Daisy Edgar-Jones is getting some criticism from fans of Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses series after describing the bestselling fantasy books in a way some readers feel diminishes the author’s storytelling.
During an appearance on Jake Shane’s Therapuss podcast, the actress discussed her love of fantasy novels and offered a cheeky description of the ACOTAR books. But her choice of words has sparked a debate among readers about how fantasy novels written by women are discussed.
“I’m reading all of Sarah J. Maas at the moment,” Edgar-Jones said in the interview. “Have you heard of A Court of Thorns and Roses? It’s… I cannot even describe it. It’s crazy.”
“So, A Court of Thorns and Roses is where I started,” she continued. “It’s fairy porn essentially, but there’s also like great characters and plot, but it’s quite, like, sexy.”
But some fans of the series, who are eagerly awaiting the Oct. 27 release of the sixth book, A Court of Splintered Harmony, objected to Edgar-Jones’ description of Maas’ work.
The book account Big Little Reads shared Edgar-Jones’ comments on Facebook, where readers had plenty to say about her description of the series. “The issue is that it diminishes the work of women authors in the fantasy space,” said one. “There are books written by male authors that have sex in them but their work isn’t diminished. The association with porn implies all sex and barely there story which also isn’t true.”
“I think it diminishes her storytelling,” said another. “Would we say the same thing about Game of Thrones, written by a male author who has just as much sex?” Another chimed in, “People calling any of these books smut or porn clearly hasn’t read an actual smut or porn.”
But some were quick to step up and defend the Sense and Sensibility star. “I think it was harmless banter from a fan,” one said. “All readers of the Maasverse know ACOTAR is more than that. But whatever gets people to pick up a book: They came for fairy porn, but got a whole lot more!”
Despite the debate over her choice of words, Edgar-Jones made her enthusiasm for fantasy clear throughout the conversation.
“Those were my favorite books to read,” she said of the YA fantasy and dystopian genres. “I love those big world fantasies and also, just, how fun as an actor that you get to wear elf ears and a cloak? That is the dream.”
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