Victoria Aveyard shares clues about her new book series on Twitter

Red Queen author Victoria Aveyard is gearing up to write a new YA book series now that she’s completed work on Broken Throne.

July 2020 Update: Victoria Aveyard has announced her new book, Realm Breaker. Click here to learn what we know!

So, just what is Victoria Aveyard’s new book series? Thanks to some tweets from last week, we have a few clues.

Here’s what we know: Aveyard’s working on a YA high-fantasy. We don’t yet know how many books will be in the series, but we’re definitely excited to see the amazing epicness that’s bound to fill those pages!

What is “high fantasy?”

High fantasy refers to a specific genre of fantasy that’s set in an alternate —  or “secondary” — world from our own. A book series like Harry Potter is not high fantasy because the Wizarding World takes place alongside our normal Muggle world.

The go-to prime example of high fantasy is J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series. George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire (a known favorite of Aveyard’s) is another good example. These stories typically feature kingdoms, kings, queens and knights — though they don’t have to.

If you want some more recent examples of high fantasy in YA, look nor further than Sabaa Tahir’s Ember in the Ashes series and Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone.

This is a notable departure for Aveyard, whose Red Queen series was set in a far post-apocalyptic America.

What will Victoria Aveyard’s new series be called?

The title of Aveyard’s new series isn’t known yet. And let’s be honest, we’re probably a long ways from knowing, seeing as she’s only just getting to work on the writing. Thankfully, we’ve been given a hint though.

Aveyard tweeted that she’s referring to the new book series as “SB” for the time being. What could that mean?

https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/1085233339680796672

What high fantasy elements will be in SB?

Again — another question we can’t fully answer. However, we do know that this new world will include royalty.

Aveyard confirmed that she’s back to writing about kings and queens, although they don’t sound very friendly, according to a tweet.

https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/1085979492810518533

Will there be romance in SB?

Those who shipped Mare and Cal and Mare and Maven (and everyone else) will be happy to know that, yes, Aveyard plans to include some romantic elements in SB.

Responding to a fan’s comment on Twitter, she responded by simply saying, “Yes.”

https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/1086046831929319424

Ok, but what else do we know?

Aveyard’s actually offered a ton of clues about the characters… in the form of gifs. We’ll let you decode what they mean for yourself. 😅

https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/1086066011558690816

https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/1086066956967366656

https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/1086067724667633664

https://twitter.com/VictoriaAveyard/status/1086069385544982528

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING MOST FORWARD TO IN SB?