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The Stolen Heir

  • 2023 first published
  • 368 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (6 ratings)
  • 5 editions

The Stolen Heir is a 2023 dark fantasy and romantasy novel by Holly Black.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 190 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

At about 368 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About The Stolen Heir

A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them both. Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. There, she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power over her mother, fled to the human world. There, she lives feral in the woods. Lonely, and still haunted by the merciless torments she endured in the Court of Teeth, she bides her time by releasing mortals from foolish bargains. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag, Bogdana chases her through the night streets. Suren is saved by none other than Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, to whom she was once promised in marriage and who she has resented for years. Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful, and manipulative. He’s on a mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren’s help. But if she agrees, it will mean guarding her heart against the boy she once knew and a prince she cannot trust, as well as confronting all the horrors she thought she left behind.
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  • Young adult fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy
  • Young adult fiction, fantasy, contemporary
  • Young adult fiction, fantasy, romance

Quick answers

Who wrote The Stolen Heir?

The Stolen Heir was written by Holly Black and first published in 2023.

What genre is The Stolen Heir?

It is usually shelved as Dark Fantasy and Romantasy.

How long is The Stolen Heir?

The median edition has 368 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Stolen Heir?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Ballad of Never After, Fearless and Far Wilder Magic.

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