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Prisoner’s Throne, The

Oak's Side of the Story Author: Holly Black At the end of The Stolen Heir, Oak is left at Wren’s sadistic pleasure. She is slowly torturing him with the bridle and iron prison bars, making him pay for his betrayal. She is growing into her own, and all that was soft and compassionate is dying as her power matures. And now, she’s starting another war in Faerie. Can Oak atone in time? Can he regain Wren’s trust? Can he stop the inevitable tide of despair and vengeance that started generations before his birth? In The Stolen Heir we see the story [...]

Frances Carden2024-06-18T15:29:57-07:00June 18th, 2024|Tags: book review, fantasy, Holly Black, read, reading, ya|

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

Prince Cardan's Childhood Author: Holly Black In the in-between land while fans processed the conclusion of The Queen of Nothing and prepared for The Stolen Air and Oak’s supposed rise to the throne, this little illustrated fairytale came along. Here, we shift the focus away from Jude’s complicated rise to power and love him/hate him lust for Cardan to concentrate on the flawed faerie prince himself. Told from his prospective, this slim tome highlights key moments in Cardan’s life and his liminal status, stuck between coldly evil price and something softer, something more sympathetic that survived the courts and his elder [...]

Frances Carden2023-05-17T13:51:27-07:00May 14th, 2023|Tags: Faerie, fairy, fantasy, Folk of the Air, Holly Black, read, reading, reviews, ya|

Queen of Nothing, The

Of Snakes, and Exiles, and Queens Author: Holly Black The rise to power often results in a devastating fall. No one knows this better than Jude Duarte. She is back, exiled in the mortal world, a queen in name only. Her secret marriage to Cardan – and everything it was going to ensure – is now more than useless. It’s a cruel joke. The final parry in a game played for keeps. And Cardan won. Jude’s depression won’t keep the wolf from the door, however, and her stint in the world of faerie with The Shadow Court, an amalgamation of assassins [...]

Frances Carden2023-03-18T12:11:29-07:00March 18th, 2023|Tags: book review, Faerie, fairy tale, fantasy, fey, Holly Black, read, reading, ya|