The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, 2)
The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince -- now in paperback!You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.The first lesson is to make yourself strong. After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished. When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
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Omfg Iâm speechless. The betrayal and the fights and the backstabbing, the drama. I donât know how much more i can take but starting book 3 asap
Have you ever been so enamored with a book (or series) that you can't say anything specific about it? You're just giddy and shoving a the cover in people's faces while squealing gibberish? Yeah. This is that for me.
I am reeling! I haven't felt this way about a series in a long time... granted, I haven't read a series in a long time. I was shook over how the first book ended, but holy shit. I need to read the third one right now. The ending here was crazy and I'm probably going to binge the third book in a single sitting. Black is great with endings and making you run to the bookstore like a tunnel visioned book goblin. Luckily, I planned for this and bought the third book with the second.
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I love how you're watching Jude and Cardan have this chemistry-like-romance throughout the entire book. I mean, they make CONTACT in this book. And it's full of that fine line hatred, but then they get married and you're like... THIS IS IT. We're going to have the enemies turn to lovers... only for him to seriously turn the tables. I mean, to exile the person you promised a kingdom to? Like fuck. And then with Vivi planting revenge-flavored thoughts in her head in the epilogue. Just chef's kiss. I cannot wait to dive into the third book.
Also: how did we feel about Vivi glamouring Heather? That whole situation was off-putting and I'm glad Heather left.
There were so many memorable things in this book: I mean, when Jude was betrayed by the Ghost and taken to the Undersea?? Like, I know that section was supposed to be horrible and it did make my stomach turn a little... but I was glad we went under the waves because I was so curious about it. I wanted to know what the mer-people were like and how their underwater systems worked.
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