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    Close Kin: Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy

    By Clare B. Dunkle

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    The goblin King's face lit up with amusement. "Seylin was proposing marriage to you," he cried, "and you wanted him to change into a cat?"

    A thrilling and magical sequel to The Hollow Kingdom

    For years Emily has been living happily in the underground goblin kingdom. Now she is old enough to marry, but when her childhood friend Seylin proposes, she doesn't even pay attention.

    Devastated, Seylin leaves the kingdom to find his own people: the elves. Emily sets out in search of him. But they accidentally awaken hatreds and prejudices that have slumbered for hundreds of years, and soon two worlds are brought onto a dangerous collision course.

    Clare B. Dunkle once again draws readers deep into the magical realm that Newbery-winning author Lloyd Alexander calls "as persuasive as it is remarkable."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateDec 26, 2006
    ISBN9781466803824
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    Close Kin: Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy
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    Clare B. Dunkle

    Clare B. Dunkle is the author of the well-received Hollow Kingdom trilogy as well as the first volume in this story, The Sky Inside. She studied Russian and Latin at Trinity University, and also holds a a master's degree in library science from Indiana University. She was a member of the American Library Association and served on committees in ALCTS, ACRL, and LITA. She lives with her family in Texas.

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    • 4/5
      It's okay. The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy isn't the best I've ever read but it's not the worst. That spot is saved for the Twilight series. However I'm the kind of person once you start a series, I must finish it. No matter how bad it is (i.e. Twilight series, but as a plus I can bash it with a clear conscious because I know first-hand how terrible it is). But I digress. The Hollow Kingdom books are a good read if you're not looking for much thought provoking reading.
    • 3/5
      The second title in Dunkle's Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, Close Kin follows the dual narratives of Emily, younger sister of Kate, the heroine of the first book, and Seylin, the goblin who loves her. When Emily fails to recognize a marriage proposal from her old friend, the resultant hurt and misunderstanding leads the two on very different quests. As Seylin searches far and wide for the elves that some believe are extinct, Emily and her companion find themselves in the human world...I was impressed by Dunkle's world-building, as she delved much deeper into some of the alien customs of both elves and goblins in this second title, laying bare the bigotry and hatred displayed by all the races towards one another. The "debased" state of the elf survivors was somewhat ironic, given their physical beauty, and seemed to offer an insightful meditation on the fragility of culture. But although I felt that Dunkle did an excellent job building the history of the goblin-elf conflict, I did not find this as strong a narrative as the first, perhaps because it was split between two story-lines. I continued, moreover, to feel somewhat troubled by the controlling nature of the male characters - both goblin and elf - and the absence of real choice for the women of the story.
    • 3/5
      We met the sisters Kate and Emily in the first book, Hollow Kingdom. Their life since the joining Goblin society has been "uneventful." They both have their jobs to do, although those jobs would seem strange to most humans, and have made a place for themselves in the underground kingdom. However, Emily is getting older, and as a human woman, the Goblin King is not so patiently waiting to see which of his subjects she will choose to marry. Everything goes a little crazy when Seylin, a friend Emily made in the first book, proposes and Emily doesn't even realize it! Completely offended and heartbroken, Seylin leaves the kingdom to try and find his ancestors, the elves. Once Emily realizes that Seylin has left and what she did to him, she sets off to find him and bring him back.I still love Emily's character and I really wish we had seen more of her in this book. From the description, I thought it would be about half about her and half about Seylin. While Seylin was very heavily featured, Emily really lagged behind in coverage. Seylin is a very interesting character, but I didn't see him really grow or develop much here. I'm afraid that the second book in The Hollow Kingdom just isn't quite as good as the first, which is a trait I find quite often in series. I'm still going to try and read the third, but it will have to wait until I get some extra spending money.3/5
    • 4/5
      I randomly picked up this book (and the other two books in the series) from my local public library, only for it to sit on my shelf until about a week before it was due. I had several other books waiting that I thought I was going to enjoy more, but boy was I wrong.When I picked this book up, I literally did not put it (or the two other books in the series) down unless I needed to or and sleep. It took me less than two days to get through the whole series, and I enjoyed every moment of it.Book two in the Hollow Kingdom Trilogy follows the story of Emily, the sister of Kate who is also the wife of Marak, the King of the Goblins. Emily has always loved the Goblin Kingdom and has grown up there since her sister traded her freedom for the sake of her younger sister. As a child, Emily was best-friends with a goblin named Seylin, whose feelings for Emily continued to grow as she came of age. When Seylin decided to voice those feelings, Emily, who was distracted at the time, inadvertently rejects Seylin.Fresh from the pain of rejection, Seylin decides to leave the goblin Kingdom in search of those who more closely resemble his looks. After she realizes what she has done, Emily leaves in search of the Goblin she now realizes she loves.
    • 2/5
      Book two of the Hollow Kingdom trilogy focuses on Kate’s more boisterous sister Emily who has unwittingly rejected her childhood companion’s marriage proposal – Seylin, a goblin who looks like an elf. Emily tries to undo the damage by venturing out into the human world to convince him to come home. Seylin meanwhile manages to find a band of elves that no one knew even existed – even though they are not what anyone imagined: they are dirty, mean spirited and almost devoid of magic. The goblin King Marak intelligently tries to capture the elves to become brides for his subjects but old fears and prejudices are awakened and must be controlled before old wars begin anew.Loved it, loved it! And now we're off to read number 3... yipee!
    • 3/5
      I was a little disappointed with this sequel although young tweeners (the target age range for this book) would probably still enjoy it. All the adventure, the suspense, the strong female protagonist - all the things that caused me to give The Hollow Kingdom a five star rating were missing from this sequel. This book was more character driven than the previous but unfortunately none of the very abundant characters was ever allowed to develop sufficiently to make the reader care anything about them.