
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. Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful, and manipulative. He’s on a mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren’s help. 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. 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. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag, Bogdana chases her through the night streets. 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. In my mind, he was forever a tween, but it is not Oak that shines in this story, it is Wren. I love The Folk of the Air series, but it was hard for me to imagine a grown-up Oak.

But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. 5/5: Holy crap Holly has done it again I did not know how I would feel about this book. And a quest that may destroy them both.Įight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. Return to the opulent world of Elfhame, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and dangerous desires, with this first book of a captivating new duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black.Ī runaway queen.
