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The Lost Sisters by Holly Black
5.0

As much as I like to rate this less than five starts for the sole fact of who's the narrator of the story, I can't. There is something about Holly Black's writing, about her characters, about Faerieland that I can't love any less than I already do.
After finishing The Wicked King, I decided it's time to read this novella because I somehow didn't come around it earlier.
With 'The Cruel Prince', 'The Wicked King' and 'Queen Of Nothing', I can say for sure that Holly Black knows what title to choose for her stories. But I was not expecting to read a story about Jude's sister when I opened the e-book of 'The Lost Sisters'. Maybe I just didn't pay any attention, maybe I wasn't expecting to ever read anything interesting from Taryn. So as I read further into the book, I realized how much I love Holly Black's writing - even if it's a story about a character that I came to hate. I can't say I felt with Taryn or understood her. I have read the background stories of worse people, villains, and felt with them more than I ever could with Taryn. But I still enjoyed this short insight into her personality, her thoughts, her reasons. It's always so refreshing, interesting to see how other characters react or think - in a world you only know through the view of one person - so I did enjoy the novella as it was, and will mostly be praising Holly Black's way with words.

I can only recommend anyone to read this. Either to still your hunger for more after either finishing 'The Cruel Prince' or 'The Wicked King'. Or to get a insight on Taryn's personality. her thoughts and beliefs. Her dreams. Or you simply want to read Holly's beautiful writing for that is reason enough to go back to Faerieland.