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This is Oak’s story once he’s seventeen, but from the POV of a changeling from the Court of Teeth; Wren.
It’s very much a quest book. A small band of fae off into the wilds to discover lost treasures and all keeping secrets from one another, and no one knows who they can trust.
It the usual violent and bloody clashes you’d expect, word play and bad deals because you can never trust a fae. Some chemistry and secret longings, and a number of flashbacks that don’t quite give you enough to figure eve ...more
It’s very much a quest book. A small band of fae off into the wilds to discover lost treasures and all keeping secrets from one another, and no one knows who they can trust.
It the usual violent and bloody clashes you’d expect, word play and bad deals because you can never trust a fae. Some chemistry and secret longings, and a number of flashbacks that don’t quite give you enough to figure eve ...more
This is the first book of Elfhame that I have read (Elfhame #4 and The Stolen Heir #1) I may read the second book in this Duology to see what happens to the Wren and Oak. I like that Holly Black has mixed Fantasy with Real Life and she played it off well, although I would like to know more about her mortal family because it seems they have not forgotten her. I have to think more about how she was a 'Stolen Heir,'... I need to think about this story. I sometimes got lost in the different storylin
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𝗔 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. If you expect to read 'The Cruel Prince 2.0', you are in the wrong place. Wren is no Jude, Oak is no Cardan. Actually, J&C are barely mentioned in this book. Keep this in mind.
[That said]
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. Black’s prose had its distinctive magical quality. It was a balm for my reader's soul to come back to the enchanting and whimsical world of Elfhame.
'𝑴𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏.'
𝗢𝗮𝗸. Forget the little kid from the Cruel Prince and be prep ...more
[That said]
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. Black’s prose had its distinctive magical quality. It was a balm for my reader's soul to come back to the enchanting and whimsical world of Elfhame.
'𝑴𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏.'
𝗢𝗮𝗸. Forget the little kid from the Cruel Prince and be prep ...more
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