Details
- Book Title: The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air Book 1)
- Author: Holly Black
- Publication Date: January 2, 2018
Description
Jude Duarte was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her sisters were spirited away to the High Court of Faerie. Ten years on, she is a mortal girl in a world of immortals who despise humans — none more openly than Prince Cardan, the High King’s youngest and cruelest son. Determined to win a place at Court, Jude defies him and is pulled into a lethal web of palace intrigue, espionage, and betrayal. As civil war gathers over Faerie, she discovers how far she is willing to go — and how much blood she is willing to spill — to protect her sisters and claim power of her own.
Author Bio
Holly Black is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy for children, teens, and adults. She is the co-creator of The Spiderwick Chronicles, the author of the Folk of the Air trilogy, and her novel Doll Bones was named a Newbery Honor book.
What Readers Are Saying
- “I finally read this book after seeing Cardan’s name all over Bookstagram, BookTok, Goodreads and probably carved into a few ancient trees. At this point, avoiding him felt impossible, so I gave in.” — Karolina Reads, five-star Amazon reviewer
- “As someone who typically only sticks to romance, finding such an amazing fantasy book with rich storytelling, complex characters, and such a fleshed out world gave life to a genre that I can’t wait to dive more into.” — VANESSA, five-star Amazon reviewer
- “This book had me enthralled from the very first chapter!” — SMortimer, five-star Amazon reviewer
- Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars across 72,987 Amazon ratings
Why We Think It Should Be Your Next Book
Faerie stories usually follow mortals who stumble into magic; Holly Black flips that — Jude grew up inside Faerie and still isn’t safe there. The result is a fantasy that reads like a political thriller: schemes inside schemes, alliances that curdle, and a heroine who wins by being more ruthless than the monsters around her. The bristling antagonism between Jude and Cardan has fueled years of reader obsession on BookTok and Bookstagram, and the trilogy is complete, so there is no waiting between cliffhangers. If you like your fae beautiful, your courts treacherous, and your heroines sharp enough to draw blood, this one earns its reputation.
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