A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) is the series of which A Court of Mists and Roses is the second book. While I don’t believe these books should be banned from public libraries and bookstores, and I read and enjoyed them… I do think I would be a little concerned as a parent if my (theoretical) 16-year-old came home with some of the later books from their school library. ACOTAR, the first book, isn’t super explicit but the later books and the companion series really are. Like really.
Maybe that makes me old-fashioned and a stick in the mud. But I do think there’s a line someplace. These books are amazing fantasy, and they have powerful female lead characters. But the sex scenes in the later books in the series don’t serve a literary purpose. They’re not part of characters’ growth, and they’re seriously steamy and really written to titillate the reader but don’t serve any other purpose. As heterosexual sex scenes go, they’re respectful and equal. I wouldn’t even necessarily object to my own kid reading them. But I’m still not sure that very explicit sex scenes whose primary purpose is to turn the reader on belong in a school library.
A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) is the series of which A Court of Mists and Roses is the second book. While I don’t believe these books should be banned from public libraries and bookstores, and I read and enjoyed them… I do think I would be a little concerned as a parent if my (theoretical) 16-year-old came home with some of the later books from their school library. ACOTAR, the first book, isn’t super explicit but the later books and the companion series really are. Like really.
Maybe that makes me old-fashioned and a stick in the mud. But I do think there’s a line someplace. These books are amazing fantasy, and they have powerful female lead characters. But the sex scenes in the later books in the series don’t serve a literary purpose. They’re not part of characters’ growth, and they’re seriously steamy and really written to titillate the reader but don’t serve any other purpose. As heterosexual sex scenes go, they’re respectful and equal. I wouldn’t even necessarily object to my own kid reading them. But I’m still not sure that very explicit sex scenes whose primary purpose is to turn the reader on belong in a school library.