You can also read my reviews of The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing. Actually, I’m anticipating that because I’m so excited to get his perspective. Depending on how it reads, I’ll probably come back and add more to this point. I wanted to post this before How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories aka the Cardan Novella comes out because I wanted to share my thoughts before we get his point-of-view. Also, I can link to this instead of tweeting the same things every time I reread. Anyways, this post serves as my own sense of validation, in that I can go back and reread this post whenever I read the series again and feel like thinking “cheers, I’ll drink to that” to my own thoughts. I’m not really here to defend myself for liking this series but I will say that the reason I talk about and reread it constantly is because I’ve emotionally attached myself to the characters, specifically Jude and Cardan, for whatever reason. I know I talk about this series way too much, I really do! I sincerely apologize to everyone who follows me on Twitter and has to see me cry about these books like two to three times a year.

My book review for How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (Folk of the Air #3.First, I just want to say that I wholeheartedly agree with the notion that we should stop hyping up popular series by white authors and instead give attention to all of the overlooked books by authors of color. My book review for The Queen of Nothing (Folk of the Air #3) is here! My book review for The Wicked King (Folk of the Air #2) is here! My book review for The Cruel Prince (Folk of the Air #1) is here! Jude must make some deadly deals and align herself with some dangerous players in order to secure not only her own safety, but everyone else she loves too. Among the worst is Cardan Greenbriar, the youngest and most sadistic prince of the royal court, and Jude must evade him and his threats in order to secure her place.Īs she gets herself caught up within the many twisted webs of courtly intrigue, she discovers her own skills and willingness to shed blood and tell lies, and discovers not only a shocking betrayal in the works but a scandal that could rock the whole future of Faerie. He takes her and her sisters back with him to the High Courts of Faerie, and ten years later wants nothing more than to belong amongst the folk despite their hatred for humans. In Holly Black’s enchanting and twisted trilogy, Jude Duarte is a young mortal girl when Madoc comes and kills her parents.

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