The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black (Overview, Book Review + Summary) - *SPOILERS* Folk of the Air

I'm so excited to be back and talking about the #1 New York Times bestselling YA fantasy book, The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black. This is the sequel to last year's The Stolen Heir, and unlike the first book which followed Wren, The Prisoner's Throne centers on Oak. This video contains SPOILERS.
Are you a fan of Holly Black's Folk of the Air books, or her world of Faerie? We're getting an Undersea duology or trilogy, right?!
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Welcome & The Prisoner's Throne overview (SPOILERS)
0:47 Prisoner's Throne Prologue / Oak's backstory & his secrets
2:03 Wren's imprisonment of Oak & the torture chamber
4:15 The complicated dynamic between Oak & Wren
4:58 Oak & Wren's engagement & the journey back to Elfhame
6:40 The not-so happy family reunion between Jude and Cardan and Oak
6:57 Wren still sees herself as an unlovable monster
7:20 Oak's parallel journey as a gancanagh (love talker, creature of seduction)
7:53 Themes in The Prisoner's Throne
8:26 The secret surrounding the death of Oak's biological mother, Liriope
9:19 Excerpt reading 1 ("family of deceivers")
9:34 Excerpt reading 2 (Oak doubts the authenticity of everyone's love for him)
9:55 Excerpt reading 3 (Oak tries to put himself in Wren's shoes)
10:19 Excerpt reading 4 / my favorite Prisoner's Throne quote ("monsters together")
11:03 How Holly Black writes romance
11:31 Bogdana's leverage over Wren & Wren's death
12:43 Wren's rebirth
13:09 Other things I loved about The Prisoner's Throne
14:40 What was Valerian's dying curse on Jude in The Cruel Prince??
15:16 What I rated The Prisoner's Throne
16:09 Wrap up / Thank you for watching!!
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[@SandrasLibrary]

Drop a 🖤 if you're excited about more Elfhame stories!

[@appelsinpiken]

Thanks for your review 💗. Valerian's curses Jude in the 1st book (“The Cruel Prince”). He says “May your hands always be stained with blood. May death be your only companion. May you-” And then he dies not finishing the curse. (p. 211). If I'm not mistaken it's the night before the coronation going awry. It's interesting because I didn't think that an “unfinished” curse can be still attached to a person and there is no implication in other 2 books of the original trilogy that it influenced Jude in any real way.

[@SandrasLibrary]

Ahhhhh interesting!! I’m totally with you in not seeing the repercussions of the curse in either series… However, maybe with Wren removing it, we will see a change in Jude in the forthcoming Undersea books! They made such a big deal out of honoring Oak’s choice to NOT rule at the end of TPT, as well as the quick scene about Jude’s birth control… I wonder if that will be tied into the next books with the removal of her curse??

[@SandrasLibrary]

And thank you so much for sharing Valerian’s curse!!

[@appelsinpiken]

@@SandrasLibrary I also wonder if it will come to play in the Undersea book or if it was just used here to exhibit Suren's potentially smart power move showcasing her magical abilities surpassing those of the High King and Queen, how Oak sees it. (While as I see it, because she is someone who wants to be accepted-probably Suren tried to prove herself as someone who doesn't have bad intentions and can be of help/useful). I am almost sure we will have Jurdan babies, as the fandom just wants it so much that Holly might yield, but apart from the fact that Jude might have felt burdened by the curse I am too afraid to speculate how it could work otherwise (because it swerves me into... miscarriage territory and even I think it's too much of a stretch 🤡).

[@gabrielavoiculescu6149]

What happens to Madoc??

[@jamilamaaroufi4312]

🖤

[@farhanasoomro7394]

So does this have an happy ending and does oak and wren end up together??

[@SandrasLibrary]

😄 …I would say it DOES! As happy as Holly Black can write it!

[@cristinapopa9289]

YES