I wish I could say that I enjoyed The Hollow Kingdom as much as I’ve enjoyed its successors. Nevertheless, The Hollow Kingdom is clearly an inspiration to many works that I’ve enjoyed. Dunkle isn’t inventing the wheel – she dedicates The Hollow Kingdom to Lloyd Alexander, who wrote his own foundational fantasy series. Holly Black clearly read this book (to the point where I can see several deliberate callouts in her work), and The Goblin Emperor also takes its cues from here, as does Spinning Silver. I didn’t realize The Hollow Kingdom was foundational YA fantasy, but having read this book I see so many shades of it in other stories.
But Hallow Hall is not theirs alone, and the goblin king who lives below will have his bride come hell or high water. Kate and Emily, having been recently and conveniently orphaned, arrive at their ancestral lands of Hallow Hall to live with their new guardian.
You’ve caught a goblin, my dear, all for your very own.
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