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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, 1)
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By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.Show more
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I really wanted to like this book. The world building was good, not great. I found the characters weren't believable. They lacked. I never believed in the dangerous situations - they lacked suspense. The author eventually had a character directly tell the reader the character traits of the school bullies.
I'd consider this PG rating. There is a kiss but nothing else.
The author makes it clear she wants us to read about power, in all its forms...read more
A very well written book and I would love to read it for the first time over again. Thanks to Jude I felt like even if you are different, you could achieve anything <3
The only disturbing thing, in my opinion, was that the book had A LOT of political implications which did take over the story a little.
But if you love fantasy and want to escape our reality for a second, I highly recommend you to read this book :)
- 4.5 stars -
so interesting, i just wish i was more attached to the characters bc none of them is particularly likeable,, also the writing voice is an odd mix of archaic and modern but overall i enjoyed this! the plot was very captivating and fast-paced and i had trouble putting it down throughout.
so interesting, i just wish i was more attached to the characters bc none of them is particularly likeable,, also the writing voice is an odd mix of archaic and modern but overall i enjoyed this! the plot was very captivating and fast-paced and i had trouble putting it down throughout.
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