Review of 'How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I love Holly Black's series from Elfhame and the relationship between Cardan and Jude so I couldn't resist getting How The King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories because I had missed these characters. With stunning illustrations that fully compliment the writing, Rovina Cai adds beauty to every tale that bring the whole book together.
This book is a welcome return to somewhere you have grown to love, but you get to see it through different eyes in the way this book enfolds. As you can imagine from the title, this focuses more on Cardan rather than Jude and wd get insights through the storytelling he both listens to and tells, into his life in a way that hadn't been done before.
We see him as a child with a heart of stone, a young fae boy who should have everything and be happy but is nothing but a …
I love Holly Black's series from Elfhame and the relationship between Cardan and Jude so I couldn't resist getting How The King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories because I had missed these characters. With stunning illustrations that fully compliment the writing, Rovina
Cai adds beauty to every tale that bring the whole book together.
This book is a welcome return to somewhere you have grown to love, but you get to see it through different eyes in the way this book enfolds. As you can imagine from the title, this focuses more on Cardan rather than Jude and wd get insights through the storytelling he both listens to and tells, into his life in a way that hadn't been done before.
We see him as a child with a heart of stone, a young fae boy who should have everything and be happy but is nothing but a bullied child who learns that being thr bully is the only way he can survive. I have to stress, I despise this side of him but also could relate to that need to protect himself, he just goes about it in the worst possible way but let's be honest? He's surrounded by arrogant, self absorbed insert expletives and learns by example - not an excuse, but the sad truth.
He learns through the stories he hates, that he doesn't have to be that way, and sees the reality of what had happened to him and done by him. It is a story of the true Cardan, even if he initially doesn't want it to be.
Sadly, the stories are short, I wanted so much more because again, I missed Elfhame and was left wanting but I thin kid this book had been the size of War and Peace, I would have pouted for more please.
