How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
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- Author：Holly Black
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Summary
An illustrated addition to the New York Times bestselling Folk of Air trilogy， that started with The Cruel Prince， from award-winning author Holly Black。
An irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame。
Once upon a time， there was a boy with a wicked tongue。
Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king， he was a faerie child with a heart of stone。 #1 New York Times bestselling author， Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic high king， Cardan。 This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince， an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing， and familiar moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy， told wholly from Cardan's perspective。
This new installment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance， danger， humor， and drama that enchanted readers everywhere。 Each chapter is paired with lavish and luminous full-color art， making this the perfect collector's item to be enjoyed by both new audiences and old。
An irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame。
Once upon a time， there was a boy with a wicked tongue。
Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king， he was a faerie child with a heart of stone。 #1 New York Times bestselling author， Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic high king， Cardan。 This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince， an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing， and familiar moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy， told wholly from Cardan's perspective。
This new installment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance， danger， humor， and drama that enchanted readers everywhere。 Each chapter is paired with lavish and luminous full-color art， making this the perfect collector's item to be enjoyed by both new audiences and old。
Reviews
Renée
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De tekeningen en het kunnen lezen van gebeurtenissen vanuit een andere hoek maken dit boek fantastisch
martaxbooks
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ocena: 4，50/5 ⭐️Świetne dopełnienie całej serii！！
Julia Ingebrigtsen
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This book was so fun to read。I think it’s like the first book I’ve read with pictures since I read dork diaries or the diary of a wimpy kid。These drawings are the most beautiful I’ve ever seen。 I want them all on my wall。 This is exactly how I thought the different characters and vibe in the whole cruel prince series would be like。I loved reading from Cardan’s POV from different time periods of his life， starting from when he was just a small Fay， to his relationship with Nicasia， to him and Jud This book was so fun to read。I think it’s like the first book I’ve read with pictures since I read dork diaries or the diary of a wimpy kid。These drawings are the most beautiful I’ve ever seen。 I want them all on my wall。 This is exactly how I thought the different characters and vibe in the whole cruel prince series would be like。I loved reading from Cardan’s POV from different time periods of his life， starting from when he was just a small Fay， to his relationship with Nicasia， to him and Jude in the mortal world。I loved Aslog and her stories evolving the same way Cardan did throughout the bookI just loved this sm❤️❤️❤️ 。。。more
Madeline
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I expected more stories about his relationship with Jude along with stories of his past， but I guess I'll never get more of that。 I wanted romance since there were very few scenes in the whole trilogy。 I expected more stories about his relationship with Jude along with stories of his past， but I guess I'll never get more of that。 I wanted romance since there were very few scenes in the whole trilogy。 。。。more
Sina
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Ich habe die Ausgabe der Chest of Fandoms Box und weiß daher nicht genau， ob die normale Version genauso wundervoll ist， aber wow - allein für die Illustrationen ist das Buch 5 Sterne wert。 Wirklich sehr， sehr schön gemacht。 Auch der Inhalt des zugegebenermaßen sehr schmalen Büchleins war interessant。 Teilweise fand ich die Sprache sehr einfach und die Erzählperspektive anfangs nicht ganz stimmig。 Insgesamt blieb der Einblick in Cardans Gedanken recht oberflächlich。 Es wäre sooo viel mehr möglic Ich habe die Ausgabe der Chest of Fandoms Box und weiß daher nicht genau， ob die normale Version genauso wundervoll ist， aber wow - allein für die Illustrationen ist das Buch 5 Sterne wert。 Wirklich sehr， sehr schön gemacht。 Auch der Inhalt des zugegebenermaßen sehr schmalen Büchleins war interessant。 Teilweise fand ich die Sprache sehr einfach und die Erzählperspektive anfangs nicht ganz stimmig。 Insgesamt blieb der Einblick in Cardans Gedanken recht oberflächlich。 Es wäre sooo viel mehr möglich gewesen！ Es gab auch nur ganz wenige Szenen mit Jude， was ich sehr schade fand。 Gerne hätte ich etwas dazu gelesen， als sie angebandelt haben。 Auf die Szene， wo Jude ins Wasser gedrängt wird folgt eine， die nach Band 3 spielt。 Das ist schon ein sehr heftiger Zeitsprung。 Aber - und das war ja wahrscheinlich die Intention des Buches - man erkennt gut die innerliche Entwicklung Cardans。 Für Fans definitiv ein toller Zusatzband， alle anderen brauchen ihn nicht。 Ich würde so gerne mehr über Elfenheim lesen und würde mich extrem über weitere Bände der Hauptreihe freuen。 😊 。。。more
Enija
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I think this book should be called "How The King of Elfhame Learned to Tell Stories"。 I enjoyed this book， good pause from all the thick adventurous books。 I think this book should be called "How The King of Elfhame Learned to Tell Stories"。 I enjoyed this book， good pause from all the thick adventurous books。 。。。more
ThianeJansen
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How must I even write a biased review when this book is about Cardan。 I mean。 Common， he is chaotically charming。 “’You don’t think that monster girls and wicked boys deserve love？”The illustrations in this book made it feel even more real and I was glee to be back in my favorite fantasy land being enchanted by how everyone could look and how magical it all is。 This book takes you back to the very beginning and fills in so many gaps and questions you might have had in the Folk of the Air series。 How must I even write a biased review when this book is about Cardan。 I mean。 Common， he is chaotically charming。 “’You don’t think that monster girls and wicked boys deserve love？”The illustrations in this book made it feel even more real and I was glee to be back in my favorite fantasy land being enchanted by how everyone could look and how magical it all is。 This book takes you back to the very beginning and fills in so many gaps and questions you might have had in the Folk of the Air series。 The favorite part of where a troll starts telling Carden stories， and you sit back and reflect on how well it correlates with events in his life， and how it even affected his personality。 We all had a feeling there must be something more to this Cruel Prince and reading the story from his perspective in contrast to Jude’s colored in so many pictures about why he loved being terrifying and chaotic。 There is such a simple pleasure in unraveling his wickedness。 “’A heart of stone can still be broken。’” His interactions with Jude can be read with new eyes and like the sucker I am for a good romance， this book delivered every good aspect of a fairytale mixed with darkness and refined with a glimmer of humor。“Having a heart is terrible， but you need one anyway。”So if your heart of stone wants some crushing， this is the book for you。 。。。more
Emily Stewart
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The art is so beautiful and this was such an easy read 😍
Sutton
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Soul = fedKinda wished I got more Jurdan and especially Cardans pov of the crossbow scene but honestly just happy for the closure
Eliza :b
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Al terminar la trilogía principal， no dude ni un instante en comenzar este libro; ansiaba conocer más sobre nuestro querido Rey de Elfhame。 Y es justo lo que este libro nos ofrece， relatos inéditos sobre la infancia y adultez de Cardan。 En realidad， no tengo mucho que decir。 El libro no tiene una trama definida， simplemente se van saltando sucesos aleatorios en la vida de Cardan a través de los distintos relatos。 Como todo， algunos me gustaron y otros no。 En especial llamaron mi atención aquello Al terminar la trilogía principal， no dude ni un instante en comenzar este libro; ansiaba conocer más sobre nuestro querido Rey de Elfhame。 Y es justo lo que este libro nos ofrece， relatos inéditos sobre la infancia y adultez de Cardan。 En realidad， no tengo mucho que decir。 El libro no tiene una trama definida， simplemente se van saltando sucesos aleatorios en la vida de Cardan a través de los distintos relatos。 Como todo， algunos me gustaron y otros no。 En especial llamaron mi atención aquellos en los que explicaban el por qué el príncipe Greenbriar es cómo es。 Por otro lado， contiene unas ilustraciones a color elaboradas por Rovina Cai。 Me quedé sin palabras con lo extravagantes y llamativas que son。 Fue todo un placer admirarlas。 En especial， aquellas donde aparecía Cardan。 Siempre con sus anillos y su porte fino， era tal cual me lo imaginaba。Les recomiendo altamente el libro si se quedaron con más de Los Habitantes del Aire。 Seguro que sí， aparte que es super corto， apenas rebasa las ciento cincuenta páginas y esta plagado de sentimientos y reflexiones。 Pero nadie elige un futuro。 Eliges un camino sin estar seguro de adónde te lleva。 。。。more
Rocio
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hermoso。Me encanta cardan y jude！
Lia
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Oh the illustrations were BEAUTIFUL！！！！ overall a really really easy pleasant read， I finished it over a cup of coffee in the morning and it put me in such a good mood and set me up for a good day 。It’s hard to rate this book’s literary value as it really is a collection of short stories。 A bit jumbled。 But there were some really wholesome moments。Also Cardan is Draco Malfoy and you can’t change my mind。
juliette
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"and so the monster girl and the awful boy with the clever tongue marry， and she gets to stay powerful and monstrous and he gets his own heart back。 All because he took a chance。" "and so the monster girl and the awful boy with the clever tongue marry， and she gets to stay powerful and monstrous and he gets his own heart back。 All because he took a chance。" 。。。more
Elza
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The perfect return to Elfhame and opportunity to understand Cardan a bit better。 Rovina Cai's illustrations are to die for！ The perfect return to Elfhame and opportunity to understand Cardan a bit better。 Rovina Cai's illustrations are to die for！ 。。。more
Alanni Alcantara
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4⭐️
Natasja Lysdal
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3。5
Nilsa Lightwood
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Hay algo mejor para terminar que te cuenten la historia de tu personaje favorito？ Sinceramente LO DUDO。 No quiero despedirme de ellos， me encantaría saber más y más de ellos。 Jude y CARDAN serán de mis personajes favoritos por SIEMPRE desde ahora。 ❤
Stephie Anne
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This was a very interesting read。 The art was amazing。 Glad I took the time to read it。
Nicole Cuce
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2。75**Cute short story collection getting to know more about Cardan！ He still isn't my favorite character but overall it was nice to get more insight on who he is as a character。 This is one of those books that I wish I read a physical copy of since the illustrations looked stunning on my kindle， but were probably much nicer in person！ Very quick read took me less than 24 hours， definitely recommend for more quick Cruel Prince Content。 2。75**Cute short story collection getting to know more about Cardan！ He still isn't my favorite character but overall it was nice to get more insight on who he is as a character。 This is one of those books that I wish I read a physical copy of since the illustrations looked stunning on my kindle， but were probably much nicer in person！ Very quick read took me less than 24 hours， definitely recommend for more quick Cruel Prince Content。 。。。more
Sabrina
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Edición: 1000 ⭐Libro: 3，5 ⭐
Karli
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THE ART IN THIS IS STUNNING。 I loved this collections of stories so much。 I feel like they really deepened Carden’s character for me。 And truly the art is magnificent。 I want to own this book very badly because with is so lovely。 A definite must read after you finish the original trilogy！！
Sophie
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I loved this so much。 Jude and Cardan have my heart。
Danni
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"You can't eat some of a dumpling and put it back，" Oak insists。 "That's revolting。" Cardan considers that villainy takes many forms and he is good at all of them。 Really wonderful， beautifully illustrated little book。 I absolutely love these characters。 "You can't eat some of a dumpling and put it back，" Oak insists。 "That's revolting。" Cardan considers that villainy takes many forms and he is good at all of them。 Really wonderful， beautifully illustrated little book。 I absolutely love these characters。 。。。more
nela
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cardan let me by your woman
Sarah
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omg the art was so pretty
Maylis
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such a good book to enter the world of Elfhame one last time ！ it definitely made me love Cardan even more ！
Venus of the Snakes
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Cute。 It in no way rights the weak ending of Queen of Nothing， and the unanswered questions the book left me with。 But it's。。。 certainly the same style。 A little look into Cardans mind。Nice art。 The book is 3☆， but the art gives it 4☆ Cute。 It in no way rights the weak ending of Queen of Nothing， and the unanswered questions the book left me with。 But it's。。。 certainly the same style。 A little look into Cardans mind。Nice art。 The book is 3☆， but the art gives it 4☆ 。。。more
Vanessa
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Aww wish it was longer。 This only took me about 30 minutes to read。 My favorite part was all of the beautiful artwork in the book especially the trees that grew out of the books after each short story。
pbeatricev
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2，5 or 3 ⭐I'm not sure how to rate it。 I mean。。。 it was a good add-on to the Folk of the Air series。We got Cardan's POV which was fine and we also could find out about some fragments of his earlier years， even when he was a child。Surely， it's a great title for fans of that series。 A great opportunity to dive into this world again。Oh， and needless to say that I'm head over the heels with this lavishly illustrated edition。 It's just terrific ！ 2，5 or 3 ⭐I'm not sure how to rate it。 I mean。。。 it was a good add-on to the Folk of the Air series。We got Cardan's POV which was fine and we also could find out about some fragments of his earlier years， even when he was a child。Surely， it's a great title for fans of that series。 A great opportunity to dive into this world again。Oh， and needless to say that I'm head over the heels with this lavishly illustrated edition。 It's just terrific ！ 。。。more
Abigail Marie
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