Current publisher status
Bloomsbury names the five published volumes as A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight, and A Court of Silver Flames on its current series page. The same publisher page announces Book 6 for October 27, 2026 and Book 7 for January 12, 2027. Bloomsbury's Book 7 product page repeats both dates.
What this page covers
This page covers current Bloomsbury series and edition facts plus exactly five linked Common Sense Media review notes, one for each named published volume. It is not a direct full text review, and its claims stop at what those sources report.
Attributed ratings and linked review notes
The Common Sense Media Book 1 review assigns 16+ and reports gore, sexual content, language, and alcohol. Its Book 2 review assigns 17+ and reports explicit sex, gore, language, drinking, imprisonment, torture, and mind control. Its Book 3 review assigns 16+ and reports sex, murder, dismemberment, monsters, and crude language.
Those ratings belong to Common Sense Media. Shelf Checkout does not convert them into its own age recommendation. Age information narrows the question, while a reader's selected sensitivities determine which categories matter for that reader.
Five linked publisher and review records
- Book 1 Bloomsbury identifies the first volume. Common Sense Media assigns 16+ and identifies romantic and sexual content, gore, language, and drinking.
- Book 2 Bloomsbury identifies the second volume. Common Sense Media assigns 17+ and reports explicit sexual content alongside violence, torture, language, and alcohol.
- Book 3 Bloomsbury identifies the third volume. Common Sense Media assigns 16+ and reports battle violence, gore, sexual content, and crude language.
- Book 4 Bloomsbury identifies the fourth published volume. Common Sense Media assigns 15+ and reports sexual content, alcohol, language, dark memories, and foreboding.
- Book 5 Bloomsbury identifies the fifth published volume. Common Sense Media assigns 17+ and reports explicit sexual content, gore, beheadings, language, and alcohol.
- Books 6 and 7 Bloomsbury has announced dates, but this page does not infer content that the publisher has not disclosed.
LGBTQ research scope
A University of Ulster thesis on queer representation in fantasy fiction identifies Mor's discussion with Feyre about her attraction to women in Book 3. This is secondary scholarship rather than a repository held direct text excerpt. It supports that Book 3 detail but does not establish complete LGBTQ coverage or absence for any other volume.
Use the evidence for one reader
The series guide method keeps publisher bands, attributed ratings, and content notes separate. The Shelf Checkout app connects book content categories with the sensitivity settings selected for one reader.
