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How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

The Folk of the Air

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How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

By: Holly Black
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
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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.

©2020 Holly Black (P)2020 Bonnier Books UK Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Royalty Science Fiction & Fantasy Magic Heartfelt
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While this isn't a necessary read in The Folk of the Air series, it's a fun (and sometimes sad) one.
As always, Caitlin Kelly's performance does the book justice.

Great

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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

Holly and Kelly slay

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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.

Excellent YA fantasy book

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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!

Carmen and Jude are such an intriguing 💑 couple

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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

***WOW I WANT MORE***

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enjoyed the fairy tale. was a good listen to passtime
don't need to read the other 3

fairy tale

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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.

Such good stories - such little time

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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.

This was great

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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.

Another great little story

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Really enjoyed the expansion of the universe and I really enjoyed the narration. The voices were well done and easily distinguishable.

Great expansion and lovely narration

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