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...
How exciting!!! This is going to be good.
ReplyDeleteI think so, too!!
DeleteI am afraid...that I will not be able to wait to see this. O_O Daaaang.
ReplyDeleteLol. I didn't even know it was in the works and the trailer has me all shivery.
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It looks soooo good.
ReplyDeleteI can't help it, I think so, too!
DeleteWow! That looks good. I just hope it's better than some of the other fairy tale adaptations that debuted in recent years.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that, my friend.
DeleteThis. Looks. AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteIt really does. I can't wait to find out where they go with it.
DeleteAh, Maleficent was always my favorite Disney cartoon villian. I am definitley seeing this movie. :)
ReplyDeleteMine, too. How can we not see this one?
DeleteI read somewhere that Jolie's kids are going to be in this movie too. I think that little blonde girl in the meadow is one of them.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? That is bizarre.
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