She is absolutely incredible as the FMC, and exactly who I was expecting her to grow up as. I don't know if Wren is good or bad, but I love her all the same. She was such an amazing Wren and I loved getting immersed in the story with her. I listened to the audio book of this story and really enjoyed Saskia's narration.

We get all of my favorite things from FOTA, plus an added darkness that I wasn't quite expecting. On his way he runs into Suren, saving her and ultimately bringing her along. It's been 8 years since the end of The Queen of Nothing and Oak is on a mission to find his father, Madoc. 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.ĥ/5 ⭐ 0/5 🌶️ I am so excited to be back in the lands of Faerie. 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. 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. 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.

Wren the stolen heir