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Is Throne of Glass Spicy?
It depends where you are in the series. Throne of Glass itself is essentially clean — kissing, charged looks, and no on-page sex. The series becomes genuinely spicy later.
It depends
🌶 Cozy
Book 1 only — see below
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas — Throne of Glass, Book 1 · Full book details →
Check price on AmazonHow the heat changes across the series
Books 1-3 stay YA in heat. The shift begins with Queen of Shadows (book 4), and Empire of Storms (book 5) is where the series becomes fully explicit and stays there through Kingdom of Ash.
Want more or less spice?
Turn the heat up
- Empire of Storms
by Sarah J. Maas
🌶🌶 SteamyAmazon → - A Court of Wings and Ruin
by Sarah J. Maas
🌶🌶🌶 SpicyAmazon → - House of Sky and Breath
by Sarah J. Maas
🌶🌶🌶 SpicyAmazon →
Cool it down
- Oathbringer
by Brandon Sanderson
CleanAmazon → - Rhythm of War
by Brandon Sanderson
CleanAmazon → - A Memory of Light
by Robert Jordan
CleanAmazon →