The Lost Sisters

By: Holly Black

Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly

In this companion novella to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, sometimes the only 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.

be bold.

“Fairy tales are full of girls who wait, who endure, who suffer. Good girls. Obedient girls. Girls who crush nettles until their hands bleed. Girls who haul water for witches. Girls who wander through deserts or sleep in ashes or make homes for transformed brothers in the woods. Girls without hands, without eyes, without the power of speech, without any power at all. But then a prince rides up and sees the girl and finds her beautiful. Beautiful, not despite her suffering, but because of it.”

I don't know how Holly Black does it, but I am eternally grateful that she does.

The perfect novella into the mysterious and often frustrating mind of Jude's twin sister, Taryn. Half apology, half explanation, all because of miscommunication. I loved this window into a different side of the story, one that I had been curious and angry about. Taryn is a tragic character, just like Jude. (But, I'm still on Jude's side, through and through.)

Bravo, Holly

In sync

It was definitely in sync with The Cruel Prince. It was actually quite nice to hear Taryn's side of the story and why. Your typical sibling differences and rivalries. The audio version was amazing!

Nice little hold over

This was a decent hold over story but Taryn is the worst. She is selfish, hateful and her sense of entitlement to being understood and justifying her actions is baffling. She fits into their world way better than Jude. And even though she didn’t say so. I’m sure she knew what would happen with the fairy fruit and that’s really why she didn’t go that day.

i despise taryn duarte

the story gets 3 stars bc i hate taryn and i don’t think anything she ever does is justified

Taeryn's Perspective

This was okay to listen to while waiting but I don't think it was necessary to read the next book. However it does have a few details more, it basically is Taeryn's perspective from book 1. if you care to find out more details I would recommend this, these details are anything from the girl's lives before being taken to meeting other fairies etc. not too important but nice to know.