How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories revolves around Oscar and is an installment in the Folk of the Air series. Like in the other examples with Elfhame’s villain, Cardan, the book is constructed around a character study to determine features of his childhood. It is not sparkling pink, cute, and fey as many books in this genre, it is mysterious, passionate, magical and full of secrets – and more insight into Cardan.