Reviews

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

demievrything's review

5.0

Endlich habe ich auch diesen Band gelesen und es war toll wieder in Elfhame zu sein und Cardans Geschichte zu verfolgen.
Die märchenhafte Gestaltung ist wunderbar abgestimmt auf den Inhalt und versetzt beim Lesen in die magische aber auch düstere Welt, die Holly Black geschaffen hat.
Besonders gefallen hat mir das Märchen, das dreimal in abgewandelter Form vorkommt.
Klare Empfehlung für alle, denen auch "The Folk of the Air" Trilogie gefallen hat!

3ree's review against another edition

funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

soft_incipient's review against another edition

4.25

This was sooo much fun!! I loved being back in the elfhame world.. just if only for a second because this was a short novella. I do agree with the others in which they wish this was a lengthy novel as I would have loved to have experienced cruel prince through his perspective.. buut I do like the little snippets that we got because then we dont have a midnight sun scenario. 

Loved seeing the origins with nicasia and locke. But mostly why the king of elfhame hated stories.. I was wondering why that title and then the troll lady began telling him stories and then suddenly I understood. 

It was more like ..ugh omens.. type of scenario for him. But I :) jurdan is so cute.. Not my typical romance but they are very beautiful together. I am glad that I read the stolen heir story because I got my crumbs with them and then a new story. 

Overall fun experience and I wont rate it 5 stars because I think a 5 star book needs to be life changing. so 4.5 or 4.25 is a good rating for this fun novella.

toyoubooks's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

Cardan Greenbriar is unlike any male main character in YA and this novella just drives home that fact to me

abey_hajeski1's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

avesbooksandbakes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious

5.0

freakforfiction's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

kayla_miller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

loved loved loved this book! the cruel prince series is a favorite of mine and i flew through the main three books in only a matter of days when i read it the first time. i’ve been waiting for this book to come out in paperback and am so excited that it finally did!!

it was perfect as always and i loved getting to read more about carden and how he became who he was. not to mention that we got more of jude and cardan together, one of my fav duos of all time. i love them so much !!

this book was beautiful and the illustrations were stunning!! def would recommend for anyone who enjoyed the cruel prince series and wish to read more about the characters 

maeceybee's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

13anna17's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25