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The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

9 reviews

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Loveable characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, War, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Classism, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Pregnancy

aseel_reads's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

This honestly felt like the same but different to the cruel prince. The betrayal was so mellow and nothing really. The romance or angst wasn't there and I just don't get the hype lmao. Only thing I liked is how gruesome the Fae are 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Blood

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Bullying, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Infertility

northern_wind's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Death, Blood, and Murder

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Grief

socialphobia_88's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

ilike2read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Bullying, Child abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Physical abuse

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The Stolen Heir is the first book in a new duology that takes place in the world of Elfhame by Holly Black. It is a story about Suren or ‘Wren’ the Queen of the now disbanded Court of Teeth, and the High Queen of Elfhame Jude’s little brother, Prince Oak.

It was lovely to encounter Madoc in this story as I’d throughly enjoyed the character in the Folk of the Air trilogy.

Suren is not as strong a main character as Jude was in the Folk of the Air series. That made it hard to connect with her. However, I’m curious about the plot going forward, especially with how it ends. I’ll be picking up the second book to see how it all wraps up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Bullying, Death, and Emotional abuse

karaknits's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

Hmm. I enjoyed reading Wren’s POV and how… dangerously faerie she was, getting to experience how her trauma shaped her. This was slow and I did not enjoy that. At the 70% mark, I thought about not continuing, how this was not as good as The Cruel Prince. As much as I dislike Holly Black because of Cassandra CLAIRE (see what I did there?), I will 100000% be excited for the sequel because of that end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Body horror, Bullying, and Confinement