Throughout the series, we learn a lot about Lucien, but not nearly enough. The Lucien ACOTAR paints leaves a lot of questions to be asked. I need to know more. For example, I want to know more about his family. As we hinted in Friday's article, there could very well be a court ordered paternity test in the next book (SPOILERS). I want to know more about his life while he lived in the Autumn Court. I think by knowing this information, it will further help understand and appreciate Lucien as a whole. By diving into more knowledge about his life, we will learn more about Beron, his brothers (especially Eris) and his mother, the Lady of the Autumn Court (it absolutely kills me that we never even learn her name). With knowledge of them and the interactions he had, it can help us with what is to come.
It was revealed later in the series that his mate is actually Elain Acheron, Feyre's sister. It was discovered after she left the cauldron as a high fae, which we can thank Tamlin for (that was sarcasm). Lucien sort of did a 180 in character to try and be there for her. It was quite a shock. However, due to a great deal of trauma, and understandably so, Elain didn’t want anything to do with Lucien and distanced herself. A pity if you're asking me.
Now all of that could lead to an interesting set of events in the future developments to the series. There could very well be a love triangle between Elaine, Lucien and Azriel, as Elain seems to have taken a shining to the Spymaster. It seems that there are thousands of different predictions in that regard. In fact, I’ve seen a few believed love interests for him. And while I can’t particularly say one way or another, I hope that Lucien comes out of it all okay. He’s had a pretty rough set of years. He needs a break.
It seems as though in the last few books, he’s lost that spark of his that I enjoy so much and I hope it returns soon. Although I can understand why Lucien is behaving the way he is, he's been through a great deal of experiences that haven’t necessarily been for the better. Some people even believe he has been given enough reason to have his “villain origin story”. I don’t really think that is something in store for the books to come. But again, I can’t say one way or another since I’m not Sarah J Maas.