![]() ![]() ![]() Once I'd picked it up, it was easy to lose myself in it, but when I put it down again I found myself picking up other books instead of jumping right back in. Instead of devouring this on the week it was released like I thought I would, I found myself dreading reading it. I don't want to go into things too much, I did stumble upon spoilers early on, and they did change my reading experience. Holly Black, The Stolen Heir 24 likes Like Another girl might have frozen, but I am cold all the way through. Her instincts seemed to always be leading her astray. Perhaps it is Oak who is the fool, who caught a wolf and thought that by putting it in a gown and speaking to it as though it were a girl, it would become one. He is very much one of the folk, and well, Jude was very human, wasn't she? There's that distinction so clearly between them.Īs for Wren, her background was heartbreaking, but I never felt like I could trust her. You never can know for sure if he's telling you the truth, or what he thinks you want to hear. Sure, he's tricksy and clearly hiding something. I feel like I instantly took sides with Oak. It's so hard not to compare everyone to Jude and Cardan. On the other, I was never sure where I stood with the characters. ![]() On one hand, it's Holly Black and a return to the faerie realm. I'm still not sure what to think of this one. ![]()
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