Cover of The Lost Sisters

The Lost Sisters

Holly Black

The Folk of the Air #1.5

young adult romance(116k)

Taryn reveals her secrets — and her heart — in this companion novella to The Cruel Prince.

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Sometimes the difference between a love story and a horror story is where the ending comes... While Jude fought for power in the Court of Elfhame against the cruel Prince Cardan, her sister Taryn began to fall in love with the trickster, Locke. Half-apology and half-explanation, it turns out that Taryn has some secrets of her own to reveal.The Lost Sisters is a companion e-novella to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince by master writer Holly Black.

The Folk of the Air series

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