Wren is afraid that Oak is a gancanagh-a lovetalker, like his birth mother before him, who ensnared first the High King, and then his son. Since the events of The Queen of Nothing, mischievous little Prince Oak has grown up to be beautiful and charming. A true alliance between them could reshape the political landscape of Elfhame, but trust is terribly hard to come by. Our protagonists are two damaged children who have spent their lives being used as political pawns and now find themselves on the verge of adulthood. Doing so will require her to work closely with Oak. But she is still bound by oath of fealty to Lady Suren a word from her could ruin all of Lady Nore’s plans-if Wren can get close enough. After stealing Mab’s bones from the bowels of the court of Elfhame, Lady Nore has been using the magic of the dead fae queen’s remains to raise a terrible army. The adventure of The Stolen Heir takes the form of a quest, crossing from the mortal world and traveling north to the Ice Citadel where Lady Nore is holding Madoc captive in her dungeons.
When Oak appears in the mortal world asking for her help, Wren knows she cannot not trust him, but nor can she deny the desire to follow him. But without a strong talent for glamour, she cannot truly become part of the mortal world again thanks to her blue skin and knife-sharp teeth. She makes a place for herself breaking the curses and traps that faeries try to trick mortals into. Meanwhile, Wren has been living half-wild in the mortal world, close but not too close to her former human family. But to do that, he’ll need find Lady Suren, the true queen of the north and the one person with the power to defeat Lady Nore thanks to the oath the High Queen forced Lady Nore to swear to her daughter and queen. General Madoc is being held prisoner in the Court of Teeth, and despite his betrayals, Oak is still determined to save the father who raised him, with or without help from Jude and Cardan. Prince Oak, heir to the Greenbriar line, has grown up under Heather and Vivi’s care in the mortal world and has now returned to the treacherous fae court in Elfhame.
New to the world of Elfhame? Start here with The Cruel Prince! Over and over, I have told myself that I need to guard against my own yearnings, but that hasn’t worked. If Oak is masked, I am a face with all the skin ripped off. It is a yawning chasm within me, and the more that I reach for it, the more easily I am tricked. “My greatest weakness has always been my desire for love.
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