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A review by thelibrarysghost
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
5.0
I JUST finished this and WOW was it fantastic. An excellent return to Elfhame by Holly Black who is fantastic with her fae work.
The world is just as magical and treacherous as I remember and I loved Wren's POV so much! She is such an interesting character to step in to the shoes of and I'm really glad that Holly decided to do this book from her POV and then continue the story in book 2 from Oak's POV. Its a clever way to tell the story from two character's everyone will really like and be interested in.
With how this one left off its going to be a LOOONG wait for [b:The Prisoner's Throne|61250159|The Prisoner's Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)|Holly Black|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|96569157] but I'm very very excited to see how this will fair with all the pieces in place like this.
I was a little worried on how I would think of Oak now that he's grown up. Like everyone else who is a fan of FOTA I know him as a cutie patootie cherub baby and now he's a whole ass teenager lol. He's great though! We see perfect nods to how his upbringing as Madoc's son with Jude's guidance ended up in who he is and what he can do/be. He's still very kind and charming but you can also see a bit of the royal cheek that both Cardan and Dain have shown us in FOTA.
Super excited for book two, it cant come soon enough!
Also to add, I saw WAY too many TikTok's and stuff of people being freaked out by Oak having hooves. Did yall not read FOTA?? Its very obvious he has hooves and is kind of a big deal regarding his parentage LOL. All of the royal family has an animal trait (Cardan's tail for example). So I dont get why that was so off putting for so many people. I love Oak and his hooves and horns!
The world is just as magical and treacherous as I remember and I loved Wren's POV so much! She is such an interesting character to step in to the shoes of and I'm really glad that Holly decided to do this book from her POV and then continue the story in book 2 from Oak's POV. Its a clever way to tell the story from two character's everyone will really like and be interested in.
With how this one left off its going to be a LOOONG wait for [b:The Prisoner's Throne|61250159|The Prisoner's Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)|Holly Black|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|96569157] but I'm very very excited to see how this will fair with all the pieces in place like this.
I was a little worried on how I would think of Oak now that he's grown up. Like everyone else who is a fan of FOTA I know him as a cutie patootie cherub baby and now he's a whole ass teenager lol. He's great though! We see perfect nods to how his upbringing as Madoc's son with Jude's guidance ended up in who he is and what he can do/be. He's still very kind and charming but you can also see a bit of the royal cheek that both Cardan and Dain have shown us in FOTA.
Super excited for book two, it cant come soon enough!
Also to add, I saw WAY too many TikTok's and stuff of people being freaked out by Oak having hooves. Did yall not read FOTA?? Its very obvious he has hooves and is kind of a big deal regarding his parentage LOL. All of the royal family has an animal trait (Cardan's tail for example). So I dont get why that was so off putting for so many people. I love Oak and his hooves and horns!