Hear me out. ACOWAR shouldn’t have ended like that

I know a lot of people in this fandom are Rhys and Feyre haters now, but hear me out. I am on a lot of caffeine right now and need to get this off my chest. They should’ve had a fourth book. ACOWAR should’ve ended with Rhys dying and not coming back right away. His death was sad, but he came back in the next page. In my opinion, he should’ve died and stayed dead for at least 40% of another book.

It’s kind of obvious that Rhysand knew he was going to have to die during the battle of Hybern. He didn’t make Feyre High Lady just for fun, he did it cause he knew what the outcome was going to be. Instead of having that underwhelming ass death (he literally came back 1 page later). ACOWAR should’ve ended with him dying, nobody being able to do shit, but Feyre holds on to that string (their bond) like he did in ACOTAR. At the end of the book, we get Feyre stepping in as the ruler of the Night Court, the war isn’t over, so she has to step into her powers. But at the end of the book, it hints to them maybe being able to bring Rhys back.

The first half of the next book is Feyre being a bad ass bitch, fighting a war, and looking for a way to bring back her man. That reunion would’ve been top tier, it would’ve let us watch Feyre tap into her potential (instead of just holding a cauldron for the entirety of a battle), and also I feel like the world and lore of Prythian and its magic would’ve been amplified cause she has to find a way to bring him back.

Ugh sorry. I could write a whole essay about this. I love this series, but I feel like it really could’ve been an even more epic story.

Rant over. Thanks.