Close Kin is the second book in Clare B. Dunkle 's Hollow Kingdom trilogy. It takes place around five years after The Hollow Kingdom and follows Kate's younger sister Emily. Or at least it seems to. Where The Hollow Kingdom stuck pretty closely to Kate's story, Close Kin jumps around a fair bit, splitting its time three different ways as it traces the paths of Emily, her friend and would-be suitor Seylin, and an extremely unhappy elf named Sable. When Emily fails to take Seylin's romantic advances seriously, half goblin/half elf Seylin informs the Goblin King he is leaving to search out his other heritage and see if he can find any elves who managed to survive the last goblin harrowing. He does, in fact, come across a rather feral group of elves but, having suffered much in the name of mere survival, they are barely recognizable as the beautiful, carefree creatures Seylin dreamt of. Among this group is a young woman named Sable who, to avoid being forced in...
c'est mignon :)
ReplyDeleteThat clip is so awesome! Very fitting for today ;)
ReplyDeleteThat was such sweet video, loved the dramatic piano. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day!
pidute, oui! :)
ReplyDeleteDana, isn't it though? It made me happy.
Donna, I did, too. Happy Valentine's Day to you, too!
I love this video. My husband showed it to me the other day and I almost posted it for Valentine's Day, too! It's so sweet!!! :)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of sweet... I hope you had a very sweet Valentine's Day.
Oh how lovely! Gave me a smile--thank you!
ReplyDeleteChristine, it was my husband that showed it to me as well! I thought it was adorable. My day was actually quite lovely. Yours?
ReplyDeleteA-Lady, my pleasure, darling. ;)
My day was lovely as well, thanks so much for asking. :)
ReplyDeleteI liked that commercial a lot. Reminded me of "how to buy eclairs in french" :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVED this . . . so darling.
ReplyDeleteChristine, I'm so glad.
ReplyDeleteCarrie, LOL. You know, we should totally make a few instructional videos for the Study Abroad dept.
Janssen, perfect word for it. It just made me sigh with pleasure.