So he has these really, distinctly different ways of looking at his past. Including, before he was born, being cut from the belly of his poisoned mother.

But he also has been the center of a massive conflict for much of his childhood. He has like a million sisters who all love him. I think Oak is really interesting to me because he, on the face of it, has a great life. Where do we find Oak now and what specifically made you want to focus the story on him? Now that we’re actually moving forward in time, it’s enough for them to have made a bunch of interesting choices.Ī lot changes in nine years. And what choices can I make? Because a year later, nothing’s different. That’s how old I was and here’s the choices people made to protect me. I thought a lot about what that would be like for him to see a little kid and think, Oh, that was me. What’s happened? What decisions were made? Taryn’s kid is about the same age he was when all this stuff happened.

I think it’s really fun to get to time skip because we do then wonder about a lot of things. Which is why we sat down with Holly who revealed a little bit more about what we can expect from Oak and Suren, how it’ll connect with the rest of the series, and her musings on the success of Folk of the Air.Ĭosmo: I obviously have to ask: How old is Oak when we see him in The Stolen Heir? At the end of Queen of Nothing, he’s 8. Now, we know that you want even more info. Mark your calendars, because both editions will be available on January 3, 2023. I’ve gone back to faerie so many times that I think it’s a settled fact that I will continue to go back.”Īnd now Cosmopolitan is exclusively announcing the new Book of Elfhame and yes, this is an entirely new series following Oak and.wait for it.Suren! “I didn’t want to have it be too long since I’d been there. I was working on my first adult novel, Book of Night, through most of the pandemic, but I was looking forward to coming back to faerie, characters I knew, and a world I’m so familiar with and really enjoyed being in,” she revealed to Cosmopolitan. “I actually knew I was gonna do this when I was finishing up Queen of Nothing.

After the end of The Queen of Nothingleft us wondering if there was anything left in the Folk of the Air series, Holly has secretly been hard at work on the next story. That’s right, the queen of faerie herself, Holly Black, is taking us back with the help of some very familiar faces. Pour some faerie wine and try not to get too caught up in the music, because it’s time for us to return to Elfhame.

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