Oak and Wren shared an innocent and sweet friendship long before their reunion and were even promised to each other at a young age, while Cardan and Jude had originally completely despised each other in their series. Their dynamics and relationships further set them apart. However, at the same time they are very different. Oak and Cardan are both the sly and mischievous princes with no true desire to rule while Jude and Wren are the powerful female leads with past traumas and fire in their souls. The journey not only forces her to re-encounter her past terrors and torments from her childhood, but also forces her into proximity with the beautiful, manipulating prince she once knew.īoth Wren and Oak share a few similar characteristics as the beloved comfort characters Cardan and Jude.
Saved by Oak, the prince she once befriended and was betrothed to as a child, she is recruited on the risky quest along with the knight Tieran and their prisoner Hyacinth, who in fact wore the very same bridle she was forced into as a child. Wren was the only one who had power over her mother and could truly stop her. Despite thinking she was forgotten, Wren found herself yet again in danger and discovered that her birth mother wanted her dead. After the Battle of the Serpent, Queen Suren, daughter of Lady Nore, had fled to the human world to take refuge from her past trauma in the loathsome Court of Teeth.
Now 17, Oak sets out on a dangerous mission to save his villainous father Madoc, despite being prohibited by his sister the High Queen Jude, and to defeat the notorious Lady Nore who plots her ruthless revenge against Elfhame. Set nine years after the Battle of the Serpent in The Queen of Nothing, The Stolen Heir brings back unfinished business from the previous series where the reluctant prince Oak and the runaway queen Wren embark on a deadly and forbidden quest. In January 2023, The Stolen Heir made its grand appearance, continuing the story of Elfhame’s royalty under the perspective of the familiar character Wren, or the runaway Queen Suren, accompanied by Jude’s very own adoptive brother and heir to the throne, Oak. The Cruel Prince trilogy had left an unforgettable legacy of protagonist Jude Duarte and her troublesome enemy Cardan Greenbriar that many readers found difficult to let go of. After four years of fans craving for more of their favorite Faerie fantasy universe, author Holly Black finally released the long awaited The Stolen Heir, a journey taking readers back to the comforts and delights of Elfhame and the first book in her new duology.
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