What is ACOTAR?

I first read this series in ninth grade after my best friend recommended it to me. We both were previously interested in young adult dystopian and fantasy novels so this was something that just slightly differed by incorporating more magic and romance. The series quickly became my obsession and is still one of my favorites to read when I need an entertaining easy read. I was so obsessed with the series at the time that I decided to make playlists to go along with each book.

I also chose this fandom because I thought it would be interesting to analyze aspects of the plot or different characters in a fandom where the original series has not been completed yet. This means that some characters aren’t matched with their endgame partner yet, so speculation about different ships being endgame is still canonical because it could happen with either option based on foreshadowing. The spin off series has only released one book thus far, but it is expected that each of the three will be centered around important side characters from the original trilogy. As of this year this leaves two of the three important minor characters with incomplete plot lines, backstories, and relationships to expand upon in fanfiction. Prior to reading any of the fanfics for my fandom I hypothesized that some of these ‘incomplete’ minor characters may be more popular because without the next book to determine what is canon there is a lot of room for creativity to interpret how these characters will form relationships while still writing a canonical fanfic.