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*"Whether you came for the lore or the love, perfection." —Kirkus, starred review *"A compelling final piece in a powerful set."—Booklist, starred review "We're being promised a 'jaw-dropping' finale...Based on the ride she's taken readers on so far, we'd expect nothing less."—Entertainment Weekly Praise for The Wicked King: *"A stunning and compelling sequel."—--SLJ, starred Review *"A heady blend of courtly double-crossing, Faerie lore, and toxic attraction swirls together in the sequel to THE CRUEL PRINCE.... Black's writing is both contemporary and classic; her world is, at this point, intensely well-realized, so that some plot twists seem almost inevitable."—Kirkus, starred Review *"[A] dangerous journey filled with mystery, betrayal, intrigue, and romance.... Larger-than-life action in a kingdom packed with self-centered, evil, and manipulating characters also doles out real life issues."—VOYA, starred Review *"A rare second volume that surpasses the first, with, happily, more intrigue and passion still to come."—Booklist, Starred Review Praise for The Cruel Prince: "Lush, dangerous, a dark jewel of a book. Black's world is intoxicating, imbued with a relentless sense of peril that kept me riveted through every chapter of Jude's journey. And Jude! She is a heroine to love--brave but pragmatic, utterly human. This delicious story will seduce you and leave you desperate for just one more page."—Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom "I require book two immediately. Holly is the Faerie Queen."—Victoria Aveyard, #1 bestselling author of The Red Queen series * "[S]pellbinding.... Breathtaking set pieces, fully developed supporting characters, and a beguiling, tough-as-nails heroine enhance an intricate, intelligent plot that crescendos to a jaw-dropping third-act twist."—Publishers Weekly, starred review * "Another fantastic, deeply engaging, and all-consuming work from Black that belongs on all YA shelves."—School Library Journal, starred review * "Jude, who struggles with a world she both loves and hates and would rather be powerful and safe than good, is a compelling narrator. Whatever a reader is looking for--heart-in-throat action, deadly romance, double-crossing, moral complexity--this is one heck of a ride."—Booklist, starred review "This is a heady blend of Faerie lore, high fantasy, and high school drama, dripping with description that brings the dangerous but tempting world of Faerie to life. Black is building a complex mythology; now is a great time to tune in."—Kirkus Reviews About this productProduct Identifiers
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More items related to this productBest Selling in BooksCurrent slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Books  5.0 out of 5 stars ✨Si no fuera YA sería perfecto✨ ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧REVIEW SIN SPOILERSRating★★★★★🌶️ level :RomanceTroupe sloooow burnLeído en Kindle ( copia comprada en inglés )Si hay un libro que divide a la comunidad es este. Básicamente, o lo odias o lo amas. Yo lo AMÉ. Y puedo decir sin lugar a dudas que Cardan y Jude son potencialmente de los mejores MMC y FMC escritos en libros YA y NA.Si en A Court of Thorns and Roses SJM nos da la ILUSION.. de que la protagonista tiene algo de poder dándole un título para no ser menos que su espectacular MMC, acá Jude es legítimamente dueña de su título..y Cardan es su marioneta...Las interacciones entre ellos dos y cómo cada uno está escrito los definen como únicos y todo tiene sentido. Su relación, sus reacciones, todo tiene un porqué y es consecuencia de sus personalidades y no salido de la nada como justificativo para avanzar con la historia.Jude es ruda, interesante, maquiavélica y sus acciones se condicen con sus internal thoughts.(pensamientos internos)Arrastra al mundo y a Cardan en este frenesí y Cardan no la sobrepasa pero tampoco es menos. Son perfectos.Cardan es el príncipe emo por excelencia, una mezcla entre My chemical Romance y CLAMP y lo amo demasiado por eso.Tenemos romance..pero la historia?? Holly Black no es straightfoward.., directa.. The Cruel Prince no se basa en la relación de Jude con Cardan, sino que existe un plot principal y alrededor de éste gira su relación.... Intrigas, traiciones, más no se puede pedir.Pero todo lo bueno tiene algo malo y este libro aunque es PERFECTO podría haber sido ÉPICO si la autora quizá se hubiese dado cuenta hacia dónde estaba girando la comunidad en ese momento. Dejar el 1er libro como YA pero avanzar hacia algo más NA en el segundo y otra hubiese sido la historia...Lo bueno→ Todo. Los personajes actúan y representan la edad que tienen y Jude es un FMC inteligente→ Cardan es mejor que Rhysand listo lo dije y que..Es mucho más imperfecto y eso lo hace especial.Además tiene una cola !!Lo malo→ White fantasy.ConclusiónO lo amás o lo odiás. Si te gustan las historias donde el romance es el protagonista y la historia es más bien straightfoward y no hay subplots no te va a gustar. Reviews with imagesTop reviews from the United StatesThere was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 2, 2022 ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ Si hay un libro que divide a la comunidad es este. Básicamente, o lo odias o lo amas. Yo lo AMÉ. Y puedo decir sin lugar a dudas que Cardan y Jude son potencialmente de los mejores MMC y FMC escritos en libros YA y NA. Las interacciones entre ellos dos y cómo cada uno está escrito los definen como únicos y todo tiene sentido. Su relación, sus reacciones, todo tiene un porqué y es consecuencia de sus personalidades y no salido de la nada como justificativo para avanzar con la historia. Jude es ruda, interesante, maquiavélica y sus acciones se condicen con sus internal thoughts.(pensamientos internos)Arrastra
al mundo y a Cardan en este frenesí y Cardan no la sobrepasa pero tampoco es menos. Son perfectos. Tenemos romance..pero la historia?? Holly Black no es straightfoward.., directa.. The Cruel Prince no se basa en la relación de Jude con Cardan, sino que existe un plot principal y alrededor de éste gira su relación.... Intrigas, traiciones, más no se puede pedir. Pero todo lo bueno tiene algo malo y este libro aunque es PERFECTO podría haber sido ÉPICO si la autora quizá se hubiese dado cuenta hacia dónde estaba girando la comunidad en ese momento. Dejar el 1er libro como YA pero avanzar hacia algo más NA en el segundo y otra hubiese sido la historia... Lo bueno Lo malo Conclusión 5.0 out of 5 stars ✨Si no fuera YA sería perfecto✨ ❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧❧ Si hay un libro que divide a la comunidad
es este. Básicamente, o lo odias o lo amas. Yo lo AMÉ. Y puedo decir sin lugar a dudas que Cardan y Jude son potencialmente de los mejores MMC y FMC escritos en libros YA y NA. Las interacciones entre ellos dos y cómo cada uno está escrito los definen como únicos y todo tiene sentido. Su relación, sus reacciones, todo tiene un porqué y es consecuencia de sus personalidades y no salido de la nada como justificativo para avanzar con la historia. Jude es ruda, interesante, maquiavélica y sus acciones se condicen con sus internal thoughts.(pensamientos internos)Arrastra al mundo y a Cardan en este frenesí y Cardan no la sobrepasa pero tampoco es menos. Son perfectos. Tenemos romance..pero la historia?? Holly Black no es straightfoward.., directa.. The Cruel Prince no se basa en la relación de Jude con Cardan, sino que existe un plot principal y alrededor de éste gira su relación.... Intrigas, traiciones, más no se puede pedir. Pero todo lo bueno tiene algo malo y este libro aunque es PERFECTO podría haber sido ÉPICO si la autora quizá se hubiese dado cuenta hacia dónde estaba girando la comunidad en ese momento. Dejar el 1er libro como YA pero avanzar hacia algo más NA en el segundo y otra hubiese sido la historia... Lo bueno Lo malo Conclusión Images in this review
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2018 I used to never be a reader who gave into the hype and buzz a new book can sometimes bring along with it. But while Instagram has taken book marketing to an entirely different level, some books are becoming difficult to ignore. Literally thousands upon thousands of readers, reviewers, publicists, and enthusiasts are pushing the free marketing of books attached to hashtags and accompanied by beautiful and creative photography upon Instagram and other social media site purveyors daily. The Cruel Prince was one book that began to saturate my feed as readers latched on to the newest novel by fantasy maven Holly Black; their accolades and insistent cries that the book shattered them caught my interest and I decided to dive in. The opening is brutal. Young Jude and her two sisters are enjoying a quiet afternoon at home, the TV lulling them into a comfortable slumber while their parents tinker about in other parts of their cozy home. Unbeknownst to them, this is the day that everything they have ever known will change, as the man watching their home from across the street decides to finally make his move. The stranger barges into their haven and shatters the idyllic scene by murdering both of Jude's parents in a quick and succinct fashion. Whisked away to the land of Faerie, Jude and her sisters are forced into a life settled firmly on the borders of being outsiders. Her oldest sister, Vivi, being the cause of the disruption in their lives, is ironically the most unhappy with their new situation. She is only Jude's half-sister, the result of their mother faking her own death and spiriting herself and her pregnant belly back to the mortal world, with the help of a secret love. Previously attached to a brutal war general of Faerie, Jude's mother committed the ultimate act of betrayal by hiding the child, and the result was her execution. By the laws vested in Faerie, General Madoc became responsible for the children of his wife the moment she died at his hand, and he takes his responsibilities very seriously. Growing up in Faerie has had its difficulties, almost from day one. Jude is not one of them, not a member of the Fair Folk. She is human: dispensable and fragile; a veritable non-starter. Her saving grace, however, is that she is a member of the upper class and elite. Having been raised by Madoc garners her a touch of reverance. He is a man who commands respect and if he doesn't find it, he takes it by force. Having risen to become the right hand of the Faerie King by hook, crook, and buckets of blood, Jude is afforded a modicum of respect in Madoc's stead. But behind the scenes, she is taunted and ridiculed by her peers, looked at as a pretender, and as a frail human who has no real worth or talent. To say the situation is complicated is an understatement. The worst of those who bully her is Cardan, the beautiful young Prince of Faerie who chooses to amuse himself by taunting her and putting her right onto the cusp of deathly danger before ripping her back. He skulks around the periphery of her life with his band of merry friends, waiting for any opportunity he can find to make her life miserable. Her twin sister Taryn also suffers the same fate of having her life soaked in nasty words and actions . . . but there is something different in the way Cardan treats Jude - almost as if he divines immense pleasure from making her bleed from within, from personally making her feel like less than human . . . and more like an animal. Cardan is cruel, to say the least of it. But Jude has other things on her mind. She has to find a way to solidify her place in Faerie as the impending years of her adulthood begin to creep just over the horizon. She has some ideas on how to do this, but she finds that she's blocked at every turn by her pseudo-father, Madoc. He insists that he has her best interests at heart, and he has always treated her just the same as his true born daughter Vivi, but Jude is cloaked in a blanket of frustration and raw anger. She wants to fight. She's trained for it. So why won't he allow her her chance? She's also finding herself strangely attracted to a member of Cardan's vicious pack, but the man in question seems to have secrets of his own, hidden within the endless depths of his mysterious soul and locked behind the doors of the expansive empty mansion on the outskirts of the forest that he calls home. And then a proposition is brought to Jude, from the most unlikely of characters. The man most believed to become King after the current reign is over comes to her in secret, seeking an alliance. Prince Dain offers Jude her innermost heart's desires, in exchange for information. He wants her to become his spy, part of his Court of Shadows. And Jude must toe the thin line between safety and sure death to get the Prince what he demands. But before Jude can achieve her goal and find her place in Faerie, everything begins to unravel like so much thread from a well-worn sweater. And on an evening that was supposed to be dedicated to a fresh new start, Jude will watch everything burn to the ground, leaving her to pick up the pieces and put them back together all on her own. The Cruel Prince is the first book in the Folk of the Air trilogy, and before I recommend this to you let me say - you will be clamoring for more from the moment you turn the last page. This novel, set in the high-fantasy world of enigmatic Faerie, is sharp and deceptive, taking the reader on a roller coaster ride full of darkness and delight. The writing is masterful and faithful to the fictional world of Faerie as most high-fantasy readers know it. Sometimes YA books can come across as a bit corny, but this one was full of strong female characters and flawed systems. Nothing was obvious, and the plot was well-played. This is one book that lives up to the hype. Appropriate for readers ages 13+, fans of The Cruel Prince would be wise to look into the rest of Black's literary catalogue, as the worlds of her novels have finely tuned connections. Also, the cover art and a sneak peek excerpt has been dropped via Entertainment Weekly - both can be viewed on their website. Top reviews from other countries4.0 out of 5 stars Great fantasy plot, setting and heroine, slightly weaker on the romance Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 18, 2018 Based on the description and title, I was expecting this to predominantly be a fantasy romance, with a "bad boy" or perhaps even villainous fairy love interest. I really enjoy that sort of thing, but
was worried it might feel a bit generic and overdone. 4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 ⭐ Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 9, 2018 4.5 ⭐ My first time in Elfhame left a bad impression. I felt so out of step because everyone was gushing about The Cruel Prince and I was on the outside thinking ‘I just don’t get it.’ That’s partly why I do not like reading books mid hype. But anyway.. A friend talked me into reading The Wicked King, a little longer in the world of Elfhame and I finally felt like I was starting to get it. With Queen of Nothing on the horizon I decided to participate in a readalong with two people who haven’t yet stepped into the world Holly created. Despite having read it… Despite knowing every twist and turn… I loved it. I think people should be warned that this isn’t your typical YA story, you’ll step into Elfhame, you’ll be surrounded by cruel, beautiful, wicked creatures and you’ll probably question your own morals when you fall in love with them. There’s still plenty of characters I hate, don’t get me wrong but there’s a lot I can’t help loving. It’s full of danger, betrayal, bloodshed, manipulation and cunning. Cunning above all else because the Folk cannot lie so they have to be especially clever with everything they say and do. During my first read it was hard to grasp that along with the new world setting and everything else but this time I paid attention to every word. If you’re like me, if you love everything fae and you’re unsure about this, my advice is to read it twice. Give yourself a wee break between reads and see where it takes you the second time around. I’m so glad I gave it another go. I am now really and truly obsessed. Here’s one of my favourite moments; 2.0 out of 5 stars Idee mit Potential, überzeugt aber nicht Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on July 21, 2018 Ich bin durch Zufall auf das Buch gestoßen und durch die positiven Rezensionen dazu animiert worden, es zu kaufen. Ich habe mir etwas in Richtung "Red Queen" oder "Shadow & Bone" vorgestellt, also zwar Jugendliteratur, aber halt richtig gute. [Im Folgenden kommen kleine Spoiler] Das größte Problem hatte ich mit den Charakteren. Jude ist als Hauptfigur gewiss keine Sympathieträgerin. Ich hatte schon in einer anderen Rezension gelesen, dass man mit ihr vielleicht nicht warm werde, und das ist auch wahr. Sie ist eigentlich ziemlich kacke und egoistisch, ohne dabei interessant zu sein. Darüber ist sie ein Übercharakter, der irgendwie alles kann, kämpfen, Intrigen spinnen, stehlen, etc etc. Der Autorin gelingt es in meinen Augen nicht, ihr einen richtigen Charakter zu geben, da ihre Entscheidungen häufig keinen Sinn ergeben und eher zum Weiterführen der Handlung getätigt werden. Dasselbe gilt auch für jeden anderen der vielen blassen Charaktere. Das hat mich richtig aufgeregt. Kaum einer der Personen hat mehr als zwei Charaktereigenschaften: Madoc/Bain/Cardan/jeder Fey ist grausam und hinterhältig, Vivi ist rebellisch, Jude ist nervtötend und undurchsichtig, Taryn ist nur nervig. Die Charaktere sind austauschbar, blass und langweilig. Das macht auch die kurze Liebesgeschichte überaus langweilig, kein Funke springt über, nichts. Irgendwann verfliegt auch die Dramatik, wenn jeder ständig, STÄNDIG, als grausam bezeichnet wird, weil z.B. Madoc kaum grausame Sachen macht und ebenso ständig gesagt wird, dass er Jude und ihre Schwestern liebt, und man das auch ebenso wenig sieht. Der Court of Shadows, dem Jude irgendwann angehört, ist so blass und so ohne Charakter, dass es wehtut. Ich war und bin sehr sehr enttäuscht. Dadurch, dass die Charaktere so blass sind, ist man dann auch mit wenig Sympathie dabei und wenn halt welche von ihnen sterben, dann juckt mich das kaum. Ohne groß auf den Inhalt einzugehen, hatte ich auch mit der Handlung ein paar Probleme. Das Grundgerüst ist überschaubar, die "Überraschung" beim Ende sehr vorhersehbar. Sehr lange Zeit passiert kaum etwas, es geht nur um das Mobbing und Judes nervtötende Schwester und eine kleine Liebesgeschichte. Viele Dinge ergeben keinen Sinn und sind überdramatisiert dargestellt. Bis zum eigentlichen Finale passiert eigentlich nüscht. Obwohl man weiß, dass irgendeine Falle kommt, wird nichts getan. Das hat mich aufgeregt. Einen roten Faden habe ich auch nicht wirklich entdecken können, mir war sehr lange Zeit nicht klar, in welche Richtung das Buch denn nun eigentlich gehen würde, und auch die Auflösung war dann nicht wirklich überzeugend. Mit der schwachen Handlung kamen dann auch Logikfehler oder einfach Dinge, die nicht so gut passten. Es hat sich mir nicht erschlossen, warum Jude nicht einfach in die menschliche Welt abhaut. Es wird nie richtig erklärt, wie die Welten miteinander verbunden sind, dabei wäre das wirklich interessant gewesen. Die vielen Courts wurden einfach nur hingeklatscht, die Personen blieben vage im Gedächtnis. Die ganze Geschichte mit Taryn war so unnötig und nervtötend, dass ich das Ebook gerne in die Ecke gepfeffert hätte. Und dass man einfach zu verfeindeten Lagern hingeht und sagt: Hey, machste bei unserem Coup mit, und alle es abnicken, macht einfach keinen Sinn. Wie so vieles einfach zu blass. Mein größtes Problem war, dass viele Dinge so oft erwähnt wurden, dass sie irgendwann ihr Drama verloren. Feys sind grausam - das wird durchgekaut, aber richtige Gefahr kam irgendwie nie so richtig auf, auch, wenn es für Jude mal eng wurde (dafür ist aber auch der Schreibstil mitverantwortlich). Jude hat Angst, ständig, immer, aber ihre Handlungen zeigen das wirklich NIE. Jemand, der Angst hat, handelt eher so wie Taryn. Die Autorin wird nicht müde zu erwähnen, wie viel Angst Jude je hatte und wie sie damit zurechtkommt, aber immer mehr Angst hat - es geht so viel um Angst, dass man bei dem Wort irgendwann nur noch die Augen verdreht. Der Schreibstil war in Ordnung. Den ganzen Aufwand, den man auf das Beschreiben der Kleider verwendet hat, hätte man besser in gute Charakterbeschreibungen investieren können. Oft kam mir der Stil gelangweilt vor, so als wüsste die Autorin genau, wo sie denn hin will, und schreibt es deswegen so langweilig wie möglich herunter. Ganz oft haben mir Detailbeschreibungen gefehlt, von Reaktionen, Gesichtern, ich hätte gerne mehr richtige Dialoge gehabt, die mehr als nur Drohungen gewesen wären. Ich komme langsam besser zum Fazit: Der Anfang war gut und die ganze Welt hat mir gut gefallen, da ist definitiv viel Potential drin. Ich hatte öfter das Gefühl, dass mit den ganzen royalen Intrigen auf Game of Thrones angespielt wird, ohne dabei auch nur annähernd das Niveau zu erreichen. Mit besser ausgearbeiteten Charakteren hätte man schon viel erreichen können. Vielleicht ist für die Zielgruppe 16+ ansprechend, mich hat es nicht überzeugt, und ich werde auch die Fortsetzung nicht kaufen. 5.0 out of 5 stars APAIXONADA!! Reviewed in Brazil 🇧🇷 on November 13, 2020 Todo mundo que me conhece sabe o quanto eu amo esse livro, pois eu não paro de falar nele um minuto. De longe, uma das melhores trilogias que eu já li na vida, eu tenho um apego tão grande nesses personagens que não sei nem dizer!! A edição em capa dura é uma das coisas mais lindas que eu já vi, as fotos não fazem justiça!! De perto ele é todo dourado e brilhante, sou completamente apaixonada. Porém, a versão em paperback (capa mole) veio com um conto extra no final, que não tem na versão em capa dura. Não é nada essencial a história, mas é um conto interessante, ainda mais para quem também leu The Modern Faerie Tales, pois é sobre a Kaye. 5.0 out
of 5 stars APAIXONADA!! Todo mundo que me conhece sabe o quanto eu amo esse livro, pois eu não paro de falar nele um minuto. De longe, uma das melhores trilogias que eu já li na vida, eu tenho um apego tão grande nesses personagens que não sei nem dizer!! A edição em capa dura é uma das coisas mais lindas que eu já vi, as fotos não fazem justiça!! De perto ele é todo dourado e brilhante, sou completamente apaixonada. Porém, a versão em paperback (capa mole) veio com um conto extra no final, que não tem na versão em capa dura. Não é nada essencial a história, mas é um conto interessante, ainda mais para quem também leu The Modern Faerie Tales, pois é sobre a Kaye. 5.0 out of 5 stars A novel of political machinations, of lies and brutality, of cruelty and beauty and brilliance Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 1, 2018 This book starts with a murder. Two, actually. The grisly murder of a woman and her husband by her ex-husband, who just so happens to be Madoc, a vicious faerie warmonger. But rather than return to Elfhame empty handed, he takes with him his daughter Vivi, but also her seven-year-old half-sisters Taryn and Jude, who he chooses to raise in his estate, in the world of the fae. Raised as mortals in the world of the faeries is a precarious, often dangerous and always brutal existence. The Cruel Prince follows Jude, now a teenager, as she aims to prove herself as more than just human, as a powerful warrior set to be chosen as a knight in a faerie court. However, Jude's hopes and aims do not go to plan, and soon she finds herself hired as a spy for one of the princes in line for the throne of Elfhame. This is a novel of political machinations, of lies and brutality, of cruelty and beauty and brilliance. Someone on GoodReads described it as the literary equivalent of being hit by a truck, and I think that sums it up pretty well. There is so much to discuss in this novel that it is hard to know where to begin -- Jude's ambition, her sisters' secrets, Madoc's secret allegiances, cruel Cardan, beautiful Locke and the fruit! But I genuinely think it's best if you go into this book knowing as little as I did. Jude is a brilliant, furious creature -- the product of murder, danger and brutality, strength built upon her fragility and weaknesses as a mere mortal, easily swayed and damaged by the world around her. I know it is February (though I read this at the start of January) and so this is quite a ridiculous thing to say, but The Cruel Prince is one of my favourite books so far this year. The thing is I think its going to stay as one of my favourite books. I think I've found a new favourite author, and I honestly can't believe I've not read any Holly Black until this. I've already gifted a copy of this to a friend who loves her writing, knowing that they would absolutely need to read this -- and it also meant I have someone to talk to about my emotions. I'm going to be counting the days until I can get back to Jude and her story; roll on the rest of The Folk of the Air series. What to read next: What is the curse in The Queen of Nothing?When a dark curse is unveiled, Jude must become the first mortal Queen of Faerie and uncover how to break the curse, or risk upsetting the balance of the whole Faerie world. He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.
Does The Queen of Nothing have a good ending?The ending. Madoc gets banished to the Mortal world. The Court of Teeth is no longer a valid court, but they still get an ambassador who is Lady Asha. Lady Asha is apparently being punished by being an ambassador for a none existent court.
Is The Queen of Nothing the final book?One year after releasing The Queen of Nothing, the final book in the Folk of the Air trilogy, Holly Black returns to the world of Elfame with an illustrated collection of short stories featuring Cardan, an inscrutable royal fey central to the trilogy.
Are there any books after The Queen of Nothing?I'm currently writing a duology focused around Oak Greenbriar that takes place many years after the events of The Queen of Nothing. The first one is called The Stolen Heir.
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