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Ice Queen

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

May 19, 2023 by Jen K 3 Comments

I absolutely adored The Folk of Air trilogy so naturally, I’ve also been reading all the additional novellas and follow on novels associated with the series. That is, however, also where I went wrong with this one because I thought it was another stand alone novel in the world, like How the King of Elfhame learned to Hate Stories and as a result, I think my expectations were a bit off vs what I got. This is the first of a duology so there is a bit more […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Elfhame, fae, Holly Black, the Folk of the Air

Jen K's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Elfhame, fae, Holly Black, the Folk of the Air ·
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Jude Continues to Be Awesome

The Wicked King by Holly Black

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

December 2, 2020 by Ale Leave a Comment

The last two books in Holly Black’s “Folk of the Air” trilogy were just as amazing, engaging, and sensually pleasurable as The Cruel Prince. In her quest for power, Jude Duarte is upping the ante as the right-hand to the high king of Faerie in book two, and then breaking her exile on pain of death in book three. There’s plotting, spying, backstabbing (both literal and figural), and Jude’s struggle to balance playing Faerie’s game without completely becoming the thing she hates. Jude continues to be […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Elfhame, Faerie, Fairyland, folk of the air, folklore, Holly Black

Ale's CBR12 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Elfhame, Faerie, Fairyland, folk of the air, folklore, Holly Black ·
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