are leading fandom theories, but neither identity is canon yet. What does "brother" mean at the end of Onyx Storm? The word does not necessarily mean biological brother. In the final sequence, Xaden encounters another person who has crossed into venin power, creating a shared condition that can be read as a new kind of kinship. The emotional clue is more useful than the label: Xaden recognizes the person and reacts as though harming them would be almost unthinkable. What has Rebecca Yarros actually hinted? Yarros has publicly told readers to watch who is missing at the en...

Spoiler-light: This guide explains the reading structure of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn without revealing the major ending events. Quick answer: You do not have to tandem read Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn . The two Throne of Glass books overlap in timeline but follow different characters and locations. Fans created tandem schedules to alternate chapters and experience the events together. For a first read, publication order — Empire of Storms first, then Tower of Dawn — remains the simplest spoiler-safe option. Why does the Throne of Glass tandem read exist? At the end of Queen of Shadows , the cast splits. Empire of Storms follows one major group while Tower of Dawn follows Chaol and Nesryn in a different part of the world. The timelines overlap enough that readers realized they could alternate chapters and make both books unfold as one giant story. That fan-created approach became the famous EOS/TOD tandem read . It is clever. It is also optional. What i...