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How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
- The Folk of the Air
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Once upon a time there was a boy with a wicked tongue...
Before Cardan was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. In this sumptuously illustrated tale, Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic high king. This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar but pivotal moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan's perspective.
This new instalment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humour and drama that enchanted readers everywhere.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-10-2021
Excellent YA fantasy book
Excellent narration
A captivating and original book. Interesting main characters with a good balance of strengths and flaws.
Good worldbuilding, a detailed plot with unexpected twists, and refreshing characters that don't follow traditional YA tropes.
Less romance than expected but it set up brilliantly for an organic enemies to lovers plot in the next book.
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- Caitlyn
- 30-11-2020
Holly and Kelly slay
Holly Black and Caitlin Kelly are both masters of story telling. Holly Black draws the reader back into the beautiful, wicked world of Elfhame with these stunning new tales that give new depth to our beloved King and Queen. And Caitlin Kelly! she could narrate a recipe book and turn it into an epic read that I would happily devour. Her voice breathes life into the words. 10/10
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- Yve James
- 10-10-2021
Carmen and Jude are such an intriguing 💑 couple
This is a fun novella from Carden's point of view Fabulous narration, can tell which character is which, life and emotion throughout. A great quick listen. I love Holly's take on faeries!
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- Imee-B
- 01-07-2022
***WOW I WANT MORE***
It's fantastic to catched up with all our fav characters well mainly the high King and Jude the high queen. It's great to have a peek on what happened to the cruel prince who became the high king of elfhame and how he thought of Jude. Thanks Holly for that snippet. Caitlyn Kelly you are brilliant as always thank you x
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- melinda
- 03-12-2020
fairy tale
enjoyed the fairy tale. was a good listen to passtime
don't need to read the other 3
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-12-2020
Such good stories - such little time
I love this book, really, I do. However, unfortunately, its not as long as I want it to be. I suggest that, if you want it, get it. I love it. Beautiful illustrations, and the narration, well, someone give Caitlin a prize! It's a delightful listenm and does give some nice input on Cardans past, and how he grew up the way he grew up to be. Yes, there are less Jude and Carden stories than some wanted, but I do think that its definatly still worth the listen, or read.
So its up to you, really.
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- Jane Krauss
- 25-11-2021
This was great
Having really enjoyed the The Folk of the Air series, I knew that this would be a safe bet of a good book. I wasn't wrong. I especially loved how the art of storytelling is portrayed and how much it plays into the overall narrative.
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- Trubs
- 11-01-2022
Another great little story
I really love the King of Elfame series. I have thoroughly enjoyed this Holly Black series and the voice of Caitlin Kelly.
I have listened to this whole series a couple of times now and love it everytime.
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- Alex
- 15-03-2022
Great expansion and lovely narration
Really enjoyed the expansion of the universe and I really enjoyed the narration. The voices were well done and easily distinguishable.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-2021
Lacklustre in parts but Caitlin Kelly made it enjoyable.
I didn't like Cardan's backstory much. I felt like there could have been more details, it was saddening that the book was lacklustre. The ending was the only saving grace for the book in my opinion.
Now, I do understand why fans love this story but at the end of the day, I had a different expectation going into it.
Not a bad book at all, but it doesn't add much to the Folk of the Air series.
I would have dnf this book if I didn’t listen to it.
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