7/6/2023 0 Comments The stolen heir review![]() At the end of The Queen of Nothing, the final book in the first trilogy, the Kingdom of Teeth is in ruins, Lord Jarel is dead, and Lady Nore has sworn fealty to Suren. In the almost two years Suren, as she is known in Faerie, lived in the Court of Teeth, she was tortured and profoundly emotionally abused by her parents. Born a faerie, she was raised in the human realm in a loving family until her truly evil parents, Lady Nore and Lord Jarel, kidnapped her. Wren is one traumatized blue skinned changeling. Its heroine, Suren (Wren), the true Queen of the Court of Teeth, is less lovable than Jude and this book, the story of a quest she goes on with Jude’s younger brother Oak, the heir to the Kingdom of Elfhame and to whom Suren was once betrothed, meanders for too long before reaching a dramatic and rather horrifying conclusion. ![]() The Stolen Heir (the first of a duology) is worth reading but those who are looking for sublime will not find it in these 345 pages. ![]() Would a return to Elfhame be a return to the greatness that is the story of Jude and Cardan? Black’s novel after the trilogy, Book of Night, was a hot mess. Holly Black’s marvelous trilogy The Folk of Air is so damn good that when I heard she was continuing to explore the world of Elfhame, a kingdom of magical islands, I was thrilled. ![]()
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