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...
I have seen the old spice one, but the new spice one is sooo funny!!!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing those! they are awesome :-)
ReplyDeleteYou live in Provo? I'm here this week. I graduated from the Y - did you too?
ReplyDeleteWhat makes the second one more awesome is I swear the guy is saying Li-berry. Which is cute. (It doesn't take much with me).
ReplyDeleteThose are both hilarious. I love the old spice guy.
ReplyDeleteI love New Spice. It cracks me every time I see it. :)
ReplyDeleteLOL my friend just sent me this today, hehe I love it!
ReplyDeleteThese have been all over facebook. Funny stuff.
ReplyDeleteI love the second one! "I'm in a cart. Hee-Yowl!" I've seen the Old Spice one every where.
ReplyDeleteLMAO!
ReplyDeleteRebs, I know! I suppose it was just ripe for a parody.
ReplyDeleteAngela, my pleasure!
Raspberry, I'm in Orem. And yes, I went there too! You're here now??
Janice, ha! I didn't catch that. But you are so right.
Liza, what's not to love?
Sami, I know. It seems to improve with each viewing.
KIKA, I'm amazed how quickly it's spread.
Holly, yeah, I couldn't resist.
Allie, that's my favorite bit as well.
Tiah, hehe.
I finally saw the New Spice one yesterday, and nearly fainted from the awesome.
ReplyDeletethanks for posting these, angie! so awesome and hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these both. . . is there anything better for a BYU alum?
ReplyDeleteLeila, lol. So glad you liked it.
ReplyDeleteheather, you bet. I can just keep watching them over and over.
Janssen, I know! I may have done a little fistpump when I realized what the New Spice version was.
Yep - my dad took a job at BYU during my senior year, so now my husband and son and I come visit them here in Provo all the time.
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