Super excited to finally reveal this illustration, featured on the latest LitJoy Crate puzzle in their February 2020 Box, Once Upon a Retelling! Inspired by ACOTAR, the ladies at Litjoy Crate pitched an amazing idea to crossover the characters with the stained glass aesthetics of Beauty And The Beast! Featuring Rhysand & Tamlin with their beast forms, Feyre, a rosey cauldron, and backdrops of Velaris and Rose Hall. ✨ 🌹 I had so much fun with this one, and dropped in a lot of easter eggs from the series, 14 items in total! Though, I must admit I'm kicking myself for missing the most obvious item to include, one that was at the very top of my list but in the end never made it into the piece!! 😩 Feyre’s paintbrushes!

If you know, you know.

I had the lovely opportunity to illustrate for Illumicrate’s June box ‘In the Shadows’ featuring Bryce and Hunt of Crescent City. The print that came out from it was amaaaaazing. Check out my insta for everyone’s pics of it!

Has this been done yet?

Full Azriel Chapter

This includes the missing page, all in order. 

All credit goes to Lola-hollin662 on reddit! My BAM edition still hasn’t come in the mail but the redditor was kind enough to post it.

High Lords: You can’t just make Feyre a High Lady. High Ladies don’t exist.

Lucien Vanserra and Elain Archeron from A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas.

find my art. | REDBUBBLE shop

HERES THE CONNECTION. AELIN FELL THROUGH THEIR WORLD!!

A new papercraft this time featuring our feisty fire queen and her icy fae prince exchanging burning crowns! This was based on a short story / deleted scene that honestly has become my favorite 'chapter' from the setting. The dinner scene was probably the perfect gateway into Aelin and Rowan’s blossoming relationship that I'm almost vexed it's not part of the original Heir of Fire novel.

Suriel: *Calls Rhysand Feyre’s mate*

Feyre: Hold up...MATE?!?

Suriel:

The moment you realize a new ship is blossoming

I mean he’s an angel alright.

I finished Crescent City.

Me, reading a Sarah J. Maas book: I wonder if the main love interest will be a tattoed warrior with a stand-offish attitude but a heart of gold?

Sarah J. Maas EVERY SINGLE TIME:

Crescent City - HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD

Hunt, Bryce and Ruhn

Characters from Sarah J Maas last book Crescent City.

Find me on Instagram at elequinoa. Do not repost my art for the love of everything good and pure. Please. I’m tired of it.

Things from the SJM online event

Sarah started the book years ago

When she was writing ACOTAR Sarah realised that there was more to Nesta than just the “bitchy older sister”

ACOWAR was meant to be the end of the series, but Sarah wanted to explore Nessian more and she wrote aorund 200 pages and couldn’t get it out of her head and drunkenly pitched it and they went for it 

Sarah didn’t want her to be the perfect loveable sister, she wanted her to have baggage to then explore how she can grow as a person and heal 

Each of her characters get a part of her, but she thinks Nesta got the biggest chunk out of all of them, she got a lot deeper into the head of Nesta compared to any other character

She loves writing about the IC as a group and as individuals and loves writing about their histories together 

There were lots more parts of the ACOTAR world she wanted to write, including different characters and different courts 

Even though she loves Rhys, she sort of loved writing Nesta’s hatred towards him, she liked showing his actions through someone else’s eyes who isn’t going to swoon over him 

She was going to have Rhys and Feyre perspectives throughout the book but because they were in 1st person not 3rd so it was confusing to read. But also her editor said it was a distraction from Nesta’s story

The friendship between Gwyn and Emerie is one of her favourite friendships she’s written in all of her books 

Their friendship was also just as important as the relationship she had with Cassian

Sarah’s best friend was lot of the inspiration for the friendship between Nesta, Gwyn and Emerie

She doesn’t think Nesta’s story is complete, and she could’ve written another 1000 pages on Nesta just doing stuff. She will also have a major role to play in the future 

She was with a physical trainer (pre-covid) and she asked him to give her some basics on how to use and train with swords and so she drew from a lot of that for the scenes where Nesta is training 

Ever since release day she’s been trying not to think of any of her family reading this book because of the “steamy parts” 

Before the book came out she would explain that ACOSF is in the vein of ACOMAF, in so much they’re both healing stories in their own way 

The House of Wind came from her middle school days where she wanted Cher’s house from Clueless and took inspiration, and that she wanted a house that could cater to her every need and that’s where she got the ideas for the House of Wind from 

She loved the idea of Nesta connecting with something that isn’t actually alive, but making that connection nonetheless and knowing she isn’t alone

She wants someone to make art of Nesta’s black dress because she loves it. She was partly inspired by the Black Swan for that dress. 

The whole scene of her wearing that dress was her coming into control of herself again

Tchaikovsky does inspire some of the book, various movie scores

Stay Together for the Kids by Blink 182 actually helped her get into the head of Nesta- that song gave her the inspiration of how Nesta felt about her dad and family 

Sarah has to write at home because she get’s so into her scenes and characters she needs the privacy. But now shes a mum, she kind of writes wherever she can

She thinks Clare from Outlander would get along with Feyre and Nesta to some extent, and wonders what it would be like if Clare and Jamie fell through into the ACOTAR world 😂

She’s currently in edits on the second Crescent City book, and rivals ACOSF for sex scenes and steamy moments

She knows who’s story she wants to write for the next ACOTAR book, but doesn’t want to give anything away just yet 

Gwyn wishing for a friend in her life

The mother:

Lucien: Tamlin, I don’t know if we can trust Feyre after she’s been away at the Night Court for so long.

Tamlin: She would never betray us, I’d bet my life on it.

Feyre eavesdropping from the other room:

Nesta book has a title and release date!!

Crescent city spoilers

Me trynna find flaws in Hunt now so I don’t feel stupid reading book 2: