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Caitlin Kelly
About this listen
Return to the captivating world of Elfhame with this addition to the New York Times best-selling Folk of Air trilogy that began with The Cruel Prince, from award-winning author Holly Black.
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. Number one New York Times best-selling 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 listeners everywhere.
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A hot mess
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Cinderella married the man of her dreams - the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, 13 and a half years later, things have gone badly wrong, and her life is far from perfect. One night, fed up and exhausted, she sneaks out of the palace to get help from the witch who, for a price, offers love potions to disgruntled housewives. But as the old hag flings the last ingredients into the cauldron, Cinderella doesn't ask for a love spell to win back her Prince Charming. Instead, she wants him dead.
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Dodd! So glad she put in audible!
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By: Christina Dodd
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The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it - and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother.
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I can’t finish this
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Most of the time the Moontide Bridge lies deep below the sea, but every 12 years the tides sink and the bridge is revealed, its gates open for trade. The Magi are hell-bent on ruling this new world, and for the last two Moontides they have led armies across the bridge on "crusades of conquest". Now, the third Moontide is almost here, and this time the people of the East are ready for a fight... but it is three seemingly ordinary people that will decide the fate of the world.
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Nick Podehl
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Below Forsaken Mountain, a plot is being hatched to overthrow the tyrant king of Trollus, and Marc is the right-hand man of its leader. His involvement is information more than one troll would kill to possess, which is why he must keep it a secret from everyone, even the girl he loves. After accidentally ruining her sister's chance to become queen, Pénélope is given one last opportunity by her father, the Duke d'Angoulême, to make herself useful: she must find proof that the boy she's in love with is conspiring against the crown.
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Thelma Foy, a jeweler with the Second Sight in iron-bedecked 1890s New Orleans, wasn't expecting to be caught in a faery conflict. Tam can see through the glamours faeries wear to hide themselves from mortals, but if her secret were revealed, the fey would steal her eyes, her life, or her freedom. So, Tam doesn't respond when they trail thorn-crusted fingertips through her hair at the French Market or when the Dark King sings along with her in the bayou. But when the Dark King, Irial, rescues her, Tam must confront everything she thought she knew about faeries, men, and love.
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So Amazing
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Not Understanding All the Praise
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Walter of Gurnie, bastard son of an English peer, is forced to flee from Oxford for his part in the university riots of 1273. Inspired by Friar Bacon, he determines to travel to China. With his friend Tristam, he fights his way to the heart of the fabulous Mongol Empire and returns famous, to find that he must choose between the first love he thought lost and the exotic flower that he found in the East.
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Great Book
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On the verge of a stilted life as an aristocrat's wife, Poppy Hammond does the only sensible thing - she flees the chapel in her wedding gown. Assisted by the handsome curate who calls himself Sebastian Cantrip, she spirits away to her estranged father's quiet country village, pursued by the family she left in uproar. But when the dust of her broken engagement settles and Sebastian disappears under mysterious circumstances, Poppy discovers there is more to her hero than it seems.
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Stick to the print edition for this one
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When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology. Angrboda’s story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found by a man who reveals himself to be Loki, and her initial distrust of him transforms into a deep and abiding love.
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A Masterful Exploration of Norse Myth
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- Mai
- 09-05-21
Just ok
I love Holly Black, but I wouldn't pay for this again. It's so short, I suggest reading it instead. Usually you get more insight as to what the other POV is thinking during interactions with the other main character, but you get veerrrryyyy little of that. You do get a bit more insight into his childhood, but it's super short, more of a teaser. The writing is good as is the narration, it's just not worth the money.
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- Yesenia Gutierrez
- 12-24-20
Outstanding
As always the audiobook was outstanding!! The author Holly Black did and awesome job as well as the narrator Caitlin Kelly.
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- Crystina Lopez
- 05-13-21
Great Series
I enjoyed this whole series even this lil extra short book added at the end. Takes you to another land and has your imagination is whirling wanting more and once the 3rd book ends this adds just enough to leave you satisfied.
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- romantic
- 09-07-21
Brilliant again
Holly Black at her best writing this short story. I love her trilogy and this short story was such a treat.
Warning: in order to enjoy the story, one must read/ listen to trilogy first.
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- Deborah Adams-Estacio
- 11-25-20
carden
always doing something unexpected isnt he. liked the story hope you are hard at work expanding this little diddy too.
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- Charlie Miller
- 08-08-22
MORE!!!
Black is truly an amazing artist and author, this book combined with the storytelling, can't exactly remember her name really made for entertaining, and there is truly no single part of the book that I did not enjoy, and I would love to hear more I'd love to read more of her books of the fall of the year. I think truly that they are her best works and I love following the adventures of Cardan and Jude it's amazing that she put from Harden's perspective, this time around to and I want to go loved to have seen more of that speaker seeing how cruel he became and personally, I would love to see more of how they grow up rather than the pieces of the story is she is already shouting, you know, stuff that no one's heard of, and I really just want to see more folk with the air in general, so if you're reading this great job, Ms Black and I hope that you come out with more
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- Anonymous User
- 03-10-23
A Nice Little Addendum
Personally, I love stories. But frankly, if a condescending troll woman kept coming to me and preaching stories at me, I’d probably hate stories too. I loved seeing the story of the trilogy being fleshed out more, and I enjoyed seeing Cardan in a more sympathetic light. (My only real complaint is that Holly Black teased us with stories of Madoc learning to live in the mortal world and then DOESN’T TELL US any of it. I wanted to see that so badly. That would be hilarious!)
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- Kayla
- 11-27-20
Swoon
So great! Holly creates such a vivid picture that her books feel longer than they are. Although, i wish it was longer still. I loved having the art to look at even though it was an audio book. Overall, it was a very enjoyable read and makes me want to read The whole series again.
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- Vessy
- 12-02-20
wish there were was more
I love this story just as much as I love the rest in the series I just wish there was a more details And better explanation behind his reactions
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- Nicole Alu
- 06-15-23
Wonderful!
Great and entertaining story, after reading The Folk of the Air series, it felt great to see some more of Jude and Cardan, specially Cardan! I adore these series!
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