I lucked into a free Barnes and Noble gift card that someone did not want….My husband and I split it and I ended up purchasing this book. #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black returns to the opulent world of Elfhame in the first book in a thrilling new duology, following Jude's brother Oak, and the changeling queen, Suren. But if she agrees, it will mean guarding her heart against the boy she once knew and a prince she cannot trust, as well as confronting all the horrors she thought she left behind. He’s on a mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren’s help. Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful, and manipulative. Suren is saved by none other than Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, to whom she was once promised in marriage and who she has resented for years. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag, Bogdana chases her through the night streets. Lonely, and still haunted by the merciless torments she endured in the Court of Teeth, she bides her time by releasing mortals from foolish bargains. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power over her mother, fled to the human world. There, she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge. But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. And a quest that may destroy them both.Įight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent.

There are so many layers to this note, but I’ll start on the surface level before digging deeper.A runaway queen. Let my name be stricken from your lips.” (TCP, p.115) “I know the provenance of the blusher mushroom that you ask after, but what you do with it must not be tied to me. Much of this theory centres around the note Jude steals for Dain from Hollow Hall in The Cruel Prince. So let’s get some filth under our fingernails. But I am nothing if not someone who will scrounge around in the dirt for answers. (PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE TSH SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS/REBLOGS/TAGS AS I HAVE NOT READ IT, AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO READ IT UNTIL 8th JAN 2023!)Ī big caveat of this theory is that I have basically no solid evidence for this apart from a few faint dots vaguely connected through a strange fog. I don’t know if anyone has said this before, but I’ve been mulling this over for a while now, so I’m going to throw it to the void before The Stolen Heir comes out, for posterity.īuckle up, folks and Folk.

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