THEY'RE CONNECTED! I'm literally shook. I'm so glad I went ahead and bought the 3rd book cause I don't think I could have waited

Please no spoilers! I had read acotar a couple years ago and decided to randomly pick up Crescent City recently. I just finished the 2nd book and am literally freaking out over the fact that it's connected to acotar! "Hello, Bryce Quinlan. My name is Rhysand." 😭 I was not expecting that at all and just about threw my book across the room lmao