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How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.1 · 412 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
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This Folk of the Air installment centers on the morally gray faerie High King Cardan, exploring his dramatic backstory through his own perspective, blending high-fantasy fae worldbuilding with the series' signature heart-racing romance and humor, while framing his evolution from a heart-of-stone child to a cruel, wicked ruler as a core coming-of-age arc.
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Book 5 of 7 in The Folk of the Air — see the full reading order →
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- Fae Romance: “he was a faerie child with a heart of stone.” source
- High Fantasy: “Elfhame's enigmatic High King, Cardan.” source
- Morally Gray: “Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone.” source
- Tortured Hero: “faerie child with a heart of stone” source
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