How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories The Folk of the Air #3.5
Reviews
Very cute - nothing crazy or ground-breaking - but it was nice to be back in the world again and learn some more about Carden’s past and see a tiny glimpse into the future.
I love holly black … truly that woman has my whole heart
After finishing the series I couldnt hold my myself back from getting my hands on this one. The short stories are so pure and help to shape your view on all that happened during the trilogy. With stories from prior, during, and post The Cruel Prince trilogy I ate this book up in an hour. The beautiful illustrations throughout the pages also really put the stories over the top. I cant recommend this book enough if you enjoyed The Cruel Prince trilogy and want to fill some of the gaps.
fun short stories in Carden’s pov.
(3.5) Pretty cool.
Beautiful illustrations
I love Cardan very much ok 4.5
3.25
I WANT MORE
I can’t get enough of them !!
i didn’t think it was possible to fall deeper in love with cardan but here i am
Loved reading about Cardan’s POV I couldn’t stop reading. He is SOOOOOO babygirl pathetic boyloser boyfailure MWAH
give me all the judecardan content!!
wah... cardan it’s ok really decent writing i loved the artworks very nice
i love it sm 🥺 but...... where jude at
Ah, foi legal. Gosto muito do Cardan e as histórias foram legais de acompanhar. Acho que enriqueceram o personagem bastante. Mas tem alguma coisa faltando com certeza, contos normalmente me trazem esse sentimento, mas esse foi ainda mais. Cardan merecia um plot maior mas ao mesmo tempo a trilogia merecia ser unicamente de Jude, então talvez uma história diferente, dai uns anos, possa vir do ponto de vista dele, que também é um personagem muito interessante. Queria ter esse livro físico pq parece ser lindo
The whole Cruel Prince series is so amazing! I love the art in this book so much and the fact that you get to see some of the story from Cardan’s pov! Cardan is such an amazing character and I loved seeing more of his relationships with the others.
3.5 stars. “The next time you want to make a point,” Jude says, “I beg you not to make it so dramatically.” “So long as you’re begging,” he says. 🤭😭😭😭
Of course I loved this book because I’m in love with Cardan. The Cruel Prince series is beloved by so many and this book definitely does it justice. The illustrations are breathtaking, and coupled with the stories makes it really captivating. Very cute :)
Jude and Cardan will forever remain one of my favorite couples :)
this is so cute i love the illustrations, the stories and everything, i'm thinking of passing this down to my future children 💖
I didn't really like The Folk of The Air triology but this one? Five stars. I love how the structure itself is like folktales meet personal marrative, and how, throughout the text, it's walways tries to seduce (yes, seduce!) us into thinking: so what is a hero and a villaon and what do they deserve? “Everyone finds different lessons in stories, I suppose, but here’s one. Having a heart is terrible, but you need one anyway. “Or, here’s another: Stories can justify anything. It doesn’t matter if the boy with the heart of stone is a hero or a villain; it doesn’t matter if he got what he deserved or if he didn’t. No one can reward him or punish him, save the storyteller. And she’s the one who shaded the tale so we’d feel whatever way we feel about him in the first place. You told me once, stories change. Now it’s time to change your story." " [...] You didn’t get what you deserved, but you don’t have to live inside that one story forever. No one’s heart has to remain stone.”
This was really a fun read and I loved jumping into it right after finishing Queen of Nothing. I want more Jude and Cardan but still love love loved it.
no amount of jude and cardan content will ever be enough for me, they are the definition of soulmates. it felt so good to be back in elfhame, no fictional world has ever captivated me in the way it has.
Highlights
“It doesn't matter if the boy with the heart of stone is a hero or a villain; it doesn't matter if he got what he deserved or if he didn't. No one can reward him or punish him, save the storyteller. And she's the one who shaded the tale so we'd feel whatever way we feel about him in the first place. You told me once, stories change. Now it's time to change your story.” ~ Cardan
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The boy lived on an island where he made a nuisance of himself, finding ways to belittle people that made them hate themselves, but hate him more.
…and an old sofa from which mushrooms grow.
love that
One novel, titled The Duke’s Duke, with a photo of a shirtless man on the cover, rests beside sequels: Too Many Dukes and Duke, Duke, Goose.
😂😂😂
"So long as you're begging," he says.
OF COURSE HE WOULD SAY THAT 🙄
He lets himself lean against her, lets himself hear the warmth in her voice. “There is one thing I did like about playing the hero. The only good bit. And that was not having to be terrified for you.”
☹️💔
Her hands go to his shirt, pushing it aside to look at the wound on his shoulder. Her fingers are cold against his flushed skin. It's nice. He hopes she won't take them away.
😵💫💕
Why didn't you hate everyone?" he asks. "Everyone, all the time." "I hated you," Jude reassures him, bringing her mouth to his.
AHHHHHHH😭😭
But every night, Jude haunted him. The coils of her hair. The calluses on her fingers. An absent bite of her lip. It was too much, the way he thought about her. He knew it was too much, but he couldnt stop. It disgusted him that he couldn't stop.
😈😈😈
On their way back toward their homes, Cardan tried to tell himself that he could grow used to the Undersea, that he would learn how to survive there, to make himself consequential, to find some pleasure. And if, as he had floated in the cold darkness, his thoughts turned to the curve of an ear, the weight of a step, a blow that was checked before it could land, that didn't matter. It meant nothing, and he should forget it.
Pathetic. #ilovehim
Jude, Cardan thought, hating even the shape of her name. Jude.
No one talk to me NO ONE TALK TO MEEEEEE
“You don’t think monster girls and wicked boys deserve love?”
Cardan ought to have been the boy with the heart of stone in Aslog’s story, but somehow he had let his heart turn to glass. He could feel the shattered shards of it lodged in his lungs, making his every breath painful.
“No?” Aslong inquired. “It’s simply this. A heart of stone can still be broken.”