The Stolen Heir

THIS WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS!!

Holly Black’s decision to write this from the pov of Suren was unexpected and exciting. I loved learning about her background and the depth of her character. As another reviewer said, this is not like The Cruel Prince, and I must admit I felt disappointed reading this. It is still an excellent and captivating tale; however, it pales compared to its peers. Also, I felt as though Wren was overreacting once figuring out that Oak had kept that secret from her. She saw it as a betrayal, yet he never actually betrayed her. He even mentioned he had something important to tell her once the drama was over. After she became aware, she had a personality flip. It's interesting now that I think about it: she lived believing she was powerless, only to find she had an unimaginable amount of power within her. She was a lot like her Lady Nore in the end which is a compelling parallel. I am excited about book two. I hope it's written from Oak’s pov. I want a better glimpse at his past and more Jude and Cardan content of course.

I really enjoyed this book, it kept me hooked from start to end. Something that I love about Holly Black’s Folk of the Air books is that they all contain such insane descriptions, events, and storylines that you forget you’re reading with the movie playing inside of your head. It also made me forget about their end goal since there were so many events happening in a small time span, that is something that I admire. Even though this books is incredible, it did get a bit dry at some parts since there was a lot of dialogue. I would have also liked to see more of Wren’s unfamily since they were mentioned a lot, but I would assume that they would make a larger appearance in the second book. I would have also liked to see more of Oak and Wren getting some good friendship developments, which ofc, we did get, but I expected more. Then again, it will most likely be in the second book. Overall I really enjoyed this book since it was vivid and involved tons of different adventures (I may have felt a lot of joy and deja vu when Jude, Cardan, and other OG characters from the Cruel Prince trilogy were mentioned;). A round of applause again for Holly Black :)

I really enjoyed this book! I actually found it faster developing than the original series, and I might be the odd man out but I prefer characters who have more likable traits. The OG folk of the air series has a lot of dark characters and I like how in this one Oak really shows his influence from the human world. There’s lots of twists and turns, it is a little predictable at times, but it’s interesting. The cliff hanger ending has me very excited for the next book.